ETHICS AND MALPRACTICES

PUBLICATION ETHICS AND MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

Semarak Ilmu Publishing is committed to meeting and upholding the highest standards of publication ethics whereas the publication malpractice is strictly prohibited by all possible measure. Our responsibility is to publish original work of value to the intellectual community in the best possible form and to the highest possible standards. We expect similar standards from our reviewers and authors. Honesty, originality and fair dealing on the part of authors, and fairness, objectivity and confidentiality on the part of editors and reviewers are among the critical values that enable us to achieve our goal. We endorse and behave in accordance with the codes of conduct and international standards established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Hence, Authors, Reviewers and Editors are required to conform to standards of ethical guidelines.

Author's Responsibilities

Reporting Standards. Authors should report their results clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation. Authors should provide sufficient details on the method and references to allow others to replicate the work.

Originality and Plagiarism. Authors should adhere to publication requirements that submitted work is original, is not plagiarised, and has not been published elsewhere. If the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this must be appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication. Authors should 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. All authors should disclose the sources of funding for the research reported in the manuscript.

Authorship of the Paper. Authors should ensure that authorship is limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the research works and reporting. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest. All authors should 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.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works. When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, they are obligated to promptly notify the journal editor and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Reviewer's Responsibilities

Peer Review Policy. Each paper is first reviewed by the editor and, if judged suitable for this publication, is then sent to two referees for double-blind peer review. Decisions regarding the publication of a manuscript are based on the board's recommendations. Manuscripts submitted by editorial board members are subjected to the same review procedure.

Contribution to Editorial Decision. Reviewers assist the editors in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communications, assist the authors in improving the manuscript.

Promptness. Any selected referee who feels inadequately qualified or knows that prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.

Confidentiality. Reviewers must treat the received manuscript as a confidential document. It must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorised by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity. Reviewers should express their views objectively and clearly with supporting arguments. There shall be no personal criticism of the author.

Acknowledgement of Source. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors and notify the editor of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript and any other paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Editor's Responsibilities

Confidentiality. The editors must 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.

Fair Play and Editorial Independence. Editors evaluate submitted manuscripts exclusively on the basis of their academic merit and its relevance to the journal's scope, without regard to authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, citizenship, religious belief, political philosophy, or institutional affiliation.

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

Involvement and Cooperation in Investigations. The editors should guard the integrity of the published record by issuing corrections and retractions when needed and pursuing suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct.

Editorial Board Responsibilities

  • The Editorial Board must keep information pertaining to submitted manuscripts confidential.
  • The Editors may discuss with other editors or reviewers in making decisions.
  • The Editorial Board must disclose any conflicts of interest.
  • The Editorial Board must evaluate manuscripts only for their intellectual content.
  • The Editorial Board is responsible for making publication decisions for submitted manuscripts.

Copyright and Licensing

Semarak Engineering Journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. All articles published in this journal are open access and freely available online, free to download, share and re-use.