Ethics & Malpractice Statement

Geospasial: Jurnal Geografi is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and academic integrity, adhering to the core principles established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Duties of Authors

• Reporting Standards & Data Integrity: Authors must present accurate, truthful accounts of original research and an objective discussion of its geographical significance. Raw data must be retained and made available upon request for editorial review. Data fabrication, falsification, or intentional misrepresentation constitutes unethical conduct and is unacceptable.
• Originality & Plagiarism: Manuscripts must be entirely original. Authors must properly cite, quote, and reference all external sources, cartographic data, spatial models, and literature.
• Concurrent & Redundant Publication: Manuscripts describing essentially the same research must not be submitted simultaneously to multiple journals or previously published elsewhere.
• Authorship Criteria: Authorship is strictly limited to individuals who made substantial contributions to the study's conception, spatial analysis, field execution, or data interpretation. All eligible co-authors must approve the final version and consent to submission. Non-author contributors should be acknowledged separately.
• Conflicts of Interest & Funding: Authors must explicitly disclose any financial, personal, or institutional conflicts of interest that could influence the study, alongside all sources of research funding.
• Correction of Errors: If an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their submitted or published work, they must immediately notify the Editor-in-Chief to cooperate in correcting or retracting the manuscript.

Duties of Editors

• Fair Play & Objectivity: Editors evaluate submitted manuscripts solely on their academic merit, scientific validity, methodological soundness, and alignment with the journal's scope, without regard to the author's race, gender, citizenship, institutional affiliation, or political philosophy.
• Confidentiality: Editors and editorial staff must maintain strict confidentiality regarding submitted manuscripts, sharing details only with the corresponding author, assigned reviewers, and editorial board members.
• Publication Decisions: The Editorial Board holds the final authority for deciding which manuscripts to publish, guided by peer review reports and legal safeguards against libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
• Ethical Standards & Conflicts: Editors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where conflicts of interest exist. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without explicit written consent.

Duties of Reviewers

• Contribution to Decisions: Peer review assists the Editorial Board in making editorial decisions and provides constructive feedback to help authors improve their scientific writing.
• Promptness & Competence: Assigned reviewers who feel unqualified to evaluate the manuscript or cannot complete the review within the designated timeframe must promptly notify the Editorial Secretary and decline the invitation.
• Confidentiality & Objectivity: Manuscripts under review must be treated as privileged and confidential documents. Evaluations must be conducted objectively without personal criticism, backed by clear scientific arguments.
• Detection of Ethical Issues: Reviewers must identify relevant uncited published work and immediately alert the editor to any substantial overlaps, spatial data duplication, or potential plagiarism between the manuscript and other published sources.
• Conflicts of Interest: Reviewers must decline evaluations in which they have competitive, collaborative, or financial conflicts of interest with any of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with the manuscript.