Publication Ethics Statement

INVENTA: Jurnal Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar Published by the Department of Elementary School Teacher Education, Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya, Indonesia

1. Publication Ethics Statement

INVENTA: Jurnal Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal dedicated to publishing original research, theoretical studies, and scholarly contributions in elementary school education. The journal is committed to maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity, research ethics, transparency, and responsible scholarly publishing.

This statement outlines the ethical principles and responsibilities of all parties involved in the publication process, including authors, the Editor-in-Chief, editorial board members, peer reviewers, and the publisher. It also establishes procedures for addressing suspected research misconduct, publication malpractice, conflicts of interest, and post-publication concerns.

The journal's publication ethics policy is informed by the principles and recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), particularly its guidance on ethical editorial practices, research integrity, and transparency in scholarly publishing.

All parties participating in the editorial and publication processes are expected to uphold these standards to ensure the credibility, reliability, and integrity of the scholarly record.

2. Guidelines for Journal Publication Ethics

The publication of peer-reviewed articles in INVENTA contributes to the development and dissemination of reliable scientific knowledge in elementary school education. Published research supports the advancement of educational theories, instructional practices, teacher professional development, educational technology, and evidence-based educational policies.

The integrity of scholarly publishing depends on the ethical conduct of authors, editors, reviewers, and publishers. Every participant in the publication process must demonstrate honesty, accountability, objectivity, fairness, and respect for intellectual property rights.

The Department of Elementary School Teacher Education, Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya, as the journal's publishing unit, supports the editorial board in maintaining responsible publication practices and safeguarding the integrity of published scholarly work.

Editorial decisions must be based exclusively on academic merit, relevance to the journal's aims and scope, methodological rigor, originality, and ethical compliance. Financial, institutional, personal, or other external interests must not improperly influence editorial evaluations or publication decisions.

3. Allegations of Research Misconduct

INVENTA takes allegations of research misconduct seriously, whether they concern manuscripts under editorial evaluation or articles that have already been published.

Research misconduct includes, but is not limited to, fabrication or falsification of research data, plagiarism, inappropriate manipulation of citations, deliberate misrepresentation of research methods or findings, duplicate publication, authorship manipulation, peer-review manipulation, and other practices that compromise research integrity.

Misconduct may also include the unauthorized use of confidential research materials, unethical treatment of research participants, and the inappropriate use of generative artificial intelligence to fabricate research content or references.

When suspected misconduct is reported, the Editor-in-Chief and editorial board will evaluate the allegations fairly, confidentially, and objectively, following relevant COPE guidance.

The investigation process may involve the following stages:

Preliminary assessment: The editorial board examines the allegation to determine whether sufficient evidence exists to justify further investigation and whether any conflicts of interest are present.
Notification and clarification: The corresponding author or other relevant individuals may be contacted and provided with an appropriate opportunity to respond to the concerns.
Evaluation of evidence: The editorial board reviews the available evidence and may consult independent experts, additional reviewers, or relevant research institutions when necessary.
Editorial determination: Appropriate actions are determined based on the evidence, the seriousness of the misconduct, and its effect on the reliability of the scholarly record.
Corrective action: Depending on the circumstances, the journal may request clarification or revision, reject a submitted manuscript, publish a correction or expression of concern, or retract a published article.

Where allegations involve potential institutional research misconduct, the journal may contact the authors' affiliated institutions to request an appropriate investigation.

An allegation alone does not establish misconduct. All parties involved must be treated fairly, and editorial decisions must be supported by a reasonable assessment of the available evidence.

The journal will take appropriate steps to maintain the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record while respecting confidentiality and due process.

4. Duties of Editors

4.1. Publication Decisions

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for determining which manuscripts submitted to INVENTA are suitable for publication.

Editorial decisions must be based on the manuscript's originality, scientific quality, methodological soundness, relevance to elementary school education, contribution to knowledge, and compliance with publication ethics.

The Editor-in-Chief may consult editorial board members, reviewers, or independent experts when making publication decisions.

All decisions must comply with applicable legal and ethical requirements, including those concerning copyright, plagiarism, confidentiality, and research integrity.

4.2. Fair Play

Editors must evaluate submitted manuscripts solely on their intellectual and scientific merit, without discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, nationality, institutional affiliation, political beliefs, or other personal characteristics unrelated to academic quality.

The editorial process must promote fairness, objectivity, academic independence, and equal treatment of all contributors.

4.3. Confidentiality

Editors and editorial staff must protect the confidentiality of all manuscripts submitted to INVENTA.

Information concerning submitted manuscripts may be disclosed only to the corresponding author, assigned reviewers, prospective reviewers, relevant editorial advisers, and authorized publisher representatives when necessary for the publication process.

