Indonesia Sport Journal is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and academic integrity. This policy establishes the ethical responsibilities of all parties involved in the publication process, including the publisher, journal management, editors, peer reviewers, authors, and website administrators.
The journal upholds the fundamental principles of neutrality, fairness, transparency, honesty, accountability, and confidentiality throughout the editorial and publication processes.
Indonesia Sport Journal does not tolerate plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, duplicate publication, or any other form of research and publication misconduct.
The publication ethics policy of Indonesia Sport Journal is based on the following principles:
Neutrality: Editorial and review decisions must be made objectively, without discrimination or inappropriate influence from personal relationships, institutional affiliations, financial interests, or other conflicts of interest.
Fairness: Authorship and intellectual contributions must be recognized appropriately, and all manuscripts must be evaluated according to consistent scholarly standards.
Honesty: Authors, editors, and reviewers must uphold scientific integrity and avoid plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, and misleading reporting.
Confidentiality: Unpublished manuscripts and confidential information obtained during the editorial process must be protected.
Accountability: All parties involved in publication must fulfill their responsibilities and respond appropriately to concerns regarding research integrity.
The publisher and journal management are responsible for:
Supporting the independence and integrity of editorial decisions.
Providing appropriate policies and procedures for ethical journal management.
Ensuring the protection of intellectual property rights and copyright.
Providing adequate administrative and technical support for the publication process.
Maintaining the sustainability and continuity of journal publication.
Supporting the investigation of suspected publication misconduct.
Ensuring that corrections, retractions, or other editorial notices are issued when necessary.
Promoting transparency in editorial policies, peer review, publication schedules, and applicable publication charges.
Ensuring that commercial considerations do not compromise the scientific quality or editorial independence of the journal.
The Editor-in-Chief and editors are responsible for maintaining the quality, fairness, and integrity of the editorial process.
Their responsibilities include:
Evaluating submitted manuscripts based on scientific merit, originality, relevance, methodological quality, and alignment with the journal's focus and scope.
Making editorial decisions objectively and without discrimination based on the authors' personal characteristics, institutional affiliations, or geographical backgrounds.
Selecting qualified and independent reviewers whose expertise matches the subject of the manuscript.
Maintaining the confidentiality of manuscripts and information obtained during the editorial process.
Identifying and managing actual or potential conflicts of interest.
Ensuring that manuscripts are screened for plagiarism and other forms of publication misconduct.
Providing authors with clear, constructive, and timely editorial decisions.
Handling complaints, appeals, corrections, and allegations of research misconduct fairly and transparently.
Avoiding the use of unpublished information from submitted manuscripts for personal or professional advantage.
Ensuring that editorial decisions are based on scholarly quality rather than commercial interests or personal preferences.
Coordinating the correction or retraction of published articles when reliable evidence of serious errors or misconduct is established.
Ensuring that all accepted manuscripts comply with the journal's editorial and publication requirements.
Peer reviewers play an essential role in evaluating the scientific quality and contribution of submitted manuscripts.
Reviewers are expected to:
Evaluate manuscripts objectively, fairly, and constructively.
Assess the originality, scientific significance, methodological rigor, data analysis, interpretation, and relevance of the manuscript.
Provide clear and evidence-based comments to help authors improve their work.
Maintain strict confidentiality and not share or use unpublished manuscript content without appropriate authorization.
Declare any actual or potential conflicts of interest and decline assignments when impartiality cannot be maintained.
Complete reviews within the agreed timeframe or inform the editor if additional time is required.
Avoid personal criticism, discriminatory language, and unsupported allegations.
Identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.
Report suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, data manipulation, or other ethical concerns confidentially to the editor.
Avoid using the review process to obtain personal, professional, or competitive advantages.
Authors are responsible for the originality, accuracy, and ethical integrity of their submitted manuscripts.
Authors must:
Submit original work that has not been previously published and is not simultaneously under consideration by another journal.
Ensure that all sources, ideas, data, and quotations from other works are appropriately cited.
Present research methods, results, and conclusions accurately and transparently.
Avoid plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, duplicate publication, and inappropriate manipulation of research findings.
Ensure that all listed authors meet the journal's authorship criteria and have approved the submitted manuscript.
