Publication Ethics

JOURNIX (Journal of Informatics and Computing Excellence) is one of the journals managed by Ran Edu Center. JOURNIX (Journal of Informatics and Computing Excellence) is an on-line scientific journal that publishes articles or scientific works of research results in the field of Computer Science or informatics.
This statement of scientific publication ethics is a statement of the code of ethics of all parties involved in the publication process of this scientific journal, namely managers, editors, bestary partners, and authors. The Code of Ethics for Scientific Publication essentially upholds three ethical values in publication, namely (i) Neutrality, which is free from conflicts of interest in the management of publications; (ii) Fairness, which gives authorship rights to those entitled as authors; and (iii) Honesty, which is free from duplication, fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism in publications.

Duties and Responsibilities of Journal Managers
1.    Determine the name of the journal, scientific scope, periodicity, and accreditation if needed.
2.    Determine the membership of the editorial board.
3.    Define the relationship between the publisher, editors, reviewers, and other parties in a contract.
4.    Respect confidential matters, both for contributing researchers, authors, editors, and reviewers.
5.    Apply norms and provisions regarding intellectual property rights, especially copyright.
6.    Conduct a review of journal policies and communicate them to authors, the editorial board, bestary partners, and readers.
7.    Create a code of conduct guide for editors and bestary partners.
8.    Publish the journal regularly.
9.    Ensure the availability of funding sources for the sustainability of journal publishing.
10.    Building cooperation and marketing networks.
11.    Preparing licenses and other legal aspects.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Editor
1.    Meet the needs of readers and writers,
2.    Strive for continuous improvement of publication quality,
3.    Implement a process to ensure the quality of published papers,
4.    Promoting freedom of opinion objectively,
5.    Maintaining the integrity of the author's academic track record,
6.    Submitting corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when necessary,
7.    Responsible for the style and format of the paper, while the content and all statements in the paper are the responsibility of the author,
8.    Actively solicit the opinions of authors, readers, bestarial partners, and members of the editorial board to improve the quality of publications,
9.    Encourage the assessment of the journal if there are findings,
10.    Support initiatives to reduce research and publication errors by asking authors to submit an Ethics Clearance form that has been approved by the Ethics Clearance Committee,
11.    Support initiatives to educate researchers on publication ethics,
12.    Assess the effect of publication policies on author and reviewer attitudes and improve them to increase responsibility and minimize errors,
13.    Have an open mind to new opinions or views of others that may conflict with personal opinions,
14.    Not defend one's own, the author's or a third party's opinion that may lead to a non-objective decision,
15.    Encourage the author, so that they can make improvements to the paper until it is suitable for publication.

Duties and Responsibilities of Reviewer
1.    Receive an assignment from the editor to review the paper and submit the results of the review to the editor, as material for determining the eligibility of a paper for publication.
2.    Reviewers may not review papers in which they are directly or indirectly involved. 
3.    Maintain the author's privacy by not disseminating the results of corrections, suggestions, and recommendations by providing criticism, suggestions, input, and recommendations.
4.    Encourage the author to make improvements to the paper
5.    Review the corrected paper in accordance with the predetermined standards.
6.    The paper is reviewed in a timely manner according to the publication's style based on scientific principles (data collection methods, author's legality, conclusions, etc.).

Duties and Responsibilities of the Author
1.    Ensure that those included in the list of authors meet the criteria as authors.
2.    Collectively responsible for the work and content of the article including methods, analysis, calculations, and details.
3.    Declare the origin of resources (including funding), either directly or indirectly.
4.    Explain the limitations of the research
5.    Respond to comments made by the bestarial partners in a professional and timely manner.
6.    Informing the editor if they will withdraw the paper.
7.    Make a statement that the paper submitted for publication is original, has never been published anywhere in any language, and is not in the process of submission to another publisher.