Publication Ethics

Hata Poda: Jurnal Pendidikan, Bahasa, dan Sastra Indonesia is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal committed to promoting high-quality research, academic integrity, and ethical standards in scientific publication. The journal publishes original research articles and scholarly studies in the fields of Indonesian language education, linguistics, literature, language teaching and learning, literary studies, and related interdisciplinary approaches.

The journal provides an academic platform for researchers, lecturers, teachers, scholars, and practitioners to disseminate innovative research findings and theoretical contributions that advance knowledge and professional practices in language, literature, and education.

To maintain the quality, credibility, transparency, and integrity of scholarly publishing, Hata Poda: Jurnal Pendidikan, Bahasa, dan Sastra Indonesia follows the ethical principles and recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), particularly the COPE Core Practices and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.

These ethical principles apply to all parties involved in the publication process, including editors, editorial board members, peer reviewers, authors, and publishers.

A. Responsibilities of Editors

  1. Editorial Decisions: Editors are responsible for determining which submitted manuscripts are suitable for publication based on scientific quality, originality, relevance to the journal's aims and scope, methodological rigor, and recommendations from peer reviewers.

  2. Compliance with Editorial Policies: Editors must ensure that editorial decisions comply with the journal's established policies and applicable legal and ethical requirements concerning copyright infringement, plagiarism, defamation, and academic misconduct.

  3. Fair and Impartial Evaluation: Editors must evaluate submitted manuscripts objectively and fairly, based solely on their academic merit and scholarly contributions.

  4. Non-Discrimination: Editors must not discriminate against authors based on race, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, institutional affiliation, political beliefs, or other personal characteristics.

  5. Confidentiality: Editors and editorial staff must maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and must not disclose manuscript-related information to unauthorized individuals.

  6. Protection of Intellectual Property: Editors must not use unpublished materials, research data, ideas, or information contained in submitted manuscripts for personal research or other purposes without the author's explicit written permission.

  7. Conflict of Interest: Editors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest and withdraw from editorial decisions involving manuscripts where impartiality may be compromised.

  8. Publication Integrity: Editors are responsible for investigating allegations of plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, authorship disputes, duplicate publication, and other forms of publication misconduct in accordance with relevant COPE guidance.

  9. Editorial Independence: Editorial decisions must remain independent of financial, institutional, political, or personal influences.

B. Responsibilities of Reviewers

  1. Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer reviewers assist editors in evaluating the scientific quality, originality, relevance, and academic contribution of submitted manuscripts.

  2. Professional Responsibility: Reviewers must conduct manuscript evaluations responsibly, professionally, and within the review deadlines established by the journal.

  3. Objectivity and Constructive Evaluation: Reviews must be conducted objectively and supported by clear academic arguments. Personal criticism of authors is inappropriate and must be avoided.

  4. Evaluation of Originality and References: Reviewers should identify relevant scholarly publications that have not been appropriately cited and report any suspected plagiarism, substantial similarity, or overlapping publication to the editor.

  5. Confidentiality of Manuscripts: Reviewers must treat manuscripts as confidential documents and must not disclose, reproduce, distribute, or discuss their contents without authorization from the editor.

  6. Conflict of Interest: Reviewers must disclose any financial, professional, institutional, or personal relationships that may compromise their objectivity and decline review assignments when such conflicts cannot be appropriately managed.

  7. Academic Integrity: Reviewers must not use unpublished research findings, ideas, data, or information obtained during the review process for personal or professional advantage.

  8. Review Competence: Reviewers should accept review assignments only when they possess sufficient expertise in the manuscript's subject area and can provide a meaningful scholarly assessment.

  9. Timely Communication: Reviewers who are unable to complete a review within the specified period must promptly inform the editorial team.

C. Responsibilities of Authors

  1. Originality of Research: Authors must submit original manuscripts that represent their own scholarly work and have not been previously published or simultaneously submitted to another journal.

  2. Research Integrity: Authors must present research findings accurately, honestly, and transparently. Data fabrication, falsification, manipulation, plagiarism, and other forms of academic misconduct are strictly prohibited.

  3. Accuracy and Accountability: Authors are responsible for the accuracy, validity, authenticity, and scientific integrity of all information, data, arguments, and conclusions presented in their manuscripts.

  4. Proper Citation and Acknowledgment: Authors must appropriately acknowledge and cite all scholarly sources, theories, quotations, research findings, and intellectual contributions used in their manuscripts.

  5. Ethical Authorship: Authorship must be limited to individuals who have made substantial contributions to the research and manuscript preparation. All listed authors must approve the final manuscript and agree to its submission.

