I. Researcher’s Responsibilities:

• The researcher is committed to abiding by the standards, guidelines, and rules of publishing set by the Editorial Board as well as the standards of research and academic publishing.
• The researcher is committed to observing the requirements of academic integrity and respecting the rights of intellectual property. 
• If there is more than one researcher, the main researcher is committed to obtaining the agreement of the other researcher/s to have their paper published in JLT. He/she is also committed to clarifying what each researcher participated with in conducting the research (if any) and/or writing the paper. 
• The researcher may not submit a paper if it was previously published somewhere else wholly or partially.
• The researcher may not submit a paper considered by JLT’s reviewers to anywhere else.  
• The researcher may not submit a paper accepted for publication or published in JLT anywhere else without prior written consent from the Editorial Board.
• The researcher is committed to disclosing any conflict of interest that may arise due to submitting a paper for publication or having a paper published in JLT. He/she is also committed to disclosing the source/s of funding obtained to conduct his/her research and/or write his/her paper. 
• Papers published in JLT express the researchers’ views and do not necessarily reflect those of the Editorial Board or reviewers.

II. Reviewer’s Responsibilities:

• The reviewer is committed to sending his/her agreement to review a paper within 5 working days from the date of receiving the paper. 
• The reviewer is committed to reviewing the paper assigned within three weeks from the date of his/her acceptance to review it.  
• The reviewer must observe academic integrity in reviewing papers, without bias based on any account. 
• The reviewer should not accept to review any paper if it is not within the scope of his/her specialty or if he/she lacks wide relevant experience of it.   
• Papers must be confidentially reviewed, and the reviewer may not disclose or discuss them with anyone else without permission from the Editor-in-Chief. 
• The reviewer is committed to reviewing papers meticulously according to the review form approved by the Editorial Board.
• The reviewer’s comments are to be addressed to papers, not researchers.   
• The reviewer is committed to reporting all sorts of plagiarism and giving examples where they occur. 
• The reviewer may not take advantage of the paper he/she reviews for personal benefit for himself/herself or others.  

III. Editorial Board’s Responsibilities:

• The Editorial Board is committed to making sure that the papers submitted are quality papers and sending them to reviewers with expertise and specialization in the topic of the papers. 
• The Editorial Board is committed to choosing reviewers from different prestigious academic institutions, not from one institution. 
• The Editorial Board must request reviewers to disclose any conflict of interest they may have before they accept to review papers.  
• The Editorial Board is committed to exercising its powers objectively, fairly, and honestly; no discrimination among researchers is allowed based on any account. 
• The Editorial Board is committed to giving the researcher/s enough time to respond to the reviewer’s comments and make the required revisions. 
• The Editorial Board is committed to keeping researchers’ information confidential. 
• The Managing Editor must inform the researcher whose paper has been accepted for publication of the date of publication, and volume and issue numbers.