Publication Ethics

AHPROCE upholds the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and responsibility in scholarly publishing. Our ethics follow international best practices and are aligned with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidance and widely adopted norms in scientific publishing.

• Originality & Proper Citation: Submissions must be original, not published or under review elsewhere. All sources (text, figures, data, code) must be cited; permissions are required where applicable.
• Data Integrity & Availability: Results must be reported honestly without fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate manipulation. Authors should retain underlying data and share it upon reasonable request or via a repository where permitted.
• Transparency & Conflicts of Interest: Disclose all financial or personal relationships that could be perceived to influence the work (funders, consultancies, honoraria, etc.). Include a clear conflict-of-interest statement in the manuscript.
• Ethical Approvals: Human/animal studies require prior ethics committee/IRB approval and informed consent, with approval identifiers stated in the Methods.
• Authorship & CRediT: All listed authors must meet authorship criteria (substantial contribution, drafting/revision, final approval, accountability). Contributor roles should follow the CRediT taxonomy. Authorship changes after submission require consent from all authors.
• Use of AI Tools: If computational AI tools assisted writing/analysis, disclose the exact tool, version, and scope. Authors remain fully responsible for accuracy, originality, and appropriate citation.
• Plagiarism Threshold: AHPROCE screens manuscripts (e.g., with Turnitin). Similarity must be ≤ 15%; otherwise, the manuscript may be returned or rejected.

• Double-Blind Review: Identities of authors and reviewers are concealed to promote objective evaluation.
• Confidentiality: Manuscripts and reviewer reports must not be shared or used for personal advantage.
• Objectivity & Constructive Feedback: Reviews should focus on scholarly merit, methods, interpretation, and ethical compliance, offering clear, evidence-based recommendations.
• Conflicts of Interest: Reviewers must decline assignments if conflicts (financial, personal, academic) exist or if expertise is insufficient.
• Timeliness: Reviewers should respond promptly and deliver reports within agreed timelines; any delay must be communicated to the editors.

• Editorial Independence: Decisions are based solely on originality, quality, relevance, and ethical compliance, free from commercial or political influence.
• Fair Process: Editors ensure unbiased selection of reviewers and maintain confidentiality throughout the process.
• Handling Allegations: Ethical concerns and misconduct allegations are investigated promptly and fairly, following COPE flowcharts when applicable.
• Transparency: Editors manage conflicts of interest and recuse themselves where appropriate.

• All content is assigned a persistent DOI for citation and linking.
• Participation in LOCKSS/CLOCKSS and the PKP Preservation Network ensures redundancy and digital preservation.
• Long-term storage is supported by institutional and national repositories, including Neliti Archive.
• Authors are encouraged to deposit supporting datasets in trusted repositories such as Mendeley Data.

• Plagiarism & Text Recycling: Unattributed copying, excessive paraphrasing, or redundant publication is prohibited. We also assess image/data duplication.
• Fabrication/Falsification: Inventing or altering data, images, or results is strictly forbidden.
• Duplicate/Concurrent Submission: Manuscripts submitted elsewhere or previously published (including translated versions) are not acceptable.
• Salami Publication: Fragmenting one study into multiple overlapping papers without clear justification is not allowed.
• Image Integrity: Any digital image adjustments must not mislead; original images may be requested for verification.
• Data & Material Requests: Where feasible, authors should share data, code, and materials that support verification and reuse.

• Corrections (Errata/Corrigenda): For substantive errors that do not invalidate conclusions.
• Expressions of Concern: Issued when serious issues are under investigation and outcomes are pending.
• Retractions: For confirmed misconduct or errors that invalidate findings. Retraction notices state reasons and link to the original record, following COPE guidance.

• Open Access: AHPROCE is open access to maximize dissemination and impact.
• License: Published content is distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise stated; authors retain copyright.
• Self-archiving: Authors may deposit preprints and accepted manuscripts according to the license terms, with citation to the version of record.

All published content is registered with persistent identifiers (DOI) and enriched with machine-readable metadata for discoverability. AHPROCE is committed to advancing toward inclusion in recognized abstracting and indexing services to ensure global visibility, discoverability, and citation potential of published works.

• Complaints & Appeals: Authors may appeal editorial decisions by providing a reasoned, evidence-based case (e.g., substantive error in review). Appeals are handled by a senior editor not involved in the original decision, adhering to COPE recommendations.
• Contact: Ethical concerns and appeals can be sent to ahproce@analysisdata.co.id (ethics) or admin@analysisdata.co.id (editorial office).
• General COPE resources: https://publicationethics.org/