PUBLICATION ETHICS AND PUBLICATION MALPRACTICE STATEMENT
Jurnal Konstruksi dan Infrastruktur (JKI) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and academic integrity. This Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement is based on the principles and guidelines developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.
These ethical principles apply to all parties involved in the publication process, including authors, editors, editorial board members, reviewers, and the publisher. They apply to all content published by JKI, including regular issues, special issues, and other scholarly content.
1. Responsibilities of Authors
Originality and Plagiarism
Authors must ensure that the submitted manuscript is their own original work. Manuscripts must not contain plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate manipulation of data.
Ideas, words, figures, tables, data, or other materials originating from other sources must be appropriately acknowledged and cited.
All manuscripts submitted to JKI may be screened using similarity-detection software before entering the peer-review process. A high similarity score does not automatically constitute plagiarism; therefore, similarity reports will be evaluated by the editorial team before any decision is made.
Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Submission
Authors must not submit the same manuscript simultaneously to more than one journal.
Manuscripts that have been published previously, either substantially or in essentially the same form, should not be submitted to JKI.
Redundant or duplicate publication is considered unethical publishing behavior and may result in rejection, correction, or retraction, depending on the stage at which the issue is identified.
Accuracy and Research Integrity
Authors reporting original research must provide an accurate account of the work performed and an objective discussion of its significance.
Research data must be represented honestly and accurately. Fabrication, falsification, selective manipulation, or intentional misrepresentation of research data constitutes serious academic misconduct.
Authors must provide sufficient methodological information and references to enable readers or other researchers to understand and, where appropriate, reproduce the research.
Authorship and Contributorship
Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the conception, design, execution, analysis, interpretation, or preparation of the manuscript.
All persons listed as authors must:
- have made a substantial contribution to the work;
- have participated in drafting or critically revising the manuscript;
- have approved the final version of the manuscript; and
- agree to be accountable for their respective contributions.
Individuals who contributed to the work but do not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged appropriately.
The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all appropriate co-authors are included, that no inappropriate authors are listed, and that all authors have approved the final manuscript and agreed to its submission and publication.
Any request to add, remove, or rearrange authors after submission must be supported by a clear explanation and agreement from all authors and will be considered by the editorial team.
Conflicts of Interest
Authors must disclose any financial, personal, professional, institutional, or other relationships that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research or interpretation of the findings.
If no conflict of interest exists, authors should explicitly state that there is no conflict of interest.
Funding Disclosure
Authors must disclose all sources of financial support or research funding related to the submitted work.
Where no external funding was received, authors should state this clearly.
Data Availability and Reproducibility
Authors are responsible for the accuracy and integrity of the data supporting their research.
Where appropriate and legally or ethically permissible, authors are encouraged to make supporting research data available through institutional repositories, subject repositories, or other appropriate data repositories.
If data cannot be shared because of confidentiality, privacy, ethical, legal, or contractual restrictions, authors should explain the reason.
Ethical Approval
Research involving human participants, human data, animals, or other activities requiring ethical oversight must comply with applicable ethical standards and regulations.
Where ethical approval is required, authors must provide information regarding the approving ethics committee or institutional review board, including the approval number where applicable.
The editors may request documentation confirming ethical approval before or after publication.
For studies in which formal ethical approval is not required, authors may be asked to provide an appropriate statement explaining the ethical basis of the study.
Copyright and Licensing
Authors retain the copyright of their articles and grant Jurnal Konstruksi dan Infrastruktur (JKI) the right of first publication.
All articles published in JKI are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Under this license, users may share and adapt the published material for any purpose, including commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the author(s) and the original publication in JKI, a link to the license is provided, any changes made are indicated, and derivative works are distributed under the same license.
Authors are responsible for obtaining the necessary permission to reproduce or adapt copyrighted figures, tables, photographs, illustrations, datasets, or other third-party materials for which they do not own the copyright.
Third-party materials that are not covered by the article's CC BY-SA 4.0 license must be clearly identified.
Errors Identified by Authors
If an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in a submitted or published article, the author must promptly notify the editorial team and cooperate in correcting or retracting the article when appropriate.
2. Responsibilities of Reviewers
Confidentiality
All manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents.
Reviewers must not disclose, share, discuss, upload, or otherwise distribute the manuscript or its contents to unauthorized persons.