Unpublished manuscripts, research data, reviewer reports, and editorial correspondence must not be disclosed or used for purposes unrelated to editorial evaluation without appropriate authorization.

4.4. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Editors must disclose any personal, financial, academic, institutional, or professional relationships that could compromise their impartiality.

An editor who has a conflict of interest concerning a submitted manuscript must withdraw from its evaluation and decision-making process. Responsibility should be transferred to another qualified editor without the relevant conflict.

Unpublished information or ideas obtained through editorial responsibilities must not be used for personal research or professional advantage without the authors' explicit permission.

5. Complaints and Appeals

INVENTA is committed to providing fair and transparent procedures for handling complaints and appeals related to editorial and publication activities.

Complaints may concern editorial decisions, alleged reviewer or editorial misconduct, conflicts of interest, unethical publication practices, citation manipulation, peer-review irregularities, or other issues affecting the integrity of the publication process.

Authors, reviewers, readers, and other stakeholders may submit complaints or appeals through the journal's official communication channels.

Complaints and appeals will be handled through the following procedures:

The complaint or appeal is submitted with a clear explanation and, where available, relevant supporting evidence.
The Editor-in-Chief or an appropriate editorial representative assesses the complaint and determines whether further investigation is necessary.
Individuals directly involved in the matter may be invited to provide clarification or supporting information.
Where necessary, the matter may be referred to an independent editor, the editorial board, or the publisher to avoid conflicts of interest.
A reasoned decision is communicated to the complainant, subject to confidentiality and data protection requirements.

Appeals against editorial decisions must present substantive grounds, such as evidence of procedural irregularities, factual errors, or significant misunderstandings during evaluation.

An appeal does not automatically guarantee reconsideration or acceptance of a manuscript.

Complaints involving the Editor-in-Chief should be referred to an appropriate representative of the publisher or another authorized individual who is not directly involved in the disputed decision.

The journal will follow relevant COPE guidance when addressing complaints, appeals, and suspected publication misconduct.

6. Post-Publication Discussion and Corrections

INVENTA recognizes that scholarly evaluation continues after an article has been published.

The journal encourages responsible academic discussion, constructive criticism, and evidence-based clarification concerning published research.

Readers and researchers may communicate concerns about published articles through the journal's official editorial communication channels.

When an error or concern is identified, the editorial board will assess whether corrective action is necessary.

Depending on the nature and severity of the issue, such action may include:

Correction: Issued when an error requires correction but does not invalidate the principal findings or conclusions.
Expression of Concern: Issued when serious questions about the reliability or integrity of an article remain unresolved and a public notice is warranted.
Retraction: Issued when reliable evidence demonstrates that the article's findings are substantially unreliable or that serious ethical or publication violations have occurred.
Replacement or republication: Considered only where justified under appropriate editorial and publication ethics guidance.

Corrections, expressions of concern, and retraction notices should be clearly identified, publicly accessible, and linked to the original article whenever technically possible.

The purpose of post-publication correction is to preserve the accuracy of the scholarly record rather than to impose unnecessary punishment on authors.

7. Data Sharing and Research Reproducibility Policy

INVENTA supports transparency, responsible research data management, and the reproducibility and verification of scientific findings.

Authors are encouraged to make relevant research materials available when ethically and legally permissible. Such materials may include anonymized datasets, research instruments, questionnaires, methodological protocols, analytical procedures, software, and supplementary documentation.

Data sharing must comply with applicable legal requirements, institutional policies, research ethics approvals, participant consent, and intellectual property rights.

Because INVENTA publishes research in elementary school education, special attention must be given to protecting children and other potentially vulnerable research participants.

Personally identifiable student information, confidential educational records, identifiable classroom observations, and sensitive psychological or academic assessment data must not be publicly disclosed without an appropriate lawful and ethical basis.

When public data sharing is inappropriate, authors should explain the restrictions and, where feasible, identify conditions under which appropriately anonymized or aggregated information may be made available.

Authors must ensure that research data are accurately reported, properly managed, and retained in accordance with applicable institutional and ethical requirements.

The editorial board may request supporting research information when reasonably necessary to evaluate the accuracy or integrity of a manuscript, subject to confidentiality and data protection safeguards.

8. Duties of Reviewers

8.1. Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Peer review supports the editorial board in evaluating the scientific quality, originality, relevance, and reliability of submitted manuscripts.

Reviewers are expected to provide constructive and evidence-based evaluations that assist editors in making publication decisions and help authors improve the quality of their research.

8.2. Promptness and Competence

A reviewer who considers themselves insufficiently qualified to evaluate a manuscript or unable to complete the review within the required period must promptly inform the editor.

Reviewers should accept assignments only when they possess the relevant academic expertise and can reasonably complete the evaluation in a timely manner.

