Publication Ethic

This statement outlines the ethical responsibilities of all parties involved in the publication process of articles in this journal, including authors, editors, peer reviewers, and the publisher, namely Yayasan Almusthofa Cendekia Nusantara.

Section A: Publication and authorship

  1. All submitted manuscripts are subject to a rigorous peer-review process conducted by at least two reviewers with expertise in the relevant field.
  2. The journal implements a double-blind peer review process.
  3. Review criteria include relevance, academic soundness, significance, originality, readability, and language quality.
  4. Possible editorial decisions are: acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.
  5. If revisions are requested, resubmission does not guarantee acceptance.
  6. Rejected manuscripts will not be reconsidered.
  7. Acceptance is subject to compliance with legal requirements concerning issues such as libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
  8. A manuscript may not be submitted to or published in more than one journal simultaneously

Section B: Authors’ responsibilities

  1. Authors must certify that their manuscripts are their original work.
  2. Authors must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere.
  3. Authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere. 
  4. Authors must participate in the peer review process. 
  5. Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.
  6. All Authors mentioned in the paper must have significantly contributed to the research.
  7. Authors must state that all data in the paper are real and authentic.
  8. Authors must notify the Editors of any conflicts of interest.
  9. Authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscript.
  10. Authors must report any errors they discover in their published paper to the Editors. 

Section C: Reviewers’ responsibilities

  1. Reviewers should keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information. 
  2. Reviews should be conducted objectively, with no personal criticism of the author
  3. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments
  4. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.
  5. Reviewers should also call to the Editor in Chief’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
  6. Reviewers should not review 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. 

Section D: Editors’ responsibilities

  1. Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.
  2. Editors are responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication.
  3. Editors should always consider the needs of the authors and the readers when attempting to improve the publication.
  4. Editors should guarantee the quality of the papers and the integrity of the academic record.
  5. Editors should publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.
  6. Editors should have a clear picture of a research’s funding sources.
  7. Editors should base their decisions solely on the papers’ importance, originality, clarity, and relevance to publication’s scope.
  8. Editors should not reverse their decisions nor overturn the ones of previous editors without serious reason. 
  9. Editors should preserve the anonymity of reviewers. 
  10. Editors should ensure that all research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
  11. Editors should only accept a paper when reasonably certain.
  12. Editors should act if they suspect misconduct, whether a paper is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.
  13. Editors should not reject papers based on suspicions; they should have proof of misconduct.
  14. Editors should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers and board members.

Retraction

The papers published in the JBSI (Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris) will be retracted if:

  1. There is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, whether due to misconduct (e.g., data fabrication) or honest error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error).
  2. The findings have been previously published elsewhere without proper citation, permission, or justification (i.e., redundant publication).
  3. The manuscript constitutes plagiarism.
  4. The research is found to be unethical.

The retraction process follows the Retraction Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), available at https://publicationethics.org