Publication Ethics

Journal on Math and Science Educational Technology is a peer-reviewed journal published by Eduresearch Mitra Inovasi in Collaboration with Media Nusantara Citra University (MNCU) that is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against publication malpractice. This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, editor, reviewer, and publisher. This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Our responsibility is to publish original work of value to the intellectual community in the best possible form and to the highest possible standards. We expect similar standards from our reviewers and authors. Honesty, originality, and fair dealing on the part of authors, and fairness, objectivity, and confidentiality on the part of editors and reviewers are among the critical values that enable us to achieve our goal. Journal on Math and Science Educational Technology is committed to following best practices on ethical matters, errors, and retractions, and to provide a legal review if necessary.

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Author(s) duties

Authors should present an objective discussion of the significance of their research work as well as sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Authors must also ensure that their work is entirely original and not plagiarized. So, whenever the work and/or words of others are used, I would like to let you know that all the arrangements have been made. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Authors should not submit articles describing essentially the same research to more than one journal. The corresponding author should ensure that there is a full consensus of all co-authors in approving the final version of the paper and its submission for publication. The author(s) should inquire with the original copyright holder (usually the original publisher or authors) whether or not this material can be reused.

Plagiarism, fraudulent, or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

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Editor(s) duties

The editors of the Journal on Math and Science Educational Technology will evaluate manuscripts exclusively based on their academic merit. The editor does not use unpublished information in the editor's research without the express written consent of the author. Whenever ethical complaints are filed concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, editors must take reasonable action to ensure that proper compliance with ethical standards is restored. Submitted information and ideas must be kept confidential and cannot be used for personal advantage or gain. Editors should pass the final acceptance only after discussing it with the other managers, co-editors, and reviewers, based on the article's compliance, originality, and quality. It is the duty of editors to correct the articles if demand comes from authors. If necessary, other appropriate actions should be taken during the article processing stage. The editor should address and take sufficient steps regarding ethical complaints about the published data and/or methodologies. You should make more communication with the corresponding authors.

The editor(s) should evaluate the manuscripts initially without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, citizenship, etc.

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Reviewer(s) duties

All manuscripts received for review in the Journal on Math and Science Educational Technology must be treated as confidential documents. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Any appointed reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or is otherwise aware that a prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and step down from the review process. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Reviews should be conducted objectively, and observations should be formulated clearly with supporting arguments so that authors can use them to improve the paper.

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Other Core Practices of Publications

The Journal on Math and Science Educational Technology strives to adhere to and uphold the publication ethics and publication malpractice statements established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Conformance to standards of ethical behavior is therefore expected of all parties involved: authors, editors, reviewers, and publishers. For detailed information about COPE and the Core Practices of Publications, you can visit the Core Practices of Publications website.

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Author(s) Manuscript: Submission to Production

To maintain a high-quality publication, all submissions undergo a rigorous review process. Manuscripts judged to be of potential interest to our readership are sent for formal review, typically to two reviewers, but sometimes more if special advice is needed (for example, on statistics or a particular technique). The editors then make a decision based on the reviewers' advice, from among several possibilities: (1) Accept, with or without editorial revisions; (2) Invite the authors to revise their manuscript to address specific concerns before a final decision is reached; (3) Reject, but indicate to the authors that further work might justify a resubmission, and; (4) Reject outright, typically on grounds of specialist interest, lack of novelty, insufficient conceptual advance or major technical and/or interpretational problems.

Authors will receive information for submitting a final copy of their manuscript upon acceptance from the Editor. Once the article has been finalized for print production, the corresponding author will receive an email from the Editor.

Upon publication of the journal, the author(s) will be able to download a free PDF offprint of the article through the journal site. Information on the terms and conditions regarding the use of the final article PDF for the corresponding author and/or any co-authors is available on the site of the Journal on Math and Science Educational Technology.

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Conflict of Interest Statement

All manuscripts for original articles, editorials, comments, and errata that are published in the Journal on Math and Science Educational Technology are accompanied by a conflict of interest disclosure statement or a declaration by the authors that they do not have any conflicts of interest.

These include:

  1. All financial and non-financial interests and relationships;
  2. Direct employment with a private sector entity (whether full or part-time), and service on the private sector and non-profit boards and advisory panels, whether paid or unpaid, and;
  3. All authors have participated in (a) conception and design, analysis, and interpretation of the data; (b) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and (c) approval of the final version.

Journal on Math and Science Educational Technology will only publish articles after the author(s) have confirmed that they have disclosed all potential conflicts of interest.

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Corrections

In cases of serious errors that affect the article materially (but do not fully invalidate its results) or significantly impair the reader’s understanding or evaluation of the article, the Journal on Math and Science Educational Technology will publish a correction note that is linked to the published article. The published article will be left unchanged.

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Expressions of Concern

Suppose the editor of the Journal on Math and Science Educational Technology receives a complaint that any contribution to the Journal infringes the copyright or other intellectual property rights or contains material inaccuracies, libelous materials, or otherwise unlawful materials. In that case, the Journal will investigate the complaint. The investigation may include a request that the parties involved substantiate their claims.

In accordance with the "Retraction Guidelines" by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Journal on Math and Science Educational Technology will retract a published article if:

  1. There is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g., data fabrication) or honest error (e.g., miscalculation);
  2. The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication);
  3. It constitutes plagiarism.
  4. It reports unethical research, and;
  5. An article is retracted by publishing a retraction notice that is linked to or replaces the retracted article.

Journal on Math and Science Educational Technology will make every effort to identify a retracted article as such. If an investigation is underway that might result in the retraction of an article, Journal on Math and Science Educational Technology may choose to alert readers by publishing an expression of concern.