Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan (JPP) takes every allegation of research or publication misconduct seriously and handles it following the flowcharts and guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
What counts as misconduct
- fabrication: inventing data or results;
- falsification: manipulating research materials, procedures, data, or images so that the research is not accurately represented;
- plagiarism, including self-plagiarism (see Plagiarism Policy);
- duplicate, redundant, or simultaneous submission or publication;
- authorship misconduct, such as gift, guest, or ghost authorship (see Authorship Criteria);
- citation manipulation, including excessive self-citation or citations requested in exchange for publication;
- undisclosed conflicts of interest (see Conflict of Interest);
- ethical violations involving human participants, such as missing informed consent or institutional approval;
- manipulation of the peer review process.
How to report
Anyone, including readers, reviewers, and authors, may report suspected misconduct by e-mail to the editor at [email protected]. A report should name the manuscript or article concerned and describe the concern together with any available evidence. The identity of the person reporting is kept confidential.
How allegations are handled
- The Editor in Chief acknowledges the report and makes a preliminary assessment of whether it can be investigated.
- The authors are informed of the concern and given an opportunity to respond.
- The editor reviews the evidence and the authors' response, and may consult editorial board members or independent experts.
- If the matter cannot be resolved, the journal may refer it to the authors' institution or another appropriate body for investigation.
- The outcome is communicated to the authors and to the person who reported the concern.
Possible outcomes
Depending on the findings, the journal may reject the manuscript, publish a correction, issue an expression of concern, or retract the article (see Correction and Retraction). In serious cases, the authors' institutions are notified and the authors may be barred from submitting to the journal for a period decided by the editorial board.