Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

InPrime: Indonesian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics is committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and ethical conduct in scholarly publishing. The journal follows internationally recognized principles of publication ethics and good editorial practice, including the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing, as promoted by COPE and DOAJ. The journal expects authors, editors, and reviewers to uphold these standards throughout the submission, peer review, publication, and post-publication processes.

If the editorial team becomes aware of possible misconduct, ethical breaches, or concerns regarding the integrity of a submission or a published article, the case will be handled carefully, fairly, and in accordance with relevant editorial ethics guidance and established journal procedures.

  • Authorship and Contributorship

1. Authorship

Authorship must be limited to individuals who have made a substantial intellectual contribution to the work. In general, authorship should reflect meaningful participation in one or more of the following: the conception of the study, the development of mathematical arguments or models, data acquisition, formal analysis, computational implementation, interpretation of results, drafting of the manuscript, or critical revision of its academic content.

All listed authors must approve the final version of the manuscript and agree to be accountable for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the work. All persons who meet the criteria for authorship should be listed as authors, and no person who does not meet such criteria should be listed as an author.

2. Contributorship

Individuals who contributed to the work but do not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged appropriately. This may include assistance with language editing, technical support, programming support, data preparation, administrative assistance, or funding acquisition.

3. Corresponding Author

The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all listed authors have approved the manuscript, agreed to its submission, and are aware of all communications with the journal. The corresponding author is also responsible for ensuring the integrity of authorship information and for communicating with the editorial office during the review and publication process.

4. Changes in Authorship

Any request to add, remove, or rearrange authors after submission must be supported by a clear explanation and written approval from all listed authors, including any author being added or removed. The editorial office may request additional documentation before considering such changes. Authorship changes after publication will only be made in exceptional cases and, if approved, will be accompanied by a formal correction notice.

5. Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Assisted Technology

Authors must disclose the use of any AI-assisted technology, including large language models, chatbots, image generators, code assistants, or automated writing tools, if such tools were used in preparing the manuscript, improving language, generating figures, summarizing literature, or assisting with code.

Any AI-related disclosure should state:

  1. the name of the tool used,
  2. the purpose of its use, and
  3. the extent of its use in the manuscript preparation process.

If AI was used for language refinement or editorial assistance, the disclosure may be placed in the Acknowledgments section. If AI was used in data analysis, code generation, visualization, or figure production, the use should be described in the Method section or another relevant section of the manuscript.

AI tools must not be listed as authors because they cannot take responsibility for the submitted work, approve the final manuscript, or be accountable for its content. Full responsibility for the accuracy, validity, originality, and integrity of the manuscript remains entirely with the human authors.

  • Originality, Plagiarism, Duplicate Submission, and Preprints

1. Originality Requirement

Submitted manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere. Submission to InPrime implies that the manuscript has not been published previously in any journal, book, or other formal scholarly outlet, and is not simultaneously being reviewed by another publication.

2. Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism

Plagiarism in any form is unacceptable. This includes unattributed copying of text, figures, tables, formulas, data, code, ideas, or results from other works. Self-plagiarism or excessive text recycling from the authors’ own prior publications without proper citation or disclosure is also not acceptable.

All submissions may be screened for similarity before or during review. Manuscripts with substantial overlap, improper citation, or evidence of plagiarism may be rejected, returned for revision, or subjected to further editorial investigation.

3. Duplicate and Redundant Publication

Authors must not submit substantially similar manuscripts to more than one journal at the same time. Redundant publication, including the reuse of the same results, datasets, computational output, or core argument without adequate disclosure and citation, is considered unethical.

4. Preprint Policy

InPrime allows the submission of manuscripts that have previously appeared as non-peer-reviewed preprints on recognized non-commercial or scholarly preprint servers, provided that:

  • the preprint version is clearly disclosed at submission,
  • the manuscript is not under formal publication elsewhere, and
  • the preprint does not conflict with the journal’s copyright and licensing policy.

Authors are encouraged to update the preprint record with a link to the final published version once the article is published.

  • Peer Review Process

All manuscripts submitted to InPrime are subject to editorial assessment and peer review by qualified experts in the relevant field of pure or applied mathematics. Reviewers are selected based on academic expertise, relevance to the manuscript topic, and independence from the authors’ work.

The editorial office first evaluates whether the manuscript fits the journal’s scope, satisfies basic academic and technical standards, and meets the minimum requirements for review. Manuscripts that do not meet these standards may be rejected without external review.

