Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Unisa Kuningan is a peer-reviewed electronic journal dedicated to publishing high-quality community service and engagement articles. Maintaining high standards of ethical behavior is expected of all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, and the publisher (Universitas Islam Al-Ihya Kuningan).

This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

1. Duties of Editors

  • Publication Decisions: The editor of the journal is 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.

  • Fair Play: An editor will evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content 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  • Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

2. 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.

  • Acknowledgment 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.

3. Duties of Authors

  • Reporting Standards: Authors of reports of original community engagement activities 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.

  • Data Access and Retention: Authors may be 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 if practicable.

  • 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. Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Unisa Kuningan strictly tolerates a maximum similarity index of 20-25% checked via plagiarism detection tools (e.g., Turnitin).

  • 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 behavior.

  • Acknowledgment 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.

4. Duties of the Publisher

Universitas Islam Al-Ihya Kuningan as the publisher of Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Unisa Kuningan:

  • Defines the relationship between publisher, editor, and other parties in a contract.

  • Respects privacy (for example, for research participants, for authors, and for reviewers).

  • Protects intellectual property and copyright.

  • Fosters editorial independence and guarantees freedom of expression.

  • Works with journal editors to ensure the publication of corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.