Publication Ethics
Publication Ethics and Research Integrity
Jurnal Ilmiah Teknologi Informasi dan Robotika (JIFTI) is committed to maintaining the integrity, transparency, and ethical standards of scholarly publishing. Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to comply with the principles of responsible research and publication ethics throughout the submission, peer-review, editorial, and post-publication processes.
A. Authorship and Contributorship Criteria
Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made a significant intellectual contribution to the conception, design, execution, analysis, interpretation, or preparation of the research and manuscript.
All listed authors must have participated sufficiently in the work to take responsibility for the content of the manuscript. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all appropriate contributors are included as authors, that no inappropriate authors are listed, and that all co-authors have approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission.
Contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship, such as individuals providing technical assistance, language editing, administrative support, or other limited contributions, should be acknowledged appropriately and should not be listed as authors.
Any request to add, remove, or change the order of authors after submission must be accompanied by a clear explanation and approval from all affected authors. The Editor may request additional clarification or documentation before approving changes in authorship.
B. Allegations of Research Misconduct
JIFTI takes allegations of research and publication misconduct seriously. Misconduct may include, but is not limited to, plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data, inappropriate image manipulation, duplicate or redundant publication, citation manipulation, undeclared conflicts of interest, unethical research practices, inappropriate authorship, and other actions that compromise the integrity of the scholarly record.
Suspected misconduct may be identified before publication, during peer review, or after an article has been published. Reports of suspected misconduct should be supported by relevant information or evidence whenever possible.
The editorial team will conduct an initial assessment of any allegation and may request clarification, supporting data, documentation, or other relevant information from the authors, reviewers, or other parties involved.
Authors and other involved parties will be given an appropriate opportunity to respond to allegations. Where necessary, the journal may contact the authors' institution, research ethics committee, funding organization, publisher, or other relevant authority.
If research or publication misconduct is confirmed, JIFTI may take appropriate editorial action, including rejection of the manuscript, publication of a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other measures necessary to protect the integrity of the scholarly record.
C. Conflict of Interest and Competing Interests
Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial, professional, personal, institutional, or other interests that could reasonably be perceived as influencing their research, review, or editorial judgment.
Authors must disclose relevant sources of funding and any role of the funding organization in the design, implementation, analysis, interpretation, or reporting of the research.
Reviewers should decline a review assignment or inform the Editor when a potential conflict of interest could compromise, or reasonably be perceived to compromise, their objectivity.
Editors must not participate in editorial decisions concerning manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest. Such manuscripts must be handled independently by another qualified editor and undergo the journal's normal peer-review process.
The existence of a conflict of interest does not necessarily prevent publication; however, relevant competing interests must be disclosed transparently.
D. Post-Publication Discussion
JIFTI encourages responsible scholarly discussion concerning articles published in the journal. Readers, authors, reviewers, and other members of the scholarly community may communicate substantive concerns, comments, or evidence relating to the accuracy, interpretation, integrity, or ethical aspects of a published article to the editorial team.
Post-publication concerns will be assessed by the Editor and, when necessary, may be referred to the authors, reviewers, editorial board, publisher, or relevant institutions for clarification or further investigation.
Authors are expected to cooperate with the journal in responding to legitimate post-publication questions and to provide supporting information or research data when reasonably required.
When post-publication discussion identifies a significant error or issue affecting the published record, JIFTI may publish an appropriate correction, clarification, expression of concern, retraction, or other editorial notice in accordance with the journal's policies.
E. Correction and Retraction Policy
JIFTI is committed to maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record. When a significant error, inaccuracy, or ethical issue is identified in a published article, the journal will evaluate the matter and take appropriate editorial action.
Corrections
A correction may be issued when an error affects part of a published article but does not invalidate the overall findings or conclusions. The correction will clearly identify the article concerned and explain the changes that have been made.
Authors who identify a significant error or inaccuracy in their published article are required to promptly notify the Editor and cooperate in correcting the scholarly record.
