Publication Ethic

Didaktika Biologi adheres completely to the publication ethics in article publication.

1. Publication and Authorship

• The manuscipt submitted to the editorial will be reviewed by Reviewer Team of Didaktika Biologi in blind peer-review for the feasibility assessment of article publication.
• Authorship credit should be based on 1) contribution to biology education; 2) drafting the article or revising it critically; 3) final approval of the version to be published; and 4) agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. Every author should meet all of these four conditions. After the submission of a manuscript, any changes whatsoever in authorship (adding author(s), deleting author(s), or re-arranging the order of authors) must be explained by a letter to the editor from the authors concerned. This letter must be signed by all authors of the article.
• Correction of authorship after publication: Didaktika Biologi does not correct authorship after publication unless a mistake has been made by the editorial staff. Authorship may be changed before publication but after submission when an authorship correction is requested by all of the authors involved with the manuscript.

2. Originality, Plagiarism, and Duplicate Publication

Submitted manuscript must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Submitted manuscript is screened for possible plagiarism or duplicate publication. If plagiarism or duplicate publication related to the article of this journal is detected, the manuscript may be rejected, the author(s) will be announced in the journal. There will also be penalties for the author(s).

3. Conflict of Interest Statement

Manuscipt submitted to the editorial must have no conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the article or academically related issues. Manuscript with conflicts of interest will not be reviewed. Therefore, the author must inform the editor of any potential conflicts of interest that could influence the authors’ interpretation of the data. In particular, all sources of funding applicable to the research from companies or institutions should be explicitly stated to avoid the conflicts of interest.

4. Reviewer by Partnership

The Reviewer Team of Didaktika Biologi comes from various institutions that have expertise in various fields, namely education, biology education and biology. Reviewers help editor in making decisions on the received manuscript. Reviewers give the recommendation for either acceptance or rejection of a manuscipt after review process. It should be conducted objectively, with no personal criticism of the author. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

5. Editorial Responsibilities

The Editorial Board will continuously work to monitor and safeguard publication ethics: guidelines for retracting articles; maintenance of the integrity of the academic record; preclusion of business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards; publishing corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed; and excluding plagiarism and fraudulent data. The editors maintain the following responsibilities: responsibility and authority to reject and accept manuscripts; avoiding any conflict of interest with respect to manuscripts they reject or accept; promoting publication of corrections or retractions when errors are found; and preservation of the anonymity of reviewers.