Publication Ethics

Background

The statement of the ethical code of scientific publications is based on the Committee on Publication Ethics which has been adopted in the Head Regulation of LIPI Number 5 of 2014 concerning the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publication. In essence, the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publication is to uphold the three ethical values in publication, namely (i) neutrality, which is free from conflicts of interest in the management of publications; (ii) justice, which is to give authorship rights to those entitled to writing; and (iii) honesty, which is free from duplication, fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism (DF2P) in publications.

A. Duties and Responsibilities of Journal Managers

(1). Determine the name of the journal, scope of science, scale, and accreditation if necessary; (2) Determine editorial board membership; (3) Defining relationships between publishers, editors, best partners, and other parties in a contract; (4) Respect confidential matters, both for contributing researchers, writers, editors, and best partners; (5) Implement norms and provisions regarding intellectual property rights, especially copyright; (6) Review journal policies and submit them to writers, board editors, best partners, and readers; (7) Make a code of conduct guide for editors and best partners; (8) Publish journals regularly; (9) Ensure the availability of funding sources for the sustainability of journal publishing; (10) Building a network of cooperation and marketing; and (11) Prepare permits and other aspects of legality.

B. Duties and Responsibilities of Journal Editor

(1) Meet the needs of readers and writers; (2) Strive for continuous improvement in the quality of publications; (3) Implement the process to guarantee the quality of published papers; (4) Prioritizing freedom of opinion objectively; (5) Maintain the integrity of the author's academic track record; (6) Convey corrections, clarifications, withdrawals, and apologies if needed; (7) Responsible for the style and format of the writing, while the contents and all statements in the paper are the responsibility of the author; (8) Actively solicit the opinions of writers, readers, best partners, and members of the editorial board to improve the quality of publications; (9) Encourage the evaluation of journals if there are findings; (10) Supporting initiatives to reduce research and publication errors by asking the authors to attach an ethical clearance form that has been approved by the ethical clearance commission; (11) Support initiatives to educate researchers about publication ethics; (12) Assessing the effects of policies issued on the attitude of the author and best partner and improving them to increase responsibility and minimize errors; (13) Having an open mind about new opinions or views of others that might conflict with personal opinions; (14) Do not defend your own opinions, authors, or third parties which can result in non-objective decisions; and (15) Encourage the writer, so he can improve the writing until it is worthy of publication (16) Check plagiarism of article with a software.

C. Duties and Responsibilities of Bestari Partners (Peer-Reviewer)

(1) Obtain the task of the editor to review the paper and submit its review to the editor as material for determining the feasibility of a written work for publication; (2) Does not examine the paper involving itself, both directly and indirectly; (3) Maintaining the confidentiality of the author by not disseminating the results of corrections, suggestions, and recommendations on the texts he reviews; (4) Encourage the writer to correct the text; (5) Reviewing the corrected paper in accordance with predetermined standards; and (6) Examine the manuscript in a timely manner according to the journal style and based on scientific rules (data collection methods, author's legality, drawing conclusions, etc.).

D. Duties and Responsibilities of the Author

(1) Ensure that what is included in the list of authors meets the criteria as a writer; (2) Collectively responsible for the work and contents of the manuscript / article which includes the method, analysis, calculation, and details; (3) State the origin of resources (including funding), both directly and indirectly; (4) Describe limitations in research; (5) Responding to comments made by best partners in a professional and timely manner; (6) Inform the editor if he will retract his writing; and (7) Make a statement that the paper submitted for publication is authentic, has never been published anywhere in any language, is not in the process of being submitted to another publisher and is maximum 20% similarity.