Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

Our publication ethics and malpractice statement is largely based on the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (Committee on Publication Ethics, 2011).

Responsibilities of the Editorial Board

1. Publication Decisions

The editorial board is responsible for deciding which submitted manuscripts should be published in the journal. The Editor-in-Chief’s decision to accept or reject a manuscript for publication is based on its importance, originality, clarity, and relevance to the journal’s scope.

2. Fair Play

The editorial board and reviewers evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to the authors’ race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, citizenship, or political ideology.

3. Confidentiality

The editorial board must ensure that all materials submitted to the journal remain confidential during the review process. The editorial board and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

4. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used by editors or members of the editorial board for their own research purposes without the author’s written consent.

5. Journal Self-Citation

An editor must not engage in any practices that require authors to cite the editor’s journal as an implicit or explicit condition of acceptance for publication. Any recommendation regarding articles to be cited in a manuscript must be based solely on direct relevance to the author’s work and with the aim of improving the quality of the final published research. Editors may guide authors toward relevant literature as part of the peer-review process; however, this should never include instructions to cite a particular journal.

6. Involvement and Cooperation in Investigations

An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints are raised regarding a submitted manuscript or a published paper, in cooperation with the publisher (or relevant institutions). Such measures generally include contacting the author(s) of the manuscript or paper and giving due consideration to the respective complaint or claim, but may also involve further communication with relevant institutions and research bodies. If a complaint is upheld, appropriate actions may include the publication of a correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other relevant notice. Any reported unethical publishing behavior must be investigated, even if it is discovered years after publication.

7. Publication Decisions

The Editor-in-Chief of the journal is responsible for deciding which of the submitted articles should be published. The Editor-in-Chief may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board and constrained by legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The Editor-in-Chief may consult with other editors or reviewers in making these decisions.

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Responsibilities of Reviewers

1. Contribution to Editorial Decisions

The peer-review process assists the editor and the editorial board in making editorial decisions and may also help authors to improve their manuscripts.

2. Promptness

Any selected reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that a prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and withdraw from the review process.

3. Confidentiality

Any manuscript received for review must be treated as a confidential document. It must not be disclosed to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

4. Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly and support them with appropriate arguments.

5. Acknowledgment of Sources

Reviewers should identify cases in which relevant published work referred to in the manuscript has not been cited in the reference section. They should point out whether observations or arguments derived from other publications are accompanied by appropriate citations. Reviewers should notify the editor of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published work of which they have personal knowledge.

6. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest arising from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with the paper.

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Duties of Authors

1. Reporting Standards

Authors of original research reports should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. The underlying data should be accurately represented in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

2. Data Access and Retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data of their study together with the manuscript for editorial review and should be prepared to make the data publicly available where practicable. In any case, authors should ensure accessibility of such data to other competent professionals for at least ten years after publication (preferably via institutional or subject-based data repositories or other data centers), provided that participant confidentiality can be protected and legal rights concerning proprietary data do not preclude their release.

3. Originality and Plagiarism

Authors should submit only entirely original works and should appropriately cite or quote the work and/or words of others. Publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work should also be cited. Plagiarism takes many forms, ranging from presenting another’s paper as the author’s own, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

4. Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication

In general, papers describing essentially the same research should not be published in more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Manuscripts that have been published elsewhere as copyrighted material may not be submitted. Additionally, manuscripts under review by a journal must not be submitted to another copyrighted publication.

5. Acknowledgment of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately, such as through conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved.

6. Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors.

The corresponding author must ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate individuals are included in the list of authors. The corresponding author must also verify that all co-authors have approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

7. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

8. Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and to cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper in the form of an erratum.

Referensi

Komite Etika Publikasi (COPE). (2011, 7 Maret). Pedoman Perilaku dan Panduan Praktik Terbaik untuk Editor Jurnal. Diperoleh dari https://publicationethics.org/