Publication Ethics

The Code of Ethics Statement is based on the Scientific Publication of LIPI Regulation No. 5 of 2014 concerning the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publications and Cope, which upholds 3 ethics in publications, namely: (1) Neutrality, clear of conflicts of interest in the processing of publications; (2) Fairness, giving authors the right to claim their papers; and (3) Honesty, clear of duplication, fabrication, forgery, and plagiarism (DF2P) in publications.

Publisher

  1. All accepted articles will be checked by at least one reviewer who is an expert in the article's field using the double blind review method.
  2. Relevance, originality, contribution to knowledge, readability, and language are factors that are taken into account in the review.
  3. Decisions that may be given include articles accepted, accepted with minor or major revisions, or rejected.
  4. Rejected articles will not be reviewed.
  5. No scientific article may be included in more than one publication.

Editor

  1. The editor is authorized to accept or reject the submitted articles.
  2. Editors are responsible for the content and quality of publications.
  3. Editors should always consider the needs of writers and readers when trying to improve publications.
  4. Editors must ensure the quality of the paper and the integrity of the academic record.
  5. Editors must have a clear picture of the sources of research funding.
  6. Editor's decision is based on originality, relevance of the scope of the article, novelty, contribution to science.
  7. Editors may not change decisions or reverse existing ones from previous editors without serious reason.
  8. The editor must hide the identity of the reviewer.
  9. Editors must ensure that all research material they publish complies with internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
  10. Editors must act if they suspect an error, whether a paper has been published or not, and make all reasonable efforts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.
  11. Editors must not reject papers based on suspicion; they must have proof of error.
  12. Editors should not allow conflicts of interest between staff, authors, and reviewers.

Author

  1. Authors must certify that their manuscript is plagiarism-free work.
  2. Authors must certify that the previous manuscript has not been published elsewhere.
  3. Authors must state that the manuscript is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  4. The author must improve the article according to the comments from the reviewer.
  5. Authors must participate in the peer review process.
  6. The author is obligated to provide a recall or error correction.
  7. All of the authors mentioned in this paper should significantly contribute to the research.
  8. The author must certify that all the data in this paper is real and authentic.
  9. The author must notify the editor of any conflict of interest.
  10. Authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscript.
  11. Authors must report any errors they find in published publications to the editor.

Reviewer

  1. Reviewers must keep all information from articles confidential and treat them as privileged information.
  2. Reviewers should review articles according to their area of ​​expertise
  3. Reviews should be conducted objectively, without personal criticism of the author.
  4. Reviewers must express their views clearly and with strong and relevant supporting arguments.
  5. Reviewers should identify published articles with relevant articles under review that have not been cited by the authors.
  6. Reviewers may contact the editor if they find or suspect that there is substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under review and other published articles.
  7. Reviewers may not review manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest resulting from a competitive, collaborative, or other relationship or connection with any of the authors, companies, or institutions to which the paper is linked.
  8. Reviewers must provide recommendations on the results of article reviews.

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