Allegation of Research Misconduct

Jurnal Pendidikan Matematika Universitas Lampung takes all allegations of research misconduct seriously and handles them in accordance with the guidelines and flowcharts of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Forms of research misconduct
Research misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • Fabrication: making up data or results;
  • Falsification: manipulating research materials, procedures, data, or results so that the research is not accurately represented;
  • Plagiarism: using another person’s ideas, text, data, or results without proper acknowledgment, as described in the Plagiarism Policy;
  • Duplicate publication: publishing the same or substantially similar work in more than one journal;
  • Authorship misconduct: including individuals who do not meet the Authorship Criteria, or excluding those who do;
  • Undisclosed conflicts of interest, unethical treatment of research participants, or manipulation of the peer review process.

Reporting an allegation
Anyone (readers, reviewers, editors, or authors) may report suspected misconduct by sending an email to jpmunila@gmail.com or nurain.suryadinata@fkip.unila.ac.id. The report should identify the manuscript or article concerned and include supporting evidence. The identity of the person reporting will be kept confidential.

Investigation process

  1. The Editor-in-Chief reviews the allegation and the evidence provided.
  2. If the allegation is considered to have merit, the journal contacts the author(s), presents the concerns, and requests an explanation within a specified period.
  3. If the explanation is unsatisfactory, the journal may contact the author’s institution and request an investigation.
  4. Decisions are made based on the evidence and COPE guidelines. Throughout the process, the journal treats all parties fairly and confidentially.

Possible actions
Depending on the seriousness of the misconduct, the journal may take one or more of the following actions:

  • rejecting the manuscript if it is still under review;
  • publishing a correction (erratum/corrigendum) for minor errors that do not affect the conclusions;
  • publishing an expression of concern while an investigation is ongoing;
  • retracting the published article and publishing a retraction notice;
  • informing the author’s institution or funding body;
  • prohibiting the author(s) from submitting to the journal for a certain period.