Publications Ethics

Jurnal Sosial Humaniora (JSH) is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published by CV. Surya Buana through Surya Buana Consulting and managed by an Editorial Team officially appointed by the leadership of CV. Surya Buana.

JSH is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics, academic integrity, transparency, accountability, and responsible scholarly communication in the social sciences and humanities.

This policy establishes the ethical responsibilities of the publisher, editors, reviewers, authors, and other parties involved in scholarly publishing. It is informed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Core Practices and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.

The policy applies equally to manuscripts written in Bahasa Indonesia and English and to all scholarly article types accepted by JSH.

1. Responsibilities of the Publisher

CV. Surya Buana, as the official publisher of JSH, is responsible for providing institutional, administrative, technical, and organizational support for responsible and sustainable scholarly publishing.

The publisher is committed to:

  1. Supporting transparent and ethical journal governance.
  2. Appointing a qualified Editorial Team to manage academic publication processes.
  3. Respecting editorial independence.
  4. Preventing commercial or financial interests from improperly influencing editorial decisions.
  5. Supporting procedures for complaints, research misconduct, corrections, and retractions.
  6. Providing adequate publishing infrastructure.
  7. Supporting compliance with copyright, data protection, and applicable regulations.

The publisher's authority to appoint the Editorial Team does not include the authority to interfere with individual manuscript acceptance or rejection decisions.

2. Responsibilities of Editors

2.1. Editorial Decisions

Editors evaluate manuscripts according to originality, relevance, methodological rigor, analytical quality, ethical compliance, and scholarly contribution.

The Editor-in-Chief or authorized Handling Editor makes final publication decisions based on academic merit, peer-review findings, and established editorial policies.

Editorial decisions must not be influenced by Article Processing Charge (APC) payments or other financial considerations.

2.2. Fair and Impartial Evaluation

Editors must evaluate manuscripts fairly without discrimination based on nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, political beliefs, institutional affiliation, or personal relationships.

2.3. Confidentiality

Editors and editorial staff must protect submitted manuscripts, reviewer identities, unpublished research materials, and confidential editorial communications from unauthorized access.

2.4. Conflicts of Interest

Editors must disclose financial, personal, professional, or institutional interests that could compromise their independence. Conflicted editors must withdraw from handling the relevant manuscript.

2.5. Editorial Accountability

Editors must respond appropriately to credible allegations of misconduct and cooperate in issuing corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions when necessary.

3. Responsibilities of Peer Reviewers

Peer reviewers are responsible for providing independent, objective, constructive, and evidence-based evaluations.

Reviewers must:

  1. Maintain manuscript confidentiality.
  2. Assess originality, relevance, methodology, analysis, and scholarly contribution.
  3. Disclose potential conflicts of interest.
  4. Complete reviews within agreed deadlines or notify the editor of delays.
  5. Identify relevant literature and potential publication overlap.
  6. Report suspected plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, or other misconduct.
  7. Protect unpublished information from unauthorized use.
  8. Provide respectful, evidence-based comments.
  9. Obtain editorial permission before involving others in the review.

JSH applies a double-anonymous peer-review system involving at least two independent reviewers for manuscripts proceeding beyond initial editorial screening.

4. Responsibilities of Authors

4.1. Originality and Accurate Reporting

Authors must report research methods, data, findings, interpretations, and conclusions accurately and honestly. Fabrication, falsification, and deliberate misrepresentation of research findings are prohibited.

4.2. Plagiarism and Source Acknowledgment

Manuscripts must constitute original scholarly work. All borrowed words, ideas, findings, and data must be appropriately acknowledged. Unattributed paraphrasing and misleading text recycling are prohibited.

4.3. Multiple and Redundant Publication

Authors must not submit the same manuscript to multiple journals simultaneously. Relevant previous publications, preprints, or overlapping materials must be disclosed.

4.4. Authorship and Contributions

All listed authors must satisfy the journal's Authorship Criteria, approve the final manuscript, and accept responsibility for the integrity of their scholarly contributions.

Guest authorship, gift authorship, ghost authorship, and unauthorized authorship changes are prohibited.

4.5. Research Data and Transparency

Authors must accurately represent research data, describe analytical procedures transparently, and retain supporting documentation where appropriate. Data sharing must respect confidentiality, legal restrictions, and applicable ethical requirements.

4.6. Funding and Conflicts of Interest

Authors must disclose relevant funding sources, financial support, institutional interests, and other potential conflicts of interest. If no funding was received, an appropriate declaration must be provided.

4.7. Significant Errors

Authors who discover significant errors in published articles must promptly notify the Editorial Team and cooperate in appropriate corrective procedures.

