Publication Ethics

 

 

 

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

PUBLICATION ETHICS AND MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

Java Nursing Journal (JNJ) follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics ( COPE ) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors ( ICMJE ) in addressing all aspects of publication ethics, particularly cases involving research and publication misconduct.

All studies must be conducted according to high ethical standards and comply with applicable local, national, institutional, and international regulations. Research involving human participants should be conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki . Research involving animals should comply with relevant institutional, national, and international standards governing the ethical care and use of animals in research.

Java Nursing Journal (JNJ) adopts publication ethics principles recommended by COPE to maintain high ethical standards for publishers, editors, authors, and reviewers. Publication ethics is fundamental to maintaining the integrity, transparency, credibility, and quality of scholarly communication. The publisher supports the editorial process and timely publication while respecting the independence and integrity of editorial decisions.

• Editors are responsible for maintaining the quality and integrity of every article published in Java Nursing Journal (JNJ).
• Editors should assist authors in complying with the journal's Instructions for Authors and applicable recommendations from ICMJE.
• Editors may consult other editors and reviewers when making editorial decisions.
• Editors must evaluate manuscripts objectively based on their academic quality, scientific merit, relevance, originality, and methodological integrity, without discrimination based on nationality, ethnicity, political beliefs, race, religion, gender, seniority, or institutional affiliation. Editors should decline editorial responsibilities when a potential conflict of interest exists.
• Editors must ensure that manuscripts and review materials are handled in a way consistent with the journal's peer-review model and confidentiality policy.
• Editorial decisions should be communicated clearly to authors and, where appropriate, should include reviewers' comments unless those comments contain offensive, inappropriate, defamatory, or irrelevant content.
• Editors should consider reasonable and properly justified requests from authors to exclude specific individuals from reviewing a submission where practicable.
• Editors and editorial staff must maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and related editorial information.
• Editors should follow relevant COPE guidance and flowcharts when addressing suspected misconduct, disputed authorship, plagiarism, duplicate publication, conflicts of interest, or other publication ethics concerns.

• Reviewers should identify and communicate any ethical concerns, research misconduct, plagiarism, duplicate publication, data manipulation, or other publication-related concerns that they identify during review.
• Reviewers should complete reviews within the agreed timeframe and should notify the editor promptly if they are unable to complete the review.
• Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and must not use unpublished information for personal or professional advantage.
• Reviewers should decline invitations to review manuscripts where there is a potential conflict of interest involving the authors, institutions, organizations, funding bodies, or subject matter.

1. Authors must confirm that the submitted manuscript is original, has not been published previously in substantially the same form, and is not simultaneously under consideration by another journal.
2. Authors must ensure the originality and integrity of their work and must appropriately acknowledge and cite the work of others.
3. Authors must not engage in plagiarism or self-plagiarism.
4. Salami publication, duplicate publication, redundant publication, and inappropriate fragmentation of research findings are prohibited in Java Nursing Journal (JNJ).
5. Authors must comply with the journal's authorship criteria, which are aligned with applicable ICMJE recommendations.
6. Authors must protect patient confidentiality and anonymity. Personally identifiable information should not be included unless it is scientifically necessary and appropriate written consent for publication has been obtained. Where photographs or other identifiable materials are used, written consent for publication must be obtained and clearly documented.
7. For research involving humans, authors must confirm that the study was conducted in accordance with applicable ethical standards, institutional approvals, and the Declaration of Helsinki. For animal research, authors must confirm compliance with applicable institutional, national, and international guidelines concerning the ethical care and use of animals.
8. Authors must provide relevant data, documentation, ethics approvals, or methodological information if requested by the editors during an investigation involving suspected data fabrication, falsification, or other research misconduct.
9. Authors must disclose all potential conflicts of interest, including relevant financial relationships, employment, consultancy, research funding, honoraria, intellectual property interests, or other relationships that could influence the research or its interpretation. Where applicable, authors should follow the ICMJE Disclosure Form.