  6. Prohibition of Duplicate Submission: Authors are prohibited from submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals simultaneously or publishing substantially similar research findings without appropriate disclosure and justification.

  7. Research Ethics Compliance: Authors must ensure that their research complies with applicable ethical standards, particularly when involving human participants, educational institutions, teachers, students, interviews, surveys, observations, or other forms of primary data collection.

  8. Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest: Authors must disclose any financial, institutional, professional, or personal interests that could potentially influence the research process, findings, or interpretation.

  9. Editorial and Peer-Review Cooperation: Authors must respond appropriately to editorial comments and peer-review recommendations and make necessary revisions to improve the quality of their manuscripts.

  10. Acceptance of Editorial Editing: Authors must cooperate with reasonable editorial revisions, including language editing, formatting, and stylistic improvements, provided that such revisions do not alter the essential meaning, research findings, or intellectual contribution of the manuscript.

  11. Correction of Significant Errors: Authors who discover significant errors or inaccuracies in their submitted or published articles must promptly notify the editorial office and cooperate in implementing appropriate corrections or retractions.

  12. Data Transparency: Authors must provide accurate information concerning research methodology, data collection, analysis, and research findings. Where appropriate and ethically permissible, authors should make supporting research data available for scholarly verification.

D. Responsibilities of the Publisher

The Institute for Research and Community Service (Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat/LPPM), Universitas Islam Negeri Syekh Ali Hasan Ahmad Addary Padangsidimpuan, as the publisher of Hata Poda: Jurnal Pendidikan, Bahasa, dan Sastra Indonesia, has the following responsibilities:

  1. Publication Management: The publisher is responsible for supporting the publication of scholarly articles through appropriate editorial procedures, peer review, manuscript editing, layout preparation, online publication, and digital archiving in accordance with recognized academic publishing standards.

  2. Editorial Independence: The publisher must safeguard the academic freedom and editorial independence of editors and reviewers in performing their professional responsibilities.

  3. Protection of Intellectual Property: The publisher is responsible for supporting the protection of authors' intellectual property rights, copyright, publication licenses, and the integrity of published scholarly content.

  4. Confidentiality and Privacy: The publisher must protect confidential information relating to manuscripts, authors, reviewers, and editorial processes in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection requirements.

  5. Publication Ethics Compliance: The publisher must support editors in addressing allegations of publication misconduct, including plagiarism, data falsification, duplicate publication, authorship disputes, and other ethical violations.

  6. Quality Assurance: The publisher must ensure that the journal maintains appropriate editorial management, transparent publication procedures, and quality assurance mechanisms.

  7. Academic Freedom: The publisher must support freedom of scholarly expression, objective academic evaluation, and responsible scientific communication without inappropriate external interference.

  8. Post-Publication Integrity: The publisher must support appropriate procedures for corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions when necessary to maintain the reliability and integrity of the scholarly record.

  9. Transparency and Accountability: The publisher must ensure that relevant information regarding journal ownership, management, publication policies, copyright, licensing, and publishing practices is communicated transparently to authors, reviewers, readers, and the academic community.

E. Handling Allegations of Publication Misconduct

Hata Poda: Jurnal Pendidikan, Bahasa, dan Sastra Indonesia is committed to addressing allegations of research and publication misconduct fairly, objectively, confidentially, and in accordance with relevant COPE recommendations.

Allegations may include plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, inappropriate authorship, duplicate publication, undisclosed conflicts of interest, unethical research practices, or other activities that compromise the integrity of scholarly publication.

When potential misconduct is identified, the editorial team will assess the available evidence, provide the relevant parties with an opportunity to respond, and determine appropriate editorial actions based on the nature and severity of the issue.

Depending on the circumstances, corrective actions may include requesting clarification, requiring manuscript revision, rejecting the manuscript, publishing a correction, issuing an expression of concern, or retracting a published article.

All allegations will be handled with due consideration for fairness, confidentiality, academic integrity, and the protection of the scholarly record.

F. Commitment to Publication Ethics

Hata Poda: Jurnal Pendidikan, Bahasa, dan Sastra Indonesia is committed to maintaining the highest standards of honesty, transparency, accountability, fairness, and academic integrity throughout the scholarly publication process.

The journal encourages all editors, reviewers, authors, and publishing personnel to uphold responsible research and publication practices that contribute to the advancement of Indonesian language education, linguistics, literature, and related academic disciplines.

For further information concerning publication ethics and responsible scholarly publishing, please refer to the official website of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).