Publication Ethics

Statement

JELAJAH: Journal of Tourism and Hospitality is a peer-reviewed journal published by Universitas Terbuka that is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against publication malpractice. This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the principal editor, associate editor, editorial board, reviewer, and publisher. This statement is based on COPE:http://publicationethics.org/. Our responsibility is to publish original work of value to the intellectual community in the best possible form and to the highest possible standards. We expect similar standards from our reviewers and authors. Honesty, originality, and fair dealing on the part of authors, and fairness, objectivity, and confidentiality on the part of editors and reviewers are among the critical values that enable us to achieve our goal. JELAJAH: Journal of Tourism and Hospitality is committed to following best practices on ethical matters, errors, and retractions, and to providing a legal review if necessary.

Allegation of Research Misconduct

Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, citation manipulation, or plagiarism in producing, performing, or reviewing research and writing an article by authors, or in reporting research results. When authors are found to have been involved with research misconduct or other serious irregularities involving articles that have been published in scientific journals, Editors have a responsibility to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the scientific record.

In cases of suspected misconduct, the Editors and Editorial Board will use the best practices of COPE to assist them in resolving the complaint and addressing the misconduct fairly. This will include an investigation of the allegation by the Editors. A submitted manuscript that is found to contain such misconduct will be rejected. In cases where a published paper is found to contain such misconduct, a retraction can be published and will be linked to the original article.

The first step involves determining the validity of the allegation and assessing whether the allegation is consistent with the definition of research misconduct. This initial step also involves determining whether the individuals alleging misconduct have relevant conflicts of interest.

If scientific misconduct or the presence of other substantial research irregularities is a possibility, the allegations are shared with the corresponding author, who, on behalf of all of the coauthors, is requested to provide a detailed response. After the response is received and evaluated, additional review and involvement of experts (such as statistical reviewers) may be obtained. For cases in which it is unlikely that misconduct has occurred, clarifications, additional analyses, or both, published as letters to the editor, and often including a correction notice and correction to the published article, are sufficient.

Institutions are expected to conduct an appropriate and thorough investigation of allegations of scientific misconduct. Ultimately, authors, journals, and institutions have an important obligation to ensure the accuracy of the scientific record. By responding appropriately to concerns about scientific misconduct and taking necessary actions based on the evaluation of these concerns, such as corrections, retractions, and retractions with replacement. JELAJAH: Journal of Tourism and Hospitality will continue to fulfill the responsibilities of ensuring the validity and integrity of the scientific record.

Complaints and Appeals

JELAJAH: Journal of Tourism and Hospitality will have a clear procedure for handling complaints against the journal, Editorial Staff, Editorial Board, or Publisher. The complaints will be clarified to the respected person with respect to the case of the complaint. The scope of complaints includes anything related to the journal business process, i.e., editorial process, found citation manipulation, unfair editor/reviewer, peer-review manipulation, etc. The complaint cases will be processed according to COPE guidelines

Ethical Oversight

If the research work involves chemicals, humans, animals, procedures, or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript to obey the ethical conduct of research using animals and human subjects. If required, the Authors must provide legal and ethical clearance from the association or legal organization.

If the research involves confidential data and business/marketing practices, the authors should clearly justify this matter, whether the data or information will be hidden securely or not.

To ensure best publication practices, JELAJAH: Journal of Tourism and Hospitality defines the duties and responsibilities of Editors, Authors, and Reviewers, as described below.

AUTHORS ETHICS

Authors should present an accurate account of their work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain significant detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour, and are therefore unacceptable. The expected duties of authors are:

• to agree with journal open access policy which enables unrestricted access and reuse of all published articles
• to provide raw data for editorial review, and be prepared to provide public access to such data, if practicable and retain such data after publication
• to ensure that they have written entirely original work, and if they have used the work and/or words of others, that the citations or quotations are accurately conveyed
• not to use plagiarism in any its forms. Plagiarism takes many forms, from passing off another paper as the author own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others
• not to submit the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.
• to make proper acknowledgment of the work of others
• to limit authorship to those who have made a significant contribution to the: conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study
• to disclose any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed as influencing the results or interpretation of their manuscript
• to notify the editor or the publisher when discovering a significant error or inaccuracy in published work, to retract or correct the paper
• to sign a copyright agreement
• neither to pay a submission nor publication fee
• to use the publisher's PDF if self-archiving the paper and to include a link to the publisher's website. 

