Editor Guidelines

The Editor-in-Chief, together with the Managing Editors and Editorial Board members, holds the responsibility of maintaining the integrity and transparency of the entire publishing process. Editors are expected to uphold the highest ethical standards throughout all stages of manuscript handling and publication.

PRINCIPLES FOT EDITOR

  1. Commitment to Readers and Authors
    Editors are committed to addressing the needs of both readers and authors. They strive to improve the quality, relevance, and academic contribution of each issue of Jurnal Arnawa.
  2. Upholding Academic Integrity
    Editors must ensure that every manuscript undergoes a fair, unbiased, and timely review process. Decisions should be guided by the manuscript’s academic merit—its originality, clarity, scholarly rigor, and relevance to the journal’s aims and scope.
  3. Conflict of Interest Disclosure
    Editors are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest related to the manuscripts they handle. Any such conflict must be reported to the Editor-in-Chief, who will assess whether a reassignment to another editor is necessary.
  4. Ethical Decision-Making
    Editors should encourage responsible academic behavior and proactively prevent unethical practices by both authors and reviewers. This includes discouraging plagiarism, data fabrication, and redundant publication.
  5. Confidentiality
    Editors must maintain strict confidentiality of all submissions and author-related information, and should not disclose any content or decisions outside the editorial process unless authorized.
  6. Transparent and Accessible Guidelines
    Editors must ensure that author guidelines and editorial policies are clearly stated and readily available both in print and online formats.
  7. Reviewer Selection and Management
    Editors are responsible for appointing at least two qualified peer reviewers for each manuscript. They must provide reviewers with clear instructions regarding the review criteria, expectations, and deadlines.
  8. Reviewer Ethics and Anonymity
    Editors should request reviewers to disclose any conflicts of interest before agreeing to review a manuscript. Editors must also take all necessary steps to protect the anonymity of reviewers (double-blind review process) and ensure a respectful, constructive review environment.
  9. Quality Control and Improvement
    Editors are encouraged to consistently reflect on the journal's editorial practices and seek ways to improve peer review quality, publication standards, and the journal’s contribution to academic discourse.
  10. Publication Ethics Awareness
    All editorial team members must be familiar with ethical publishing practices to prevent and address any potential conflicts of interest or breaches of publication ethics.


THINGS TO DO: EDITOR

  1. Editors’ decisions to accept or reject a paper for publication should be based only on the paper’s importance, originality, and clarity, and the study’s relevance to the remit of the journal.
  2. Editors must treat all submitted papers as confidential.
  3. Editors should inform peer reviewers about this Misconduct.
  4. Editors should encourage peer-reviewers to consider ethical issues raised by the research they are reviewing.
  5. Editors should request additional information from authors if they feel this is required.
  6. Editors should exercise sensitivity when publishing images of objects that might have cultural significance or cause offense.
  7. Editors should inform readers if ethical breaches have occurred.
  8. Editors should encourage peer-reviewers to decline peer-review request if they identify a conflict of interest with the manuscript.
  9. Editors may assign peer-reviewers suggested by authors but should not consider suggestions made by authors as binding.
  10. Editors should mediate all exchanges between authors and peer reviewers during the peer-review process (i.e. prior to publication). If agreement cannot be reached, editors should consider inviting comments from additional peer reviewer(s) if the editor feels that this would be helpful.
  11. Decisions by editors about whether or not to publish submitted manuscripts must not be influenced by pressure from the editor's employer, the journal owner, or the publisher.
  12. Editors should publish corrections for discovered errors that could affect the interpretation of data or information presented in a manuscript.
  13. Editors should expect allegations of theft or plagiarism to be substantiated and should treat allegations of theft or plagiarism seriously.
  14. Editors should keep peer-reviewers’ identities from authors. If peer-reviewers’ identities are revealed, editors should discourage authors from contacting peer-reviewers directly, especially when misconduct is suspected.
  15. Editors should reserve the right to reject manuscripts if there is a doubt whether appropriate procedures have been followed. If a paper has been submitted from a country where there is no ethics committee or institutional review board, editors should use their own experience to judge whether or not the paper can be published. If the decision is made to publish a paper under this circumstance, a short statement should be included to explain this situation.
  16. Editors should ensure timely peer-review and publication for manuscripts they receive, especially where findings may have important implications.
  17. The Editorial Board is responsible for making publication decisions based on the reviewer’s evaluation, policies of the journal editorial board and legal restraint acting against plagiarism, libel, and copyright infringement.