Disclose relevant funding sources and actual or potential conflicts of interest.
Obtain appropriate ethical approval, informed consent, and other required permissions for research involving human participants or animals, where applicable.
Protect the privacy and confidentiality of research participants.
Respond constructively to reviewers' comments and editorial requests.
Notify the editor promptly if significant errors are discovered in a submitted or published manuscript.
Obtain permission to reproduce copyrighted material when required.
Disclose the use of artificial intelligence tools in accordance with the journal's applicable policy and remain responsible for all submitted content.
Indonesia Sport Journal strictly prohibits plagiarism and other forms of research and publication misconduct.
Plagiarism includes presenting another person's ideas, words, data, or work as one's own without appropriate acknowledgment. Research misconduct also includes fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship attribution, and other practices that compromise the integrity of scholarly communication.
Submitted manuscripts may be screened using appropriate similarity-detection software. Similarity scores are assessed in context because legitimate quotations, references, and commonly used technical expressions may contribute to textual similarity.
Manuscripts found to contain plagiarism or other serious ethical violations may be rejected. If misconduct is identified after publication, the journal may issue a correction, an expression of concern, or a retraction, depending on the nature and severity of the case.
All authors, editors, and reviewers must disclose any financial, professional, personal, or institutional relationships that could influence, or reasonably appear to influence, their judgment.
Editors and reviewers with relevant conflicts of interest must withdraw from the evaluation of the affected manuscript. Alternative independent reviewers or editors may be appointed when necessary.
The existence of a disclosed conflict of interest does not automatically constitute misconduct; failure to disclose a relevant conflict may, however, raise ethical concerns.
Research involving human participants, including athletes, students, teachers, and other research subjects, must comply with applicable ethical standards and institutional requirements.
Where applicable, authors must obtain approval from a competent research ethics committee before conducting the research. Informed consent, participant confidentiality, data protection, and the right to withdraw must be respected.
Research involving animals must comply with relevant ethical standards and applicable regulations.
Authors may be asked to provide documentation of ethical approval, informed consent, or other relevant permissions during the editorial process.
Indonesia Sport Journal is committed to addressing errors and ethical concerns in a fair, transparent, and timely manner.
Complaints concerning editorial decisions, authorship, peer review, research integrity, or publication misconduct should be submitted to the editorial office with supporting information where available.
The journal will assess allegations impartially, provide relevant parties with an appropriate opportunity to respond, and seek additional information when necessary.
Depending on the findings, the journal may reject a manuscript, request corrections, publish a correction notice, issue an expression of concern, retract an article, or refer the matter to the relevant institution.
Editorial decisions and corrective actions will be documented appropriately to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record.
The website administrator is responsible for the technical operation and maintenance of the journal's online publishing platform.
Responsibilities include:
Maintaining the journal website and submission system.
Managing user accounts and access permissions.
Supporting the registration of authors, editors, and reviewers.
Maintaining the technical functionality of the journal's online workflow.
Uploading and publishing articles that have received final editorial approval.
Maintaining the security and confidentiality of journal information in accordance with applicable procedures.
Providing technical support for manuscript submission, review, and publication.
Assisting the editorial team in maintaining accurate publication metadata and journal records.
The website administrator must not interfere with editorial decisions or disclose confidential manuscript information without authorization.
Artificial intelligence tools may be used as appropriate for research and manuscript preparation, subject to the journal's policies and applicable ethical standards.
AI tools must not be listed as authors. Authors remain responsible for the accuracy, originality, citations, data interpretation, and integrity of all submitted material.
AI must not be used to fabricate research data, generate fictitious references, manipulate images or results deceptively, or misrepresent the research process. Any disclosure required by the journal must identify the nature and purpose of the AI assistance.
Indonesia Sport Journal is committed to fostering responsible research, ethical scholarly communication, and public trust in scientific publications. All parties involved in the publication process are expected to uphold these principles and cooperate in addressing any concerns that may arise.
By submitting, reviewing, editing, or publishing manuscripts in Indonesia Sport Journal, all relevant parties are expected to comply with this publication ethics policy and the journal's related editorial guidelines.
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Indonesia Sport Jurnal
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