Information or ideas obtained through peer review must not be used for personal, professional, academic, or commercial advantage.
Competence and Timeliness
Reviewers should accept a review assignment only when they have sufficient expertise to evaluate the manuscript.
A reviewer should decline an invitation if the subject is outside their expertise or if they cannot complete the review within the requested period.
Reviewers who initially accept an assignment but subsequently realize that they cannot provide an appropriate review should promptly inform the editor.
Objectivity
Reviews must be conducted objectively, fairly, and professionally.
Personal criticism of authors is inappropriate.
Reviewers should provide clear, constructive, evidence-based comments that help authors improve the quality of their manuscripts.
Recommendations should be supported by appropriate reasoning.
Conflicts of Interest
Reviewers must disclose any potential conflict of interest that may affect their ability to provide an impartial assessment.
Potential conflicts may arise from competitive, collaborative, personal, financial, professional, or institutional relationships with the authors or organizations associated with the manuscript.
Where a significant conflict exists, the reviewer should decline the review assignment.
Identification of Ethical Concerns
Reviewers should notify the editor if they identify:
- suspected plagiarism;
- duplicate or redundant publication;
- substantial similarity with other published or submitted work;
- possible data fabrication or falsification;
- inappropriate citation practices; or
- other potential breaches of research or publication ethics.
Reviewers should also identify relevant published work that has not been appropriately cited.
3. Responsibilities of Editors and Editorial Board
Editorial Independence
Editorial decisions must be based on the scholarly merit, originality, relevance, methodological quality, and suitability of the manuscript for the journal's scope.
Decisions must not be influenced by the authors' nationality, institutional affiliation, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, political views, or other characteristics unrelated to the scholarly quality of the manuscript.
Commercial considerations, sponsorship, advertising relationships, or other external interests must not influence editorial decisions.
Publication Decisions
The Editor-in-Chief has ultimate responsibility for determining whether a submitted manuscript is accepted for publication.
The Editor-in-Chief may consult section editors, editorial board members, and reviewers when making editorial decisions.
Acceptance decisions must be based on the journal's editorial standards and the results of an appropriate peer-review process.
Confidentiality
Editors and editorial board members must protect the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and related editorial information.
Information concerning a submitted manuscript must not be disclosed to anyone other than the authors, reviewers, potential reviewers, relevant editorial staff, and persons authorized to participate in the editorial process.
Conflict of Interest
Editors must not handle manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest arising from personal, professional, financial, institutional, collaborative, or competitive relationships.
Where a conflict exists, responsibility for the manuscript must be transferred to another qualified editor who has no relevant conflict.
Manuscripts submitted by editors, editorial board members, reviewers, or individuals closely associated with the journal must undergo the same editorial standards and independent peer-review process as other submissions.
Peer-Review Integrity
Editors are responsible for ensuring that the peer-review process is conducted fairly, independently, confidentially, and according to the journal's published Peer Review Policy.
JKI applies a double-blind peer-review process, and manuscripts should normally be evaluated by at least two independent reviewers.
The editorial team must take reasonable steps to protect the anonymity of authors and reviewers in accordance with the journal's review model.
4. Special Issues
Special issues are subject to the same standards of publication ethics, editorial independence, and peer review as regular issues.
The Editor-in-Chief remains responsible for the scholarly content and integrity of all special issues.
All manuscripts submitted to a special issue must:
- fall within the scope of JKI;
- undergo appropriate editorial screening;
- undergo independent peer review;
- meet the same academic and ethical standards as regular submissions; and
- receive an independent editorial decision.
Participation in a conference, seminar, workshop, or other academic event does not guarantee publication in JKI.
Where a Guest Editor is appointed, the journal must ensure that the Guest Editor has appropriate expertise and that the editorial process remains under the supervision of the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board.
5. Research Misconduct
JKI takes allegations of research and publication misconduct seriously.
Research misconduct may include, but is not limited to:
- fabrication of research data;
- falsification or inappropriate manipulation of data;
- plagiarism;
- duplicate or redundant publication;
- inappropriate authorship;
- undisclosed conflicts of interest;
- manipulation of the peer-review process;
- citation manipulation;
- submission of the same manuscript to multiple journals; and
- other deliberate violations of accepted research and publication standards.