EDITORS

Editors, members of the advisory and editorial board of our journal JELAJAH ; Journal Tourism and Hospitality, are committed to fair and professional behaviour in all aspects of our publishing operations. Our goal is to publish original high quality papers which have value to the scientific community according to the highest possible standards. We expect similar standards from our reviewers and authors, and therefore request authors to sign an agreement to copyright when applying papers for application.

Honesty, originality and fair dealing on the part of authors, and fairness, objectivity and confidentiality on the part of editors and reviewers are among the critical values that enable us to achieve our aim.

Editors evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content, without regard to the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors. The editors should take reasonable, responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, in conjunction with the publisher. Such measures will generally include contacting the authors of the manuscript or published paper and giving due consideration to the respective complaint or claims made, but may also include further communications to the relevant institutions and research bodies, and if the complaint is upheld, the publication of a correction, retraction, expression of concern, or another note, as may be relevant. Every reported act of unethical publishing behaviour must be considered, even if it is discovered years after publication.

Editors should be accountable for everything published in JELAJAH : Journal of Tourism and Hospitality. This means the editors should:

• strive to meet the needs of readers and authors
• have processes in place to assure the quality of the papers that will be published
• champion and encourage freedom of expression
• maintain the integrity of the academic record
• support initiatives to reduce academic misconduct
• inform researchers about publication ethics
• preclude business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards
• always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed
• strive to constantly improve the Tourism and Hospitality Management journal.

Editors of JELAJAH : Journal of Tourism and Hospitality journal:

• are accountable and should take responsibility for everything they publish
• should make fair and unbiased decisions, independent of commercial considerations and should ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process
• 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
• should adopt editorial policies that encourage maximum transparency and complete, honest reporting
• ought to guard the integrity of the published record by issuing corrections and retractions when needed and pursuing suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct
• should pursue reviewer and editorial misconduct
• need to make it clear to peer reviewers and authors what is expected of them
• must not use unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript in the editor's own research without the express written consent of the author
• keep confidential privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review and not use them for personal advantage
• recuse her/himself from considering manuscripts in which he/she has conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers
• need to require all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication. If needed, other appropriate action should be taken, such as rejection, the publication of a retraction or expression of concern
• should apply appropriate policies in place for handling editorial conflicts of interest, in accordance with COPE guidelines
• need to take all responsible steps to ensure the quality of the material published, by having systems in place to detect falsified data and basing decisions about the journal on relevant evidence of factors that raise the quality of reporting.

ADVISORY AND EDITORIAL BOARD

The publisher will establish a suitably qualified advisory and editorial board whose members can actively contribute to the development and good management of the journal. Members of advisory and editorial board are aware of their role of membership in the JELAJAH : Journal of Tourism and Hospitality, their expected functions and duties are:

• to act as ambassadors for the journal
• to support and promote the journal
• pre-reviewing and reviewing submissions to the journal
• to seek out the best authors and best work (e.g. from meeting abstracts) and actively encourage submissions
• to accept commissions to write editorials, reviews and commentaries on papers in their specialist area
• to actively attend and contribute to advisory and editorial board meetings
• to assess the effects of their journal's policies on author and reviewer behaviour and revising policies, as required, to encourage responsible behaviour and discourage misconduct
• to ensure that any press releases issued by this journal reflect the message of the reported article and put it into context.

The editors are obliged to consult the advisory and editorial board members at least once a year to gauge their opinions about the running of the journal, inform them of any changes to the policies of the journal and identify future challenges.

The editors have the right to update the list of editorial and advisory board according to journal's need.

REVIEWERS

The peer review process is an independent quality control procedure for articles submitted to journal. It is vital for enhancing the quality, credibility and acceptability of published research. Expected duties and responsibilities of the reviewers are:

• to assist the editors in making editorial decisions and to assist the author in improving the paper
• to notify the editors about the availability for prompt reviews
• to trait the manuscripts as confidential documents
• to conduct reviews objectively and express the views clearly with supporting arguments
• to identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors
• to inform the editor about any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript and any other paper
• not to use materials disclosed in a manuscript in their own research without the written consent of the author.
• to keep privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review confidential
• not to consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest.