Publication Ethics
Indonesian Journal of Health Administration / Jurnal Administrasi Kesehatan Indonesia (pISSN 2303-3592 & e-ISSN: 2540-9301) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal. To that extent, it clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the article publication of IJHA, including the authors, the chief editors, the Editorial Boards, the peer-reviewers and the publishers (Universitas Airlangga). This statement is based on COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.
ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR JOURNAL PUBLICATION
The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed Indonesian Journal of Health Administration is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. The quality of authors’ work and the institutions supporting them is directly reflected in the peer-reviewed articles. These articles uphold and demonstrate scientific methodologies. It is crucial to adhere to ethical standards for all participants in the publishing process, including the authors, the journal editors, the peer reviewers, the publishers, and the society.
Universitas Airlangga, as the publisher of Indonesian Journal of Health Administration, is committed to overseeing every stage of the publishing process with utmost diligence. We are aware of our ethical obligations and responsibilities to ensure that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. Furthermore, the Faculty of Public Health Universitas Airlangga and Editorial Board are available to facilitate communication with other journals and/or publishers if needed.
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Publication Decisions
The editor of the Indonesian Journal of Health Administration is tasked with determining which articles submitted to the journal should be published. The decision to publish should be based on the validation of the work's significance to researchers and readers. Editors are expected to follow the journal’s editorial board policies and adhere to relevant legal standards, including those related to libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. In making these decisions, editors may consult with other editors or reviewers.
Process Control
The editor must ensure that every manuscript undergoes an initial originality assessment, utilizing appropriate software for this purpose. Once it passes this evaluation, the manuscript is sent to one or more reviewers for a double-blind peer review. Each reviewer will then recommend whether the manuscript should be accepted, rejected, or revised. The review period will be given up to 21 days but can last up to a month and a half.
Fair Play
Editors at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
Confidentiality
The editors and members of the editorial board must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding authors, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher as appropriate.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the written consent of the author.
REVIEWERS RESPONSIBILITIES
Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer reviewers assist the editors in making editorial decisions, and the editorial communications with the authors may also assist the authors in improving their papers.
Promptness
Any selected referees who feel unqualified to review the research or that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editors 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 editors.
Standards of Objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
Acknowledgment of Sources
Reviewers should bring to attention relevant published works that have not been cited by the authors. Any claim that an observation, derivation, or argument has been previously reported should be supported with the appropriate citation. Additionally, reviewers should alert the editor to any significant similarities or overlap between the manuscript under review and any other published papers they are aware of.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer reviews must be kept confidential and not used for personal interest. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts that have conflicts of interest resulting from competition, collaboration, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions corresponding to the papers.
AUTHORS RESPONSIBLITIES
Reporting standards
Authors reporting original research must provide a precise account of the work conducted and offer an impartial discussion of its significance. The underlying data should be accurately presented in the manuscript. The manuscript should include sufficient details and references to enable others to replicate the study. Any fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements are considered unethical and are strictly unacceptable.
Data Access and Retention
Authors are asked to provide the raw data of the paper for editorial review. They should prepare to provide public access to the data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases). If practicable, they should, in any event, prepare to retain the data for a reasonable time after publication.
Originality and Plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works and that they have utilized the work and/or words of others with proper citation or quotation.
Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication
Authors should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to mAuthors should generally avoid publishing manuscripts that present essentially the same research in multiple journals or primary publications. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously is considered unethical publishing practice and is unacceptable.
Acknowledgment of Sources
Proper acknowledgment of others’ work must always be provided. Authors should cite the publications that have significantly influenced the development of the reported research.
Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be restricted to individuals have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study. All significant contributors should be listed as co-authors. Those who have played a role in specific substantive aspects of the research should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding authors must ensure that all relevant co-authors are included in the paper, have reviewed and approved the final version, and have agreed to its submission for publication.
Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects
If the work involves chemicals, humans, animals, microbes, procedures, or equipment with any inherent unusual hazards, the authors must explicitly identify these hazards in the manuscript.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
All authors must disclose any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest in their manuscript that could be perceived as influencing the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be fully disclosed.
Fundamental errors in published work
When authors identify a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, they have an obligation to promptly inform the journal editors or publishers and work with the editors to retract or correct the paper.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy
AI should not be listed as an author in the manuscript. Human authors are fully responsible for submitting content, including any AI-generated content. If AI is used in the research, authors must acknowledge how and where AI was used in the research or writing process.
