PUBLICATION ETHICS

Publication Ethics

Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran (DIAJAR) is a peer reviewed, open access journal in the fields of education and learning, published by Yayasan Pendidikan Penelitian Pengabdian Algero. This statement of publication ethics follows the standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). It describes the ethical responsibilities of the authors, the editors, the reviewers, and the publisher and journal management. All parties are expected to read this statement and to follow it.

1. Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication

The publication of an article in a peer reviewed journal is an essential part of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It reflects the quality of the work of the authors and of the institutions that support them. Peer reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method, and for this reason it is important to agree on the standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the authors, the editors, the reviewers, the publisher, and the community of readers.

The publisher is committed to taking its responsibilities for publishing seriously. It ensures that advertising or other commercial revenue has no influence on editorial decisions. The publisher and the Editorial Board will assist in communication with other journals and publishers where this is useful.

2. Duties of Authors

Reporting standards

Authors must report their original research honestly and accurately, and they must discuss its significance objectively. The data that underlie the work must be represented faithfully and kept secure. The manuscript must contain enough detail and references to allow others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data access and retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data of their study for editorial review, and they should be prepared to make the data publicly available where this is practicable, in line with the Data Sharing Policy. Authors should keep the data for a reasonable period after publication. Data about students, teachers, and other participants must be handled confidentially.

Originality and plagiarism

Authors must submit only entirely original work. If they have used the work or the words of others, this must be cited or quoted appropriately. Plagiarism in any form, including the use of incorrect or misattributed citations, constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Please see the Plagiarism Policy.

Multiple, redundant, or concurrent publication

An author must not publish manuscripts that describe essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time is unethical and unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of sources

Authors must always give proper credit to the work of others, and they must cite the publications that influenced the work reported in the manuscript.

Authorship of the paper

Authorship must be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study. Everyone who made a significant contribution should be listed as a coauthor, and others who contributed to the work should be acknowledged. The corresponding author must make sure that all appropriate coauthors are included, that no inappropriate person is listed, and that all coauthors have approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission. Please see Authorship and Contributorship.

Research involving participants

Research in education often involves students, teachers, parents, and schools. Authors must make sure that the study was carried out with the permission of the institution concerned and with the informed consent of the participants. For participants who are minors, the consent of a parent or guardian is also needed. The identity of participants must be protected, and the manuscript must state in the Research Method section how permission and consent were obtained.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

All authors must disclose in the manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or the interpretation of the manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed. Please see the Conflicts of Interest policy.

Use of generative AI tools

Authors who use generative AI tools when preparing a manuscript must follow the Generative AI Policies of the journal. AI systems cannot be listed as authors.

Fundamental errors in published works

When authors discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, they must promptly notify the editor or the publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract the paper or to publish a correction.

Withdrawal of a manuscript

A manuscript that has been submitted to DIAJAR cannot be withdrawn by the authors.

3. Duties of Editors

Publication decisions

The editor decides which of the submitted manuscripts will be published, based on the validity of the work and its importance to researchers and readers. The editor conducts a thorough, transparent, objective, and fair review of each manuscript. Decisions are guided by the policies of the Editorial Board and are subject to the legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editor may consult other editors or reviewers in reaching a decision.

Guidelines and the review process

The editors make sure that the author guidelines are easy to find and to understand. They assign reviewers who are suitable for each manuscript, and they explain the review process to the reviewers.

Fair play

The editor evaluates manuscripts only for their intellectual content, without regard to the gender, background, race, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic origin, nationality, citizenship, or political views of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editor and the editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, the reviewers, the potential reviewers, the editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished material in a submitted manuscript must not be used in the own research of an editor without the express written consent of the author. Editors must disclose any conflict of interest related to a manuscript, and they must not handle a manuscript in which they have a conflict.

4. Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to editorial decisions

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions, and through the editorial communication with the authors it may also help the authors to improve their manuscripts. Reviewers must review honestly, objectively, and independently. The review process is described on the Peer Review Process page.

Promptness

A reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research in a manuscript, or who knows that a prompt review is not possible, should notify the editor and decline the invitation. Reviewers are expected to complete the review within a maximum of 2 weeks. If more time is needed, the reviewer must confirm the extension with the editorial secretariat.

Confidentiality

Any manuscript received for review must be treated as a confidential document. It must not be shown to or discussed with others, unless this is authorized by the editor.

Standards of objectivity

Reviews must be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the authors is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly and support them with arguments.

Acknowledgement of sources

Reviewers should check that the references in the manuscript are accurate and credible. They should identify relevant published work that has not been cited, and any statement that an observation, a derivation, or an argument has been reported before should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also tell the editor about any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript and another published work of which the reviewer has personal knowledge.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and must not be used for personal advantage. Reviewers must not review manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the manuscript.

5. Duties of the Publisher and Journal Management

The publisher and the journal management are responsible for the conditions under which the journal works. They are expected to do the following.

1. Make decisions without the influence of outside interests, and make sure that commercial considerations do not affect editorial decisions.
2. Give the editors and the reviewers the freedom to do their work independently, and respect the privacy of the authors.
3. Protect the intellectual property and the copyright of the published work, as described in the Copyright Notice and Licensing pages.
4. Manage funds from third parties openly and transparently.
5. Support the long term availability of published work, as described in the Archiving Policy, and promote the work that the journal publishes.
6. Disclose any conflict of interest that may affect the operation of the journal.

6. Ethical Concerns, Corrections, and Retractions

Anyone who has a concern about possible misconduct in a submitted or published article may report it to the editorial office at jurnal.diajar@gmail.com. Concerns are handled as described in the Allegations of Misconduct policy.

A published article may be retracted if it is found to contain fabricated data, if it has been published elsewhere before, if it contains plagiarism, or if the research violates ethical norms. In such cases a corrigendum or a retraction notice is published, as explained in the Correction and Retraction policy. Discussion of published articles is described in the Post Publication Discussion policy.

Related Policies

Topic	Page
Peer review of manuscripts	Peer Review Process
Similarity and plagiarism	Plagiarism Policy
Who may be an author	Authorship and Contributorship
Declaring conflicts	Conflicts of Interest
Use of AI tools	Generative AI Policies
Reporting and handling misconduct	Allegations of Misconduct
Correcting or retracting articles	Correction and Retraction
Sharing research data	Data Sharing Policy
Preparing the manuscript	Manuscript Preparation and Author Guidelines