Scientific Publication Ethics at the Journal of Indonesian Public Administration and Governance Studies (JIPAGS) based on the Regulation of the Head of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences Number 5 of 2014 concerning the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publications, which upholds three ethical values in publications, namely:

(1)   Neutrality, which is free from conflicts of interest in the management of publications.

(2)   Fairness, which is giving authorship rights to those entitled as authors.

(3)   Honesty, which is free from duplication, fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism (DF2P) in publications.

This code of conduct applies to all parties involved in the journal publication process, including journal managers, journal editors, bestary partners, and authors.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Editor:

• Bringing together the needs of readers and authors.
• Strive for continuous improvement of publication quality.
• Implement a process to ensure the quality of published papers.
• Promoting freedom of opinion objectively.
• Maintaining the integrity of the author's academic track record.
• Submitting corrections, clarifications, withdrawals, and apologies when necessary.
• Responsible for the style and format of the paper, while the content and all statements in the paper are the responsibility of the author/writer.
• Actively solicit the opinions of authors, readers, bestarial partners, and members of the editorial board to improve the quality of publications.
• Encourage the assessment of the journal if there are findings.
• Support initiatives to reduce research and publication errors by requiring authors to submit an Ethics Clearance form approved by the Ethics Clearance Committee.
• Support initiatives to educate researchers about publication ethics.
• Assess the effect of publication policies on the attitudes of authors and reviewers and improve them to increase responsibility and minimize mistakes.
• Having an open mind to new opinions or views of others that may conflict with personal opinions,
• Not maintaining one's own, author's or third party's opinion that may result in a non-objective decision.
• Encourage authors/writers, so that they can make improvements to the paper until it is suitable for publication.

 Duties and Responsibilities of Bestary Partners:

• Receive an assignment from the editor to review the paper and submit the results of the review to the editor, as material for determining the eligibility of a paper for publication.
• Reviewers may not review papers that involve themselves, either directly or indirectly.
• Maintain the author's privacy by not disseminating the results of corrections, suggestions, and recommendations by providing criticism, suggestions, input, and recommendations.
• Encourage the author/writer to make improvements to the paper.
• Reviewing the corrected paper in accordance with predetermined standards.
• The paper is reviewed in a timely manner according to the publication's style based on scientific principles (data collection methods, author's legality, conclusions, etc.).

 Duties and Responsibilities of Authors:

• Ensure that those included in the list of authors/authors meet the criteria as authors/authors.
• Take collective responsibility for the work and content of the article including methods, analysis, calculations, and details.
• State the origin of resources (including funding), either directly or indirectly.
• Explain the limitations of the research.
• Responding to comments made by the reviewers in a professional and timely manner.
  • Inform the editor if the paper is to be retracted.
  • The paper has not been published anywhere in any language, and is not in the process of being submitted to another publisher.