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Policy

Jurnal Penelitian Humaniora keeps the published record open to discussion and correction. COPE's guidance asks journals to have a clear way for readers to discuss and challenge published work, and to correct it openly when it is wrong: see Retraction guidelines and Expressions of concern.

The version of record is final: an article is never altered silently. Every change is made through a formal notice, indexed and linked to the original article.

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Comments and replies

Readers may send a comment (a letter to the editor) on a published article, and the authors may reply.

—  Form: no more than 1,000 words and 10 references, with at most one table or figure. Write in English, with APA 7th references, under the title “Comment on: [original article title]” and the article's DOI.

—  Content: address the scholarly content of the article, not the authors personally, and declare any conflict of interest, including any relationship with the authors.

—  Timing: normally within 12 months of online publication. Later comments may be accepted if the editors judge them of exceptional importance.

Procedure

1.  Submit through the Comments section of the article or by email. Receipt is acknowledged within 7 working days.

2.  The Editor-in-Chief or a handling editor screens the comment for relevance, tone, and length, and gives reasons if it is declined. One independent reviewer may be consulted for technical judgement.

3.  If accepted, the corresponding author is invited to reply within 30 days.

4.  Neither side adds new arguments after seeing the other's final text, unless the editor allows another exchange.

5.  Comment and reply are published together where possible. If no reply arrives in time, the comment may be published with the note “The authors of the original article were invited to reply.”

6.  Each item receives a DOI, is registered with Crossref, and is linked to the original article.

7.  If the exchange shows a significant error, the correction procedure begins.

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Concerns about research integrity

These are handled confidentially and are not published as comments. Reportable concerns include plagiarism and text recycling, fabrication or manipulation, duplicate publication, authorship disputes, undisclosed conflicts or funding, ethics breaches, citation manipulation, compromised peer review or paper mills, and undisclosed or inappropriate use of generative AI.

1.  Report to the Editor-in-Chief with the article's DOI, the specific concern, and evidence. Anonymous reports are accepted if concrete evidence supports them. Receipt is acknowledged within 7 working days, and the reporter's identity stays confidential.

2.  A preliminary assessment is made within 14 days.

3.  If the concern is credible, the authors are asked for an explanation and evidence within 30 days.

4.  A satisfactory explanation closes the case. An honest error leads to a correction. An unsatisfactory answer, or none, leads to escalation.

5.  Escalation goes to the authors' institution, research-integrity office, or funder. The journal does not itself investigate researchers but cooperates fully.

6.  An Expression of Concern may be published meanwhile.

7.  The editors decide on no action, correction, retraction, or removal, and may consult COPE in complex cases. All parties are informed, and a confidential record is kept.

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Kinds of notice

When conclusions are invalidated, retraction is considered; for an honest error a retraction with replacement may be. See the R-W-C Policy and Correction and Retraction.

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Requesting a correction

1.  The corresponding author (for all authors) or any reader writes with the subject “Correction request – [article DOI]”, giving the location of the error, the wrong text and the proposed text, and the effect on the results. An author's request states that all co-authors agree.

2.  Receipt is acknowledged within 7 working days.

3.  The editor assesses the significance, decides the kind of notice, and consults the authors and, if needed, reviewers or experts.

4.  The authors normally approve the wording of a corrigendum within 14 days.

5.  The notice is published, given a DOI, linked both ways, and deposited with Crossref (with Crossmark where available).

6.  Corrections and retractions are normally completed within 60 days of the decision. Integrity cases may take longer.

Changes to the author list need written reasons signed by all authors, including anyone removed, with a CRediT statement. Disputes go to the institutions, and the article stays unchanged meanwhile. See the Authorship Policy.

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Roles

—  Authors report significant errors promptly, cooperate with investigations, and agree on corrections.

—  Readers and reviewers raise concerns responsibly, with evidence, through these channels.

—  Editors handle cases promptly, fairly, and confidentially, give authors the chance to respond, document their decisions, and follow COPE guidance.

—  The publisher keeps the record intact, links the notices, and updates the metadata.

Contact the Editor-in-Chief through the journal website, quoting the article title and DOI. See the Contact page.