Publication Ethics
Publication Ethics Statement
Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management is a peer-reviewed journal. This statement explains the ethical behavior of all those involved in publishing articles in this journal, namely authors, editors, editorial board, reviewers, and publishers (Soil Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University). This statement is based on COPE's Best Practices Guidelines for Journal Editors and BERA's Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research (4th ed.).
Publication Ethics Guidelines
The publication of articles in the Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management is essential to developing a coherent scientific network. This directly reflects the quality of the author's written work and institution. The articles that have been reviewed can support and realize the application of scientific methods. Therefore, all parties involved in publishing, namely authors, journal editors, reviewers, publishers, and the public, need to agree on standards of ethical behavior.
Soil Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, as the publisher of the Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management, carries out its duties as guardian of all stages of the publishing process and takes ethical and other responsibilities. The publisher commits that advertising, printing, or other commercial revenue will not impact or influence the editor's decisions. The Soil Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University will help communicate with other journals and/or publishers if necessary.
Publication Decisions
The editor of the Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management is responsible for deciding which articles to publish. Validation of problematic written work and validation of the importance of a written work for researchers and readers are considerations in the decision to publish an article. The editors are guided by the policies of the editorial board and are limited by applicable legal requirements regarding defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. An editor may consult other editors or reviewers when deciding which articles to publish.
Fair play
The editor strives to ensure that the review process by reviewers of this journal is fair, impartial, and timely.
Confidentiality
The editor has a system to ensure that manuscripts submitted to this journal remain confidential during the review process.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Editors have a system for dealing with conflicts of interest between journal managers, authors, reviewers, and the editorial board. This journal has a manuscript handling process involving editors, managers, or editorial board members to ensure the review process is impartial.
Duties of Reviewers
Contribution to Editorial Decisions
The review results help the editors make decisions, and their communication with the authors can also help them improve their manuscripts.
Promptness
Reviewers agree to review manuscripts according to their expertise and carry out reviews on time. The appointed reviewer feels that his expertise does not fit the context of the manuscript being reviewed, so the reviewer notifies the editor and refuses to review the manuscript. Reviewers are willing to carry out reviews reasonably and on time.
Confidentiality
Every manuscript received by a reviewer must be treated as a confidential document. Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of the review process and are not permitted to convey the results of their review during or after the review process outside of those released by this journal unless they obtain permission from the editor.
Objectivity Standards
- Reviews must be carried out objectively. Reviewers must not allow the review process to be influenced by the origin of the manuscript, religion, politics, gender, or other authors' characteristics or be influenced by commercial considerations.
- Reviewers must be objective and constructive in their reviews, not hostile or inflammatory, and make personal comments that insult the authors and personal criticism of the inappropriate authors. Reviewers must express their comments clearly with appropriate argumentative support.
Respect for References
Reviewers must identify published articles relevant to the manuscript being reviewed but have not been cited by the authors. All statements in the manuscript related to previously published observations, derivations, or arguments must be accompanied by relevant citations. Reviewers can also ask for the editor's consideration if the reviewer knows that there are similarities in substance or overlap between the manuscript being reviewed and other articles that have been published.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
- Information or ideas obtained through the review process must be kept confidential and not used for the benefit of the reviewer or other person or organization or to harm or discredit others.
- Reviewers are not permitted to consider manuscripts with a conflict of interest due to competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with the authors or institution associated with the manuscript. In this case, reviewers can ask for advice from the editor.
Duties of Authors
Writing Standards
The authors of a manuscript of original research results must present an accurate account of the research conducted and objectively discuss its significance. The data on which the manuscript is written must be presented accurately. A manuscript must contain sufficient detailed data and references to enable others to repeat the methods in the written work. False or inaccurate statements constitute unethical and disgraceful behavior.
Data Access
Authors must be willing to provide editors with raw data relating to their manuscripts for editorial review. They must be willing to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases). Authors must be willing to store this data for a certain period after publishing their manuscript.
Originality and Plagiarism
The authors must ensure that he has written all original written work. If the authors use other people's written work and/or statements, the other person's work must be cited appropriately.
Dual Publication
Authors should not publish manuscripts of the same research results in several journals. Submitting the same manuscript to several journals simultaneously is disgraceful publication behavior.
Acknowledgment of Sources
Appropriate credit should always be given to others' written work. Authors must cite other people's publications that support their written work.
Authorship of the Manuscript
A manuscript author is a person who contributed to the conception, design, implementation, or interpretation of the reported research. All parties who have contributed must be listed as co-authors. If others participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be listed as contributors. The corresponding authors must ensure that all co-authors contributed to the writing of the manuscript and have approved the submission of the final version of the manuscript for publication.
Hazardous and Human or Animal Subjects
- If a manuscript uses dangerous chemicals, procedures, or equipment, the authors must inform this in the manuscript.
- If a manuscript involves animals or humans as research subjects, the authors must ensure that the manuscript includes a statement that all procedures have been carried out in accordance with the laws and guidelines of the authorized institution and that the institution's committee has approved it. Authors must include a statement stating their consent for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must remain protected, and confidentiality of human participant data is considered the norm in conducting research, both with institutions and individual participants. This can be done using a fictional approach, where the authors must explain how and why they use human subjects. If each participant, or the participant's representative who is responsible, is willing to waive their right to confidentiality, the authors must continue to protect the participant's rights. This statement is based on the ethical privacy and data retention guidelines of the BERA Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research (4th ed.).
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Authors must disclose in their manuscripts any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that could allegedly influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support must be disclosed, including the sponsor's role, if any, in the design of the study, data collection, data analysis, and data interpretation; manuscript writing; and the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. The authors must provide this information if no other funding source is involved.
Fundamental Errors in Published Articles
If the authors find significant errors or inaccuracies in his published article, the authors must immediately notify the journal editor or publisher and work with the editor to retract or correct the manuscript. If the editor or publisher finds out from a third party that the published article contains errors, the authors must cooperate with the editor.
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