Ethics

Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics

This ethical code statement applies to all parties involved in the publication process of this scientific journal, including the management, editors, peer reviewers, and authors. This statement of ethical publication code is based on the Regulation of the Head of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) Number 5 of 2014 concerning the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publication, which fundamentally upholds three ethical values in publication, namely (i) Neutrality, which is free from conflicts of interest in publication management; (ii) Justice, which grants the right to authorship to those who are entitled; and (iii) Honesty, which is free from duplication, fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism (DF2P) in publication.

Duties and Responsibilities of Journal Management

  1. Determine the journal's name, scope of knowledge, periodicity, and accreditation if necessary.
  2. Determine the membership of the editorial board.
  3. Define the relationships between the publisher, editor, peer reviewers, and other parties in a contract.
  4. Respect confidential matters, both for contributors, authors, editors, and peer reviewers.
  5. Apply norms and regulations regarding intellectual property rights, especially copyrights.
  6. Review journal policies and communicate them to authors, editorial boards, peer reviewers, and readers.
  7. Create a code of conduct guide for editors and peer reviewers.
  8. Publish the journal regularly.
  9. Ensure the availability of funding sources for the journal's sustainability.
  10. Build a network of collaboration and marketing.
  11. Prepare licenses and other legal aspects.

Duties and Responsibilities of Editors

  1. Meet the needs of readers and authors.
  2. Strive for continuous improvement in publication quality.
  3. Implement processes to ensure the quality of published works.
  4. Uphold freedom of opinion objectively.
  5. Maintain the academic integrity of authors' track records.
  6. Convey corrections, clarifications, withdrawals, and apologies when necessary.
  7. Responsible for the style and format of written works, while the content and all statements in the written work are the responsibility of the author.
  8. Actively seek the opinions of authors, readers, peer reviewers, and editorial board members to improve publication quality.
  9. Encourage journal evaluations if there are findings.
  10. Support initiatives to reduce community service errors and publications by requesting that authors attach an approved Ethics Clearance form.
  11. Support initiatives to educate service providers about publication ethics.
  12. Evaluate the effects of publication policies on author and peer reviewer attitudes and improve them to enhance responsibility and reduce errors.
  13. Maintain an open mind to new opinions or the views of others that may contradict personal opinions.
  14. Do not uphold personal opinions, authors, or third parties that could result in non-objective decisions.
  15. Encourage authors to make improvements to their work until it is worthy of publication.

Duties and Responsibilities of Peer Reviewers

  1. Receive assignments from the editor to review written works and convey the results of the review to the editor as a basis for determining the suitability of a written work for publication.
  2. Reviewers should not review written works in which they are directly or indirectly involved.
  3. Maintain the privacy of authors by not disseminating correction results, suggestions, and recommendations, providing criticism, suggestions, input, and recommendations.
  4. Encourage authors to improve their written work.
  5. Re-review written works that have been revised in accordance with the specified standards.
  6. Review written works in a timely manner in accordance with the style of the publication based on scientific principles (data collection methods, author legality, conclusions, etc.).

Duties and Responsibilities of Authors

  1. Ensure that those listed as authors meet the criteria as authors.
  2. Collectively responsible for the work and content of the article, including methods, analysis, calculations, and details.
  3. Declare the source of resources (including funding), directly or indirectly.
  4. Explain the limitations in community service.
  5. Respond professionally and promptly to comments made by peer reviewers.
  6. Inform the editor if you want to withdraw your written work.
  7. Make a statement that the submitted work is original, has not been published anywhere in any language, and is not currently being submitted to another publisher.