Publication Ethics and Malpractice Policy
KOLEKTIF: Jurnal Pendidikan, Pengajaran, dan Pembelajaran is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics and scholarly integrity.
The journal follows ethical principles and good publication practices informed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). This policy applies to authors, editors, reviewers, the publisher, and other parties involved in the publication process.
1. General Principles
The journal is committed to:
- Maintaining academic integrity and transparency.
- Ensuring fair and objective editorial decisions.
- Protecting the confidentiality of manuscripts.
- Preventing plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, and other forms of misconduct.
- Disclosing conflicts of interest.
- Correcting the scholarly record when necessary.
- Maintaining independence in editorial decision-making.
The publisher supports the editorial process but does not interfere with editorial decisions concerning scholarly content.
2. Responsibilities of Editors
Editors are responsible for:
- Evaluating manuscripts objectively and fairly.
- Making decisions based on scholarly quality, originality, relevance, and methodological rigor.
- Avoiding discrimination based on nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, political beliefs, institutional affiliation, or other irrelevant personal characteristics.
- Maintaining confidentiality throughout the editorial process.
- Identifying and managing potential conflicts of interest.
- Selecting appropriate reviewers.
- Communicating editorial decisions clearly and professionally.
- Providing authors with relevant reviewer comments.
- Investigating allegations of publication misconduct.
- Correcting or retracting published articles when necessary.
Editors must not use unpublished information from submitted manuscripts for personal research or professional advantage.
3. Responsibilities of Reviewers
Reviewers are expected to:
- Evaluate manuscripts objectively and constructively.
- Provide clear, evidence-based, and timely feedback.
- Identify relevant literature that has not been cited.
- Report suspected plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, or ethical concerns.
- Maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and review reports.
- Avoid reviewing manuscripts when conflicts of interest exist.
- Decline assignments when they lack sufficient expertise or cannot meet the review deadline.
- Avoid using unpublished information for personal or professional purposes.
Reviewers must not contact authors directly regarding manuscripts under review unless authorized by the editorial office.
4. Responsibilities of Authors
Authors must:
- Submit original work.
- Ensure that submitted manuscripts have not been published previously and are not under consideration by another journal.
- Cite all sources accurately.
- Avoid plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, and inappropriate manipulation of data.
- Ensure that all listed authors meet the journal's authorship criteria.
- Obtain approval from all co-authors before submission.
- Disclose relevant conflicts of interest.
- Obtain appropriate ethical approval and informed consent when required.
- Provide access to research data or supporting information when reasonably requested.
- Correct significant errors discovered after submission or publication.
5. Responsibilities of the Publisher
The publisher is responsible for supporting the journal's editorial independence, publication integrity, and operational continuity.
The publisher must not influence editorial decisions based on commercial, financial, or personal interests.
6. Handling Ethical Concerns
When an allegation of publication misconduct is received, the editorial office will assess the concern and may:
- Request an explanation from the author.
- Request supporting data or documentation.
- Consult relevant editors or independent experts.
- Suspend editorial processing while an investigation is conducted.
- Reject the manuscript if misconduct is established.
- Issue a correction, expression of concern, or retraction when appropriate.
The journal will seek to handle allegations fairly, confidentially, and in accordance with applicable ethical principles.
7. Sanctions
Depending on the seriousness of the violation, the journal may:
- Reject the manuscript.
- Request corrections or clarification.
- Retract a published article.
- Notify the author's institution or relevant authority when appropriate.
- Restrict future submissions in serious or repeated cases.
The journal reserves the right to determine appropriate actions based on the circumstances of each case.