When misconduct is suspected or reported, the editorial team will conduct an appropriate investigation and may request clarification, documentation, raw data, ethical approval, or other supporting evidence from the authors.
Where necessary, JKI may communicate with the authors' institution, research organization, funding body, or other relevant authority in accordance with appropriate publication ethics procedures.
Editorial action will depend on the nature and severity of the case.
6. Corrections, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern
JKI is committed to maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record.
When an error or ethical issue is identified after publication, the journal may issue an appropriate:
- correction or erratum;
- retraction;
- expression of concern; or
- other post-publication notice.
Minor errors that do not affect the scientific conclusions of an article may be corrected through an official correction notice.
Retraction may be considered where findings are unreliable as a result of serious error, fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, redundant publication, unethical research, manipulation of the publication process, or other serious breaches of research integrity.
Retraction and correction notices will be clearly identified, linked to the original article, and made publicly accessible.
The original scholarly record will be preserved wherever possible, with the correction or retraction status clearly indicated.
7. Complaints and Appeals
Authors, reviewers, readers, and other parties may submit complaints concerning editorial procedures, publication ethics, peer review, published articles, or the conduct of persons involved in JKI's editorial process.
Complaints should be submitted to the journal through the official contact information provided on the JKI website and should include sufficient information and supporting evidence to allow the matter to be evaluated.
Complaints will be handled fairly, confidentially, and without retaliation.
Authors may appeal an editorial decision when they believe that a significant error occurred during the review or editorial process.
An appeal must provide a clear explanation and relevant evidence. An appeal is not an opportunity simply to disagree with reviewer comments or editorial judgment.
Where appropriate, the appeal will be considered by an editor who was not primarily responsible for the original decision.
The journal's decision following the appeal process will be considered final.
8. Post-Publication Discussion
JKI supports responsible scholarly discussion after publication.
Readers, authors, and researchers may contact the editorial office regarding substantial concerns, comments, or evidence relating to a published article.
Where a post-publication concern raises a credible issue affecting the accuracy, reliability, ethics, or integrity of an article, the editorial team will evaluate the matter and take appropriate action.
Where necessary, the journal may publish a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other editorial notice.
9. Use of Artificial Intelligence and Automated Tools
JKI recognizes that artificial intelligence (AI) and automated tools may be used in research and manuscript preparation; however, their use must be transparent, responsible, and subject to human oversight.
Authors
Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and validity of all content submitted to JKI.
Generative AI or other automated tools:
- must not be listed as authors or co-authors;
- must not replace human responsibility for the manuscript;
- must not be cited as authoritative sources;
- must not be used to fabricate or manipulate research data, citations, or findings; and
- should be disclosed when their use goes beyond routine spelling, grammar, language correction, or formatting.
Authors must verify all AI-generated or AI-assisted content, including facts, references, calculations, interpretations, and citations.
Reviewers and Editors
Manuscripts received for review or editorial evaluation are confidential documents.
Reviewers and editors must not upload confidential manuscripts, unpublished data, figures, or other protected content into generative AI systems or other external automated tools where confidentiality, intellectual property, or data protection cannot be guaranteed.
AI tools must not independently make peer-review or editorial decisions.
All editorial and peer-review judgments remain the responsibility of qualified human reviewers and editors.
10. Ethical Oversight and Protection of Participants
The journal expects research involving human participants, animals, personal information, confidential information, or potentially vulnerable groups to comply with relevant ethical and legal requirements.
Editors may request supporting documentation where there is uncertainty regarding ethical compliance.
Where the journal identifies a significant ethical concern, publication may be delayed, rejected, corrected, or retracted as appropriate.
11. Publisher and Editorial Responsibility
The publisher and editorial team of JKI are committed to maintaining editorial independence and supporting editors in applying accepted standards of publication ethics.
The publisher will not interfere with editorial decisions based on commercial, institutional, sponsorship, or other inappropriate considerations.
The journal will take reasonable and proportionate action when credible concerns regarding research integrity or publication ethics are reported.
References and Ethical Standards
JKI follows the principles and recommendations of:
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
https://publicationethics.org/
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
https://doaj.org/apply/transparency/
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) – Guide to Applying
https://doaj.org/apply/guide/