8.3. Confidentiality

All manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential scholarly documents.

Reviewers must not disclose, distribute, reproduce, or discuss manuscript content with unauthorized individuals without explicit editorial permission.

Confidential information and unpublished research findings must not be used for personal academic, professional, or financial benefit.

8.4. Standards of Objectivity

Reviews must be conducted fairly, objectively, professionally, and constructively.

Personal criticism, discriminatory remarks, offensive language, and unsupported judgments concerning authors are unacceptable.

Reviewers should explain their assessments clearly and provide specific academic reasons for recommending acceptance, revision, or rejection.

Evaluations should consider the research problem, theoretical foundation, methodological quality, analysis, interpretation, scholarly contribution, and ethical compliance.

8.5. Acknowledgment of Sources

Reviewers should identify important scholarly contributions relevant to the manuscript that have not been appropriately acknowledged.

Where reviewers identify substantial similarities between the submitted manuscript and previously published work, they should notify the editor and provide relevant supporting information.

Reviewers must not recommend irrelevant citations solely to increase citations to their own publications, colleagues' work, or particular journals.

8.6. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Reviewers must disclose relationships or circumstances that could compromise the independence of their evaluations.

Potential conflicts include professional competition, recent collaboration, institutional relationships, financial interests, and personal connections with authors.

Reviewers with relevant conflicts of interest should decline the assignment or notify the editor for an appropriate determination.

All privileged information obtained through peer review must remain confidential.

9. Duties of Authors

9.1. Reporting Standards

Authors must present accurate, transparent, and complete accounts of their research.

Manuscripts should clearly explain their research objectives, theoretical foundations, methodology, data collection procedures, analytical approaches, findings, and conclusions.

The interpretation of findings must be consistent with the evidence obtained from the study.

Authors must not fabricate data, manipulate statistical results, omit material findings in a misleading manner, or make unsupported scientific claims.

Research reports should contain sufficient methodological information to allow appropriate assessment and, where feasible, replication of the research.

9.2. Originality and Plagiarism

Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts represent original scholarly contributions.

The ideas, words, data, figures, research instruments, and findings of other researchers must be properly acknowledged through appropriate citations and references.

Plagiarism, including direct copying without attribution, inappropriate paraphrasing, substantial unattributed reuse, and misrepresentation of another person's intellectual contributions, is prohibited.

Authors must also avoid inappropriate reuse of substantial portions of their own previously published work without proper acknowledgment.

The editorial board may conduct similarity assessments and investigate suspected plagiarism in accordance with established publication ethics procedures.

A similarity assessment result alone must not be treated as conclusive evidence of plagiarism without appropriate editorial evaluation.

9.3. Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication

Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously.

Manuscripts submitted to INVENTA must not have been previously published in substantially the same form, except where prior dissemination has been appropriately disclosed and is permitted under the journal's editorial policies.

Redundant publication, unjustified duplication of research findings, and the inappropriate fragmentation of substantially identical research into multiple publications are unacceptable.

Authors must disclose related manuscripts, previous publications, and relevant preprints when these could affect editorial assessment of originality or publication overlap.

9.4. Acknowledgment of Sources

Authors must appropriately acknowledge scholarly works that have informed their research.

All references must be relevant, accurate, traceable, and properly cited.

The inclusion of fabricated references, misleading citations, or irrelevant references intended to manipulate citation metrics is prohibited.

Authors are responsible for verifying the authenticity and accuracy of all bibliographic information presented in their manuscripts.

9.5. Authorship and Contributorship

Authorship must be limited to individuals who have made substantial intellectual contributions to the conception, design, execution, analysis, or interpretation of the reported research.

All individuals who satisfy the applicable authorship criteria must be appropriately acknowledged as authors.

Individuals who contributed to supporting activities but do not meet the criteria for authorship should be recognized in the acknowledgments section, where appropriate and with permission.

The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that:

All listed authors have made appropriate scholarly contributions.
Individuals who do not qualify for authorship are not included.
All co-authors have reviewed and approved the final manuscript.
All co-authors agree to submission and publication.
Any authorship disputes or proposed changes are communicated to the editorial board.

Changes to authorship after submission must be supported by an appropriate explanation and agreement from the relevant contributors, subject to editorial approval.

Generative AI systems and other non-human technologies cannot be listed as authors or co-authors.

9.6. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Authors must disclose any financial, institutional, professional, or personal interests that could reasonably influence the conduct, analysis, interpretation, or reporting of their research.

All relevant sources of research funding and financial support must be acknowledged.

Where no competing interests exist, authors may provide a declaration confirming the absence of known conflicts of interest.

Disclosure supports transparency and does not necessarily prevent publication.

