Publication Ethics

Media Jurnal Informatika (MJI) is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All parties involved in the publishing process — authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher — are expected to agree upon the following standards of ethical behavior.

Duties of Authors

• Originality. Authors must submit entirely original work that has not been published or is not under consideration elsewhere. Work and words of others must be appropriately cited.
• Authorship. Authorship should be limited to those who made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study. All co-authors must approve the final version of the manuscript.
• Data and reproducibility. Authors should present an accurate account of the work performed and provide sufficient detail (data, code, parameters) to allow others to replicate the work. Fabrication or falsification of data is unacceptable.
• Disclosure and conflicts of interest. Authors must disclose any financial or other substantive conflict of interest and all sources of funding.
• Use of generative AI. Authors must disclose the use of generative AI tools in preparing the manuscript. AI tools cannot be listed as authors, and authors remain fully responsible for the content.
• Fundamental errors. When authors discover a significant error in their published work, they must promptly notify the editor and cooperate to correct or retract the paper.

Duties of Editors

• Editors evaluate manuscripts solely on their intellectual content, without regard to race, gender, religion, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
• Editors keep all information about submitted manuscripts confidential and do not use unpublished materials for their own research without the authors' written consent.
• Editors decline to handle manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest; such manuscripts are assigned to another editor.
• Manuscripts authored by editors or board members are handled by another editor and undergo the same double-blind peer review as all other submissions.

Duties of Reviewers

• Reviewers assist the editor in making decisions and help authors improve their manuscripts. Reviews must be objective, constructive, and supported by arguments.
• Manuscripts under review are confidential documents and must not be shared or discussed with others.
• Reviewers must decline to review manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest, and should notify the editor if they feel unqualified or unable to review promptly.
• Reviewers should point out relevant published work that has not been cited and report any substantial similarity with other published work.

Duties of the Publisher

Universitas Suryakancana, as the publisher, supports the editorial independence of the journal, ensures the long-term accessibility of published content, and works with the editors to handle cases of research or publication misconduct.

Handling Misconduct

Allegations of misconduct (plagiarism, data fabrication, duplicate publication, citation manipulation, or authorship disputes) are investigated following COPE flowcharts. Depending on the outcome, the editor may reject the manuscript, publish a correction, or retract the article.