Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics

ANANDA: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran Anak Usia Dini is an open access journal that applies double-blind peer review. This statement sets out the ethical conduct expected of all parties involved in publishing an article in this journal — authors, the editor-in-chief, the editorial board, peer reviewers, and the publisher, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Datuk Laksemana Bengkalis — as well as how the journal handles allegations of research misconduct. It is based on the COPE Core Practices (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices).

Duties of Editors

  • Publication decisions. The editor-in-chief is responsible for deciding which manuscripts are published, based on the scholarly merit of the work, its fit with the journal's focus and scope, and the reviewers' assessments.
  • Fair play. Manuscripts are evaluated solely on their intellectual content, without regard to the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, citizenship, political view, or institutional affiliation.
  • Confidentiality. Editors do not disclose the content of a manuscript under review to anyone other than the authors, reviewers, and journal staff.
  • Conflicts of interest. Editors do not use unpublished ideas or data from a submitted manuscript in their own research, and withdraw from handling any manuscript involving themselves, close colleagues, or parties with whom they have a competing interest.
  • Willingness to correct. Editors are prepared to publish corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions when errors or misconduct come to light after publication.

Duties of Reviewers

  • Contribution to decisions. Reviewers assist the editor in reaching a decision and help authors improve their manuscript through reasoned, constructive assessment.
  • Promptness. A reviewer who feels insufficiently qualified, or who cannot complete the review within the agreed period, notifies the editor without delay.
  • Objectivity. Reviews address the manuscript, not the author. Personal criticism is not acceptable.
  • Confidentiality. Manuscripts under review are confidential documents and must not be shown to or discussed with others without the editor's permission.
  • Acknowledgement of sources. Reviewers alert the editor to any substantial overlap they notice between the manuscript and other published work.
  • Conflicts of interest. Reviewers decline manuscripts in which they have a personal, professional, or competitive interest.

Duties of Authors

  • Originality. The manuscript is the authors' own original work, has not been published before, and is not under consideration elsewhere. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal is an ethical breach.
  • Data integrity. Authors present their data honestly, retain the raw data, and provide it to the editor on request.
  • Acknowledgement of sources. All ideas and quotations drawn from the work of others are properly cited.
  • Authorship. Authorship is limited to those who made a substantial contribution to the design, conduct, or interpretation of the study. All authors approve the final manuscript and its submission.
  • Disclosure of funding and conflicts of interest. Authors disclose the sources of funding for their research and any relationship that could be seen to influence their findings.
  • Ethics of research with children. Research involving children as participants requires the consent of a parent or guardian and the approval of the institution where the research is conducted. Children's identities are not disclosed, including in photographs and appendices.
  • Willingness to correct. Authors who discover a significant error in their published article notify the editor promptly so that a correction or retraction can be issued.

Handling Allegations of Misconduct

  • Any allegation of plagiarism, data fabrication, duplicate submission, or authorship dispute is reviewed by the editor-in-chief together with the editorial board.
  • Authors are given an opportunity to respond before a decision is reached.
  • Where an allegation is substantiated, the journal issues a correction, an expression of concern, or a retraction, in proportion to the severity of the breach. Retracted articles remain accessible and are clearly marked as retracted, with the reason stated, so that the publication record stays intact.
  • Authors responsible for serious misconduct may be barred from submitting to the journal for a stated period or permanently.
  • Allegations may be sent to the editorial email address and are treated in confidence.