Publication ethics
By submitting a research manuscript, it is understood that the author has agreed to our terms and conditions which may change from time to time without notice. Prospective authors are expected to submit only their own original work. Manuscripts that violate general publication principles may be rejected. If the violation is considered severe, then strict action may be taken by the Crane Journal Editor against the author. Therefore, authors must avoid plagiarism because there are consequences for authors who are caught plagiarizing. For an explanation of plagiarism actions, read more at: http://www.plagiarism.org.
The author will be responsible for what happens if copyright infringement or any legal violation is committed by publishing the research work by the author. Before publishing, the author must check whether this journal is accepted by his/her supervisor (supervisor or other author members), or any authority he/she intends to submit his/her research work to. We will not be responsible in case at any time, for legal reasons, the journal stops accepting manuscripts or cannot publish accepted manuscripts, we have the right to cancel all or any of the manuscripts without any compensation or refund any kind of processing fee.
The Crane Journal editors strive to process manuscripts quickly but if for any reason the online publication of a manuscript is delayed, we will not be responsible for any consequences in the delayed online publication. Authors can download the PDF file from the journal website or request a high-quality PDF file of the published paper to the publishing service operator. If the author requires a hardcopy publication, then they can contact the publishing team with other terms and conditions determined by UNIKOM.
Based on the Committee on Publication Ethics which has been adopted in the Regulation of the Head of LIPI Number 5 of 2014 concerning the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publication.
1. Duties and Responsibilities of Journal Managers
• Determine the name of the journal, scope of science, periodicity, and accreditation if necessary;
• Determine the membership of the editorial board;
• Define the relationship between publishers, editors, peer reviewers, and other parties in a contract;
• Respect confidential matters, both for contributing researchers, authors, editors, and peer reviewers;
• Apply norms and provisions regarding intellectual property rights, especially copyright;
• Review journal policies and convey them to authors, editorial boards, peer reviewers, and readers;
• Create a code of conduct guide for editors and peer reviewers;
• Publish journals regularly;
• Ensure the availability of funding sources for the sustainability of journal publication;
• Building cooperation and marketing networks; and
• Preparing permits and other legal aspects.
2. Duties and Responsibilities of Journal Editors
• Meeting the needs of readers and authors;
• Striving for continuous improvement of publication quality;
• Implementing a process to ensure the quality of published writings;
• Prioritizing freedom of opinion objectively;
• Maintaining the integrity of the author's academic track record;
• Providing corrections, clarifications, withdrawals, and apologies when necessary;
• Being responsible for the style and format of the writing, while the content and all statements in the writing are the responsibility of the author;
• Actively soliciting opinions from authors, readers, peer reviewers, and editorial board members to improve the quality of publications;
• Encouraging journal assessments if there are findings;
• Supporting initiatives to reduce research and publication errors by asking authors to attach an ethical clearance form that has been approved by the Ethical Clearance Commission;
• Supporting initiatives to educate researchers about publication ethics;
• Review the effects of published policies on the attitudes of authors and peer reviewers and improve them to increase responsibility and minimize errors;
• Have an open mind to new opinions or other people's views that may conflict with personal opinions;
• Do not defend one's own opinions, authors, or third parties that may result in non-objective decisions; and
• Encourage authors to improve their writings until they are worthy of publication.
3. Duties and Responsibilities of Peer-Reviewers
• Receive assignments from the editor to review written works and submit their reviews to the editor as material for determining the suitability of a written work for publication;
• Do not review written works that involve themselves, either directly or indirectly;
• Maintain the confidentiality of the author by not disseminating the results of corrections, suggestions, and recommendations for the manuscripts they review;
• Encourage authors to improve their manuscripts;
• Re-review the revised written work according to the specified standards; and
• Review manuscripts in a timely manner in accordance with the journal's environmental style and based on scientific principles (data collection methods, author legality, drawing conclusions, etc.).
4. Duties and Responsibilities of Authors
• Ensure that those included in the list of authors meet the criteria as authors;
• Be collectively responsible for the work and content of the manuscript/article including methods, analysis, calculations, and details;
• State the source of resources (including funding), both directly and indirectly;
• Explain limitations in the research;
• Respond to comments made by peer reviewers in a professional and timely manner;
• Inform the editor if they will withdraw their writing; and
• Make a statement that the writing submitted for publication is original, has never been published anywhere in any language, and is not in the process of being submitted to another publisher.
