Publication Ethics & Malpractice Statement
This statement clarifies ethical behaviour of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in our journals, including the authors, the editors, the peer-reviewers and the publisher. This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.
Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication
The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed Kajian Ruang Journal is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the authors, the journal editors, the peer reviewers, the publisher and the society.
Engineering Faculty of Universitas Islam Sultan Agung as the publisher of this Journal takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing extremely seriously and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. In addition, Editorial Boards will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful and necessary.
Publication Decisions
The editors of the Kajian Ruang journal are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.
Fair Play
An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual contents 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Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.
Duties of Reviewers
Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.
Promptness
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.
Confidentiality
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
Standards of Objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
Acknowledgement of Sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
Duties of Authors
Reporting standards
Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.
Data Access and Retention
Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
Originality and Plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.
Acknowledgement of Sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
Author Contributions
For transparency, we encourage authors to submit an author statement file outlining their individual contributions to the paper using the relevant CRediT roles: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization; Roles/Writing - original draft; Writing - review & editing. Authorship statements should be formatted with the names of authors first and CRediT role(s) following. More details and an example.
Changes to Authorship
Authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor. To request such a change, the Editor must receive the following from the corresponding author: (a) the reason for the change in author list and (b) written confirmation (e-mail, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In the case of addition or removal of authors, this includes confirmation from the author being added or removed.
Only in exceptional circumstances will the Editor consider the addition, deletion or rearrangement of authors after the manuscript has been accepted. While the Editor considers the request, publication of the manuscript will be suspended. If the manuscript has already been published in an online issue, any requests approved by the Editor will result in a corrigendum.
Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects
If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to 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 his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
Allegations of Research Misconduct
Jurnal Kajian Ruang takes all allegations of research and publication misconduct seriously. Research misconduct may include fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, citation manipulation, inappropriate authorship, undisclosed conflicts of interest, manipulation of the peer-review process, duplicate publication, and other practices that compromise the integrity of the scholarly record.
Any reader, author, reviewer, editor, institution, or other party may report suspected misconduct to the editorial office. Reports should include sufficient information and supporting evidence whenever possible.
Upon receiving an allegation, the Editor-in-Chief will conduct an initial assessment and, where appropriate, request clarification from the parties concerned. Allegations will be handled confidentially, objectively, and without prejudice.
Where formal investigation is required, the journal may contact and cooperate with the relevant institution or competent authority. Depending on the findings, editorial actions may include rejection, correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other measures necessary to protect the integrity of the scholarly record.
Jurnal Kajian Ruang follows relevant guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) when handling allegations of research and publication misconduct.
Post-Publication Discussion
Jurnal Kajian Ruang encourages scholarly discussion and constructive criticism of articles after publication.
Readers may submit comments, responses, or correspondence concerning published articles to the editorial office. Submissions for post-publication discussion will be assessed by the editors and, where appropriate, may be forwarded to the original authors for response.
Substantive comments and author responses may be published as correspondence, commentary, or other appropriate post-publication material.
Where post-publication discussion identifies a potential error, ethical concern, or issue affecting the reliability of the published record, the matter will be evaluated under the journal's correction, retraction, and research misconduct policies.
Corrections, Expressions of Concern, and Retractions
Jurnal Kajian Ruang is committed to maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record.
A correction may be issued when an error is identified that does not invalidate the main findings of the article. Corrections will clearly identify the original article and describe the amendments made.
An expression of concern may be issued when serious questions regarding the integrity or reliability of a published article arise but the available evidence is not yet conclusive.
An article may be retracted when there is clear evidence that its findings are unreliable as a result of major error, fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplicate publication, unethical research, or other serious publication misconduct.
Correction, expression-of-concern, and retraction notices will remain publicly accessible and will be linked to the original article. The original scholarly record will be preserved in accordance with applicable publication ethics guidelines.
Jurnal Kajian Ruang follows relevant COPE guidance in determining and implementing corrections and retractions.
Ethical Oversight
Research involving human participants, animals, sensitive personal information, vulnerable populations, or other matters requiring ethical oversight must comply with applicable ethical standards, institutional requirements, and relevant laws and regulations.
Where applicable, authors must state that ethical approval has been obtained from an appropriate ethics committee or institutional review board and provide relevant approval information in the manuscript.
Research involving human participants must obtain informed consent where required. Authors must protect participants' privacy, confidentiality, and personal data and must not disclose identifiable information without appropriate consent.
Research involving animals must comply with applicable institutional and national standards for animal welfare.
Authors are responsible for identifying any unusual hazards associated with materials, procedures, equipment, or research activities and for reporting appropriate ethical safeguards.
The editors may request supporting ethical documentation when necessary and may reject manuscripts that do not demonstrate adequate ethical compliance.
