All research articles published in Tamiljothi are evaluated to ensure academic quality, research ethics, scholarly reliability, and originality.
Submitted articles are first reviewed by the editorial board.
Fit with the journal's scope Quality of research Authenticity of research Language quality Article formatting Accuracy of citations & bibliography Research ethics
The final decision is taken based on the reviewers' recommendations and the editorial board's deliberation.
2.1 · Aim — to uphold research ethics, academic accountability, transparency, and publication norms.
Data fabrication
False authorship
Duplicate publication
Citation fraud
Protect research integrity.
Respect intellectual property.
Encourage quality research.
Using another person's ideas, data, research, images, or writings without proper citation is considered plagiarism.
Copying another person's writing verbatim.
Combining content from multiple sources and presenting it as one's own.
Re-submitting one's own previously published article.
Translating articles from another language and presenting them as new research.
Reject the article.
Demand revision.
Withdraw an already published article.
Ban future submissions.
Tamiljothi follows the Double-Blind Peer Review model.
5.1 · Aim — to ensure transparency in the review and publication process.
Reviewers must withdraw from the panel in any of the following situations:
To safeguard the credibility of published research.
Plagiarism
Fraudulent research
Ethical violations
Incorrect author information
An explanation is requested from the author.
The editorial board conducts an investigation.
Necessary action is taken.
A notice about retracted articles will be published on the journal's website.
7.1 · Aim — Tamiljothi follows the Open Access policy.
No fee of any kind is collected from readers.
To spread Tamil language and cultural research worldwide.
The intellectual property of each article remains with its author(s).
The right to publish and distribute the articles is granted to Tamiljothi.
Content may be reused only with proper citation.
Full reproduction or commercial use without permission is not allowed.
9.1 · Aim — to preserve published research for the long term.
All articles and issues are preserved in PDF format.
All published issues remain continuously available on the website.
Regular backups, secure storage, and technical safeguards are maintained.
Past issues remain permanently available to researchers.
All articles published in this journal are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Under this licence, users are permitted to share, adapt, reuse, and even use the articles for commercial purposes.
However, proper attribution to the original author and to the journal is mandatory in every use.
Reach the editorial office for clarifications on any of the policies above.
