Policy

Diklus: Jurnal Pendidikan Luar Sekolah takes research misconduct seriously. The journal follows the COPE guidance and flowcharts for handling it, and works with the institutions of the authors when it is needed. See Publication Ethics.

Examples

• Fabrication: making up data or results.
• Falsification: changing data, images, or results, or leaving out data so that the findings are misleading.
• Plagiarism. See the Plagiarism Policy.
• Duplicate or redundant publication. See Duplicate and Redundant Publication.
• Authorship misconduct: guest, gift, or ghost authorship. See Authorship Policies.
• Breaches of research ethics, such as research with people without consent. See the Ethical Clearance Statement.
• Manipulation of peer review or of citations. See Peer Review Manipulation.
• Undisclosed use of generative AI to produce research content. See Generative AI Policy.

How a concern is handled

• The editors receive the report, with the evidence, and keep it confidential.
• The Editor-in-Chief decides whether the concern is serious enough to look into.
• The authors are asked to respond. The editors may ask for the raw data and may seek expert advice.
• If the concern is not resolved, the institution of the authors may be asked to investigate. The editors do not decide on misconduct of individuals, and wait for the findings.
• The editors act on the outcome: a correction, an expression of concern, a retraction, a notice to the institution, or a ban from the journal. See Correction, Retraction and Withdrawal.

Reporting a concern

Write to the editorial office through the Contact page with the manuscript or the article, the evidence, and your contact details. Anonymous reports with clear evidence are also considered. Reports made in good faith are protected, and the journal does not accept malicious accusations.