Editorial Guidelines

ALP upholds the highest standards of academic integrity to ensure the quality of research in the humanities and linguistic sciences.

1. Submission and Initial Evaluation

  • Scope: Original contributions in Linguistics, Phonetics, Art History, Visual Arts, and Literature.

  • Plagiarism: Manuscripts must pass a Turnitin check with a similarity index <15%.

  • Formatting: Must include a structured abstract, keywords, and properly formatted references.

  • Licensing: Shared under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

2. Peer Review Policy

  • Confidentiality: A double-blind process is used to ensure impartiality.

  • Expertise: Reviewers are selected based on their specific niche within the arts or linguistics.

3. Editorial Decision-Making

  • Decisions: Based on reviewer input, the team decides to accept, request revisions, or reject.

  • Revisions: Authors must address each reviewer comment point-by-point.

4. Ethical Standards

  • Conflicts: All contributors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest.

  • Integrity: Strict adherence to international ethical standards for humanities research.

5. Post-Publication Policy

  • Transparency: Retractions or corrections are handled with full transparency to notify indexing agencies.

  • Preservation: Ensures long-term citation durability through digital archiving.

6. Editorial Board Responsibilities

  • Duties: Oversight of peer review and promotion of ethical excellence in the humanities.

  • Rotation: Board composition is reviewed periodically for dynamism.

7. Communication

  • Professionalism: All interactions are expected to be respectful, timely, and collaborative.