Publication Ethics

For all parties involved in the publication process (the author, the journal editor(s), the peer reviewer and the publisher) it is necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behaviour. The ethics statements for the IJIE (Indonesian Journal of Informatics Education)  are based on the Best Practice Guidelines for Peer-reviewed Publication.

DUTIES OF THE EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

Fair play

The evaluation of submitted manuscripts are concerning papers’ academic content

regardless authors race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy. A first come first serve principle is the common norm. 

Confidentiality

Information about a submitted manuscript shall not be disclosed by the Editor-in-Chief and any editorial staffs to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, and the publisher.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Material disclosed in a submitted manuscript whether published or unpublished must not be used in an Editor’s own research and publication. Written consent of the author(s) should be sought for further collaboration. In this regard, the correspondence and collaboration beyond the journal’s interest.

Publication decisions

The Editor-in-Chief is the one who responsible for deciding the articles to be published in any issue. The Editor-in-Chief may be guided by the policies of the journal’s Editorial Board and constrained by such legal requirements to enforce the rule against libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The Editor-in-Chief may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

DUTIES OF PEER REVIEWERS

Contribution to editorial decisions

Peer reviewers contribute to academic discourse by assisting the Editor-in-Chief in making editorial decisions. Peer reviewers also assist the author in improving the submitted manuscript through editorial communication with the author.

Promptness

Any invited referee who feels unqualified to review a manuscript or knows that timely response will be impossible should immediately notify the Editor-in-Chief. It is the Editor in-Chief’s responsibility to alternate between potential reviewers.

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts assigned for review must be treated as confidential documents. The Editor-in-chief’s permission must be sought prior to show or discuss the manuscript with others.

Standards of objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively by expressing their views clearly with the appropriate rationale and supporting arguments. The criticism of the author is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the Editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published data of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and conflict of interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider evaluating 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 submission.

DUTIES OF AUTHORS

Reporting standards

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

Originality and plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works and if the authors have used the work and/ or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted. The publisher provides an automated scan for plagiarism when a manuscript is submitted online.

Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication

An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Parallel submission of the same manuscript to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should also cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of a manuscript

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. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be named in an Acknowledgement section.

The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list of the manuscript and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication. All co-authors must be clearly indicated as of the moment of manuscript submission. Adding co-authors at a later stage will not be accepted.

Hazards and human or animal subjects

If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the authors must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

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

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal’s Editor-in-Chief or publisher and cooperate with them to either retract the paper or to publish an appropriate erratum.

PUBLISHER’S CONFIRMATION

In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication or plagiarism the publisher, in close collaboration with the Editors-in-Chief, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question. This includes the prompt publication of an erratum or, in the most severe cases, the complete retraction of the affected works.