Publication Ethics

                                                                                                                                                

Ethical Guidelines

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed bioeduscience journal is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. This journal follows guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) facing all aspects of publication ethics and, in particular, how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct. For more details about COPE, please click here.

This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the Editor-in-Chief, the Editorial Board, the peer-reviewer, and the publisher. Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka, as the publisher of Bioeduscience, takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing seriously, and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprints, or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.

                                                                                                                                                

Duties of Editors

Publication Decisions
The Editor in Chief of Bioeduscience is responsible for determining the manuscripts that have been submitted to be peer-reviewed, and if the manuscript meets the editorial policies and journal's requirements, it will be published. Validation of research or literature review, as well as the manuscript's importance for scientific development, subsequent researchers, and Bioeduscience readers, have always been major decision-making factors. Editors of Bioeduscience may refer to the Board of Editors' directives and always refer to the rules and regulations that exist in the Republic of Indonesia regarding copyright and plagiarism. The chairman of the board of editors may authorize other members of the board to make decisions by observing the peer review results.

Equality
The editor will always uphold a sense of fairness and fairness at all times in evaluating the manuscript, regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, religion and belief, ethics, citizenship, or political ideology of the author.

Confidentiality
Editors and all editorial staff are not allowed to disclose information about manuscripts that have been signed by Bioeduscience to anyone other than the corresponding author, editorial board, and publisher, if feasible.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Without written permission from the author or the editor, the editor may not use unpublished material from a manuscript that enters Amerta Nutrition as a form of his own research.

                                                                                                                                                

Duties of Section Editors

Bioeduscience has 4 section editors named Managing Editors, who are responsible for helping the Editor in Chief process new articles. These sections' editors are divided into four main scopes: 1) Plant biology, biotechnology, bioinformatics, genetics, and molecular biology, guided by Awais Ali, 2) microbiology, ecology, biodiversity, and bioconservation, guided by Suci Lestari. 3) Models, strategies, assessments, policy, curriculum, and methods for learning biology, guided by Cristina Dumitru Tabacaru and Ranti An Nissa, and 4) Technology education, applied and implemented in biology education and learning, guided by Rosi Fiera Ritonga, Much. Fuad Saifuddin, and Esti Untari.

In Bioeduscience, Section Editors assign two reviewers according to the field of study to review the manuscript using a double-blind review.

                                                                                                                                                

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions through editorial communications with the author and may also assist the author in improving the paper.

The journal review uses a double-blind review. Both reviewers will review the same manuscript, and the decision will be announced after all the reviewers have given their evaluations.

Promptness
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Except with the editor's permission, authors cannot show them to or discuss them with anyone else.

Standards of Objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgment of Sources
Reviewers should point out relevant published works that the authors have not cited. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also bring to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

                                                                                                                                                

Duties of Authors

Reporting Standards
The author of an original research article must present the results openly and objectively and discuss the significance of the manuscript he made. The data underlying the writing of the manuscript must be accurately displayed therein. A manuscript must contain sufficiently detailed explanations for other researchers to replicate the research. Reporting fraud and consciously writing statements that are inconsistent with data are actually part of unethical and unacceptable scientific behavior.

Originality and Plagiarism
The author must ensure that the manuscripts are original research results, and if the authors refer to or use the thoughts, data, or writings of others, they must be properly cited. Each major author is required to sign a Statement of Manuscript Declaration (attached). Bioeduscience recommends using the paraphrasing of ideas or sentences from others with the corresponding citation as a guide for the author.

Dual Publication (Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication)
The author should not publish the same manuscript in more than one journal simultaneously. Such behaviors are included as unethical and unacceptable publications.

Acknowledgment of Sources
Appropriate source recognition should always be performed by the author when using the source of the article or reference used in the manuscript. The author should only cite articles that are influential and relevant to the manuscript he wrote.

Authorship
Authorship should be limited to those who have made significant contributions to the concept, design, implementation, or interpretation of written research. Anyone who contributes significantly can be listed as a co-author. If one participates substantively but does not meet the requirements of the authorship, then it should be written in acknowledgment or as a contributor in acknowledgment. Corresponding authors should ensure that all co-authors have approved the final version of the manuscript entered into Bioeduscience.

