Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics & Malpractice Statement

The Indonesian Journal of Health Informatics (IJHI) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics, transparency, and scholarly integrity. We strictly adhere to the Core Practices and guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The following principles outline the expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in our publishing process.

Authors' Responsibilities

  • Originality & Plagiarism: Authors must ensure their submitted manuscripts are entirely original. Any use of other works, data, or AI-assisted tools must be appropriately cited, quoted, and transparently disclosed. Plagiarism in any form is strictly prohibited.
  • Multiple Submissions: Manuscripts must not be submitted to more than one journal concurrently or previously published elsewhere.
  • Ethical Approvals: Research involving human subjects or sensitive patient data must include a statement confirming appropriate institutional ethical approval and informed patient consent.
  • Conflicts of Interest: Authors must transparently disclose any financial, personal, or professional conflicts of interest that might influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.

Editors' Responsibilities

  • Fair Play & Independence: Editors evaluate manuscripts exclusively on the basis of their academic merit, relevance, and originality, without regard to the authors' race, gender, institutional affiliation, or commercial influences.
  • Confidentiality: Editors and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, and the publisher.
  • Handling Misconduct: Editors are responsible for taking responsive measures when ethical complaints arise, utilizing COPE flowcharts to investigate allegations of data fabrication, plagiarism, or review manipulation.

Reviewers' Responsibilities

  • Objectivity: Reviews must be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly with constructive, supporting arguments.
  • Confidentiality: Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Unpublished material must never be used for a reviewer's personal advantage.
  • Disclosure: Reviewers must decline to review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors or institutions connected to the research.

Publisher’s Role & Misconduct Handling

Publisher Responsibilities: Quadra Science supports absolute editorial independence. The publisher safeguards the scholarly record by ensuring long-term archiving, open-access dissemination, and ensuring commercial interests never influence editorial decisions.

Complaints and Appeals: IJHI takes all allegations of misconduct seriously. We investigate claims of plagiarism, unethical AI use, and data falsification transparently. If misconduct is confirmed, the journal reserves the right to issue corrections, retractions, or apologies in strict accordance with COPE procedures. Appeals regarding editorial decisions are handled fairly by the Editor-in-Chief.