Publication Ethics

Kajian Jurnalisme is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics and scholarly integrity. This policy applies to all parties involved in the publication process, including authors, editors, reviewers, editorial staff, and the publisher. The journal follows the principles and best practices recommended by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). These principles guide the journal in handling authorship, peer-review, conflicts of interest, allegations of misconduct, data integrity, ethical oversight, intellectual property, corrections, retractions, complaints, and other matters related to responsible scholarly publishing.

1. General Principles

All manuscripts submitted to Kajian Jurnalisme must be original, accurate, ethically conducted, and relevant to the journal’s focus and scope. The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, citation manipulation, peer review manipulation, duplicate submission, redundant publication, inappropriate authorship, undisclosed conflicts of interest, or any other form of publication misconduct.
The journal is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record. Editors will take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of manuscripts where research or publication misconduct has occurred. When ethical concerns are raised before or after publication, the journal will investigate the matter fairly, confidentially, and in accordance with COPE guidance.

2. Duties and Responsibilities of Editors

Editors are responsible for managing the editorial and peer review process fairly, objectively, and transparently. Editorial decisions must be based on the manuscript’s academic merit, originality, methodological soundness, clarity, relevance to the journal’s scope, and contribution to journalism, media, and communication studies. Editors must:

  1. Evaluate manuscripts without discrimination based on the author’s gender, ethnicity, nationality, institutional affiliation, political view, religion, or other personal characteristics;
  2. Ensure that submitted manuscripts are processed through the journal’s editorial and peer review procedures;
  3. Select reviewers who have appropriate expertise and no known conflicts of interest;
  4. Protect the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts, reviewer reports, editorial correspondence, and unpublished data;
  5. Make publication decisions based on editorial assessment and reviewer recommendations;
  6. Avoid using unpublished material from submitted manuscripts for their own research or personal advantage;
  7. Recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where they have a conflict of interest;
  8. Respond responsibly to allegations of misconduct, complaints, appeals, corrections, and retraction requests; and
  9. Preserve the integrity of the academic record by publishing corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions when necessary.

The Editor-in-Chief has final responsibility for publication decisions. However, such decisions must be made through a fair editorial process and must not be influenced by commercial interests, institutional pressure, personal relationships, or any other inappropriate factor.

3. Duties and Responsibilities of Reviewers

Peer review is an essential part of scholarly publishing. Reviewers assist editors in making editorial decisions and help authors improve the quality, clarity, and scholarly contribution of their manuscripts.
Reviewers must:

  1. Review manuscripts objectively, constructively, and respectfully;
  2. Provide clear comments supported by academic reasoning;
  3. Assess the originality, relevance, method, argument, evidence, structure, and contribution of the manuscript;
  4. Identify relevant work that has not been cited by the authors, when appropriate;
  5. Inform the editor if they detect possible plagiarism, duplicate publication, data concerns, citation manipulation, ethical problems, or substantial similarity with other works;
  6. Keep the manuscript, review report, and editorial correspondence confidential;
  7. Not share, discuss, upload, or distribute the manuscript without permission from the editor;
  8. Not use unpublished material from the manuscript for personal research, teaching, publication, or other advantage; and
  9. Decline the review invitation if they lack the required expertise, cannot complete the review on time, or have a conflict of interest.

Reviewers must not use generative AI or other external tools in ways that violate manuscript confidentiality. If the journal allows limited use of technical tools for language checking or review support, reviewers must follow the journal’s AI policy and must not upload confidential manuscripts to public or third-party AI systems.

4. Duties and Responsibilities of Authors

Authors are responsible for the integrity, originality, accuracy, and ethical conduct of the work they submit to Kajian Jurnalisme.
Authors must:

  1. Submit only original manuscripts that have not been published previously and are not under consideration by another journal;
  2. Ensure that the manuscript does not contain plagiarism, self-plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, image manipulation, citation manipulation, or misleading claims;
  3. Present the research process, data, findings, and interpretation honestly and accurately;
  4. Provide sufficient detail so that the work can be understood, evaluated, and, where appropriate, verified by other researchers;
  5. Cite all sources properly and give appropriate credit to the work, ideas, data, and words of others;
  6. Obtain permission for copyrighted materials used in the manuscript, when required;
  7. Disclose all funding sources, institutional support, and relevant conflicts of interest;
  8. Confirm that all listed authors meet the journal’s authorship criteria;
  9. Ensure that all authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript before submission and publication;
  10. Cooperate with editors during peer review, revision, copyediting, proofreading, and post-publication investigation; and
  11. promptly notify the journal if they discover a significant error or ethical problem in their submitted or published work. Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time. Authors must also avoid redundant publication, salami publication, or the publication of substantially similar work without proper disclosure and justification.

5. Authorship and Contributorship

Authorship must be limited to individuals who have made a significant scholarly contribution to the work. A significant contribution may include involvement in the conception or design of the study, data collection, data analysis, interpretation of findings, drafting the manuscript, critical revision, and approval of the final version.
All authors must agree to be accountable for the integrity of the work. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that:

  1. All eligible contributors are listed as authors;
  2. No person who does not qualify for authorship is listed as an author;
  3. All authors approve the submitted version and any revised version;
  4. All authors approve the final version for publication; and

Author names, affiliations, email addresses, ORCID iDs, and contribution statements are accurate.
Contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged in the Acknowledgements section with their permission. Examples include technical assistance, administrative support, language editing, data collection assistance, or funding support.
The journal does not allow ghost authorship, guest authorship, gift authorship, or honorary authorship. Any request to add, remove, or rearrange authors after submission must be explained in writing and approved by all authors. The editor may request further clarification or institutional confirmation when authorship disputes arise.

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