Indonesian Journal for Health Sciences (IJHS) is a supporter of the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Our ethical guidelines are aligned with these international standards and should be read in conjunction with this broader guidance. IJHS is committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity and transparency in all aspects of the publication process, including authorship, peer review, editorial decision-making, and post-publication discussion. The ICMJE recommendations can be accessed at http://www.icmje.org/ and the COPE guidelines at https://publicationethics.org/

 

DUTIES OF AUTHORS
Reporting Standards: Authors of original research reports must present an accurate account of the work performed, accompanied by an objective discussion of its significance. The underlying data should be represented accurately in the manuscript. A paper must contain sufficient detail and references to enable others to replicate the work. Fabrication, falsification, or deliberate misrepresentation of results constitutes unethical behavior and is unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention: Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a manuscript for editorial review and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if feasible. In any case, authors should be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable period after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original works. If the authors have used the work and/or words of others, these must be appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication: An author should not 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 and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sources: Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have influenced 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 research. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where others have participated in substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author must ensure that all appropriate co-authors are included, that no inappropriate co-authors are listed, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors must disclose any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed as influencing the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects: If the work involves the use of hazardous chemicals, procedures, or equipment, the authors must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

 

DUTIES OF EDITORS
Fair Play: Editors must evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to the authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy.

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 advisors, 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.

Publication Decisions: The editorial board of the journal is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal will be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always guide such decisions. Editors may be guided by the journal’s editorial policies and constrained by legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. Editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making these decisions.

Review of Manuscripts: Editors must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated for originality. Editors should organize and conduct peer review fairly and judiciously. They should describe their peer review process in the information provided to authors and indicate which parts of the journal are subject to peer review. Editors should select reviewers with appropriate expertise while avoiding those with conflicts of interest.

 

DUTIES OF REVIEWER
Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions, and through editorial communication with the author, may also help the author improve the quality of the manuscript.