Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Publication Ethics

This statement clarifies ethical behavior by parties involved in the act of manuscript publication in Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI), which is managed by the TALENTA Publisher of Universitas Sumatera Utara.

This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice standard.

1. Ethical Guidance for Journal Publication
The publication of a manuscript requires consideration related to its ethics. This is also applied in Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI). Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI) publishes articles that are studied both theoretically and empirically from accountable resources. This matter is important for the development of knowledge to be implemented in developing the economy of a country. Thus, a coherent and valued network of knowledge needs to be carried out in the Ethics Guidelines for Journal publications. This thing reflects on the work by authors and supporting institutions.

Articles in Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI) is peer-reviewed to support and achieve scientific method. It is important to agree on expected standards of ethical behavior by parties involved in the act of manuscript publication, including writers, editors, reviewers, publishers, and the public.

The TALENTA Publisher of Universitas Sumatera Utara as Publisher of Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI) takes its trusteeship beyond all the publishing stages very seriously and carry it out with ethics and other responsibilities. TALENTA Publisher of Universitas Sumatera Utara commits to ensure that broadcasting, reprinting or other commercial income does not have an impact or influence on editorial decisions.

2. Publication Decisions
Before publishing Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI) both online or printed, the Chief Editor in charge of publishing requests input from other editors as well as support from the reviewer. It also based the steps of journal publications, which start from the submission of the manuscript to editor review, checking by the reviewer, layout checking, plagiarism, and copyright checking. This process is under the supervision of the Chief Editor and other editors with authority that a publication decision arises for the articles in Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI).

3. Non-discrimination
In each publication of Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI), the editors and reviewers evaluate the manuscript for its scientific content alone without relating to race, sex, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the author. This matter is for the sake of upholding the ethics of publishing the Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI) that is non-discrimination.

4. Confidentiality
Every article published in Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI) is secured for its valuable information. Thus, editors and reviewers are not permitted to disclose much information related to the journal to anybody. It is including the authors, reviewers, editorial teams, and publishers. They are only allowed to disclose what is relevant and appropriate.

5. Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Any unpublished material will be disclosed under a submitted manuscript and are not to be used by the editorial boards and reviewer in their research

 

Duty and Obligation of the Reviewer

1. Contribution to editorial decisions
Publication of manuscripts in Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI) involves reviewer in the associated field. Decisions of the reviewer contribute to the editor’s decision for every manuscript. This journal uses the double-blind review process. The result of the review is sent back to the author by the editor. This point is done to improve the author’s quality of writing.

2. Promptness
Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI) values punctuality of the publication and information delivery to authors. Every submitted manuscript in Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI) will be informed to the author and reviewer to be processed based on the basic provisions. If the reviewer is unable to submit on-time, the editor will decide to replace them with another reviewer that is more qualified. This is to ensure that the publication time is consistent with the decided schedule.

3. Privacy and Confidentiality
Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI) is managed by the TALENTA Publisher of Universitas Sumatera Utara with support of the editor and expert reviewer. Every manuscript submitted is secured confidentially by the editors, reviewer, and publisher. By the fact that it is double-blind review, every manuscript can only be discussed for its content by editor and writer.

4. Objectivity Standard
Every submitted manuscript submitted to Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI) is obligated to be evaluated by the editors and reviewers based on the established standard. Nevertheless, commentary and review by the editor and reviewer must be respectful towards the author. Every reviewer is required to be consistent with the decision and recommendation for the editors and writer.

5. Reference Citation / Acknowledgment
The reviewers are obligated to make point of reference used in the manuscript submitted by the authors through the editor. Every source must be checked for its validity and novelty, and is obtained from trusted journal site.

6. Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Any specific information or ideas obtained through peer-review process must be kept confidential not used for personal gain. Reviewers should not any consider texts containing conflicts of interest which from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or also connections with writers, companies or other institutions associated with the research.

 

Duties and Obligation of the Author

1. Reporting Standard
All authors are obligated to serve accountable relevant information in works submitted to Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI). Presented data ought to be cited from liable sources. The references must be written in the article. Any form of fraud or inacurrate statement made on purpose is an unethical doing therefore unacceptable.

2. Data Access and Retention
The Authors might be asked for explanation related to data and information written in the script. Thus they are obligated to provide data and information to the editor and the reviewer punctually. This is due to simplify the correction process of submitted article bassed on the guideline by Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI).

3. Originality and Plagiarism
Authors must ensure that the work is original. They must make proper citations whenever using other's word or work. If any sort of plagiarism or problems with the citation is discovered in the author's work, the manuscript will be automatically rejected. Complete policies related to plagiarism can be seen in the Plagiarism Policy.

4. Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
Whenever an author submits a manuscript to be published in the Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI), one is not allowed to send the manuscript to another publisher simultaneously. This act is considered unethical. Thus the manuscript would not be accepted.

5. Acknowledgment of Sources.
Every manuscript sent by the author to Jurnal Peternakan Integratif (JPI) thought to give proper acknowledgment and credits to cited authors. All of the acknowledgment must be written clearly in the Reference List.

6. Authorship of the Paper.
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the research reported in the submitted manuscript. The authors listed in the manuscript have a responsibility to keep the co-authors posted with the review process. If the manuscript is accepted, all authors are required to provide and sign a statement that the research is their original work.

7. Hazards and human or animal subjects
If the research use of chemicals, procedure or tools which may contain hazard that normally does not inherent in the usage, the author must clearly identify all these things in the text.

8. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest.
All writers should express in their manuscript everything that supports them to complete the research. All financial supports for the research should be disclosed.

9. Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his published work, the author is obligated to immediately notify the editor or publisher of the journal and work with the editor to withdraw or improve the research.