Publication Ethics

JUSTINFO (Jurnal Sistem Informasi dan Teknologi Informasi) is committed to ensuring high standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against any publication malpractices. This statement is based on the guidelines and standards developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

All parties involved in the act of publishing, including the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, and the publisher, must agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior.

1. Duties of Authors

  • Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original works. Any use of the work and/or words of others must be appropriately cited or quoted.

  • Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication: Authors should not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently. Submitting the same paper to multiple journals constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

  • 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 co-authors must approve the final version of the paper and agree to its submission for publication.

  • Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors must disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.

  • Fundamental Errors in Published Works: If 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 and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

2. Duties of Editors

  • Publication Decisions: The editors of JUSTINFO are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The decision is based on the manuscript's importance to researchers and readers, the reviewers' comments, and legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.

  • Fair Play: Editors must evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

  • Confidentiality: The 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.

  • Involvement and Cooperation in Investigations: Editors will take responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper.

3. Duties of Reviewers

  • Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists the editors in making editorial decisions, and through the editorial communications with the author, may also assist the author in improving the paper.

  • 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 themselves from the review process.

  • 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.

  • Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.