9.7. Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When an author identifies a significant error or inaccuracy in their published article, they must promptly notify the Editor-in-Chief.

Authors are expected to cooperate with the journal in evaluating the error and determining whether a correction, clarification, or retraction is required.

Failure to cooperate with reasonable requests concerning the reliability of published findings may result in further editorial investigation.

10. Ethical Oversight

INVENTA requires all research involving human participants to adhere to recognized principles of research ethics, including respect for persons, voluntary participation, informed consent, confidentiality, and protection from avoidable harm.

Studies involving elementary school students, teachers, school administrators, or other educational stakeholders must be conducted responsibly and in accordance with applicable institutional and legal requirements.

10.1. Research Involving Children

Because elementary school students are generally minors, research involving them requires particular ethical consideration.

Authors must ensure that research procedures are appropriate for participants' developmental stages and do not expose children to unnecessary physical, psychological, social, or educational risks.

Where required, researchers must obtain permission from parents or legal guardians and age-appropriate assent from participating children.

Approval from schools or educational authorities must be obtained when applicable. Institutional permission does not automatically replace individual informed consent or parental permission where these are required.

Participation must be voluntary, and refusal or withdrawal must not result in academic disadvantage or inappropriate treatment.

10.2. Ethical Approval and Informed Consent

Authors must disclose relevant ethical approval or authorization when required by applicable institutional and research ethics regulations.

Where formal ethical approval is not required, authors should be prepared to explain the ethical procedures followed and the basis for any exemption.

Participants must receive appropriate information about the research purpose, procedures, potential risks, expected benefits, confidentiality arrangements, and voluntary nature of participation.

Consent and permission procedures should be documented as appropriate for the research design and participant population.

10.3. Privacy and Confidentiality

Authors must protect the identities and confidential information of research participants.

Personal identifiers should be removed or appropriately anonymized when reporting student responses, interviews, observations, assessment results, or other sensitive educational information.

Photographs, video recordings, and identifiable research documentation must not be published without appropriate authorization and consent.

Special precautions must be taken when reporting research involving children, students with disabilities, or other vulnerable participant groups.

10.4. Responsible Use of Educational Research Data

Educational assessment results, psychological measurements, classroom records, and student performance data must be collected, analyzed, stored, and reported responsibly.

Research findings must not be manipulated or selectively presented to produce predetermined conclusions.

Authors should accurately describe the limitations of their research designs and avoid making causal claims unsupported by their methodology.

The use of research instruments, instructional materials, and copyrighted educational resources must comply with applicable permissions and intellectual property requirements.

11. Duties and Responsibilities of the Publisher

The publishing unit of INVENTA, Department of Elementary School Teacher Education, Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya, supports the journal in maintaining ethical scholarly publishing practices.

The publisher is expected to respect the editorial independence of the Editor-in-Chief and editorial board and to support appropriate procedures for handling publication ethics concerns.

Publisher responsibilities include supporting:

The integrity and transparency of the publication process.
Appropriate editorial independence and accountability.
Fair and consistent implementation of publication ethics policies.
Protection of confidential manuscript and reviewer information.
Appropriate handling of allegations of misconduct and post-publication corrections.
Responsible management of journal content, copyright, and publishing rights.

Financial, institutional, administrative, or other non-academic considerations must not improperly influence decisions regarding the acceptance or rejection of manuscripts.

12. Intellectual Property and Copyright

INVENTA respects the intellectual property rights of authors and other rights holders.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their submissions do not infringe the copyrights, licenses, or other intellectual property rights of third parties.

Permission must be obtained when required for copyrighted figures, tables, images, research instruments, or other materials incorporated into a manuscript.

In accordance with the journal's copyright and licensing information, authors retain copyright to their work, while published articles are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Reuse and distribution of published material must comply with the applicable license requirements, including appropriate attribution to the original authors and publication source.

13. Compliance with Publication Ethics

All authors, reviewers, editors, and other contributors are expected to comply with the ethical principles outlined in this statement.

Suspected violations will be evaluated in accordance with relevant COPE guidance, applicable legal requirements, and the journal's editorial policies.

Editorial actions will take into account the seriousness of the issue, the available evidence, and its implications for the reliability and integrity of the scholarly record.

INVENTA remains committed to promoting responsible research practices, protecting research participants, maintaining transparent editorial procedures, and ensuring that published research contributes meaningfully to the advancement of elementary school education.

14. Policy References

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.

https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.12

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Retraction Guidelines.

https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.4

INVENTA: Jurnal Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar. Official Journal Website.

https://jurnal.unipasby.ac.id/jurnal_inventa/index

This publication ethics statement has been adapted for INVENTA: Jurnal Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar, considering the journal's disciplinary focus, editorial responsibilities, and commitment to responsible scholarly publishing.