The "Teaching of Azerbaijani Language and Literature" declares its commitment to upholding high ethical publishing standards and ensuring complete impartiality towards all authors. The journal expects reviewers to adhere to the same ethical standards.

Peer Review Process

The process of peer review is carried out in the following form:

After the article is received by the editorial office, it is first checked for compliance with the review process. For this, the article is initially passed through the anti-plagiarism program, and then the compliance with the topic and requirements of the journal is evaluated. Manuscripts that do not meet these criteria and are scientifically weak are not sent to the review process. The manuscript, after preliminary checks, is submitted to the editorial board of the journal or to two qualified external reviewers for review by the "double-blind review" method. In this process, the identities of both authors and reviewers are kept anonymous to ensure objective and fair evaluation. The editorial office receives reviewers' comments within 2 - 4 weeks. Comments submitted by reviewers are considered in the editorial office and the authors are given one of the following recommendations:

- The manuscript is fully suitable for publication. The editorial team conducts final checks to confirm the manuscript's compliance with the journal's publication policies. After that, the author is informed about the publication decision and the article is prepared for publication.

- The manuscript requires revisions. Authors are informed that they need to apply the suggested changes from the reviewers and resubmit the revised version.

- The manuscript is not accepted. In this case, a detailed and reasoned feedback is provided to the authors outlining the reasons for the rejection.

Open-Access Statement

The journal Teaching of Azerbaijani Language and Literature is an Open-Access, peer-reviewed scientific and methodological journal operating on the principle that the free dissemination of research works supports broader and global knowledge exchange. Full-text access to scientific articles is available on the journal’s  website (https://tall.edu.az/en) under the Archives section (https://tall.edu.az/en/archive). All articles in the journal are published and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0)  license. Copyrights remain with the authors. Content published under the CC BY-NC 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0) license may be used with proper attribution to the author and for non-commercial purposes only; modifications (edits) are allowed only under certain conditions, and any changes must be shared under the same terms.

The principle of justice

Editors evaluate manuscripts based solely on their intellectual content, regardless of the author's gender, race, religion, nationality, or political views.

Compliance with international publication standards

The journal operates in accordance with the International Committee on Scientific Publications and Ethics (COPE) and other international publication regulations. The evaluation and publication process of the journal is carried out in accordance with these standards.

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors must submit only original manuscripts to the editorial office.

Plagiarized manuscripts are not accepted by the editorial board.

Plagiarism can take various forms: presenting another person’s work as the author’s own, copying significant portions of another person's work without proper citation, rephrasing another person's work without attribution, claiming the results of research conducted by others, and so on. All forms of plagiarism are considered unethical behavior and its use is unacceptable.

 

Copyright

Manuscripts that have been previously published or submitted to other periodicals for publication should not be submitted to the journal, as this violates authorship ethics. All articles are published and shared under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0) license, which permits unlimited use provided that it is not for commercial purposes and proper attribution to the original source is given.

 

Confidentiality Statement

Editors and members of the editorial board must share information about a submitted manuscript only with the relevant author(s), reviewers, other editorial advisors, and the publisher; under no circumstances should this information be disclosed to other parties. Manuscripts submitted to the journal are considered confidential documents.

Names and e-mail addresses entered on the website will be used only for the stated purposes of the journal and will not be disclosed to any third party for any other purpose.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Reviewers and editors are required to declare any and all potential conflicts of interest. This information ensures transparency in the assessment process. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

 

Authors should confirm the following when submitting an article to the editors:

 - The submitted manuscript must be the original work of the author(s).

 - Only unpublished manuscripts should be submitted.

 - It is unethical to submit the manuscript to another journal simultaneously.

 -  Any conflicts of interest must be clearly stated.

 - Sources of data used in the preparation of the manuscript must be acknowledged.

 - The funding and/or sponsors of the research must be clearly disclosed.

 

Reviewers must confirm the followings:

- All manuscripts must be reviewed solely based on the intellectual content of the article, and in an objective and fair manner, regardless of the authors' gender, race, religion, nationality, or political views.

- Any conflicts of interest observed during the review process must be promptly disclosed to the editor.

- All information related to the manuscript must be kept confidential and shared only with relevant individuals, such as other reviewers and the editor.

- Any information that could lead to the rejection of the manuscript, such as ethical violations, inaccurate information, or biased influences, must be promptly reported to the editor.

The editors of the journal must confirm the following:

 - All manuscripts must be evaluated objectively and fairly, based solely on the intellectual content of the article. The authors' gender, race, religion, nationality, and political views must not influence the evaluation.

• -  All information related to the manuscripts must be shared only with relevant individuals (other reviewers and editors) and must be kept confidential.

• -  Any conflicts of interest (personal, professional, or financial) must be immediately disclosed to the editor.