Publication Ethics

Jurnal Ilmiah Administrasi Pemerintahan Daerah (JIAPD) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Postgraduate School of the Institut Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri (IPDN). This statement clarifies the ethical behavior expected of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the editor, the Editorial Board, the peer reviewer, and the publisher (Pascasarjana IPDN). This statement is based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Ethical Guidelines for Journal Publication

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal such as JIAPD is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher, and the society.

Duties of Editors

Publication Decisions

The editor of JIAPD is 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 legal requirements then in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair Play

An editor evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

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.

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Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communication with the author, may also assist the author in improving the manuscript.

Promptness

Any selected reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript, or who knows that a prompt review will be impossible, should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.

Confidentiality

Any manuscript received for review must be treated as a confidential document. It must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

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.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and must not be 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.

Duties of Authors

Reporting Standards

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 behavior and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data connected to a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data where practicable, consistent with applicable institutional and funder data-sharing requirements. Authors should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable period after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original work. Where authors have used the work and/or words of others, this must be appropriately cited or quoted. Submitted manuscripts are screened for plagiarism using Turnitin prior to peer review. Manuscripts with a similarity index exceeding the threshold set by the editorial board will be returned to the author for revision or rejected outright, depending on the severity of the overlap.

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 behavior and is unacceptable.

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.

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. Others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors — and no inappropriate co-authors — are included, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its submission for publication.

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.

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.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to correct or retract the paper.

Duties of the Publisher

Institutional Commitment

Pascasarjana IPDN, as the publisher of JIAPD, is committed to ensuring that editorial decisions are made independently of commercial or institutional interests, and that advertising, reprint, or other commercial considerations have no impact or influence on editorial decisions.

Handling of Complaints and Appeals

The publisher supports the editorial board in handling complaints regarding editorial process or peer review, and in developing appropriate mechanisms for authors to appeal editorial decisions.

Guarding Against Misconduct

The publisher works with the editorial board to take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of manuscripts where research misconduct has occurred, and under no circumstances encourages such misconduct or knowingly allows it to take place.

Retraction and Correction

Articles found to contain plagiarism, fabricated or falsified data, duplicate publication, or other serious ethical violations after publication will be corrected or retracted in accordance with COPE's retraction guidelines. A retraction notice will be published, clearly identifying the retracted article and stating the reason for retraction, and the original article will be retained online with a visible retraction watermark rather than removed entirely.

This statement is adapted from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.