Publication Ethics

Candradimuka: Journal of Education refers to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Details of international guidelines and standards can be found on the COPE website.

Author assignment

Reporting Standard:
Authors of research reports must present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. The underlying data must be represented accurately on paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to enable others to replicate the work. Statements that are deceptive or intentionally inaccurate constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.
Data Access and Retention:
Authors are required to provide raw data with respect to the paper for editorial review and must be prepared to provide public access to such data (in accordance with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if possible, and must under no circumstances. Be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
Originality and Plagiarism:
Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original works and if authors have used the work and/or words of others, these have been properly cited or quoted.
Multiple, Multiple, or Concurrent Publication:
An author may not generally publish manuscripts describing substantially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously is unethical and unacceptable publishing behaviour.
Source Acknowledgement:
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others should always be given. Authors should cite influential publications in determining the nature of the work reported.
Paper Writing:
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, conduct, or interpretation of the study being reported. Everyone who has made a significant contribution should be listed as a co-author. Where others have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they must be acknowledged or listed as contributors. Corresponding authors must ensure that all suitable co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper and that all co-authors have viewed and approved the final version of the paper and have approved its submission for publication.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest:
All authors must disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed.
Fundamental errors in published work:
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his published work, it is the author's obligation to immediately notify the editor of the journal or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects:
If the work involves chemicals, procedures, or equipment that have unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify them in the manuscript.

Editorial Tasks
Openness:
An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to the author's race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, nationality, or political philosophy.
Confidentiality:
Editors and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about submitted manuscripts to anyone other than the respective authors, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisors, and the publisher, as appropriate.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest:
Unpublished material disclosed in submitted manuscripts may not be used in an editor's own research without written consent from the author.
Publication Decision:
The journal's editorial board is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers should always drive those decisions. Editors can be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and limited by legal requirements that will apply regarding defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism. Editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.
Manuscript Review:
The editor must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated by the editor for authenticity. Editors must organize and use peer review fairly and wisely. Editors should describe their peer review process in information for authors and indicate which parts of the journal are peer reviewed. Editors should use appropriate peer reviewers for papers considered for publication, selecting those with sufficient expertise and avoiding those with conflicts of interest.

Reviewer Task
Reviewer's Contribution to Editorial Decision:
Peer review assists editors in making editorial decisions and through editorial communication with authors can also assist authors in improving papers.
Speed:
Any selected reviewer who feels unqualified to review research reported in a manuscript or knows that an immediate review is not possible should notify the editor and withdraw from the review process.
Objectivity Standards:
Reviews must be carried out objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers must express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
Confidentiality:
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They may not be shown or discussed with others except as permitted by the editors.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest:
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal gain. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with the paper.
Source Acknowledgement:
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the author. Any statement that the observations, derivations, or arguments have been previously reported must be accompanied by a relevant citation. Reviewers should also bring to the editor's attention any substantial similarities or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and other published papers of which they are personally aware.