Publication Ethics

PUBLICATION ETHICS AND MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

Nusantara Innovation Journal (NIJ) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against publication malpractice. This statement is based on the Core Practices and Principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and internationally recognized standards for scholarly publishing.

All parties involved in the publication process, including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher, are expected to adhere to these ethical standards.

Ethical Oversight

Nusantara Innovation Journal (NIJ) and its publisher, BPSDM Provinsi Kalimantan Timur, are committed to ensuring the integrity of the scholarly record. The journal follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Core Practices and promotes ethical behavior in research and publication.

The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, citation manipulation, duplicate publication, or any other forms of research misconduct.

DUTIES OF EDITORS

Publication Decisions

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for deciding which submitted manuscripts should be published. Editorial decisions are based on the manuscript's originality, significance, scientific merit, clarity, and relevance to the journal's scope.

The Editor-in-Chief may consult Associate Editors, Editorial Board members, and reviewers when making publication decisions.

Fair Play

Editors evaluate manuscripts solely on their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, nationality, institutional affiliation, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

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

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Editors shall not use unpublished information disclosed in a submitted manuscript for their own research without the author's explicit written consent.

Editors shall recuse themselves from handling manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest arising from competitive, collaborative, institutional, financial, or personal relationships with the authors.

Peer Review Process

All manuscripts undergo an initial editorial screening, including plagiarism detection and scope assessment. Suitable manuscripts are then subjected to a double-anonymous peer review process involving at least two independent reviewers.

Editorial decisions are based on reviewer recommendations and the scientific quality of the manuscript.

DUTIES OF REVIEWERS

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Peer review assists editors in making editorial decisions and helps authors improve their manuscripts.

Promptness

Reviewers who feel unqualified to review a manuscript or unable to complete the review within the required timeframe should notify the editor promptly and withdraw from the review process.

Confidentiality

Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents and must not be shared or discussed with others without authorization from the editor.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively, professionally, and constructively. Personal criticism of authors is inappropriate.

Reviewers should provide clear comments supported by scholarly arguments and evidence.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published works that have not been cited by the authors and alert the editor to any substantial similarity or overlap with other publications.

Conflict of Interest

Reviewers must decline review assignments if they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, institutional, financial, or personal relationships with any authors, organizations, or institutions associated with the manuscript.

DUTIES OF AUTHORS

Reporting Standards

Authors should present accurate, objective, and complete accounts of their research. Sufficient details and references should be provided to allow replication of the work.

Fraudulent, misleading, or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention

Authors may be requested to provide raw data, supporting materials, or research instruments for editorial review and should retain such data for a reasonable period following publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original. Any use of others' ideas, data, words, figures, or materials must be properly cited and acknowledged.

All manuscripts are screened using plagiarism detection software.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication

Authors should not submit the same manuscript simultaneously to more than one journal or publish substantially similar research in multiple publications without proper justification and disclosure.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have significantly influenced their research.

Authorship of the Manuscript

Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made substantial contributions to the conception, design, execution, analysis, or interpretation of the study.

All contributors who meet authorship criteria should be listed as authors, while those who contributed in other ways should be acknowledged appropriately.

The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all co-authors have approved the final version of the manuscript.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Authors must disclose any financial, institutional, professional, or personal relationships that could influence the interpretation of their work.

All sources of funding and support must be disclosed in the manuscript.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

If authors discover significant errors or inaccuracies in their published work, they must promptly notify the journal and cooperate with the editors to issue corrections, retractions, or other appropriate notices.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) POLICY

Authors may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools solely to improve language, readability, and presentation of manuscripts.

AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, or similar technologies cannot be listed as authors because they cannot take responsibility for the content of scholarly work.

Authors must disclose the use of AI-assisted tools in manuscript preparation and remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and validity of all submitted content.

RESEARCH MISCONDUCT

Research misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

• Plagiarism
• Self-plagiarism
• Data fabrication
• Data falsification
• Image manipulation
• Citation manipulation
• Duplicate publication
• Improper authorship attribution
• Undisclosed conflicts of interest
• Ethical violations involving human or animal subjects

Allegations of misconduct will be investigated in accordance with COPE guidelines. The journal reserves the right to reject, retract, correct, or remove published content when misconduct is confirmed.

COMPLAINTS AND APPEALS

Authors, reviewers, and readers may submit complaints or appeals regarding editorial decisions, peer review processes, publication ethics, or journal management.

All complaints and appeals will be handled fairly, confidentially, and in accordance with COPE recommendations.

Appeals should be submitted in writing to the Editor-in-Chief with supporting evidence.

CORRECTIONS, RETRACTIONS, AND EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN

The journal is committed to maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record.

