Publication Ethics

ELANG: Journal of Interdisciplinary Research follows the COPE Core Practices and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. This page summarises the duties of each party; the detailed rules are in the linked sections of the Policies page.

COPE Core Practices in ELANG

Core practice	Policy
Allegations of misconduct	Allegation of Research Misconduct
Authorship and contributorship	Authorship Criteria
Complaints and appeals	Complaints and Appeals
Conflicts of interest	Conflict of Interest
Data and reproducibility	Data Availability
Ethical oversight	Ethical Oversight
Intellectual property	Open Access Policy, Copyright Policy, License, Plagiarism Check, Use of AI
Journal management	Ownership and Management, Author Fees, Archives and Digital Preservation
Peer review processes	Peer Review Process
Post-publication discussions and corrections	Post-Publication Discussion, Correction and Retraction

Duties of the Publisher

• LPPM Universitas Bhinneka Nusantara guarantees the editorial independence of the Editorial Team; editorial decisions are not influenced by the publisher, funders or commercial interests.
• Provides the publishing platform, DOI registration and digital preservation, and does not charge authors any fee.
• Handles complaints about the Editor-in-Chief and supports the journal in cases of misconduct, correction and retraction.

Duties of Editors

• Evaluate manuscripts only on their academic merit, regardless of the authors' race, gender, religion, nationality, institution or political views.
• Screen every submission and inform the authors of the result within 7 days; send eligible manuscripts to at least two independent reviewers under double-anonymous review.
• Keep manuscripts and reviewer identities confidential, and withdraw from manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest.
• Act on suspected misconduct following COPE guidance, and publish corrections or retractions when needed.

Duties of Reviewers

• Accept only manuscripts within their expertise that they can review within 4 weeks, and decline if they have a conflict of interest.
• Treat the manuscript as confidential; do not share it or upload any part of it to an AI application, and do not use AI to write the review.
• Give objective, specific and constructive comments supported by reasons, and report any suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication or other misconduct to the editor.

Duties of Authors

• Submit original work that has not been published or submitted elsewhere, with similarity of no more than 20%, and cite all sources properly.
• Report data accurately and honestly, keep the data available for verification, and state data availability.
• List as authors only those who meet the authorship criteria, state each contribution with CRediT, and keep the author list identical in OJS and the Title Page.
• Declare the use of generative AI, conflicts of interest, funding and ethical approval.
• Notify the editor promptly of any significant error found in their published article and cooperate in correcting or retracting it.

Reporting Ethical Concerns

Concerns about a manuscript or a published article may be sent to lppm@ubhinus.ac.id, stating the article title or manuscript ID and the evidence. Concerns are treated confidentially and handled under the Allegation of Research Misconduct and Complaints and Appeals policies.