Reviewers are expected to evaluate the originality, mathematical soundness, rigor of proofs or methods, clarity of exposition, adequacy of references, and significance of the contribution. Reviewer reports should be objective, constructive, scholarly, and respectful.

Reviewers must maintain confidentiality and must not share, use, or disclose manuscript content for personal or professional advantage. Reviewers must also declare any conflict of interest that may affect their impartiality. If such a conflict exists, the reviewer must decline the review invitation.

The final decision regarding acceptance, revision, or rejection rests with the Editor-in-Chief or the designated handling editor.

  • Complaints and Appeals

Authors may submit a formal appeal if they believe that a rejection or editorial decision was based on a substantial misunderstanding, a serious factual error, or an unfair review process. Appeals must be submitted in writing to the editorial office and should explain clearly the basis of the appeal.

The journal will review complaints and appeals carefully and may consult additional editorial board members or independent experts when necessary. The final decision of the editorial team on appeals is binding.

  • Conflict of Interest and Competing Interests

To preserve fairness, transparency, and trust in the publication process, InPrime requires all authors, reviewers, and editors to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest that may influence the preparation, review, editorial handling, or interpretation of a manuscript.

Conflicts of interest may include financial relationships, institutional affiliations, collaborative ties, academic competition, personal relationships, ideological commitments, or any circumstance that could reasonably be perceived as affecting objectivity.

  • Authors must disclose any relevant conflict of interest in the manuscript or during submission.
  • Reviewers must decline review if they cannot provide an independent and unbiased assessment.
  • Editors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where a conflict of interest exists.

If an undisclosed conflict of interest is identified after submission or publication, the journal may investigate the matter and take corrective action where necessary.

  • Data Sharing, Code Availability, and Reproducibility

InPrime encourages authors to support research transparency and reproducibility by making relevant data, code, algorithms, computational scripts, numerical procedures, or supplementary mathematical material available wherever appropriate and feasible.

This policy is especially relevant for manuscripts involving numerical analysis, simulation, optimization, statistics, machine learning, actuarial science, mathematical modeling, or computational experimentation.

  • Authors are encouraged to provide datasets, source code, pseudo-code, supplementary derivations, or implementation details that allow other researchers to verify or reproduce the results.
  • If data or code are deposited in a repository, authors should provide citation details and persistent links where possible.
  • Authors are encouraged to include a Data Availability Statement or Code Availability Statement describing whether the supporting materials are openly available, restricted, or available upon reasonable request.
  • Where restrictions apply due to legal, contractual, privacy, or security considerations, authors should explain the limitations clearly.
  • Ethical Oversight

Most articles in InPrime concern theoretical, formal, or computational mathematics and therefore may not involve human participants or animals. However, where a submission includes empirical, educational, behavioral, survey-based, or experimental data involving human participants or animals, authors must ensure that the study complies with applicable institutional and national ethical standards.

If ethical approval or participant consent is relevant to the study, the manuscript must include an appropriate ethics statement. Personal or identifying information must not be disclosed unless necessary and supported by explicit consent.

  • Intellectual Property, Copyright, and Licensing Policy

1. Copyright

Authors retain copyright in their work. By submitting to InPrime, authors confirm that the manuscript is their original work and that they have obtained permission to use any copyrighted material included in the submission, such as figures, tables, data, software output, or substantial quoted text.

2. License

All published articles in InPrime are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. This permits use, distribution, adaptation, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited and that derivative works are distributed under the same license.

3. Responsibilities During Review

All manuscript files, reviewer reports, editorial communications, and draft versions must be treated as confidential during the editorial and peer review process.

  • Post-Publication Discussion and Corrections

InPrime supports the integrity of the scholarly record by providing mechanisms for post-publication correction when necessary.

1. Corrections

If a published article contains an error that affects interpretation, clarity, attribution, or scholarly accuracy, the journal may publish a correction notice.

2. Retractions

If a published article is found to involve serious error, fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, unethical research conduct, or other major integrity concerns, the journal may retract the article following a transparent editorial process.

3. Expressions of Concern

If substantial concerns arise regarding a published article but the available evidence is not yet conclusive, the journal may issue an expression of concern while further assessment is ongoing.

4. Scholarly Discussion

The journal welcomes responsible scholarly discussion regarding published work. Where appropriate, the editorial team may facilitate post-publication clarification, response, or correction in order to preserve the quality and reliability of the academic record.