Complaints

The LJE has a complaints and appeals process that can be utilised should an author believe a lack of compliance with the Journal’s Statement of Ethics and Responsibilities (to be found at https://lje.org.pk/ethics ) has taken place, or if they are appealing a decision made by the editors regarding their work. The process is to also to be utilised should an author have concerns about a perceived delay in the manuscript review process, or the discovery of errata post-publication.

All complaints/reports and/or concerns about publication ethics (as per the Statement), pleas for appeal against charges of such, or the manuscript review process, must be sent to lje@lahoreschool.edu.pk, whereupon they will be forwarded to and discussed by the LJE’s managing editors ( https://lje.org.pk ).

The LJE’s Editorial Board will review the merits of the argument of the complaint or appeal, and decide on a course of action to be taken, as per Committee on Publication Ethics guidelines ( https://publicationethics.org/appeals ), utilising LJE’s internal procedures.

Complaints will be provided appropriate feedback concerning ethical concerns, or whether an editorial decision to reject or revise a manuscript should stand or be revised, and the final decision of the LJE’s managing editors. As noted in the Journal’s Statement of Ethics and Responsibilities, post-publication articles found to violate publication ethical standards will be retracted.