Publication Ethics and Misconduct
Journal of Physical Education, Health, and Sport Sciences (JPEHSS) is a peer-reviewed journal. This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing articles in this journal and any allegations of research misconduct, including the authors, the editor-in-chief, the Editorial Board, peer reviewers, and the publisher, Universitas Nusa Cendana. This statement is based on the COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Journal Publication Ethics Guidelines

Articles in the Journal of Physical Education, Health, and Sport Sciences (JPEHSS) are essential building blocks in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. They are a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. Therefore, it is important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing: the authors, the journal editors, the peer reviewers, the publisher, and the public.

Nusa Cendana University, as the publisher of the Journal of Physical Education, Health, and Sport Sciences (JPEHSS), takes its oversight duties at all stages of publication very seriously, and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprints, or other commercial revenues have no impact or influence on editorial decisions.

Alleged Research Misconduct

This misconduct refers to falsification, citation manipulation, or plagiarism in the generation, conduct, or review of research and the writing of articles by authors, or in the reporting of research results. When authors are found to have engaged in research misconduct or other serious misconduct involving articles published in scientific journals, the Editor has a responsibility to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the scientific record.

In cases of suspected misconduct, the Editor and Editorial Board will use COPE best practices to assist them in resolving complaints and addressing the violations fairly. This will include an investigation of the allegations by the Editor. Manuscripts found to contain these misconduct will be rejected. In cases where a published paper is found to contain such misconduct, a retraction may be issued and a link to the original article will be provided.

The first step involves determining the validity of the allegations and assessing whether they meet the definition of research ethics misconduct. This initial step also involves determining whether the individual committing the misconduct has a relevant conflict of interest.

If scientific misconduct or other substantial research irregularities are a possibility, the allegation is shared with the corresponding author, who, on behalf of all co-authors, is asked to provide a detailed response. Once the response is received and evaluated, additional review and involvement of experts (such as statistical reviewers) may be sought. For cases where misconduct is unlikely, clarification, additional analysis, or both, published as a letter to the editor, and often including a notice of correction and improvement in the published article, are sufficient.

Institutions are expected to conduct proper and thorough investigations into alleged violations of scientific ethics. Ultimately, authors, journals, and institutions have an important obligation to ensure the accuracy of the scientific record. By responding appropriately to concerns about scientific misconduct and taking necessary actions based on the evaluation of these issues, such as corrections, retractions with replacement, and retractions, coaching and sports science journals will continue to fulfill their responsibility to ensure the validity and integrity of the scientific record.
Publication Decisions
The editor is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published.
The editor may be guided by the discretion of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may consult with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Complaints and Appeals

Journal of Physical Education, Health, and Sport Sciences (JPEHSS) journal will have a clear procedure for handling complaints against the journal, Editorial Staff, Editorial Board, or Publisher. Complaints will be clarified to a respected person regarding the complaint case. The scope of the complaint includes everything related to the journal's business processes, i.e., editorial processes, manipulation of found citations, unfair editors/reviewers, peer-review manipulation, etc. Complaint cases will be processed according to COPE guidelines.

post-publication

discussion permits the publication of debate posts either on its website, by letter to the editor, or on a moderated external site.

Fair play

An editor evaluates manuscripts at all times for their intellectual content regardless of the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, nationality, or political philosophy of the authors.

 

Confidentiality

Editors and any editorial staff may not disclose any information about submitted manuscripts to anyone other than the respective authors, reviewers, prospective reviewers, other editorial advisors, and publishers, as appropriate.

 

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished material disclosed in submitted manuscripts may not be used in the editor's own research without the written consent of the author.

Data Sharing Policy

Journal of Physical Education, Health, and Sport Sciences (JPEHSS) is committed to a more open research landscape, facilitating faster and more effective research discovery by enabling reproducibility and verification of data, methodologies, and reporting standards. We encourage authors of articles published in our journal to share their research data including, but not limited to: raw data, processed data, software, algorithms, protocols, methods, and materials.

Duties of Reviewers

 

Contribute to Editorial Decisions

Peer reviews assist editors in making editorial decisions and editorial communication with authors can also assist authors in improving papers.

 

Appropriateness

Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that immediate review is not possible, must notify the editor and withdraw from the review process.

 

Confidentiality

Any manuscript received for review must be treated as a confidential document. They may not be shown or discussed with others except as permitted by the editor.

 

Review Standards Objectivity reviews

must be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees must express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

 

Acknowledgment of Sources

Reviewers must identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument has been previously reported must be accompanied by a relevant citation. Reviewers should also call the editor's attention to any substantial similarities or overlaps between the manuscript under consideration and other published papers of which they have personal knowledge.

 

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Information or privileged ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal gain. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest resulting from a competitive, collaborative, or other relationship or connection with the author, company, or any institution with which the paper is related.

 

Author's Duties

 

Reporting Standards

Authors of original research reports must present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. The underlying data must be represented accurately on paper. A paper must contain sufficient detail and references to allow others to replicate the work. Deceptive or intentionally inaccurate statements are unethical and unacceptable behavior.

 

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors must ensure that they have written an entirely original work, and if the author has used the work and/or words of others, then this has been properly cited or cited.

 

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publications

An author may not, in general, publish a manuscript describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or major publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

 

Acknowledgment of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others should always be given. Authors should cite publications that were influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship

should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, conduct, or interpretation of the reported study. All persons who have made significant contributions must be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they must be recognized or listed as contributors.

Correspondence authors must ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have approved its submission for publication.

 

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors must disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that may be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed.

 

Fundamental errors in published work

When an author discovers significant errors or inaccuracies in his published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal or publisher's editor and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Ethical Oversight 

If research work involves chemicals, humans, animals, procedures, or equipment that have unusual hazards inherent in their use, authors must clearly identify these in the manuscript to comply with the ethical conduct of research using both animal and human subjects. If required, Authors must provide legal and ethical permission from legal associations or organizations. 

 

If the research involves confidential data and business/marketing practices, the author must clearly justify whether the data or information will be securely hidden or not.