Conflict of Interest Policy

KOLEKTIF: Jurnal Pendidikan, Pengajaran, dan Pembelajaran requires authors, editors, and reviewers to disclose potential conflicts of interest that may influence or appear to influence their professional judgment.

1. Definition

A conflict of interest may arise from financial, professional, institutional, personal, or other relationships that could affect the impartiality of research, review, or editorial decision-making.

Potential conflicts may include:

• Employment or institutional affiliations.
• Research funding.
• Consultancy or financial relationships.
• Personal or professional relationships.
• Intellectual property interests.
• Academic competition or collaboration.
• Other interests that may affect impartiality.

2. Authors

Authors must disclose relevant conflicts of interest at submission.

If no conflict exists, authors should include the following statement:

"The authors declare no conflict of interest."

If conflicts exist, authors must describe them clearly.

3. Reviewers

Reviewers must disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest before accepting a review assignment.

Reviewers should decline assignments when a conflict may compromise their impartiality.

4. Editors

Editors must not handle manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest.

Such manuscripts should be assigned to another qualified editor.

5. Editorial Management

The editorial office will assess disclosed conflicts and determine appropriate actions.

Failure to disclose a significant conflict of interest may result in rejection, correction, or other editorial action.