ETICAL PUBLICATION

ETIKA PUBLIKASI

The Medical Laboratory Journal is a peer-reviewed electronic journal that provides a forum for publishing new research related to medical laboratory technology that has not been previously published. This statement of scientific ethics is a declaration by all parties involved in the publication process of forest research results journals, including managers, editors, reviewers, and authors.

The ethics of scientific publication upholds three ethical values in publishing, namely (i) Neutrality, which means being free from conflicts of interest in publication management; (ii) Fairness, which entails granting authorship rights to those entitled as authors/writers; and (iii) Honesty, which involves being free from duplication, fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism in publication.

Roles and Responsibilities of Journal Management:

  1. Determining the journal's name, scope of expertise, periodicity, and accreditation submission if required. Determining the membership of the editorial board.
  2. Defining the relationship between the publisher, editor, peer reviewers, and other parties in a contract.
  3. Respecting confidentiality, both for contributing researchers, authors, editors, and peer reviewers.
  4. Applying norms and regulations regarding intellectual property rights, especially copyrights.
  5. Reviewing journal policies and communicating them to authors, editors, peer reviewers, and readers.
  6. Creating guidelines for rules and ethical behavior for editors and peer reviewers.
  7. Publishing the journal regularly.
  8. Ensuring the availability of funding sources for the sustainability of journal publication.
  9. Building networks with research institutions and relevant agencies.
  10. Preparing licenses and other legal aspects.

Roles and Responsibilities of Editors:

  1. Meeting the needs of readers and authors, striving for continuous improvement in publication quality.
  2. Implementing processes to ensure the quality of published works.
  3. Upholding freedom of opinion objectively.
  4. Maintaining the academic integrity of authors' track records.
  5. Providing corrections, clarifications, and apologies when necessary.
  6. Being responsible for the style and format of scientific writing, while the content and all statements in the writing are the responsibility of the author.
  7. Actively seeking feedback from authors, readers, peer reviewers, and editorial board members to improve publication quality.
  8. Conducting regular internal evaluations of the quality of scientific journals.
  9. Supporting author initiatives on publication ethics by including clearance forms in every manuscript submission.
  10. Being open-minded to new opinions or views that may contradict personal opinions for the advancement of science.
  11. Avoiding subjective decisions by not sticking to one's own, the author's, or third-party opinions by seeking scientifically justifiable solutions.
  12. Encouraging authors to make improvements to their writing until it is suitable for publication.

Roles and Responsibilities of Peer Reviewers:

  1. Reviewing manuscripts and providing review results to the editor as a basis for determining the eligibility of a manuscript for publication.
  2. Reviewers do not conduct scientific reviews of manuscripts in which they are directly or indirectly involved.
  3. Providing suggestions, input, and positive recommendations for scientific manuscript manuscripts.
  4. Maintaining the privacy of authors by not disseminating corrections, suggestions, and recommendations for a manuscript.
  5. Encouraging authors to make improvements to their writing.
  6. Re-reviewing revised manuscripts according to predetermined standards.
  7. Reviewing manuscripts in a timely manner in accordance with the style of the publication based on scientific rules (data collection methods, author legality, conclusions, etc.) that have been determined.

Roles and Responsibilities of Authors:

  1. Ensuring that those included in the author list meet the criteria as authors.
  2. Collective responsibility for the work and content of the article, including methods, analysis, calculations, and details.
  3. Stating the origin of resources (including funding), both directly and indirectly.
  4. Explaining limitations in research.
  5. Responding to comments made by peer reviewers and editorial boards in a professional, scientific, and timely manner.
  6. Informing the editor in writing if they intend to withdraw their manuscript.
  7. Making a statement that the submitted manuscript for publication is original, has not been published anywhere and in any language, and is not currently under submission to another publisher.