Misconduct Research Policy

Widya Cipta : Jurnal Sekretari dan Manajemen commits to using the best practices of COPE in ethical standards for research and publication.

Research misconduct refers to plagiarism, citation manipulation, fabrication, and falsification. Editors will investigate to ensure the article's accuracy and integrity and to determine whether authors are involved in research misconduct or other severe irregularities in articles published in scientific journals.

When research misconduct is found, the Editors and Editorial Board will assist them in handling the complaint fairly. According to the COPE, this includes investigating the editors' allegations and classifying them as serious or less serious misconduct. The editors will check, clarify, and analyze all the allegations and assess their validity and whether they are consistent with the definition of research misconduct.   

Retraction: Soon, all manuscript submissions containing misconduct will be rejected. If a published paper is found to contain such misconduct, editors will publish a Retraction and link it to the original article.

Withdrawal: The author cannot withdraw publication articles because the withdrawal wastes valuable recommendations. The editors and reviewers spend a lot of time processing submitted manuscripts and works invested in by the publisher.

Correction:

These corrections are often used in publications, specifically to address errors or add additional information as follows:

  1. Erratum: A correction of a published text. It usually refers to errors introduced during the publishing process, such as typographical errors, factual inaccuracies, or other mistakes not caught before printing.
  2. A corrigendum is similar to an erratum but typically refers to errors made by the author(s). It is issued when the author discovers a significant mistake after publication that needs to be corrected.
  3. Addendum: additional material added to a book or publication after its initial release. An addendum can include new information, updates, or further explanations unavailable at the time of the original publication.

It helps maintain the accuracy and integrity of published works by ensuring that errors are corrected and new information is disseminated appropriately.

Removal: Under exceptional circumstances, a published article may be removed from our online platform. This action will only be taken if the article violates someone's legal rights, is likely to be the subject of a court order, or poses a significant health risk. In such cases, we preserve the title and author information as metadata but replace the text with a screen stating that the article has been removed for legal reasons. No changes are allowed in citations, references, or in-line citations.

Replacement: When a publication poses a serious health risk due to its content, the original article's authors may decide to retract it and publish a corrected version in its place. If this occurs, the process for retraction will be followed, with the addition of a link to the new, corrected article and a history of the document.