Conflict of Interest Policy
Conflict of Interest Policy
Ensuring impartial research reporting, transparent disclosure, and independent editorial decisions.
Jurnal Kimia VALENSI, published by the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, requires authors, reviewers, editors, and Editorial Board members to disclose relationships or interests that may influence, or reasonably appear to influence, scholarly judgment.
The disclosure and management of competing interests are essential to protecting scientific credibility, editorial independence, and public trust in published research.
The existence of a conflict of interest does not automatically constitute misconduct or justify manuscript rejection. Relevant interests must be transparently declared and appropriately managed.
1. Definition and Types of Conflicts of Interest
A conflict of interest may arise when financial, personal, professional, institutional, or academic relationships could compromise, or be perceived as compromising, independent judgment.
- Research grants, sponsorship, and industry funding.
- Employment, consultancy, honoraria, or advisory roles.
- Stock ownership or other relevant financial holdings.
- Patents, licensing, royalties, or commercial interests.
- Financial relationships with pharmaceutical, chemical, food, materials, or instrumentation companies.
- Personal or family relationships.
- Recent research collaboration or supervision.
- Academic competition or professional rivalry.
- Institutional affiliations or organizational roles.
- Professional commitments that may impair objective evaluation.
2. Responsibilities of Authors
All authors must disclose relevant interests during manuscript submission and update their declarations if circumstances change. Authors are expected to:
- Declare relevant financial and non-financial interests.
- Identify all research funding sources and, where relevant, the funders' roles.
- Disclose relevant patents, licensing arrangements, commercial applications, or proprietary interests.
- Confirm that competing-interest statements accurately represent all authors.
- Provide clarification or additional information when requested by the editors.
- Include a Conflict of Interest Statement in the submitted manuscript or accompanying documentation.
"The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest relevant to the publication of this article."
"The authors declare that [author name] has a relevant relationship with [organization], involving [nature of relationship]. The remaining authors declare no relevant conflicts of interest."
3. Responsibilities of Reviewers
- Disclose relevant interests before accepting a review invitation.
- Decline an assignment when relationships or interests could compromise impartiality.
- Inform the editor if a previously unidentified conflict emerges during review.
- Maintain manuscript confidentiality and independent judgment.
- Refrain from exploiting unpublished chemical compounds, experimental results, patentable findings, or other confidential research information.
4. Responsibilities of Editors and Editorial Board Members
Editors and Editorial Board members must disclose interests that could affect their handling of a manuscript. Where impartiality may reasonably be questioned, the affected editor must withdraw from the evaluation and arrange independent editorial handling.
- Editorial decisions must be based on scientific quality, originality, relevance, and ethical compliance.
- Editors must not favor submissions because of personal relationships, institutional positions, or commercial influence.
- Manuscripts submitted by editors, board members, or closely associated researchers require appropriately independent handling.
- Article processing charges, funding relationships, and sponsorship must not determine acceptance or rejection.
- Unpublished manuscript content and confidential reviewer information must be protected.
5. Management of Declared or Undisclosed Conflicts
The Editorial Team evaluates the relevance and potential effects of declared or identified interests. Appropriate measures may include:
- Requesting additional information or clarification.
- Reassigning the handling editor or replacing a reviewer.
- Seeking an independent scientific assessment.
- Requiring the addition or revision of a disclosure statement.
- Examining intentional or significant nondisclosure under the journal's publication-ethics procedures.
- Issuing a correction when a material disclosure omission is identified after publication.
Editorial measures must be proportionate to the nature of the interest and its potential impact on research or publication integrity. Disclosure alone does not constitute grounds for rejection or retraction.
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Jurnal Kimia VALENSI upholds clear disclosure and fair management of competing interests to maintain confidence in its scientific and editorial processes.
