Publication Ethics

Informasi is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published twice a year by Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY). This statement sets out the ethical standards expected of everyone involved in publishing in the journal: editors, reviewers, authors, and the publisher. It follows the COPE Core Practices.

1. Duties of Editors
Publication decisions The Editor-in-Chief decides which manuscripts are published, based on scholarly merit, originality, relevance to the journal’s scope, and the reviewers’ reports, within the limits of law on libel, copyright, and plagiarism.
Fair play Manuscripts are evaluated on their intellectual content, without regard to the authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic origin, citizenship, institution, or political views.
Confidentiality Editors disclose information about a submitted manuscript only to the corresponding author, reviewers, and editorial advisers, as needed.
Conflicts of interest Editors do not use unpublished material from a submission in their own research without the author’s written consent. Editors step aside from manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest. Manuscripts submitted by editors or board members are handled by another editor through the same double-anonymous review.
Citations Editors do not ask authors to cite the journal or the editors’ own work in order to raise citation counts.
Use of AI From Vol. 56 No. 2 (December 2026), editors disclose any use of generative AI tools in editorial work and do not upload manuscripts to such tools. See the Generative AI Policy.
2. Duties of Reviewers
Contribution to decisions Peer review helps the editors make decisions and helps authors improve their work. From Vol. 56 No. 2 (2026), every manuscript is reviewed by at least two reviewers through double-anonymous review, as described in the Peer Review Process.
Promptness Reviewers who feel unqualified, or who cannot review on time, notify the editors and decline the invitation.
Confidentiality Manuscripts under review are confidential. They are not shown to or discussed with others, and ideas obtained through review are not used for personal advantage.
Use of AI From Vol. 56 No. 2 (December 2026), reviewers must not use generative AI tools to evaluate manuscripts or write review reports, and must not upload any part of a manuscript to such tools.
Objectivity Reviews are objective and supported by arguments. Personal criticism of the authors is inappropriate.
Sources and similarity Reviewers point out relevant work the authors have not cited, and alert the editors to any substantial overlap with other published work.
Conflicts of interest Reviewers decline manuscripts in which they have a competing, collaborative, or institutional relationship with the authors, and do not ask authors to cite their own work without good scholarly reason.
3. Duties of Authors
Reporting standards Authors present an accurate account of their work and an objective discussion of its significance, with enough detail and references for others to assess or replicate it. Fabricated, falsified, or knowingly inaccurate data or images are unacceptable.
Originality and plagiarism Manuscripts must be original, with others’ work and words properly cited or quoted. Every submission is checked with Turnitin before review; manuscripts with more than 20% overall similarity are returned or declined. See the Plagiarism Policy.
Multiple publication Authors do not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal at a time, or publish essentially the same research in more than one primary publication.
Authorship Authorship is limited to those who made a significant contribution to the research. The corresponding author ensures that all co-authors have approved the final version and agreed to submission. From Vol. 56 No. 2 (December 2026), each article includes an author contribution statement. See the Authorship Policies.
Use of AI From Vol. 56 No. 2 (December 2026), authors disclose any use of generative AI tools in an AI usage statement in the manuscript. AI tools cannot be listed as authors, and authors remain fully responsible for the content.
Research ethics Research involving human participants reports informed consent and, where required by the authors’ institution, ethical approval. Participants’ privacy is protected.
Conflicts of interest and funding Authors disclose any financial or other conflict of interest, and all sources of funding. From Vol. 56 No. 2 (December 2026), every article includes a Declaration of Competing Interest and a Funding statement.
Errors in published work Authors who find a significant error in their published article notify the editor promptly and cooperate in correcting or retracting it, as described in the R-W-C Policy.
4. Duties of the Publisher
  • Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta guarantees the editorial independence of the journal and does not interfere in decisions on individual manuscripts.
  • Article processing charges and any other income have no influence on editorial decisions. All fees are published on the Article Publication Fee(s) page.
  • The publisher supports the editors in handling misconduct, issuing corrections and retractions, and preserving the published record. See Ownership and Management and Archiving.
5. Prohibited Practices

The journal does not accept, and acts against, the following practices:

  • fast-track review or guaranteed acceptance for a fee;
  • letters of acceptance issued before the final decision to accept;
  • submissions through paid third-party agents or brokers;
  • citation manipulation, including coerced or excessive self-citation and citation cartels;
  • fabricated or manipulated data, images, peer reviews, or publication dates;
  • gift, ghost, or purchased authorship.
6. Handling Misconduct

Suspected misconduct, whether before or after publication, is investigated following the COPE flowcharts. Depending on the outcome, the journal may reject the manuscript, publish a correction or retraction, inform the authors’ institution, or bar the authors from submitting for a period. Details are given in the Research Misconduct Policy and the R-W-C Policy. Concerns can be raised with the Editor-in-Chief through the Contact page.

7. Data and Reproducibility
  • Authors describe their data, sources, and methods in enough detail for readers to understand, assess, and, where possible, replicate the study, including the corpus, sampling, coding procedures, and analysis instruments used.
  • Authors are encouraged to include a Data Availability Statement explaining where the data supporting the findings can be accessed (for example, a public repository with a persistent identifier), or why they cannot be shared.
  • Authors keep the raw data (such as interview transcripts, survey responses, or coded content) and make them available to the editors and reviewers on request during review, and for a reasonable period after publication.
  • Data from human participants are shared only in a form that protects their identity and in line with the consent they gave and the ethical approval for the study. Confidential or sensitive data need not be made public.
  • Fabricated, falsified, or selectively reported data are research misconduct and are handled under the Research Misconduct Policy.