Publication Ethics

Indonesian Journal of Community Engagement (IJCE) is referring to Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Details of guideline and international standards could be found on COPE website.

Duties of Authors

      1. Reporting Standars: 
          Authors of reports 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 paper. 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.
      2. Data Access and Retention: 
          Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and
          should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement
          on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for
          a reasonable time after publication.
      3. Originality and Plagiaris:
          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.
      4. 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. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one
          journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.
      5. Acknowledgement 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.
      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. Where there are others who have participated in
          certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as
          contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no 
          inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and
          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 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 should be disclosed.
      8. 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 editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor
          to retract or correct the paper.
      9. Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects: 
          If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in
          their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Duties of Editors

      1. Fair Play: 
          An editor at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race,
          gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the
          authors.
      2. Confidentiality: 
          The editor and any 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.
      3. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: 
          Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own 
          research without the express written consent of the author.
      4. Publication Decisions: 
          The editor board journal are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal
          should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and
          readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's
          editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel,
          copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in
          making this decision.
      5. Review of Manuscripts: 
           Editor must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated by the editor for originality. The
           editor should organize and use peer review fairly and wisely. Editors should explain their peer
           review processes in the information for authors and also indicate which parts of the journal are
           peer reviewed. Editor should use appropriate peer reviewers for papers that are considered for
           publication by selecting people with sufficient expertise and avoiding those with conflicts of
           interest.

Duties of Reviewers

       1. Contribution to Editorial Decisions:
           Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial
           communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.
       2. Promptness: 
           Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or
           knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from
           the review process
       3. Standards of Objectivity: 
           Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees
           should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
       4. Confidentiality: 
           Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be
           shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
       5. 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 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 papers.
       6. 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 paper of which they have personal knowledge.