IKOMIK: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi dan Informasi is a peer-reviewed journal. This journal follows guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) facing all aspects of publication ethics and in particular, how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct. This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the Editor-in-Chief, the Editorial Board, the peer-reviewer, and the publisher (Universitas Terbuka). IKOMIK: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi dan Informasi is dedicated to following best practices on ethical matters, errors, and retractions. The prevention of publication malpractice is one of the important responsibilities of the editorial board. Any kind of unethical behavior is not acceptable, and the journals do not tolerate plagiarism in any form.

IKOMIK: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi dan Informasi adapts COPE to meet the high-quality standard of ethics for publishers, editors, authors, and reviewers. As an essential issue, publication ethics needs to be explained clearly to improve the quality of the research worldwide. In this part, we explain the standard for editors, authors, and reviewers. The publisher doesn't have the right to interfere with the integrity of the contents and only supports publishing timely manner.
For Editors
1. Based on the review report of the editorial review board, the editor can accept, reject, or request modifications to the manuscript.
2. Editors should be responsible for every articles published IKOMIK: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi dan Informasi
3. The editors may communicate with other editors or reviewers in making the final decision.
4. An editor has to evaluate the manuscript objectively for publication, judging each on its quality without looking to nationality, ethnicity, political beliefs, race, religion, gender, seniority, or institutional affiliation of the authors. He/she should decline his/her assignment when there is a potential conflict of interest.
5. Editors need to ensure the document sent to the reviewer does not contain the information of the author, vice versa.
6. Editor's decision should be informed to authors accompanied by reviewers' comments unless they contain offensive or libelous remarks.
7. Editors should respect requests from authors that an individual should not review the submission if these are well-reasoned and practicable.
8. Editors and all staff should guarantee the confidentiality of the submitted manuscript.
9. Editors will be guided by COPE flowcharts if there is a suspected misconduct or disputed authorship.

For Reviewers
Reviewers need to comment on ethical questions and possible research and publication misconduct.
1. Reviewers will do the work in a timely manner and should notify the editor if they can not complete the work.
2. Reviewers need to keep the confidentiality of the manuscript.
3. Reviewers should not accept to review the manuscripts in which there is a potential conflict of interest between them and any of the authors.

For Authors
1. Author(s) affirm that the material has not been previously published and that they have not trans¬ferred elsewhere any rights to the article.
2. Author(s) should ensure the originality of the work and they have properly cited others' work in accordance with the format of the references.
3. Author(s) should not engage in plagiarism nor self-plagiarism.
4. Author(s) should ensure that they follow the authorship criteria that are taken from IKOMIK: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi dan Informasi that is explained in instruction for author of IKOMIK: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi dan Informasi.
5. Authors should not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently. It is also expected that the author will not publish redundant manuscripts or manuscripts describing the same research in more than one journal.
6. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. Others who have made significant contributions must be listed as co-authors. Authors also ensure that all the authors have seen and agreed to the submitted version of the manuscript and their inclusion of names as co-authors.
7. The author(s) haven’t suggested any personal information that may make the identity of the patient recognizable in any form of description part, photograph, or pedigree.
8. Author(s) should give the editor the data and details of the work if there are suspicions of data falsification or fabrication.
9. If at any point in time, the author(s) discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in the submitted manuscript, then the error or inaccuracy must be reported to the editor.
10. Authors of the journal should clarify everything that may cause a conflict of interests such as work, research expenses, consultant expenses, and intellectual property on the document of IKOMIK: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi dan Informasi from disclosure.

Disclaimer

The Editors of IKOMIK: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi dan Informasi makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the Content) contained in its publications. However, the  Editors of IKOMIK: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi dan Informasi make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content and disclaim all such representations and warranties whether express or implied to the maximum extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this publication are the views of the authors and are not necessarily the views of the Editors of IKOMIK: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi dan Informasi