Retractions
An article may be retracted when there is clear evidence that its findings are unreliable as a result of major error, fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplicate publication, unethical research, serious authorship violations, or other substantial breaches of publication ethics.
Retraction decisions will be made by the Editor in coordination with the publisher and, where necessary, relevant institutions or other appropriate parties.
The original article record will be retained with a clear notice indicating its retracted status in order to preserve the transparency and integrity of the scholarly record.
Expression of Concern
Where serious concerns have been raised regarding a published article but the investigation has not yet produced sufficient evidence for a final decision, JIFTI may publish an expression of concern until the matter has been resolved.
F. Data Availability Statement
Authors should provide sufficient information about the data, software, source code, models, experimental configurations, or other research materials necessary to support the transparency, verification, and reproducibility of the reported research, where applicable.
Authors may be requested to provide supporting research data to the Editor during the editorial process or in response to legitimate concerns regarding a published article.
Where research data are publicly available, authors are encouraged to provide the appropriate repository name, persistent identifier, DOI, URL, or other information that enables readers to access the data.
Where research data cannot be made publicly available because of privacy, confidentiality, ethical, legal, intellectual property, licensing, security, or other legitimate restrictions, authors should clearly state the reason for the restriction.
G. Publication Ethics for Authors
Reporting Standards and Data Access
Authors must report the results of their research accurately and objectively. The data used in the study must be presented accurately, and the manuscript must contain sufficient detail and references to enable other researchers to understand, verify, or reproduce the work where appropriate.
Authors may be requested to provide research data, supporting documentation, or other relevant materials for editorial review.
Originality, Acknowledgment of Sources, and Confidentiality
Authors must ensure that the manuscript is original and does not contain plagiarism.
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be provided. Authors must appropriately cite publications, data, methods, software, figures, tables, and other sources that have influenced the reported work.
Information obtained privately through conversations, correspondence, or discussions with third parties should not be reported without appropriate permission from the source when such permission is required.
Authors must ensure that confidential or personally identifiable information is handled in accordance with applicable ethical, legal, privacy, and data protection requirements.
Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication
Authors must not publish substantially the same research in more than one journal. Submission of the same or substantially similar manuscript to more than one journal at the same time is prohibited.
Material derived from theses, dissertations, conference presentations, lectures, or preprints should be transparently disclosed and appropriately cited where applicable.
Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, analysis, interpretation, or preparation of the manuscript.
Individuals who contribute to specific aspects of the work but do not meet the criteria for authorship, such as language editing, technical assistance, or administrative support, should be acknowledged appropriately.
The corresponding author must ensure that all appropriate co-authors are included, that no inappropriate authors are listed, and that all authors have approved the final manuscript and agreed to its submission.
Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects
Authors should clearly identify any chemicals, procedures, equipment, or other materials that involve unusual hazards or risks.
Research involving human participants or animals must be conducted in accordance with applicable laws, institutional regulations, ethical guidelines, and relevant research ethics requirements.
Where ethical approval is required, authors should state that appropriate approval or permission was obtained and should provide documentation to the Editor upon request.
When case details, personal information, photographs, or other identifiable information are included, appropriate informed consent must be obtained where required.
Image Integrity
Images must not be manipulated in a way that changes, obscures, or misrepresents the scientific meaning of the original data.
Adjustments intended solely to improve clarity may be acceptable provided that they do not alter the interpretation of the image. Inappropriate image manipulation may be treated as a violation of research ethics.
Fundamental Errors in Published Works
If an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in a published article, the author must promptly notify the Editor and cooperate with the journal in correcting or retracting the article where necessary.
If the Editor becomes aware of a significant error through a third party, the authors are expected to cooperate with the journal in investigating, clarifying, correcting, or retracting the published work as appropriate.
H. Publication Ethics for Reviewers
Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer review assists Editors in making editorial decisions and may also help authors improve the quality of their manuscripts.
