Sriwijaya Journal of Sport is a national scientific journal that is open to seeking innovation, creativity, and novelty. To that extent, it clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the article publication of Sriwijaya Journal of Sport including the authors, the chief editors, the Editorial Boards, the peer-reviewers­­­­­ and the publishers (Universitas Sriwijaya). This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

The Editorial Board is responsible, among the others, for deciding which of the research papers/articles submitted to the journal should be published and preventing publication malpractice. Unethical behavior is unacceptable and the Sriwijaya Journal of Sport does not tolerate plagiarism in any form.

1. Editors' Responsibilities

Publication Decisions: Editors should be accountable for everything published in their journals and must strive to meet the needs of readers and authors. Editors' decisions to accept or reject a paper for publication should be based on the editorial board’s reviews and the paper’s importance.

Review of Manuscripts: The editor must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated by the editor, who may make use of appropriate means, to examine the originality of the contents of the manuscript and ensure the quality of the material they publish, recognizing that journals and sections within journals will have different aims and standards.

Fair Review: Editors should strive to ensure that peer review of their journal is fair, unbiased, and timely. The editor ensures that each manuscript received is evaluated on its intellectual content without regard to authors’ sex, gender, race, religion, citizenship, etc.

Confidentiality: The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate. The editor must ensure that information regarding manuscripts submitted by the authors is kept confidential.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Editors should require reviewers to disclose any potential competing interests before agreeing to review a submission

Author’s Responsibilities

Reporting Standards: Authors should precisely present their original research, as well as objectively discuss its significance. Manuscripts are to be edited according to the author's guidelines.

Originality: Authors must certify that their work is unique and original.

Redundancy: Authors should not concurrently submit papers describing essentially the same research. Submitting the same paper to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgment of Sources: The author (s) should acknowledge all sources of data used in the research and cite publications that have influenced their research.

Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited only to those who have made a significant contribution to conceiving, designing, executing, and/or interpreting the submitted study. All those who have significantly contributed to the study should be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author should also ensure that all the authors and co-authors have seen and approved the final submitted version of the manuscript and their inclusion as co-authors.

Data Access and Retention: Authors should retain raw data related to their submitted paper, and must provide it for editorial review, upon request of the editor.

Fundamental errors in published works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her submitted manuscript, the author must immediately notify the editor.

3. Reviewers Responsibilities

Confidentiality: Manuscript reviewers, the editor, and the editorial staff must not disclose any information regarding submitted manuscripts. All submitted manuscripts are to be treated as privileged information. Editors should guide reviewers on everything that is expected of them including the need to handle submitted material in confidence.

Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers must ensure that authors have acknowledged all sources of data used in the research. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call 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.

Standards of Objectivity: A review of submitted manuscripts will be conducted objectively. The reviewers shall express their views clearly, with supporting arguments. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate.

Promptness: If a reviewer believes he/she can't review the research reported in a manuscript within the designated guidelines, or within the stipulated time, he/she should notify the editor, so that the accurate and timely review can be ensured.

Conflict of Interest: All reviewers should have no conflict of interest concerning the research, the authors, and/or the funding bodies.

4. Change or Modification of Published Paper

Manuscript withdrawal is strongly discouraged, it is a waste of valuable resources that publishers put. If the author still requests withdrawal of their manuscript, the following guidelines have to be followed

Manuscript withdrawal will be permitted only for the most compelling and unavoidable reasons. It is unacceptable to withdraw a manuscript from a journal because it is being accepted by another journal;
The author should submit a request to the editorial office as a letter signed by all authors stating the full cause that led to the step of manuscript withdrawal;
In a case where a manuscript has taken more than six months for the review process, publishers allow the author to withdraw the manuscript without paying any charges;
If the manuscript is still in peer-reviewed process, the author has to pay 500.000 (IDR) per manuscript as a penalty for withdrawal;
If the manuscript is already accepted for publication, the author has to pay 1.000.000 (IDR) per manuscript as a penalty for withdrawal;
If the author doesn't agree to pay the penalty, the author and his/her affiliation will be blacklisted for publication in this journal;
Authors must not assume that their manuscript has been withdrawn until they have received appropriate notification to this effect from the editorial office.
5. Penalties
Double Submission: If the double submission was found or noticed from other sources, the editorial board should check the status. If the double submission was confirmed as an intentional thing,
• The review process will be terminated.
• The reason should be sent to reviewers, the editorial board, and authors.
• All authors’ names will be marked as a black list, and these authors cannot submit any paper to Sriwijaya Journal of Sport for two years.