Publication Ethics and Research Integrity

Jurnal Desain is committed to fair, independent, confidential, and responsible scholarly publishing. The journal follows relevant guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and applicable institutional and legal requirements. This policy establishes the journal's overarching ethical standards; the specific policies linked below govern individual subjects in greater detail.

1. Scope and Shared Responsibilities

Authors, editors, peer reviewers, the publisher, and editorial personnel must uphold integrity, transparency, confidentiality, professional conduct, and appropriate accountability at every stage of submission, evaluation, publication, and post-publication management.

2. Responsibilities of Authors

Authors are responsible for the originality, accuracy, integrity, ethical conduct, and verifiability of submitted work. Manuscripts must not involve fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, undisclosed duplicate or concurrent submission, misleading visual or data manipulation, citation manipulation, inappropriate authorship, or other research or publication misconduct. Authors must disclose relevant funding, competing interests, and AI use as required by journal policy.

Authors must ensure that every listed author qualifies for authorship, approves the final manuscript, and accepts appropriate accountability. See the Authorship and Contributorship Policy.

3. Responsibilities of Editors and the Publisher

Editors evaluate manuscripts on scholarly merit, suitability, methodological and analytical quality, originality, contribution, and research integrity without discrimination or undue influence from institutional relationships, publication fees, or other commercial interests. Editors must protect confidentiality, manage competing interests, select appropriate independent reviewers, and document the grounds for editorial decisions. The Editor-in-Chief retains responsibility for final editorial decisions.

The publisher supports the editorial team's independence, ethical investigation, responsible post-publication action, and continued maintenance of the scholarly record.

4. Responsibilities of Peer Reviewers

Peer reviewers provide independent, confidential, objective, evidence-based, and constructive scholarly assessments. They must declare relevant conflicts, decline unsuitable assignments, protect unpublished material, and comply with the journal's prohibition on AI-assisted peer review. Peer reviewer recommendations are advisory and do not replace editorial judgment. See the Peer Review Process, Peer Reviewer Guidelines, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy.

5. Originality, Data Integrity, and Research Evidence

Manuscripts must present trustworthy evidence, truthful reporting, verifiable citations, and properly acknowledged sources. Where applicable, authors must preserve and provide supporting research materials for editorial verification, subject to legitimate confidentiality, data-protection, intellectual-property, cultural, and ethical restrictions. See the Plagiarism and Similarity Screening Policy and Research Data and Reproducibility Policy.

6. Ethical Oversight and Protection of Research Participants

Research involving humans, animals, children or other vulnerable participants, or sensitive information must meet applicable ethical and institutional requirements. Required approvals, permissions, and consent procedures must be obtained before the relevant research activities. Authors must provide an accurate Ethical Approval or Ethical Compliance Statement where applicable. See the Research Ethics and Ethical Approval Policy.

7. Conflicts of Interest and Editorial Independence

Authors, editors, peer reviewers, and editorial personnel must declare and appropriately manage actual, potential, or perceived competing interests. Conflicted editors must recuse themselves from relevant handling and decisions. See the Conflict of Interest and Competing Interests Policy.

8. Allegations of Misconduct and Investigation

Credible allegations of misconduct are assessed fairly and proportionately; an allegation is not itself a finding. The procedure for reporting concerns, obtaining evidence, allowing responses, and considering institutional referrals is established in the Allegations of Research and Publication Misconduct Policy.

9. Post-Publication Integrity and Withdrawal

After publication, the journal considers evidence-based scholarly discussion and applies appropriate correction, Expression of Concern, or retraction procedures where required. See the Post-Publication Discussion Policy and Corrections and Retractions Policy.

Withdrawal of unpublished manuscripts is a separate editorial procedure. Requests require written confirmation from the Editorial Office before submission to another journal, consistent with the journal's ethical and submission policies.

10. Complaints, Appeals, Confidentiality, and Records

Authors and other parties may submit reasoned complaints or appeals through the Editorial Office. Matters will be assessed impartially and, where a conflict arises, by an uninvolved editor or appropriate institutional representative. Confidential information and editorial audit trails are protected and maintained as appropriate. See the Complaints and Appeals Policy.

11. Related Policies

These policies are read together. Where a matter is governed by a specific policy, that policy supplies the detailed procedure while the general ethical principles described here continue to apply.