Journal of Civil Engineering (JCE) is a peer-reviewed electronic international journal. This statement clarifies ethical behaviour of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the chief editor, the Editorial Board, the peer reviewer and the publisher (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember). This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.
Ethical Guidelines for Authors
Authors who submit a manuscript to JCE are confirming that the authors have read these ethical guidelines, agree to all the contents and have taken any necessary actions.
Content
With the submission of a manuscript to JCE, it is declared that the content of the submitted manuscript has been read and agreed by all the authors.
Ethics
JCE may reject submissions should if it is indicated that the work presented in the manuscript was not conducted within an ethical framework for publications. JCE complies to the pronciples and guidelines outlined by COPE.
Competing/conflicting interests
Declaration of any potential competing interests involving person or organisations should be written in the paper. Examples of competing interests include, but are not limited to, financial, professional and personal interests such as:
Research grants (from any source, restricted or unrestricted)
Relationships (paid or unpaid) with organisations and funding bodies including non-governmental organisations, research institutions or charities
Membership of lobbying or advocacy organisations
Personal relationships (i.e. friend, spouse, family member, current or previous mentor, adversary) with individuals involved in the submission or evaluation of a paper, such as authors, reviewers, editors, or members of the editorial board of an Inderscience journal
Personal convictions (political, religious, ideological, or other) related to a paper's topic that may interfere with an unbiased publication process (at the stage of authorship, peer review, editorial decision making or publication)
Ethical Guidelines for Editors
When appointed. Editors in Chief and editors are provided with guidelines on the ethical management of the journal, submission, and the peer review process.
These guidelines include maintaining a balance of editorial boards, and the confidential and unbiased treatment of submissions and authors, amongst other responsibilities.
The Editor in Chief of HCE remains responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of submitted manuscript.
In case of potential editorial conflicts of interest, the editors must communicate to the Editor in Chief. The editors may be replaced in the peer review peocess to avoid conflict of interest and to protect the inegrity of the peer review process.
Screening for Plagiarism
To avoid plagiarism, Journal of Civil Engineering do carried out screening for plagiarism using ithenticate once the paper is accepted for publication. In case where the individual plagiarism percentage is higher than 10%, the author will be asked for further revision. Plagiarsm in any form constitues a serious violation of the principles of scholarship and is not acceptable.
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