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Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia (JVI) is committed to promoting ethical conduct, academic integrity, transparency, and accountability in scholarly publishing. As a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal, JVI recognizes the importance of maintaining rigorous ethical standards across the various academic and professional disciplines represented in its publications.

The journal's publication ethics policies are informed by internationally recognized principles of responsible scholarly publishing, including the guidelines and recommended practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

These policies apply to authors, editors, peer reviewers, and other parties involved in the editorial and publication process.

1. Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

Authors submitting manuscripts to JVI are expected to comply with the following principles:

• Originality: Manuscripts must present original scholarly work and must not involve plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate manipulation of research findings.
• Accurate Reporting: Authors must report research methods, findings, and interpretations accurately, transparently, and without misleading omissions.
• Proper Attribution: All ideas, data, text, figures, and other materials derived from external sources must be appropriately acknowledged and cited.
• Exclusive Submission: Manuscripts must not be simultaneously submitted to or under consideration by another journal.
• Authorship Responsibility: All listed authors must have made appropriate scholarly contributions, approved the submitted manuscript, and accepted responsibility for its content.
• Ethical Compliance: Authors must obtain relevant ethical approval, informed consent, permissions, and institutional authorization when required by the nature of the research.
• Conflict-of-Interest Disclosure: Authors must disclose relevant financial and non-financial competing interests.
• Research Transparency: Authors should provide sufficient methodological details and supporting evidence to allow proper evaluation of their research.
• Correction of Errors: Authors must promptly notify the editorial office if they discover significant errors or inaccuracies in submitted or published work.

2. Ethical Responsibilities of Editors

The Editor-in-Chief and editorial team are responsible for maintaining the integrity, fairness, and quality of the editorial process.

• Evaluate manuscripts based on scientific merit, originality, methodological quality, relevance, and contribution to the journal's scope.
• Ensure editorial decisions are made without discrimination based on nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, political beliefs, institutional affiliation, or other irrelevant personal characteristics.
• Maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and related editorial communications.
• Appoint qualified reviewers with appropriate subject expertise.
• Identify and manage potential conflicts of interest in the editorial process.
• Protect the independence and impartiality of peer review.
• Respond appropriately to suspected research or publication misconduct.
• Ensure that editorial decisions are based on scholarly considerations rather than commercial, institutional, or personal interests.
• Consider appropriate post-publication actions when significant concerns are raised about published research.

Editors must not use unpublished information obtained through manuscript evaluation for personal research or other purposes without appropriate authorization.

3. Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers

Peer reviewers play an essential role in maintaining the scientific quality and credibility of published research.

Reviewers are expected to:

• Provide objective, constructive, evidence-based, and respectful assessments of manuscripts.
• Evaluate originality, methodological soundness, theoretical or practical contributions, and the validity of interpretations.
• Maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and review materials.
• Disclose any potential conflicts of interest before accepting review assignments.
• Decline review invitations when the manuscript falls outside their expertise or when a timely review cannot be completed.
• Identify relevant published work that has not been appropriately acknowledged.
• Notify editors of suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, fabrication, falsification, or other ethical concerns.
• Refrain from using unpublished information obtained during peer review for personal advantage.
• Avoid requesting unnecessary citations intended to benefit themselves, their colleagues, or specific journals.

4. Research Misconduct

JVI does not tolerate research or publication misconduct, including but not limited to:

• Fabrication: Inventing research data, observations, or results and reporting them as genuine.
• Falsification: Manipulating research materials, methods, data, or results in a manner that misrepresents the research.
• Plagiarism: Presenting another person's ideas, words, data, or intellectual contributions without appropriate acknowledgment.
• Inappropriate Text Recycling: Reusing substantial portions of previously published material without appropriate acknowledgment or justification.
• Duplicate Publication: Publishing substantially the same research in more than one journal without appropriate disclosure and authorization.
• Improper Authorship: Including individuals who did not make qualifying contributions or excluding individuals who made substantial contributions.
• Citation Manipulation: Adding unnecessary or inappropriate citations primarily to inflate citation metrics.
• Misrepresentation of Research: Knowingly concealing important methodological limitations, conflicts of interest, or relevant findings.

Honest errors and legitimate differences in scholarly interpretation are not automatically considered research misconduct.

5. Procedures for Handling Allegations of Misconduct

When a concern about research or publication misconduct is reported, JVI will seek to assess the allegation fairly, confidentially, and based on available evidence.

The general procedure includes:

1. Preliminary Assessment: The editorial team reviews the allegation and determines whether further examination is warranted.
2. Request for Clarification: Where appropriate, the corresponding author is invited to respond to the concerns and provide supporting information.
3. Further Evaluation: The editorial team may consult independent experts, institutional representatives, or other relevant parties when necessary.
4. Editorial Decision: Based on the available evidence, the journal determines the appropriate action, which may include requesting clarification, rejecting a manuscript, issuing a correction, publishing an expression of concern, or retracting an article.
5. Documentation: The journal maintains relevant records of the investigation and editorial actions.

Where serious concerns require institutional investigation, JVI may refer the matter to the relevant research institution or appropriate authority.

6. Authorship and Contributorship

Authorship must reflect genuine scholarly contributions and accountability for the research.

Individuals listed as authors should have contributed substantially to the research, participated in drafting or critically revising the manuscript, approved the final version, and agreed to be accountable for their contributions.

Individuals who contributed to the work but do not meet authorship criteria should be acknowledged appropriately, with their permission where required.

All authors must agree to the order of authorship before manuscript submission.