When necessary, the journal may publish:

• Corrections (Errata)
• Retractions
• Expressions of Concern

Such actions will follow the COPE Retraction Guidelines and will be clearly identified and linked to the original publication.

AUTHORSHIP CHANGES POLICY

Any request to add, remove, replace, or rearrange the order of authors after manuscript submission must be submitted in writing to the Editor-in-Chief by the corresponding author.

The request must clearly explain the reason for the proposed change and include written consent from all listed authors as well as any author being added or removed.

Before Acceptance

Requests for authorship changes prior to acceptance may be considered by the Editorial Office upon receipt of:

• A formal written explanation for the change;
• Signed agreement from all authors involved;
• Confirmation that the proposed author(s) meet the journal's authorship criteria.

After Acceptance or Issuance of Letter of Acceptance (LoA)

Requests to add, remove, replace, or reorder authors after manuscript acceptance or after the issuance of a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) will only be considered under exceptional circumstances.

The Editorial Board reserves the right to:

• Reject the authorship change request;
• Suspend publication until the matter is resolved;
• Withdraw the acceptance decision if unethical conduct is suspected.

Administrative reasons, institutional requirements, funding requirements, promotion requirements, or personal requests alone are not considered sufficient justification for authorship changes after acceptance.

After Publication

Changes to authorship after publication will only be made in exceptional cases involving proven errors or ethical concerns.

If approved, a formal correction notice will be published and linked to the original article.

Authorship Criteria

All authors must have made substantial contributions to at least one or more of the following:

• Research conception or design;
• Data collection;
• Data analysis or interpretation;
• Manuscript drafting;
• Critical revision of the manuscript.

Individuals who provide funding, supervision, administrative support, or general oversight alone do not qualify for authorship and should be acknowledged appropriately.

Unethical Authorship Practices

The journal considers the following practices unethical:

• Guest authorship;
• Gift authorship;
• Honorary authorship;
• Ghost authorship;
• Purchasing or selling authorship positions.

Any proven violation may result in manuscript rejection, withdrawal of acceptance, publication correction, or retraction.

AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS POLICY

To promote transparency and accountability in scholarly publishing, Nusantara Innovation Journal (NIJ) requires all authors to disclose their individual contributions to the submitted manuscript.

Authorship should be based on substantial intellectual contributions to the research and manuscript preparation. All authors are expected to have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for its content.

During submission, the corresponding author must provide an Author Contributions Statement describing the role of each author.

NIJ adopts the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) framework, which includes the following contribution categories:

• Conceptualization
• Methodology
• Software
• Validation
• Formal Analysis
• Investigation
• Resources
• Data Curation
• Writing – Original Draft
• Writing – Review & Editing
• Visualization
• Supervision
• Project Administration
• Funding Acquisition

Authorship Eligibility

Each listed author should have contributed substantially to at least one or more of the following:

• Research conception or design;
• Data collection;
• Data analysis or interpretation;
• Manuscript drafting;
• Critical revision of the manuscript;
• Final approval of the manuscript version to be published.

All authors must approve the final manuscript and agree to be accountable for their respective contributions.

Non-Author Contributions

Individuals who only provide:

• Funding support;
• Administrative assistance;
• Institutional permission;
• General supervision;
• Language editing;
• Data entry assistance;
• Technical support;

without substantial intellectual contribution should not be listed as authors. Such contributions should be acknowledged in the Acknowledgements section.

Author Contribution Statement

Authors must provide a contribution statement in the manuscript using the following format:

Example:

Author A: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal Analysis, Writing – Original Draft.

Author B: Data Curation, Investigation, Validation.

Author C: Supervision, Writing – Review & Editing, Project Administration.

Author D: Funding Acquisition, Resources.

Corresponding Author Responsibilities

The corresponding author is responsible for:

• Ensuring that all listed authors meet authorship criteria;
• Obtaining approval from all co-authors before submission;
• Communicating with the journal throughout the review and publication process;
• Ensuring the accuracy of the author contribution statement.

Authorship Misconduct

The following practices are considered unethical:

• Guest authorship;
• Gift authorship;
• Honorary authorship;
• Ghost authorship;
• Purchased authorship;
• Inclusion of authors without their consent;
• Exclusion of eligible contributors.

Any confirmed authorship misconduct may result in manuscript rejection, withdrawal of acceptance, publication correction, retraction, or notification to the authors' institutions.

ETHICAL COMPLIANCE

By submitting a manuscript to NIJ, authors affirm that:

• The manuscript is original.
• The manuscript has not been published elsewhere.
• The manuscript is not under consideration by another journal.
• All authors have approved the submission.
• All conflicts of interest have been disclosed.
• The research complies with applicable ethical standards.

NIJ reserves the right to reject, retract, or remove any manuscript or published article found to violate these ethical principles.