Publication Ethics

Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Permata Indonesia (JPMPI)

All manuscripts submitted to JPMPI must be original, ethically conducted, and prepared in accordance with accepted standards of academic and professional integrity.

1. Responsibilities of Authors

Authors are responsible for ensuring that:

• The submitted manuscript is an original work and has not been published previously or submitted simultaneously to another journal.

• All authors who have made significant contributions to the work are appropriately listed as authors.

• All listed authors have approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission and publication.

• The manuscript accurately reports the implementation, methods, results, and outcomes of the community service or community engagement program.

• All sources, ideas, data, and statements derived from other works are appropriately cited and acknowledged.

• Any potential conflicts of interest are disclosed.

• Any required ethical approval, permission, or consent related to the community service activity is obtained and appropriately stated in the manuscript.

• Data, documentation, photographs, and other supporting materials are presented accurately and are not fabricated, falsified, or manipulated.

• Any significant errors identified after submission or publication are promptly reported to the Editor.

2. Responsibilities of Editors

Editors are responsible for managing the editorial process fairly, objectively, and transparently.

Editors shall:

• Evaluate manuscripts based on their academic quality, relevance, originality, and conformity with the journal's focus and scope.

• Ensure that editorial decisions are not influenced by the author's gender, nationality, institutional affiliation, religion, political views, or other personal characteristics.

• Maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and related information.

• Select appropriate and independent reviewers.

• Manage potential conflicts of interest appropriately.

• Ensure that manuscripts suspected of plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, or other forms of misconduct are handled according to appropriate ethical procedures.

• Make publication decisions based on scholarly merit and the recommendations of qualified reviewers.

3. Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers play an important role in maintaining the academic quality of published articles.

Reviewers are expected to:

• Conduct reviews objectively, fairly, and constructively.

• Evaluate manuscripts based on their academic quality, methodology, relevance, originality, and contribution.

• Maintain strict confidentiality regarding all information contained in the manuscript.

• Identify relevant published work that has not been properly cited.

• Inform the Editor of any suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, data manipulation, or other forms of academic misconduct.

• Decline the review assignment if they have a conflict of interest or lack sufficient expertise to evaluate the manuscript.

• Complete the review within the timeframe agreed upon with the journal.

4. Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct

JPMPI does not tolerate plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct. Manuscripts may be screened using an appropriate similarity detection system during the editorial process.

Academic misconduct may include, but is not limited to:

• plagiarism;

• self-plagiarism;

• fabrication or falsification of data;

• duplicate or redundant publication;

• inappropriate authorship or authorship manipulation;

• manipulation of citations;

• undisclosed conflicts of interest; and

• unethical research or community engagement practices.

When misconduct is suspected, the Editor may request clarification or supporting documentation from the authors and may take appropriate action in accordance with recognized publication ethics practices.

5. Conflicts of Interest

Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial, professional, personal, or institutional relationships that could potentially influence the publication process or the interpretation of the work.

Editors may reassign a manuscript to another editor when a significant conflict of interest exists.

6. Ethical Considerations in Community Engagement

Because JPMPI publishes articles reporting community service and community engagement activities, authors are expected to respect the rights, dignity, privacy, safety, and welfare of community participants.

Authors should obtain appropriate permission or informed consent when required, particularly when manuscripts contain identifiable personal information, photographs, interviews, health information, or other sensitive participant data.

Authors must ensure that community service activities are conducted responsibly and that the reporting of program outcomes does not misrepresent, exploit, or harm the participating community.

7. Corrections, Retractions, and Post-Publication Issues

JPMPI is committed to maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the published scholarly record.

If significant errors are identified after publication, the journal may publish a correction or other appropriate editorial notice. In cases involving serious errors, research misconduct, plagiarism, or unreliable findings, the journal may retract an article in accordance with accepted publication ethics practices.

All corrections and retractions will be handled transparently, with appropriate information provided to readers.

8. Editorial Independence

Publication decisions are based on the academic and ethical quality of manuscripts and their relevance to the journal's focus and scope. Editorial decisions should not be influenced by commercial interests, personal relationships, institutional affiliations, or other external pressures.

JPMPI is committed to protecting the integrity, independence, and credibility of its editorial and peer-review processes.

9. Ethical Commitment

By submitting a manuscript to JPMPI, authors acknowledge their responsibility to comply with the journal's publication ethics policies. Editors, reviewers, and authors are expected to work together to maintain a fair, transparent, responsible, and trustworthy scholarly publishing environment.

JPMPI reserves the right to take appropriate editorial action when violations of publication ethics are identified.