Publication Ethics Statement
Publication Ethics Statement
Journal of Innovation and Teacher Professionalism (JITPro)
Contents
01. Publication Ethics
The Journal of Innovation and Teacher Professionalism (JITPro) is committed to maintaining high standards of academic integrity, ethical research, and responsible scholarly publishing. The journal follows ethical publishing principles consistent with the guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
This statement establishes the ethical responsibilities of authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher throughout manuscript submission, peer review, editorial decision-making, and publication. JITPro promotes transparency, accountability, fairness, confidentiality, and the integrity of the scholarly record.
Originality · Research integrity · Editorial independence · Confidentiality · Fair peer review · Responsible authorship · Transparency · Accountability
02. Duties of Editors
Editors make publication decisions based on academic merit, originality, methodological rigor, relevance to JITPro's aims and scope, ethical compliance, and reviewer recommendations. Editorial decisions must remain independent of financial, commercial, or institutional influence.
Editors evaluate manuscripts fairly without discrimination based on nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, political views, institutional affiliation, or other irrelevant personal characteristics.
- Maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts, reviewer identities, and editorial communications.
- Do not disclose or use unpublished manuscript content for personal research without written permission.
- Declare and appropriately manage actual or potential conflicts of interest.
- Assign manuscripts to impartial editors or reviewers when necessary.
- Ensure fair, rigorous, and consistent peer review.
- Investigate credible allegations of research or publication misconduct.
- Take appropriate action when significant errors or ethical concerns are identified.
- Manage corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions transparently.
03. Duties of Reviewers
- Provide objective, evidence-based, constructive, and timely assessments.
- Evaluate originality, methodological quality, relevance, and scholarly contribution.
- Avoid personal criticism, discriminatory remarks, and unsupported judgments.
- Identify relevant scholarly literature that has not been adequately acknowledged.
Reviewers must treat manuscripts and associated materials as confidential documents. They must not disclose, reproduce, distribute, or use unpublished information obtained during peer review without authorization.
Reviewers must disclose financial, professional, institutional, or personal relationships that may compromise impartiality and decline review assignments when such conflicts cannot be appropriately managed.
- Notify editors of suspected plagiarism, duplication, data manipulation, or other ethical concerns.
- Do not use generative AI tools to evaluate manuscripts or prepare review reports.
- Do not upload confidential manuscripts to AI systems or unauthorized third-party services.
- Complete reviews within the agreed timeframe or promptly communicate any inability to do so.
04. Duties of Authors
- Present accurate and transparent accounts of research methods, data, findings, and conclusions.
- Avoid fabrication, falsification, selective reporting, inappropriate image manipulation, or misleading interpretation.
- Provide sufficient methodological detail for scholarly evaluation.
- Preserve relevant research documentation and provide clarification when legitimately requested.
- Submit original work not previously published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere.
- Properly cite all relevant sources, quotations, data, and ideas.
- Avoid plagiarism, inappropriate paraphrasing, redundant publication, and undisclosed text recycling.
- Comply with the journal's maximum similarity index of 20%, subject to editorial assessment.
- List only individuals who have made substantial scholarly contributions and accept responsibility for their work.
- Ensure that all authors approve the manuscript and its submission.
- Acknowledge contributors who do not meet authorship criteria.
- Provide a clear justification and obtain agreement from all affected authors for proposed authorship changes.
- Obtain approval from an appropriate ethics committee when required by the research or applicable regulations.
- Secure informed consent from research participants when applicable.
- Protect the privacy and confidentiality of participants, including teachers and students.
- Obtain appropriate permission before publishing identifiable photographs, quotations, or personal information.
- Disclose relevant funding sources and potential financial or non-financial conflicts of interest.
- Provide accurate statements concerning data availability and research ethics where applicable.
- Notify the journal promptly if significant errors or ethical concerns are discovered.
- Cooperate with reasonable editorial requests concerning corrections or investigations.
05. Originality and Similarity Screening
All manuscripts submitted to JITPro are subject to originality and similarity screening during the initial editorial assessment. The journal applies a maximum overall similarity index of 20%, as measured using an appropriate text-matching or similarity-detection system.
Subject to contextual evaluation of the similarity report by the editorial team.
The similarity index is a screening indicator and does not, by itself, establish whether plagiarism has occurred. Editors evaluate the nature, extent, and distribution of textual overlap, including the attribution of sources, the presence of substantial copied passages, and the relevance of matched content.
Where supported by the screening system, reference lists, properly cited quotations, and insignificant matches may be excluded using consistent editorial settings. Standard terminology and conventional methodological descriptions are also considered during the interpretation of similarity reports.
Manuscripts exceeding the 20% threshold may be returned to authors for revision or declined following editorial assessment. Manuscripts with a similarity index below 20% may also be rejected if plagiarism, unattributed copying, or other academic misconduct is identified.
A similarity score below the threshold does not automatically guarantee manuscript acceptance or establish the absence of plagiarism. The editorial team retains responsibility for assessing originality and research integrity.
06. Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence
JITPro supports responsible and transparent scholarly practices concerning generative artificial intelligence (AI). AI use must not compromise originality, research integrity, manuscript confidentiality, or human accountability.
- Generative AI may be used only for language improvement, including grammar, clarity, and readability.
- AI must not be used to generate research content, data, substantive analysis, interpretations, or conclusions.
- Any permitted AI use must be disclosed, including the tool name and purpose.
- AI tools must not be listed as authors or co-authors.
- Authors remain responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of submitted content.
- AI-generated figures, images, or visual representations are not permitted unless their generation is an explicitly described part of the research methodology.
- Permissible technical adjustments must not alter the meaning or authenticity of research data.
- Relevant image-processing procedures must be disclosed where applicable.
- Generative AI tools must not be used to conduct manuscript reviews or prepare reviewer reports.
- Confidential manuscripts and review materials must not be uploaded to AI systems.
- Reviewers remain personally responsible for their assessments and recommendations.
- Editorial evaluations and publication decisions must rely on qualified human judgment.
- Generative AI tools must not be used to evaluate confidential manuscripts or make editorial decisions.
- Editors must safeguard manuscript confidentiality throughout the editorial process.
07. Publication Malpractice
JITPro does not tolerate publication misconduct, including plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, citation manipulation, duplicate submission, redundant publication, inappropriate authorship practices, undisclosed conflicts of interest, or deliberate misrepresentation of research findings.
When misconduct is suspected, the editorial team examines the available evidence, requests clarification when necessary, and follows appropriate ethical procedures informed by COPE guidance. Allegations are handled fairly and with appropriate confidentiality.
- Request clarification, supporting documentation, or manuscript correction.
- Reject manuscripts when serious misconduct is established.
- Publish corrections or expressions of concern where appropriate.
- Retract published articles when their findings or integrity are fundamentally compromised.
- Notify relevant institutions or authorities when warranted.
08. Publishing Process
JITPro applies a structured editorial and double-blind peer-review process to ensure the academic quality, relevance, and integrity of published manuscripts.
Authors submit manuscripts through the official online submission system in accordance with journal guidelines.
Editors evaluate scope alignment, technical compliance, originality, similarity (maximum 20%), ethical requirements, and basic academic quality.
Manuscripts passing initial screening undergo double-blind evaluation by at least two qualified reviewers.
Editors decide whether to accept, request revision, or reject a manuscript based on scholarly merit and review outcomes.
Accepted manuscripts undergo final editorial checks, copyediting, production, proof review, and online publication.
The final publication decision rests with the editorial team. Acceptance is determined by academic merit and compliance with journal requirements, not by payment of publication charges.
Graduate School, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia