Publication Ethics

Publishing Ethics and Plagiarism Policy

Jurnal TELUK: Teknik Lingkungan UM Kendari’s Publication Ethics is based on the guidelines and standards developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE: https://publicationethics.org/).

The publication of scientific research involves systematic and comprehensive processes by the authors, reviewers, publishers, and editors efficiently and competently. The publisher works closely with journal editors, authors, and peer-reviewers to keep publishing ethical standards. Jurnal TELUK: Teknik Lingkungan UM Kendari assigns ethics responsibility of each publishing partner as follows:

Editors responsibilities:

  • The editor and/or editorial committee hold a position to make final decisions on peer-reviewed articles submitted for publication.
  • The editor maintains the transparency of the academic research with ethical standards and is always willing to publish retractions and erratum when it is notified and requested.
  • The editor should assess manuscripts for their scientific quality and intellectual content, free from biased decisions.
  • The editor should evaluate manuscripts based on their academic merit and free of commercial or self-interests.
  • The editor should not distribute any information regarding submitted manuscripts before publication.
  • The editor should investigate promptly and in detail with suitable authority if the publisher suspects any kind of misconduct in research.

Reviewers responsibilities:

  • The reviewer provides a detailed, constructive, and unbiased evaluation within a period of assigned time by the editor of the scientific content of the work.
  • The reviewer evaluates the assigned manuscript to determine whether the writing is originality and scientifically accurate.
  • The reviewer should not distribute any information regarding submitted manuscripts before publication.
  • The reviewer promptly reports to the editor about any conflict of interest and declines to review the manuscript.
  • The reviewer notifies the editor when finding any evidence of research misconduct in submitted manuscripts.

Authors responsibilities:

  • All the work reported in the manuscript must be original and free from any kind of plagiarism content.
  • The work should not have been published elsewhere or submitted to any other journal simultaneously.
  • Any conflict of interest must be declared.
  • Acknowledgements must be declared, including funding agency.
  • Permission must be obtained for any content used from other sources.
  • Only those who have contributed substantially to the submitted work should be listed as authors.
  • Ghostwriter or gifted authorship is prohibited.

Plagiarism policy
Plagiarism and self-copying content are prohibited in Jurnal TELUK: Teknik Lingkungan UM Kendari. All the submitted papers must be screened through plagiarism detection software (Turnitin Link).

Ethics of human and animal experimentation
Those articles that describe experimental work on humans or animals should submit approval of the ethical committee of the institution where the actual work was carried out. The research must meet the applicable international standards of the ethics of experimentation and research integrity. Authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation. For research involving animals, authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the standards outlined in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.

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