IJSTM: Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology Modern

IJSTM adheres to guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). More details on the guidelines and international standards can be found on the COPE website.

Duties of Authors

• Reporting Standards: Authors of original research should present an accurate account of the work conducted and provide an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be accurately represented in the paper. The paper should include sufficient detail and references to allow others to replicate the work. Misleading or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
• Data Access and Retention: Authors are requested to provide the raw data related to their paper for editorial review and should be willing to allow public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if feasible, and in any case should retain such data for a reasonable period after publication.
• Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original. If authors have used the work or words of others, this must be appropriately cited or acknowledged.
• Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication: Authors should not publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
• Acknowledgment of Sources: Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in shaping the nature of the reported work.
• Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the research. All individuals who have made substantial contributions should be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its submission for publication.
• Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors should disclose any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that could influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
• Fundamental Errors in Published Works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with them to retract or correct the paper.
• Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects: If the research involves chemicals, procedures, or equipment with unusual hazards, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Duties of Editors

• Fair Play: An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
• Confidentiality: The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
• Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.
• Publication Decisions: The editor board is responsible for deciding which articles should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions.
• Review of Manuscripts: Editors must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated for originality. The editor should organize and use peer review fairly and wisely and indicate which parts of the journal are peer-reviewed.

Duties of Reviewers

• Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and may assist the author in improving the paper.
• Promptness: Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research or cannot complete a prompt review should notify the editor and excuse themselves.
• Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively, with clear supporting arguments. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate.
• Confidentiality: Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents.
• Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
• Acknowledgement of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant published work not cited by the authors and inform the editor of any substantial similarity to other known published works.