Plagiarism Policy

Jurnal Pendidikan Sosial Indonesia (JUPSI) is a double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published by CV. Yazri Aksara Nusantara / Yazri Publisher. The journal provides an international platform for publishing high-quality original research articles, review articles, and conceptual papers in Social Studies Educationand related educational disciplines. JUPSI promotes scholarly contributions that advance educational theory, research, policy, and practice through innovative, interdisciplinary, and evidence-based approaches.

The journal welcomes manuscripts covering a broad range of topics, including Social Studies pedagogy, curriculum development, teaching and learning strategies, assessment and evaluation, character and values education, local wisdom-based education, civic and citizenship education, democracy education, digital literacy, educational technology, artificial intelligence in education, multicultural education, education for sustainable development, educational policy, and interdisciplinary studies encompassing History Education, Geography Education, Economics Education, Sociology Education, Anthropology Education, and other contemporary issues in Social Studies Education.

All articles published by JUPSI are freely accessible under the principles of Open Access and are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, and reuse published materials with appropriate attribution to the original authors and source.

JUPSI is committed to maintaining the highest standards of scholarly integrity, editorial independence, and ethical publishing. The journal adopts internationally recognized principles of publication ethics and refers to the guidance published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) when addressing ethical issues related to scholarly publishing. In addition, JUPSI supports the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing to promote fairness, accountability, transparency, and academic responsibility throughout the editorial and publication process.

Fundamental Ethical Principles

The publication process of JUPSI is guided by the following ethical principles:

  • Integrity – Research and publication activities must be conducted honestly, responsibly, and in accordance with accepted scholarly standards.
  • Objectivity – Editorial decisions and peer-review evaluations are based solely on academic merit, originality, methodological quality, and relevance to the journal's scope, free from discrimination or personal bias.
  • Transparency – Editorial procedures are implemented consistently, fairly, and transparently to ensure accountability throughout the publication process.
  • Fairness – Authorship must accurately reflect substantial scholarly contributions, and every eligible contributor should receive appropriate recognition.
  • Academic Honesty – JUPSI strictly prohibits plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, citation manipulation, image manipulation, and all other forms of research or publication misconduct.

Conflicts of Interest

Authors, editors, and reviewers are expected to disclose any financial, institutional, personal, or professional relationships that could influence the objectivity of the editorial or peer-review process. Any actual or potential conflict of interest should be declared before editorial decisions are made.

Editors and reviewers must not use unpublished information obtained through manuscript submissions for personal research, academic advantage, or commercial purposes without the explicit written consent of the authors.

Responsibilities of the Editor-in-Chief

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for:

  • Establishing and implementing editorial policies that uphold scholarly quality and publication ethics.
  • Safeguarding editorial independence, academic integrity, and ethical publishing practices.
  • Making fair, objective, and timely editorial decisions based solely on the scholarly merit of submitted manuscripts.
  • Supervising the editorial workflow and maintaining the quality and consistency of published articles.
  • Protecting the confidentiality of authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial communications.
  • Managing ethical concerns, corrections, and article retractions by referring to internationally recognized publication ethics guidance.
  • Promoting the continuous development, credibility, and international visibility of the journal.

Responsibilities of Editors

Editors are expected to:

  • Evaluate manuscripts objectively, fairly, and without discrimination.
  • Coordinate a confidential, rigorous, and timely double-blind peer-review process.
  • Base editorial decisions exclusively on scientific quality, originality, and relevance to the journal's aims and scope.
  • Assist authors in improving the clarity, organization, language, and scientific quality of accepted manuscripts.
  • Ensure compliance with the journal's editorial policies, ethical standards, and formatting requirements.
  • Recommend corrections, revisions, or retractions whenever necessary to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

Peer reviewers are expected to:

  • Conduct objective, constructive, and evidence-based evaluations.
  • Assess the originality, significance, methodological quality, clarity, and scholarly contribution of submitted manuscripts.
  • Provide professional recommendations that support informed editorial decisions.
  • Maintain the confidentiality of all manuscripts and related review materials.
  • Declare any actual or potential conflicts of interest and decline review assignments whenever impartiality cannot be ensured.
  • Refrain from using unpublished information obtained during the review process for personal, academic, or commercial benefit.

Responsibilities of Authors

Authors submitting manuscripts to JUPSI are expected to:

  • Submit only original manuscripts that have not been previously published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere.
  • Present research findings honestly, accurately, and transparently without fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or inappropriate data manipulation.
  • Properly acknowledge the work of others through accurate citation and referencing.
  • Ensure that all listed authors have made substantial scholarly contributions and approve the final version of the manuscript.
  • Disclose all sources of research funding and any actual or potential conflicts of interest.
  • Cooperate fully throughout the editorial and peer-review process, including manuscript revisions when requested.
  • Promptly notify the Editorial Office if significant errors are identified after publication so that appropriate corrections or retractions may be issued.
  • Comply with all publication ethics, editorial policies, and submission requirements established by the journal.

Following the acceptance of a manuscript, the corresponding author may be requested to complete and sign the journal's Publication Ethics Statement and other publishing documents required before the article proceeds to production and publication.