PUBLICATION ETHICS

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Journal of Aquaculture Science (p-ISSN: 2550-09110; e-ISSN: 2579-4817) is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Aquaculture Study Program, Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences (FIKKIA) Airlangga University at Banyuwangi. All studies must be conducted to a high ethical standard and must adhere to local regulations and standards for obtaining scrutiny and approval. JoAS adapts COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) to satisfy a high-quality standard of ethics for publishers, editors, authors, and reviewers. As an essential issue, publication ethics needs to be explained explicitly to enhance the quality of the research worldwide. In this portion, we clarify the standard for editors, authors, and reviewers. In addition, the publisher doesn't have the right to interfere with the integrity of the contents and only punctually supports publishing.

Author

  • An author is a person who participates in research activities is responsible to the public for all parts of the content and ensures the originality and plagiarism of the manuscript that has been sent to the editor.
  • Manuscripts that have been sent to the editor are original manuscripts, written by themselves, sourced from their own ideas and ideas and not plagiarized works or ideas from others.
  • The author must provide information about the results of his research honestly, clearly, and thoroughly to the editor.
  • The author must provide information that the manuscript sent or submitted has never been to other publishers or publications and is not a Repetition of Submission. If found, the editor will reject the manuscript sent by the author.
  • If there is an error in writing a manuscript to the editor either in the form of a manuscript as a result of a review or an edit, then the writer must immediately formalize it to the editor.
  • The author must understand the ethics of scientific publications above to avoid conflicts of interest with other parties so that the manuscript can be processed smoothly and safely.

Editor

  • Conduct a process of reviewing the manuscripts that enter comprehensively, transparently and objectively, fairly and wisely. So that it can be taken as a theoretical basis in accepting or rejecting a text.
  • Ensure that writing guidelines for writers and other interested parties can be accessed and read clearly.
  • Must be objective, neutral, and honest without differentiating in the editing process that has been accepted.
  • Maintain the confidentiality of any information obtained properly, especially related to the privacy of authors and the distribution of manuscripts.
  • Understanding the ethics of scientific publications above to avoid conflicts of interest with other parties, so that the process of publishing manuscripts runs smoothly and safely.

Reviewer

  • Reviewers must carry out review activities honestly, objectively, impartially, and independently and behave professionally.

  • Reviewers must ensure that the sources of reference are appropriate and credible (accountable). If there are errors or irregularities, the reviewer must immediately inform the editor to make improvements.

  • Reviewers must understand the ethics of scientific publications above to avoid conflicts of interest with other parties so that the process of publishing manuscripts runs smoothly and safely.

Journal Manager

  • Giving in the editorial, such as regarding the suitability of the news made with the organization's vision and mission.

  • Guarantee and protect intellectual property rights (copyrights), be transparent in managing journals and publish the results of publications to the public.

  • Understanding the ethics of scientific publications above to avoid conflicts of interest with other parties, so that the process of publishing manuscripts runs smoothly and safely.

Plagiarism

  • Plagiarism (plagiarism) is the practice of taking the work or ideas of others and recognizing them as their own property without including these people. The submitted paper must be the original work of the author (or the authors).

Duplicate publicize

  • A duplicate publication is a manuscript publication that overlaps substantially with one of the published publications, without references that clearly refer to the previous publication. Submissions of manuscripts will be considered for publication only if they are submitted solely for this publication and do not substantially overlap with published articles. Any manuscript that has the same hypothesis (or sample characteristics, methodology, results, and conclusions (or adjacent) to the published manuscript is a duplicate article and is prohibited from sending, even including, if the manuscript has been published in a different language. Slicing data from a "single study" to make several separate texts without substantial differences should be avoided.

Fabrication and manipulation

  • Manipulation or falsification of data is an ethical violation and is prohibited.

Intellectual Property Rights (Haki)

  • Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Authors (or writers) must obey the law and/or ethics in treating the object of research, paying attention to the legality of material resources and intellectual property rights.

Conflict of interest and source of funding

  • Conflicts of interest and sources of funding The author (or authors) need to list all sources of financial support for research from institutions, private entities, and corporations and note any potential conflicts of interest.

Open Access

  • Open Access This publication is committed to freeing open access (i.e. free of charge, i.e., no charge to the reader or his institution for access. The user has the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search for, or link to the full text, as long as it is not for commercial purposes. The type of license is CCBY-NC-SA.