Research Ethics Policy

Didaktika Biologi: Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Biologi is committed to upholding ethical standards in research and scholarly publication. Authors are responsible for ensuring that their research is conducted in accordance with applicable ethical principles, institutional regulations, and relevant national and international guidelines.

01. Research Involving Human Participants

Research involving human participants, including students, teachers, and educational communities, must respect participants' rights, dignity, privacy, and well-being. Authors must ensure that participation is voluntary and that informed consent is obtained when required.

Research involving children or participants under the age of 18 must obtain consent from parents or legal guardians and assent from the children, where appropriate, in accordance with applicable ethical requirements.

02. Ethical Approval and Informed Consent

Authors must obtain approval from an appropriate research ethics committee or institutional review board when required by the nature of the research and applicable regulations. Information regarding ethical approval, including the name of the approving institution and approval number, should be reported in the manuscript when applicable.

Authors must ensure that participants understand the purpose of the research, their involvement, potential risks, and their right to withdraw from participation without penalty.

03. Research Involving Animals

Research involving animals must comply with applicable animal welfare regulations and institutional ethical standards. Authors must ensure appropriate animal care, minimize pain and distress, and obtain ethical approval when required. Relevant ethical approval information should be included in the manuscript.

04. Data Privacy and Confidentiality

Authors must protect the privacy and confidentiality of research participants. Personal information, photographs, recordings, and identifiable data must not be disclosed without appropriate consent or other valid legal and ethical grounds. Research data must be collected, stored, and reported responsibly.

05. Research Integrity

Authors must ensure that research is conducted and reported honestly and accurately. Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, data manipulation, and other forms of research misconduct are strictly unacceptable. Research methods, data, findings, and conclusions must be presented transparently and must not be misleading.

06. Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

By submitting a manuscript, authors confirm that their research complies with relevant ethical standards and that all necessary permissions and approvals have been obtained. Authors must disclose any ethical issues relevant to their research and provide supporting documentation when requested by the editorial team.

The editorial team may request additional information or documentation and may reject a manuscript if serious ethical concerns are identified. Suspected violations will be handled in accordance with the journal's Publication Ethics and Research Misconduct Policies.