Publication Ethics

JURNAL TILAPIA: It is a peer reviewed journal published by the Institute for Research and Community Service, Abulyatama University (LPPM UNAYA), hereinafter abbreviated as JTL. JTL is one of the forums for publishing research papers for Abulyatama University lecturers and other researchers in various fields to scientists from various State Universities and other Private Universities in Indonesia. contains reports on research results in laboratories, results of field research / surveys, popular scientific writings, edited papers and reviews of textbooks / sections of books in various disciplines (multi-disciplinary) that have never been published elsewhere nor are they under review.

The following statement describes the ethical behavior of all parties involved in publishing articles in JTL journals, including authors, editors, peer reviewers, and publishers. This statement is based on the COPE (Publication Ethics Committee) Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and this statement of the scientific publication code of ethics is also based on the Regulation  of the Head of LIPI Number 5 of 2014 concerning the Code of Ethics for Scientific  Publications, which in essence the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publications essentially upholds three ethical values in publications, namely

  • Neutrality, that is, free from conflicts of interest in the management of publications
  • Honesty, which is free from duplication, fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism in publications
  • Justice, namely giving authorship rights to those who are entitled as authors/writers

 

Duties and Responsibilities of Journal Managers

  1. Determine the name of the journal, scientific scope, permanence, and accreditation if necessary.
  2. Determine the membership of the board of editors.
  3. Defines the relationship between publishers, editors, peer reviewers, and other parties to a contract.
  4. Respect confidential matters, whether for contributing researchers, authors/writers, editors, or peer reviewers.
  5. Apply norms and provisions regarding intellectual property rights, especially copyright.
  6. Review journal policies and communicate them to authors, editors, peer reviewers, and readers.
  7. Create code behavior guidelines for editors and peer reviewers.
  8. Publish journals regularly.
  9. Ensuring the availability of sources of funds for the sustainability of journal publishing.
  10. Build a network of cooperation and marketing.
  11. Preparing for licensing and other legality aspects.

 

Duties and Responsibilities of Editors

  1. Bringing together the needs of readers and authors/writers,
  2. Strive to improve the quality of publications on an ongoing basis,
  3. Implement processes to ensure the quality of published written works,
  4. Promoting freedom of expression objectively,
  5. Maintain the integrity of the author's academic track record, maintain the privacy of the author, ensure that every manuscript received is reviewed for its intellectual content without regard to gender, race, religion, nationality and others in a fair manner.
  6. Submit corrections, clarifications, withdrawals, and apologies, if necessary,
  7. Responsible for the style and format of the written work, while the content and all statements in the written work are the responsibility of the author / author,
  8. Actively solicit the opinions of authors, readers, peer reviewers, and members of the editorial board to improve the quality of publications,
  9. Encourage the assessment of journals if there are findings,
  10. Support initiatives to reduce research and publication errors by having authors attach an Ethics Permit form that has been approved by the Ethics Permit Commission,
  11. Support initiatives to educate researchers on publication ethics,
  12. Assessing the effect of published policies on the attitudes of authors/authors and peer reviewers and correcting them to increase responsibility and minimize mistakes,
  13. Have an open mind to new opinions or views of others that may conflict with personal opinions,
  14. Not maintaining the opinions of themselves, authors or third parties that may result in non-objective decisions,
  15. Encourage authors / writers, so that they can make improvements to the written work until it is worthy of publication.

 

Duties and Responsibilities of Reviewer

  1. Received an assignment from the editor to review the written work and submit the results of the review to the editor, as material for determining the eligibility of a written work to be published.
  2. The reviewer must not review papers that involve himself, either directly or indirectly
  3. Maintain author privacy by not disseminating corrections, suggestions, and recommendations by providing criticism, suggestions, feedback, and recommendations
  4. Encourage authors to make improvements to the paper
  5. Review the corrected papers in accordance with predetermined standards.
  6. Written works are reviewed in a timely manner according to the style of publication based on scientific principles (data collection methods, author's legality, conclusions, etc.).

Duties and Responsibilities of the Author/Writer

  1. Ensure that those on the author/author list meet the criteria as authors/authors.
  2. Collectively responsible for the work and the content of the article includes its methods, analysis, calculations and details.
  3. Authors/Authors should present the results of their research honestly and without fabrication, falsification or improper manipulation of data. The manuscript must contain enough details and references to allow others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or deliberately inaccurate statements constitute unethical and unacceptable behavior. Manuscripts must follow journal submission guidelines
  4. Respond to comments made by reviewers in a professional and timely manner.
  5. If the author finds an error in the submitted manuscript or is about to retract his written work, then the author must immediately notify the editor of the journal or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the manuscript.