Publication Ethics

Jurnal Digital Media Communication only accepts original research articles and theoretical studies that have not been published elsewhere and are not in the process of being reviewed in other journal publishers. Jurnal Digital Media Communication is committed to upholding ethical standards at all stages of the publication process. This ethical standard was adapted from the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Turnitin software may be used by the editorial office to check the similarities of submitted manuscripts.

Ethics for Editors

• Editors are responsible for assessing the quality of received articles
• Editors guide reviewers and writers of the received articles
• Editors are responsible for the confidentiality of peer reviewers
• Editors adhere to the principle of justice or non-discrimination against all received articles
• Editors must prepare guidelines for all members of the editorial board.
• Editors avoid conflicts of interest of all involved stakeholders during the publishing process.

Ethics for Authors

• Authors are responsible for plagiarism and copyright infringement or other intellectual property rights on the submitted articles.
• Authors must ensure that submitted articles are not being considered or accepted in another journal publisher.
• The names of the authors show who did the research and / or wrote the article.
• All authors must approve the submission of the article to the Jurnal Digital Media Communication and give a mandate to the main author to sign the Copyright form.
• If a fatal error occurs in the published article, the author must notify the editor or publisher to follow up.

Ethics for Reviewers

• Reviewers must act objectively and independently.
• Reviewers provide constructive input so that articles become worthy for publication.
• Reviewers immediately notify the editor if the article is indicative of plagiarism.
• During the publishing process, reviewers avoid conflicts of interest and confidentiality of an article.
• During the publishing process, reviewers must refer to Jurnal Digital Media Communication guidelines.

Plagiarism

Authors should submit only original work that is not plagiarized, and has not been published or being considered elsewhere.  Turnitin software may be used by the editorial office to check for similarities of submitted manuscripts with existing literature. Inclusion of fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements are unacceptable. Work and/or words from other publications must be appropriately cited or quoted.

Reporting

Authors should state their results clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation. The methods used in the work should be clearly and unambiguously described so that the findings can be repeated and confirmed by other researchers.

Conflict of Interest

A statement on conflict of interest must be included in the manuscript if authors receive any support that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Authorship and Collaboration

The names of authors listed in a paper should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the article. Only those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the work must be acknowledged or listed as contributors. It is the duty of the corresponding author to ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper.  All co-authors must approve the final version of the paper and agree to the version of the paper before submission.

Multiple or Redundant

Authors should not publish the same manuscripts in more than one journal or primary publication. A similar manuscript should not be submitted to more than one journal concurrently as this constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.