Publication Ethic

JUNITA is an electronic scholarly journal managed by the Faculty of Business and Tourism, Universitas Matana, Tangerang, Indonesia. The journal is published twice a year and applies a double-blind peer-review system to ensure the quality, integrity, and objectivity of published articles.

JUNITA is committed to maintaining academic integrity, scientific quality, transparency, and professionalism throughout the publication process. This Publication Ethics Statement is developed based on internationally recognized principles of publication ethics, including the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

This policy applies to all parties involved in the publication process, including editors, authors, and reviewers. Each party is expected to understand and fulfill their responsibilities in maintaining the integrity of scholarly publishing.

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Objectivity and Fairness : Editors must evaluate manuscripts based on their academic quality and relevance to the focus and scope of JUNITA. Editorial decisions must not be influenced by the author's gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, institutional affiliation, political views, or other personal characteristics.
2. Initial Manuscript Assessment : All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial editorial assessment. This process includes evaluation of the manuscript's relevance to the journal's focus and scope, compliance with author guidelines, completeness, publication ethics, and an initial originality or similarity check. Manuscripts that meet the initial requirements will proceed to double-blind peer review. 
3. Publication Decisions : Editors are responsible for determining whether a manuscript is suitable for publication based on the editorial assessment and reviewers' recommendations. Possible decisions include acceptance, revision, further revision, or rejection. Decisions should consider the manuscript's scholarly quality, originality, methodological validity, contribution, and relevance to the journal's scope.
4. Confidentiality : Editors must maintain the confidentiality of all information relating to manuscripts under consideration. Manuscript content, author identities, reviewer reports, and editorial information must not be disclosed to unauthorized parties.

5. Conflicts of Interest : Editors must not handle manuscripts when they have relationships or interests that may compromise their objectivity. Conflicts of interest may involve personal, professional, academic, collaborative, institutional, or financial relationships. When a conflict is identified, the manuscript should be transferred to another editor without such a conflict.

6. Research and Publication Integrity : Editors are responsible for responding appropriately to suspected publication misconduct, including plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, citation manipulation, and other forms of academic misconduct. Editors may request clarification from authors or relevant parties and take appropriate action according to the nature and seriousness of the alleged misconduct.

 

AUTHORS' RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Originality : Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts are original and have not been previously published. All ideas, data, theories, statements, and works belonging to others must be properly acknowledged and cited.

2. Accuracy of Data and Findings : Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the data, methods, analysis, and findings presented in their manuscripts. Fabrication, falsification, manipulation of data, or misleading presentation of research findings is unacceptable.

3. Authorship : Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made substantial contributions to the research and preparation of the manuscript. All listed authors must approve the final version and agree to its submission to JUNITA. Any change in authorship after submission must be supported by a clear explanation and approval from all relevant authors.

4. Concurrent Submission : Authors must not submit the same manuscript simultaneously to JUNITA and another journal. A manuscript under peer review at JUNITA should be formally withdrawn according to the journal's procedures before being submitted elsewhere.

5. Sources and Acknowledgment : Authors must properly acknowledge all relevant sources used in their research. Information obtained through personal communication, interviews, correspondence, or confidential sources must be used responsibly and with appropriate permission when required.

6. Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest : Authors must disclose any conflict of interest that may influence the research process or interpretation of findings. Such conflicts may include financial interests, professional relationships, personal relationships, institutional interests, or other relevant interests.

7. Plagiarism Screening : To maintain originality and academic integrity, JUNITA conducts similarity checks on submitted manuscripts using plagiarism-detection software. Where plagiarism or other academic misconduct is suspected, editors may request clarification, require revisions, or reject the manuscript depending on the nature and severity of the violation.

8. Post-Publication Corrections : If authors identify significant errors in their published article, they must promptly notify the JUNITA editor. Authors are expected to cooperate with the editor in issuing corrections or taking other appropriate editorial action when such errors affect the validity or interpretation of the article.

9. Copyright and Third-Party Materials : Authors are responsible for ensuring that figures, tables, datasets, instruments, and other materials used in their manuscripts do not infringe the copyrights or rights of third parties.    Copyright and licensing provisions shall follow the policies established by JUNITA and Universitas Matana.

 

REVIEWERS' RESPONSIBILITIES

Reviewers or peer reviewers play an important role in maintaining the academic quality of JUNITA. Reviewers are expected to conduct their evaluations professionally, objectively, constructively, and within their area of expertise.

1. Reviewer Competence : Reviewers should accept manuscripts only when the subject matter falls within their expertise. If a reviewer lacks the appropriate expertise or cannot complete the review within the required timeframe, they should promptly inform the editor.

2. Objective Evaluation : Reviews must be based solely on the scholarly quality of the manuscript and must not be influenced by the author's identity, institution, nationality, gender, religion, or background. Reviewer comments should remain professional and must not contain personal or offensive remarks.

3. Confidentiality : Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of all information obtained during the peer-review process. Manuscripts under review must not be shared, copied, distributed, or used for personal purposes.

4. Conflicts of Interest : Reviewers must inform the editor of any potential conflict of interest that may affect the objectivity of their evaluation. Reviewers should decline an assignment when they have personal, professional, academic, collaborative, competitive, or financial relationships with the authors that could compromise the review process.

5. Use of Manuscript Information : Reviewers must not use ideas, data, methods, findings, or other information contained in a manuscript for personal or third-party benefit before the work has been published.

6. Quality and Constructive Review : Reviewers are expected to provide objective, evidence-based, and constructive assessments. Their comments should assist authors in improving the manuscript's substance, methodology, analysis, structure, and presentation.

7. Reviewer Recommendations

Based on their evaluation, reviewers may recommend:

• Accept   : the manuscript is suitable for publication with no substantial revision;
• Minor Revision : the manuscript requires limited revisions;
• Major Revision : substantial revisions are required and the manuscript may be subject to further review;
• Reject : the manuscript does not meet the journal's scholarly requirements or scope.

The final publication decision remains the responsibility of the editor.