Publication Ethics

1. Duties and Responsibilities of Editors

• Publication Decisions: The editor is fully responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published based on scientific validity, material contribution, relevance to JITSi's scope, and compliance with legal requirements (plagiarism, libel, copyright infringement).
• Fair Play and Equity: Editors evaluate manuscripts solely 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, and the publisher.
• Conflicts of Interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.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 and Responsibilities 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 themselves 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.
• Acknowledgement 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 and Responsibilities of Authors

• Reporting Standards: Authors of reports of original research 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.
• Originality and Plagiarism: The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works. If the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this must be appropriately cited or quoted. JITSi enforces a strict zero-tolerance plagiarism policy (checked via Turnitin).
• Multiple 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.
• 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.
• Fundamental Errors in Published Works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own 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.

4. Handling Scientific Misconduct

The editorial board of JITSi, in collaboration with LPPM Universitas Perjuangan Tasikmalaya, will take rigorous steps if any ethical misconduct is identified, whether regarding a manuscript under review or a published article.

• In cases of alleged plagiarism, data fabrication/falsification, or authorship manipulation, the editor will follow the COPE flowcharts to conduct a thorough investigation.
• Sanctions may include a formal warning letter, immediate rejection of the manuscript, or official retraction of the published article from the OJS system and indexing databases.