Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against any publication malpractices. The Editorial Board is responsible for, among others, preventing publication malpractice. Unethical behavior is unacceptable, and this journal does not tolerate plagiarism in any form. Authors who submitted articles agree that the manuscript contents are original,  the manuscript has not been published previously in any language, either wholly or partly, and is not currently submitted for publication elsewhere.

Editors, authors, and reviewers, within the Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA, are to be fully committed to good publication practice and accept the responsibility for fulfilling the following duties and responsibilities, as set by the COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors.

Section A: Publication and authorship 

1. All submitted papers are subject to a strict peer-review process by at least two international reviewers that are experts in the area of the particular paper.

2. The review process is a blind peer review.

3. The factors that are taken into account in the review are relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability, and language.

4. The possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.

5. If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised submission will be accepted.

6. Rejected articles will not be re-reviewed.

7. The paper acceptance is constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.

8. No research can be included in more than one publication. 

Section B: Authors’ responsibilities

1. Authors must certify that their manuscripts are their original work.

2. Authors must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere.

3. Authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere. 

4. The authors must participate in the peer-review process. 

5. Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.

6. All Authors mentioned in the paper must have significantly contributed to the research.

7. The authors must state that all data in the paper are real and authentic.

8. The authors must notify the Editors of any conflicts of interest.

9. The authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscripts.

10. Authors must report any errors they discover in their published papers to the Editors. 

Section C: Reviewers’ responsibilities

1. Reviewers should keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information. 

2. Reviews should be conducted objectively, with no personal criticism of the author

3. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments

4. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.

5. Reviewers should also call to the Editor in Chief’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

6. Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers. 

Section D: Editors’ responsibilities

1. Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.

2. Editors are responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication.

3. Editors should always consider the needs of the authors and the readers when attempting to improve the publication.

4. Editors should guarantee the quality of the papers and the integrity of the academic record.

5. Editors should publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.

6. Editors should have a clear picture of research funding sources.

7. Editors should base their decisions solely on the papers’ importance, originality, clarity, and relevance to the publication’s scope.

8. Editors should not reverse their decisions nor overturn those of previous editors without serious reason. 

9. Editors should preserve the anonymity of reviewers. 

10. Editors should ensure that all research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.

11. Editors should only accept a paper when reasonably certain.

12. Editors should act if they suspect misconduct, whether a paper is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.

13. Editors should not reject papers based on suspicions, they should have proof of misconduct.

14. Editors should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers, and board members.

We understand that the authors have worked carefully in preparing manuscripts, and we carry out the peer-review processes. However, sometimes there is the potential for published articles to be withdrawn or even deleted for scientific reasons. It should not be done lightly and can only occur under extraordinary circumstances. Therefore, corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed will be carried out with strict standards to maintain confidence in the authority of its electronic archives. It is our commitment and policy to maintain the integrity and completeness of important scientific records for researchers' and librarians' archives.

Publication decisions

The editor of the Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair play

An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

 Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

Data Access and Retention

Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects

If the work involves chemicals, procedures, or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript

Content Integrity and Maintenance (Crossmark Policy)

Applying the CrossMark icon is a commitment by Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA to maintain the content published and alert readers to changes if and when they occur. CrossMark, a multi-publisher initiative from CrossRef, provides a standard way for readers to locate the authoritative version of a document. Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA recognizes the importance of the integrity and completeness of the scholarly record to researchers and librarians and attaches the highest importance to maintaining trust in the authority of its electronic archive. Clicking on the CrossMark icon will inform the reader of the current status of a document and may also provide additional publication record information about the document.