Duties of Authors

Reporting Standards:
Authors of Literature Review or Community Service reports shall present an accurate account of the work performed and provide an objective discussion of its significance. The underlying data shall be represented accurately in the manuscript. A manuscript shall contain sufficient detail and references to enable others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention:
Authors are required to provide the raw data associated with a manuscript for editorial review and shall be prepared to provide public access to such data, consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases, where practicable. In any event, authors shall be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable period after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism:
Authors shall ensure that they have written entirely original works. Where the work and/or words of others have been used, such use shall be appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication:
An author shall not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sources:
Proper acknowledgement of the work of others shall always be provided. Authors shall cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper:
Authorship shall be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions shall be listed as co-authors. Where others have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they shall be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author shall ensure that all appropriate co-authors, and no inappropriate co-authors, are included in the manuscript, and that all co-authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest:
All authors shall disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project shall be disclosed.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works:
Where an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his or her own published work, it shall be the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and to cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects:
Where the work involves chemicals, procedures, or equipment that present any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author shall clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Duties of Editors

Fair Play:
An editor shall at all times evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality:
The editor and any editorial staff shall not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest:
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript shall not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

Publication Decisions:
The editorial board of the journal shall be responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers shall always drive such decisions. Editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. Editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making such decisions.

Review of Manuscripts:
The editor shall ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated by the editor for originality. The editor shall organise and use peer review fairly and wisely. Editors shall explain their peer review processes in the information for authors and shall also indicate which parts of the journal are peer reviewed. The editor shall use appropriate peer reviewers for papers considered for publication by selecting individuals with sufficient expertise and avoiding those with conflicts of interest.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions:
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communications with the author, may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Promptness:
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript, or who knows that a prompt review will be impossible, shall notify the editor and excuse himself or herself from the review process.

Standards of Objectivity:
Reviews shall be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees shall express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Confidentiality:
Any manuscripts received for review shall be treated as confidential documents. They shall not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorised by the editor.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest:
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review shall be kept confidential and shall not be used for personal advantage. Reviewers shall not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Acknowledgement of Sources:
Reviewers shall identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported shall be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer shall also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

The following constitutes a code of ethics for authors, editors, and reviewers of Komunita: Jurnal Pengabdian dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat, adapted from the Publications Ethics Committee (COPE). This code upholds the integrity, accountability, and scientific principles in the field of research and publication, which must be adhered to.