5. Plagiarism and Research Misconduct

JSH prohibits plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship, citation manipulation, peer-review manipulation, and other forms of scholarly misconduct.

Submitted manuscripts may be screened using appropriate similarity-detection tools. A similarity percentage alone does not automatically establish plagiarism.

Similarity reports are evaluated in context, considering citation practices, legitimate quotations, overlapping content, and manuscript originality.

When misconduct is suspected, the Editorial Team may request explanations, supporting evidence, or clarification before determining the appropriate action.

6. Research Ethics and Participant Protection

All research must comply with applicable ethical standards, institutional requirements, and relevant laws and regulations.

Research involving human participants, personal information, vulnerable populations, or sensitive materials must appropriately address:

  • Ethics approval or documented exemption, where applicable.
  • Informed consent and voluntary participation.
  • Privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity.
  • Responsible handling of research data.
  • Protection from unnecessary harm.
  • Consent to publish identifiable information.

The Editorial Team may request supporting ethics documentation when necessary. Authors must also respect the cultural and social contexts of research communities.

7. Conflicts of Interest and Editorial Independence

Authors, reviewers, editors, and relevant publishing personnel must disclose interests or relationships that could influence, or reasonably appear to influence, the scholarly evaluation process.

Conflicted editors and reviewers must withdraw from affected assignments when independence cannot be appropriately maintained.

Manuscripts submitted by Editorial Team members or individuals affiliated with the publisher must undergo independent editorial evaluation and peer review.

The APC of IDR 500,000 per accepted article does not influence reviewer selection, editorial decisions, or publication priority.

8. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

JSH permits responsible use of artificial intelligence tools when such use does not compromise originality, academic integrity, confidentiality, or scholarly accountability.

  1. Human Accountability: Authors remain responsible for all manuscript content.
  2. No AI Authorship: AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors.
  3. Disclosure: Substantive AI assistance must be disclosed.
  4. Verification: AI-generated information and references must be independently verified.
  5. Research Integrity: AI must not be used to fabricate data, invent citations, or manipulate evidence.
  6. Confidentiality: Reviewers and editors must not upload confidential manuscripts to external AI platforms without appropriate authorization and safeguards.
  7. Editorial Responsibility: AI tools must not replace independent academic judgment.

Relevant AI-use declarations may be included in the Methods, Acknowledgments, or a dedicated AI-use statement.

9. Corrections, Expressions of Concern, and Retractions

JSH maintains procedures for correcting significant errors and addressing ethical concerns discovered after publication.

9.1. Corrections

Corrections may be issued when an article contains errors requiring amendment without invalidating its overall conclusions.

9.2. Expressions of Concern

An expression of concern may be issued when credible concerns regarding an article remain unresolved and readers should be informed while further evaluation is conducted.

9.3. Retractions

Retraction may be necessary when findings are substantially unreliable or serious research or publication misconduct undermines the scholarly record.

Retraction notices will identify the affected article, explain the reasons, and link to the original publication. Retracted articles will ordinarily remain accessible with clear retraction labels, except where removal is necessary for compelling legal, privacy, or safety reasons.

The purpose of retraction is to correct the scholarly record, not to punish authors.

10. Complaints, Appeals, and Misconduct Allegations

JSH accepts substantiated concerns regarding editorial decisions, reviewer conduct, research integrity, publication ethics, or journal management through its official communication channels.

The complaint-handling process may include:

  1. Registration and preliminary assessment.
  2. Review of evidence and editorial records.
  3. Requests for clarification from relevant parties.
  4. Independent assessment or institutional consultation where necessary.
  5. Determination of appropriate editorial action.
  6. Communication of the outcome, subject to confidentiality requirements.

Authors may appeal editorial decisions when they have substantive scholarly or procedural grounds for reconsideration.

Complaints involving the responsible editor should be referred to an independent authorized party wherever feasible.

11. Copyright, Licensing, and Open Access

JSH supports open scholarly communication while respecting intellectual property rights.

Authors retain copyright and grant JSH the right of first publication. Published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0), subject to applicable third-party rights.

Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 License

Authors are responsible for obtaining necessary permissions for copyrighted materials included in their manuscripts.

12. Ethical Accountability and Policy Implementation

JSH applies this policy to all submissions and published articles, regardless of publication language, research methodology, author affiliation, or manuscript type.

The Editorial Team is responsible for implementing this policy, maintaining appropriate editorial records, and responding to ethical concerns.

CV. Surya Buana provides institutional and operational support while respecting the Editorial Team's academic independence.

The journal periodically reviews its publication ethics policies to reflect developments in responsible research and scholarly publishing.

Ethical References

Editorial Contact

For ethical concerns, complaints, or appeals, please contact the JSH Editorial Office: Contact JSH .