Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

Publication Decision

The editor of Daengku: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Innovation is responsible for deciding which submitted articles should be published. Validation of the work and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism, and 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Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Editors should excuse themselves from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers. Editors should require all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication, taking further appropriate action such as retraction or expression of concern where needed.

Involvement and Cooperation in Investigations

An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints are presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, in conjunction with the publisher. Such measures generally include contacting the author and giving due consideration to the complaint, but may also include communications to relevant institutions and research bodies, and, if the complaint is upheld, publication of a correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other note as relevant. Every reported act of unethical publishing behavior must be looked into, even if discovered years after publication.

Contribution to Editorial Decision

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communications with the author, may also assist the author in improving the paper. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication and lies at the heart of the scientific method.

Promptness

Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript, or who knows that a prompt review will be impossible, should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of Source

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer's own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Reporting Standards

Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention

Authors are asked to provide raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data, if practicable, and to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and that any use of the work and/or words of others has been appropriately cited or quoted. Plagiarism takes many forms, from passing off another's paper as one's own, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper without attribution, to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication

An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently is unethical and unacceptable. Publication of some article types in more than one journal is sometimes justifiable, provided the editors and authors agree, the secondary publication reflects the same data and interpretation, and the primary reference is cited.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately must not be used or reported without explicit written permission from the source, and information obtained through confidential services such as refereeing must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author involved.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors, while others who participated in certain substantive aspects should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors are included, and that all co-authors have seen, approved, and agreed to the submission of the final version.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects

If the work involves chemicals, procedures, or equipment with unusual inherent hazards, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript. If the work involves animal or human subjects, the manuscript must state that all procedures complied with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and were approved by the appropriate institutional committee(s), and that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript, and disclose all sources of financial support. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest stage possible.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate to retract or correct the paper. If the editor or publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the author's obligation to promptly retract or correct the paper, or provide evidence of the correctness of the original paper.