To maintain the quality of manuscripts and prevent publication violations, the editorial board of Borneo Humaniora Journal establishes the following scientific publication ethics. These ethics are based on the Head of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences Regulation No. 5 of 2014 concerning the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publications, which includes provisions for scientific publication ethics.

This Publication Ethics document outlines the ethical guidelines for all parties involved in the manuscript publication process and applies to authors, editors, peer reviewers, and journal managers/editors.

All parties involved must uphold the ethical values of publication, which include:

• Neutrality: Free from conflicts of interest in managing publications;

• Fairness: Granting authorship rights to those entitled as authors; and

• Integrity: Free from duplication, fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism in publications.

Journal Manager/Publisher of Borneo Humaniora Journal

• The journal publisher must provide personnel and other journal facilities, including funding sources, for the journal's sustainability, permits, and other legal aspects, as well as build cooperative networks and marketing.

• The publisher must create guidelines for journal management, review policies, and convey them to authors, editors, peer reviewers, and readers.

• The journal publisher is responsible for publishing manuscripts after going through the editing, review, and layout processes in accordance with scientific journal publishing principles and ensuring regular publication.

• To create a comfortable working atmosphere, the publisher is responsible for ensuring academic freedom for editors and peer reviewers in carrying out their respective duties.

• The journal manager must guarantee and protect intellectual property rights (copyright).

• The journal manager must publish and promote published works to the public, ensuring their usefulness.

• Respect matters of confidentiality, whether for contributing researchers, authors, editors, or peer reviewers.

• Apply norms and provisions regarding intellectual property rights, especially copyright.

Code of Ethics for Editors

• Editors ensure a thorough, transparent, objective, fair, and wise review process, forming the basis for manuscript decisions — whether accepted or rejected.

• Editors are responsible for deciding which manuscripts are worthy of publication through editorial board meetings, adhering to applicable laws regarding defamation, copyright infringement, duplication, data fabrication, data falsification, and plagiarism.

• In reviewing and accepting manuscripts, the editorial team is based on the principle of equal treatment in decision-making, without discrimination against race, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, or political ideology of the authors.

• Editors and the editorial team will not disclose any information about a manuscript or submitted work without the author's permission.

• Unpublished manuscripts will not be used by editors for their own benefit and will be returned directly to the authors.

• Bridge the needs of readers and authors.

• Encourage authors to improve their manuscripts until they are fit for publication.

• Continuously strive to improve publication quality.

• Implement processes to ensure the quality of published works.

• Prioritize freedom of expression objectively.

• Provide corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when necessary.

• Responsible for the style and format of the written work, while the content and statements remain the author's responsibility.

• Be open to new opinions or views that may contradict personal opinions. Editors should not insist on their own, the author's, or third-party views that may result in biased decisions.

Code of Ethics for Peer Reviewers

• Peer reviewers conduct reviews honestly, objectively, independently, without bias, based on scientific principles and analysis, and only for the sake of truth.

• Peer reviewers assist editors in determining suitable works for publication and help authors improve the quality of their manuscripts.

• Reviewers critically assess manuscript content according to their expertise, remain open to new ideas, and uphold confidentiality principles.

• Peer reviewers are committed to improving manuscript quality.

• Review manuscripts submitted by the Borneo Humaniora Journal editors and provide review results as a basis for determining a manuscript's publication eligibility, in line with:

  • Scientific principles

  • Established deadlines

  • Borneo Humaniora Journal's style guide

• Reassess revised manuscripts according to established standards.

• Encourage authors to make improvements by providing constructive criticism, suggestions, and recommendations.

• Maintain the author's privacy by not disseminating review results.

• Peer reviewers must not review manuscripts in which they have a direct or indirect conflict of interest.

• Guarantee principles of truth, novelty, and originality.

• Prioritize the benefits of written works for the development of science, technology, and innovation.

• Understand the impact of writing on scientific progress.

• Remain free from religious, political, national, gender-based, commercial, and other relationship-based interventions that could result in biased recommendations.

• Ensure the confidentiality of findings within the reviewed manuscripts.

• Avoid personal criticism of the authors.

• Refrain from communicating with authors or research sponsors.

• Do not use manuscripts for personal or third-party interests.

• Do not disseminate reviewed manuscripts.

Code of Ethics for Authors

• Authors must present their research or ideas clearly, honestly, and without duplication, data fabrication, data falsification, or plagiarism.

• Authors must provide information about their research process and results to the editorial board truthfully, clearly, and comprehensively, and retain their research data securely.

• Authors must ensure that the submitted manuscripts are original, written by themselves, based on their own ideas, and not plagiarizing others' works or ideas.

• Authors must declare that submitted manuscripts have not been submitted to or published in other journals or publications.

• Authors must promptly inform the editorial board of any errors in their manuscripts, whether discovered during the review or editing process. These errors include names, affiliations, citations, and other details that could affect the manuscript's meaning and substance. Authors should propose corrections.

• Authors must understand the above scientific publication ethics to avoid conflicts of interest, ensuring smooth and secure manuscript processing.

• Authors are responsible for confirming the accuracy of their manuscripts.

• Authors must acknowledge others' opinions and works through proper citation.

• Authors must write manuscripts ethically, honestly, and responsibly, adhering to scientific writing regulations.

• Authors agree to have their manuscripts edited during the review and layout processes without altering the substance or core ideas of their work.