Publication Ethics

SPIN: Journal of Sport Performance Indonesia follows the guidelines based on the Regulation of the Head of LIPI Number 5 of 2014 concerning the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publications, which was adopted from Elsevier and COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) in dealing with all aspects of publication ethics, and in particular how to handle cases of research and publication errors. This statement describes the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the Author, the Editorial Board Team, and Reviewers.

For more details, see the ethics of our journal publication below:

For Editors

  1. Publication Decisions: Based on the review report of the editorial review board, the editor can accept, reject, or request modifications to the manuscript. The validity of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions.

  2. Responsibility: Editors should be responsible for every article published in SPIN: Journal of Sport Performance Indonesia.

  3. Communication: The editors may communicate with other editors or reviewers in making the final decision.

  4. Fair Play: An editor has to evaluate the manuscript objectively for publication, judging each on its quality without looking to nationality, ethnicity, political beliefs, race, religion, gender, seniority, or institutional affiliation of the authors. He/she should decline his/her assignment when there is a potential conflict of interest.

  5. Blind Review: Editors need to ensure the document sent to the reviewer does not contain the information of the author, and vice versa, to ensure a double-blind review process.

  6. Transparency: Editors’ decisions should be informed to authors accompanied by reviewers’ comments unless they contain offensive or libelous remarks.

  7. Reviewer Selection: Editors should respect requests from authors that an individual should not review the submission, if these are well-reasoned and practicable.

  8. Confidentiality: Editors and all staff must guarantee the confidentiality of the submitted manuscript.

  9. Misconduct: Editors will be guided by COPE flowcharts if there is suspected misconduct or disputed authorship.

For Reviewers

  1. Ethical Oversight: Reviewers need to comment on ethical questions and possible research and publication misconduct.

  2. Timeliness: Reviewers will do the work in a timely manner and should notify the editor if they cannot complete the work.

  3. Confidentiality: Reviewers must keep the confidentiality of the manuscript and treat it as a privileged document.

  4. Conflict of Interest: Reviewers should not accept to review manuscripts in which there is a potential conflict of interest between them and any of the authors, competitive interests, or other relationships.

For Authors

  1. Originality and Plagiarism: Author(s) affirm that the material has not been previously published and that they have not transferred elsewhere any rights to the article. Author(s) should ensure the originality of the work and they have properly cited others’ work in accordance with the reference format. Author(s) should not engage in plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

  2. Authorship Criteria: Author(s) should ensure that they follow the authorship criteria taken from SPIN: Journal of Sport Performance Indonesia. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. Others who have made significant contributions must be listed as co-authors.

  3. Approval: Authors must ensure that all the co-authors have seen and agreed to the submitted version of the manuscript and their inclusion of names as co-authors.

  4. Multiple Submissions: Authors should not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently. It is also expected that the author will not publish redundant manuscripts or manuscripts describing the same research in more than one journal.

  5. Human Subjects Protection: Since SPIN covers sport performance which may involve human subjects, the author(s) must ensure no personal information is suggested that may make the identity of the participant/athlete recognizable in any form of description, photograph, or pedigree, unless written consent is obtained.

  6. Data Access: Author(s) should give the editor the data and details of the work if there are suspicions of data falsification or fabrication.

  7. Fundamental Errors: If at any point in time, the author(s) discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in the submitted manuscript, then the error or inaccuracy must be immediately reported to the editor.

  8. Disclosure: Authors of the journal should clarify everything that may cause a conflict of interest such as work, research expenses, consultant expenses, and intellectual property on the SPIN: Journal of Sport Performance Indonesia disclosure form.