Publication Ethics

Psycho Aksara : Journal of Psychological Research is a scientific periodical journal containing scientific articles in the form of research results, surveys, conceptual ideas, or critical reflective thinking on the discourse of psychological sciences that have not been previously published. The scope of the Psimawa journal includes Social Psychology, Educational Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychology of Religion, Developmental Psychology, and Counseling Psychology.

Psycho Aksara follows the guidelines based on the Regulation of the Head of LIPI Number 5 of 2014 concerning the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publications sourced from the Publication Ethics Committee. in dealing with all aspects of publication ethics, and in particular how to handle cases of research and publication errors. Scientific publication ethics uphold three ethical values in publication, namely (1) Neutrality, which is free from conflicts of interest in managing publications; (2) Justice, which is giving authorship rights to those entitled as authors/writers; and (3) Honesty, which is free from duplication, fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism (DF2P) in publications.

 

Duties and Responsibilities of Journal Manager

  1. Determine the journal's name, scope, periodicity, and accreditation application, if necessary. Determine the editorial board membership.
  2. Defines the relationship between publishers, editors, peer reviewers, and other parties in a contract.
  3. Respecting confidential matters, both for contributing researchers, authors/writers, editors, and peer reviewers.
  4. Implementing norms and provisions regarding intellectual property rights, especially copyright.
  5. Conducting journal policy reviews and communicating them to authors/writers, editorial boards, peer reviewers, and readers.
  6. Create a guide to rules and ethical behavior for editors and peer reviewers.
  7. Publish journals regularly.
  8. Ensuring the availability of funding sources for the sustainability of journal publication.
  9. Building a network of collaboration between research institutions and related agencies
  10. Preparing permits and other legal aspects.

 

Duties and Responsibilities of an Editor

  1. Meeting the needs of readers and writers, striving to continuously improve the quality of publications,
  2. Implementing processes to ensure the quality of published written works,
  3. Prioritize freedom of opinion objectively,
  4. Maintaining the integrity of the author's academic track record,
  5. Provide corrections, clarifications and apologies when necessary,
  6. Responsible for the style and format of writing scientific papers, while the content and all statements in the written work are the responsibility of the author,
  7. Actively solicit the opinions of authors, readers, peer reviewers, and editorial board members to improve the quality of publications,
  8. Conduct periodic internal evaluations of the quality of scientific journals
  9. Support authors' initiatives on publication ethics by including a clearance form with every manuscript submission.
  10. Be open-minded to new opinions or other people's views that may conflict with personal opinions for the advancement of science,
  11. Avoiding objective decisions by not defending one's own opinion, the author's or a third party's by seeking a scientifically justifiable solution,
  12. Encourage authors to improve their written work until it is worthy of publication.

 

Duties and Responsibilities of Bestari Partners

  1. Reviewing written works and submitting the results of the review to the editor, as material for determining the suitability of a written work for publication,
  2. The reviewer does not conduct a scientific review of the written work in which he/she is involved, either directly or indirectly,
  3. Providing suggestions, input and positive recommendations for scientific paper manuscripts,
  4. Maintaining the author's privacy by not disseminating the results of corrections, suggestions and recommendations regarding a manuscript,
  5. Encourage writers to improve their written work,
  6. Reviewing the written work that has been revised according to the specified standards,
  7. Written works are reviewed in a timely manner according to the style of the publication environment based on established scientific principles (data collection methods, author legality, conclusions, etc.).

 

Duties and Responsibilities of the Author

  1. Ensure that those included in the list of authors have met the criteria as authors,
  2. Collectively responsible for the work and content of the article including methods, analysis, calculations, and details.
  3. State the origin of resources (including funding), both directly and indirectly.
  4. Explain the limitations in the research.
  5. Respond to comments made by peer reviewers and the editorial board in a professional, scientific and timely manner.
  6. Inform the editor in writing if you wish to withdraw your written work.
  7. Make a statement that the written work submitted for publication is original, and has never been published anywhere and in any language, and is not in the process of being submitted to another publisher.