Requests to add, remove, or rearrange authors after submission must be accompanied by an explanation and documented agreement from all affected authors. Authorship disputes may be referred to the relevant institutions when necessary.

7. Conflicts of Interest and Funding Disclosure

Authors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest that could influence or be perceived to influence the research.

Such interests may include financial relationships, employment, consultancy arrangements, institutional affiliations, personal relationships, intellectual property interests, or other relevant circumstances.

Authors must also disclose research funding and, where applicable, the role of funding organizations in the research process.

Editors and reviewers must disclose potential conflicts of interest and should not participate in editorial evaluations when their impartiality may reasonably be compromised.

8. Ethical Oversight of Research Involving Human Participants

Research involving human participants must comply with applicable ethical standards, institutional requirements, and relevant laws and regulations.

Where required, authors must obtain approval from an appropriate research ethics committee or institutional review board before conducting the research.

Authors should clearly report relevant ethical approval information in their manuscripts, including the approving institution and approval reference when applicable.

Studies involving surveys, interviews, observations, experiments, medical interventions, or the collection of personal information must appropriately address informed consent, voluntary participation, confidentiality, and participant protection.

Where formal ethical review is not required under applicable rules, authors should explain the basis for that determination when requested by the editorial team.

9. Ethical Considerations in Health and Clinical Research

Research involving patients, clinical interventions, or human health data must comply with applicable institutional and national ethical requirements.

Where relevant, clinical research should follow recognized ethical and reporting principles, including the Declaration of Helsinki and appropriate study reporting guidelines.

Patient privacy and confidentiality must be protected. Identifiable patient information, images, or other personal details may be published only with appropriate consent and legal authorization.

Research involving animals must comply with relevant institutional and national animal welfare standards and obtain the necessary approvals when required.

10. Confidentiality and Data Protection

JVI recognizes that multidisciplinary applied research may involve personal information, institutional records, financial data, business information, medical records, or other sensitive materials.

Authors are responsible for protecting the confidentiality and privacy of research participants, organizations, and other data providers.

Research involving proprietary or confidential organizational information should be conducted with appropriate permissions and safeguards.

Personal identifiers should be removed or protected where required, and authors should avoid publishing information that could expose individuals or organizations to unauthorized disclosure.

Authors must comply with applicable data protection laws, contractual obligations, and institutional research ethics requirements.

11. Data Availability and Reproducibility

JVI encourages responsible research transparency and reproducibility.

Authors should provide sufficiently detailed descriptions of research design, data collection, analytical procedures, and limitations to allow appropriate scholarly evaluation.

Where feasible, authors are encouraged to make supporting datasets, analytical codes, research instruments, or supplementary materials available through suitable repositories or upon reasonable request.

Data sharing is not required where it would violate participant confidentiality, institutional agreements, legal restrictions, intellectual property rights, or applicable ethical standards.

When data cannot be shared, authors are encouraged to explain the applicable restrictions.

12. Use of Artificial Intelligence and AI-Assisted Tools

JVI recognizes that artificial intelligence and AI-assisted technologies may be used to support certain aspects of research and manuscript preparation.

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and ethical compliance of all submitted content, including material developed with the assistance of AI-based tools.

AI tools must not be listed as authors because they cannot assume responsibility or accountability for scholarly work.

Authors must disclose substantive use of generative AI in research design, data generation, analysis, interpretation, or manuscript content development, as applicable. Routine language or grammar assistance should be distinguished from substantive intellectual contributions.

Authors must verify AI-assisted outputs, references, quotations, and analyses and ensure that no fabricated or misleading information is included in the manuscript.

Authors, editors, and reviewers must also protect confidential research information when using external AI systems.

13. Intellectual Property and Copyright

Authors must respect intellectual property rights and obtain appropriate permission to reproduce copyrighted material when such permission is required.

All externally sourced figures, tables, photographs, research instruments, and other materials must be appropriately acknowledged.

Articles published in JVI are subject to the journal's copyright policy and the applicable Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).

For further information, please refer to the CC BY-SA 4.0 License.

14. Post-Publication Corrections and Retractions

JVI is committed to maintaining the reliability and integrity of its published scholarly record.

When errors or ethical concerns are identified after publication, the editorial team will determine the appropriate response based on the nature, severity, and implications of the problem.

Possible actions include:

• Correction: Issued when an article contains errors that require clarification or amendment but do not fundamentally invalidate the findings.
• Expression of Concern: Issued when serious concerns have been raised but an investigation remains inconclusive or is ongoing.
• Retraction: Issued when findings are unreliable because of serious errors or misconduct, or when publication involves significant ethical violations.

Correction and retraction notices should be clearly identified, linked to the original articles, and provide an explanation for the editorial action.

Retracted articles should remain identifiable in the scholarly record with an appropriate retraction notice, except in circumstances requiring removal for legal, privacy, or safety reasons.

15. Complaints and Appeals

JVI welcomes legitimate concerns regarding editorial processes, research integrity, peer review, and published articles.

Authors, reviewers, and readers may submit complaints or appeals with a clear explanation and supporting evidence.

The editorial team will seek to evaluate complaints fairly, maintain appropriate confidentiality, and provide an appropriate response.

Where a complaint involves an editor or creates a conflict of interest, it should be handled by an alternative qualified editor or appropriate institutional authority.

Complaints and appeals may be submitted to [email protected].

16. Commitment to Publication Integrity

JVI supports responsible scholarly publishing and continuous improvement of its editorial practices.

All parties involved in the publication process are expected to uphold academic honesty, transparency, impartiality, confidentiality, and accountability.

For additional guidance on publication ethics and responsible editorial conduct, please visit the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).