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Policy

Jurnal Penelitian Humaniora follows COPE guidance on conflicts of interest. A conflict of interest is anything that interferes, or could reasonably be perceived as interfering, with the presentation of research, peer review, editorial decisions, or publication. Having one is not misconduct; failing to declare it is a problem. Declared interests let readers, reviewers, and editors judge the work knowing the circumstances.

See COPE's Handling conflicts of interest.

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What must be declared

Conflicts can be financial or non-financial, and professional or personal. They can concern an organisation or another person. Examples:

—  payment, funding, grants, employment, consultancy, or shares connected with the research;

—  a patent or product connected to the subject of the research;

—  a close personal or professional relationship with an author, reviewer, or editor;

—  membership of a body with a stake in the findings, or competing work on the same question.

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Authors

—  Declare every potential conflict, and all funding, in the closing statements of the manuscript (Disclosure Statement and Funding).

—  Where there is nothing to declare, say so: “No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.”

—  The corresponding author collects declarations from all co-authors.

—  Declare the relationship if the research evaluates a programme, product, or institution in which an author has an interest.

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Reviewers

The journal follows COPE's Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers. A reviewer:

—  declares all potential competing interests, and raises any doubt about whether an interest prevents reviewing;

—  does not review if they work at the same institution as an author, or have recently (about three years) mentored, been mentored by, collaborated with, or shared a grant with an author;

—  does not accept a manuscript only to see it, without intending to review it;

—  does not review work that closely resembles their own work in preparation or under consideration elsewhere.

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Editors

—  An editor with a conflict of interest does not handle the manuscript, and another editor takes it on.

—  A manuscript submitted by an editor or an editorial board member is handled by another editor, who selects the reviewers and decides. The author-editor has no part in the process.

—  When an editorial board member publishes in the journal, the conflict is stated on the article, so that readers know the editor stood aside from the usual process.

—  Editors' own conflicts are covered by the same policy and procedures as everyone else's.

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On published articles

Competing interests are indicated clearly and consistently on every published article, in its Disclosure Statement and Funding statement.

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Undisclosed conflicts

If a conflict was not declared, the editors follow COPE's position on suspected undisclosed conflicts of interest, and the flowchart Undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted manuscript for a manuscript still in process.

—  The editors look into the concern and ask the authors to explain.

—  Where an editorial conflict is suspected, the journal brings in new reviewers, even after publication.

—  Correcting the published record to clarify a conflict is regarded as a positive step, not a penalty, and is done through the R-W-C Policy.

Concerns of misconduct go to the Research Misconduct policy.

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Related

—  Publication Ethics

—  Authorship Policy

—  Peer Review Process