Disclosures and Conflicts of Interest  
All authors should disclose in their text substantive financial conflicts or interests that may affect the outcome or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental Errors in Published Work 
When the author finds significant errors or inaccuracies in an article published at Bioeduscience, it is the author's obligation to immediately notify the Bioeduscience editor and work with the editor to recall or improve the article.

                                                                                                                                                

Publication Decisions

The editor of Bioeduscience is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editorial board's policies and any applicable legal restrictions on libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism may serve as the editors' guides. The editors may consult with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

                                                                                                                                                

Disclosures and Conflicts of Interest

Conflict of Interests must be stated clearly (during submission) to prevent overlooked or misplaced information on potential interests. A declared conflict of interest will not automatically result in the rejection of a paper, but the editors reserve the right to publish any declared conflict of interest alongside the acceptance. 

Principles:

  • Conflicts of interest (CoI) comprise those which may not be fully apparent and which may influence the judgment of the author, reviewers, and editors. They have been described as those that, when revealed later, would make a reasonable reader feel misled or deceived. They may be personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial. 
  • "Conflict of Interest" is required for all types of submissions.
  • Authors are expected to provide detailed information about any relevant financial interests or financial conflicts within the past 5 years and for the foreseeable future.
  • Authors who have no relevant financial interests are asked to provide a statement indicating that they have no financial interests related to the material in the manuscript.

                                                                                                                                                

Disclaimer

The editors of Bioeduscience make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information contained in their publications. However, the Editors of Bioeduscience make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the content and disclaim all such representations and warranties, whether express or implied, to the maximum extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this publication are the views of the authors and are not necessarily the views of the Editors of Bioeduscience.

                                                                                                                                                

Human Rights

The authors reporting the experimental studies on human subjects must include a statement of assurance in the Materials and Methods section of the manuscript that:

  1. Informed consent was obtained from each participant included in the study.
  2. The study protocol is consistent with the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki as reflected in prior approval by the institution's human research committee.

Every experimental or clinical study may raise controversial ethical issues (e.g., Institutional Ethical Approval to study animal or human subjects). Thus, the journal editorial board expects all authors, reviewers, and editors to consider the COPE and Equator Network reporting guidelines in medical ethics and scientific writing. If any, authors should state related declarations; otherwise, the following sentence should be given: None will be declared.

                                                                                                                                                

Animal Rights

Principles:

  • In the studies using animal experimentation, assurance must be provided that all animals received humane care according to the criteria outlined in the "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals" prepared by the National Academy of Sciences and published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH publication 86-23, revised 1985). 
  • When conducting research on animals, we commit to the Basel Declaration which outlines fundamental as well as ethical guidelines at the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS).
  • Writing an ethical approval code for all of our submissions, including those with animal experiences, is required during submission. Otherwise, we have to "Fast Reject" those submissions in the early screening step.
  • During "Submission", the author must fill out the ethical approval code.

To publish an article in a research journal, the author(s) are requested to get ethical permission from their institute. With this permission, the authors will agree upon standard ethical behavior.

  • "Ethical Approval Code" is required for all studies on people, medical records, and human samples.
  • This code must be linked to a webpage showing the details of approval.
  • Local authorities in the authors' home country must approve the code. For example, the national center of ethics or the ethics department of universities.

                                                                                                                                                

Ethical Approval Code

If the work involves chemicals, humans, animals, microbes, procedures, or equipment that have an unusual danger inherent in their use, the author must clearly state this in manuscripts. Before you plan to start a research, project involving human participants or personal data, you must apply for ethical approval from one of the university research ethics committees. Your discipline and the kind of research you plan to conduct will determine the information that your local committee requests.

                                                                                                                                                

Type of manuscripts are required to declare an ethical approval

The below table describes the requirement for approval code in different types of manuscripts.

Manuscript Type   Ethical Approval  
Research Articles                                                             
  • Interventional (on Human participants)
                       required 
  • Interventional (on Animal participants)
                       required *
  • In vitro studies
                       optional **
  • Real retrospective studies
                       optional
Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis/Scoping Review                              non

Table notes:

  • *: Veterinary clinical cases: For studies using client-owned animals, a high standard (best practice) of veterinary care and an informed client consent statement should be included in the Materials and Methods section.
  • *: Animal Studies: The ethical review committee's approval, and the international, national, and/or institutional guidelines followed regarding the animal's welfare are strongly required in these types of studies.
  • **: In vitro studies on human or animal tissues are obliged to show an "ethical approval code".