Editor's Responsibilities

- The editor is responsible for deciding which articles to publish, considering factors such as the quality of the research, originality, and relevance to the journal's scope. The editor adheres to the journal's policies and legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.

- The editor evaluates manuscripts based solely on their intellectual merit, without regard to the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy.

- The editor and editorial staff maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts, disclosing information only to those involved in the review process (authors, reviewers, potential reviewers, editorial board, and publisher).

 

Reviewer's Responsibilities

- Reviewers assist the editor in making publication decisions by providing expert evaluation of manuscripts.

- Reviewers should promptly notify the editor if they are unable to review a manuscript due to a lack of expertise or time constraints.

- Reviewers treat manuscripts as confidential documents and do not share them with others.

- Reviews are conducted objectively, with constructive criticism and clear arguments. Personal criticism of the author is not acceptable.

- Reviewers should identify relevant published work not cited by the authors, and inform the editor of any substantial similarity or overlap with other publications.

 

Author's Responsibilities

- Authors must present accurate data and an objective discussion of their findings. Research methods should be described in sufficient detail to allow others to replicate the work. Fraudulent research or data fabrication is unacceptable.

- Authors should be prepared to provide raw data to the editor or reviewers if requested.

- Authors must ensure that their work is original and has not been published elsewhere. Any use of others' work must be appropriately cited. Plagiarism screening is conducted using a similarity-detection tool (e.g., Turnitin or Crossref Similarity Check). Manuscripts must be free from plagiarism, with a similarity below 20%; otherwise, they will be returned to the author.

- Authors should not submit the same manuscript to multiple journals simultaneously.

- Images should not be manipulated to misrepresent data. Adjustments to images should be limited to those that maintain the integrity of the original data.

- Research involving human or animal subjects must have received ethical approval from the relevant institutional review board or ethics committee.

- Any use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in preparing the manuscript must be transparently disclosed, in accordance with the journal's AI Policy. AI tools cannot be listed as authors, and authors remain fully responsible for the entire content.

 

Authorship Criteria

Authorship is strictly limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the research.

- All individuals who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors.

- The corresponding author must ensure that all contributing co-authors are included in the manuscript, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

- Others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project should be acknowledged or listed as contributors in the Acknowledgment section.

- Jurnal Penelitian Kelapa Sawit strictly prohibits guest authorship (inclusion of an individual who does not meet authorship criteria), ghost authorship (omission of an individual who meets the criteria), and gift authorship (inclusion based solely on affiliation or relationship).

 

Conflict of Interest (Competing Interest)

Transparency is crucial in scientific publishing. All parties involved must disclose any financial or non-financial conflicts of interest that could influence the evaluation or publication of the manuscript.

- Authors: Must disclose any potential conflicts of interest, such as research grants, financial interests, or relationships with companies (e.g., agrochemical industries, commercial plantations) that could influence their research. This declaration must be included in the manuscript.

- Reviewers: Must not review manuscripts where a conflict of interest exists due to competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

- Editors: Will recuse themselves from handling manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest. The editor must not use unpublished material from submitted manuscripts in their own research without the express written consent of the author.

 

Allegations of Research Misconduct

Jurnal Penelitian Kelapa Sawit takes all allegations of research misconduct seriously (e.g., data fabrication, falsification, citation manipulation, or severe plagiarism).

- If an allegation of misconduct is raised pre-publication or post-publication, the Editorial Board will handle the case strictly following COPE guidelines and flowcharts.

- The authors will be given the opportunity to respond to any allegations. If misconduct is confirmed, the journal reserves the right to reject the manuscript (if unpublished) or issue a formal retraction (if published), and may notify the authors' affiliated institutions.

 

Post-Publication Discussion and Corrections

Jurnal Penelitian Kelapa Sawit encourages scholarly debate and post-publication discussion.

- Readers are welcome to submit comments, critiques, or letters to the editor regarding articles published in the journal. Authors of the original article will be given the right to reply.

- Authors are responsible for immediately notifying the journal editor or publisher if they discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work. The journal will cooperate with the author to issue an Erratum or Corrigendum. Where errors invalidate the work, or in cases of severe ethical breaches, the journal will retract the publication in accordance with COPE protocols.

 

Related Policies

This Publication Ethics statement is supported by, and should be read together with, the following policies published in full on the journal website:

- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy — governs the disclosure and responsible use of AI tools by authors, reviewers, and editors.

- Retraction, Withdrawal, and Correction (R-W-C) Policy — sets out how manuscripts are withdrawn, how published errors are corrected (corrigendum, erratum, addendum), and how articles are retracted, following COPE.

- Plagiarism Policy — defines the similarity-screening procedure and the threshold applied to all submissions.