Publication Ethics

Berbakti is an official scientific publication that publishes writings on the results of Community Service that have never been published. This scientific code of ethics statement is a statement of all parties involved in the publication process of the Community Service journal including the Manager, Editor, Reviewer, and Author. This scientific publication code of ethics statement is based on the Head of LIPI Regulation Number 5 of 2014 concerning the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publications. Scientific publication ethics uphold three ethical values in publications, namely (i) Neutrality, which is free from conflicts of interest in the management of publications; (ii) Fairness, which gives authorship rights to those entitled as authors; and (iii) Honesty, which is free from duplication, fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism in publications. In order to avoid plagiarism, each incoming manuscript will be further checked with the plagiarism checker application.

Responsibilities of Journal Managers

Determine the name of the journal, scientific scope, and periodicity, and apply for accreditation if needed.
Determine the membership of the editorial board.
Define the relationship between publishers, editors, reviewers, and other parties in a contract.
Respect confidential matters, both for contributing researchers, authors, editors, and reviewer partners.
Implement norms and provisions regarding intellectual property rights, especially copyright.
Conduct a review of journal policies and communicate them to authors, the editorial board, reviewer partners, and readers.
Establish guidelines for the rules and ethics of behavior for editors and reviewer partners.
Publish the journal regularly.
Ensure the availability of funding sources for the sustainability of journal publishing.
Build a network of cooperation with research institutions and related agencies
Preparing licenses and other legal aspects.

Editor's Responsibility

Meet the needs of readers and writers, striving for continuous improvement in the quality of publications,
Implement a process to ensure the quality of published papers,
Promoting freedom of opinion objectively,
Maintaining the integrity of the author's academic track record,
Provide corrections, clarifications, and apologies when necessary,
Responsible for the style and format of writing scientific papers, while the content and all statements in the paper are the responsibility of the author,
Actively solicit the opinions of authors, readers, reviewer partners, and members of the editorial board to improve the quality of publications,
Conduct regular internal evaluations of the quality of scientific journals
Support author initiatives on publication ethics by including a clearance form in each manuscript submission.
Be open-minded to new opinions or views of others that may conflict with personal opinions for the advancement of science,
Avoid objective decisions by not defending one's own, the author's, or a third party's opinion by finding a solution that is scientifically justified,
Encourage the author to make improvements to the paper until it is suitable for publication.

Reviewer Responsibility

Reviewing the paper and submitting the results of the review to the editor, as material for determining the eligibility of a paper for publication,
Reviewers do not conduct scientific reviews of papers that involve themselves, either directly or indirectly,
Provide positive advice, input, and recommendations on manuscripts of scientific papers,
Maintain the author's privacy by not disseminating the results of corrections, suggestions, and recommendations on a manuscript,
Encourage the author to make improvements to the paper,
Review the corrected paper in accordance with predetermined standards,
The paper is reviewed on time according to the publication's style based on scientific principles (data collection methods, author legality, conclusions, etc.) that have been determined.

Author Responsibility

Ensure that those included in the list of authors have met the criteria as authors,
Collectively responsible for the work and content of the article including methods, analysis, calculations, and details.
Declare the origin of resources (including funding), either directly or indirectly.
Explain the limitations of the research.
Responding to comments made by the reviewers and editorial board in a professional scientific and timely manner.
Inform the editor in writing if the paper is to be retracted.
Make a statement that the paper submitted for publication is original, and has never been published anywhere and in any language, and is not in the process of submission to another publisher.