Any attempt to subvert peer review is serious misconduct.

• Examples include suggesting fake reviewers or email addresses, reviewing one's own manuscript, citation cartels, review rings, and offering inducements to editors or reviewers.
• The journal verifies reviewer identities through institutional pages and research profiles, and does not rely only on author-suggested reviewers.
• If manipulation is suspected, the manuscript is suspended and investigated under the COPE guidance on systematic manipulation of the publication process.
• Confirmed manipulation leads to rejection or retraction, and the authors' institutions may be informed.

Questions about this policy: inotek@uny.ac.id. Last updated: 7 November 2026.