A reviewer who feels unqualified to evaluate a manuscript or who is unable to complete the review within the requested period should notify the Editor and decline the review assignment.
Confidentiality
All manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Reviewers must not share, distribute, reproduce, or discuss the manuscript or information related to the review process with unauthorized parties.
Reviewers must not contact authors directly regarding the manuscript unless explicitly authorized by the Editor.
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer's own research without the explicit permission of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must remain confidential and must not be used for personal advantage.
Alertness to Ethical Issues
Reviewers should be alert to potential ethical issues in manuscripts and should report concerns to the Editor, including suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, significant similarity with previously published work, inappropriate citation practices, data manipulation, or other potential research misconduct.
Standards of Objectivity
Reviews must be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of authors is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their assessments clearly and provide appropriate supporting reasons for their comments and recommendations.
Competing Interests
Reviewers should inform the Editor before accepting a review assignment when they have potential conflicts of interest arising from competitive, collaborative, financial, institutional, professional, or personal relationships with any of the authors or organizations associated with the manuscript.
Reviewers must not recommend citations solely for the purpose of increasing their own citation count or the citation count of colleagues, institutions, or particular journals.
I. Publication Ethics for Editors
Publication Decisions
Editors are responsible for deciding which submitted manuscripts should be published based on their scientific quality, originality, relevance, methodological soundness, contribution, peer-review reports, and compliance with journal policies.
Editorial decisions must not be influenced by commercial interests, personal relationships, institutional interests, or other inappropriate considerations.
Peer Review
Editors must ensure that the peer-review process is fair, objective, independent, confidential, and timely.
Research manuscripts should normally be reviewed by at least two reviewers with appropriate expertise in the relevant field. Additional reviewers may be appointed when necessary.
Editors should select reviewers with appropriate expertise and should take reasonable steps to avoid reviewers with significant conflicts of interest.
Fair Play
Editors must evaluate manuscripts on the basis of their academic and scientific content without discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, political philosophy, institutional affiliation, or other irrelevant characteristics of the authors.
Confidentiality
Editors must protect the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts, reviewer reports, editorial correspondence, and other information related to the editorial process.
Information about a submitted manuscript should not be disclosed to unauthorized persons except where disclosure is necessary for the legitimate handling of the manuscript or investigation of suspected misconduct.
Editors must also protect reviewer identities in accordance with the journal's peer-review policy.
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an Editor's own research without the explicit permission of the authors.
Declaration of Competing Interests
Editors must not participate in editorial decisions concerning manuscripts that they have authored or co-authored, manuscripts written by close collaborators or family members, or manuscripts in which they have other significant competing interests.
Such submissions must be handled independently by another qualified editor and must undergo the journal's normal peer-review and editorial procedures.
Journal Metrics and Citation Practices
Editors must not attempt to manipulate journal rankings, citation indicators, or other metrics through inappropriate editorial practices.
Authors should not be required to cite articles from JIFTI, articles authored by Editors, or other publications unless such citations are genuinely relevant to the scholarly content of the manuscript.
Vigilance over the Published Record
Editors are responsible for safeguarding the integrity of the published scholarly record and should appropriately investigate credible allegations of research, publication, reviewer, or editorial misconduct.
Investigations may include contacting the authors, reviewers, institutions, research ethics committees, funding bodies, publishers, or other relevant parties where appropriate.
When there is convincing evidence of significant error or misconduct, Editors should coordinate with the publisher to publish an appropriate correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other notice necessary to maintain the integrity of the scholarly record.
J. References and Ethical Guidelines
The publication ethics and research integrity principles of JIFTI are informed by internationally recognized standards and good practices in scholarly publishing, including guidance provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and established principles for responsible research publication.
Relevant references include:
- COPE Core Practices.
- COPE Guidelines for Editors.
- COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.
- International standards for responsible research publication for authors and editors.
