Conflict of Interest Policy

A conflict of interest exists when a financial, personal, professional, or institutional relationship could reasonably be seen as influencing a piece of research, its review, or its editorial handling. Lingkar: Journal of Environmental Engineering does not reject work because a conflict is declared; it treats an undeclared conflict as a breach of publication ethics.

Authors

The corresponding author declares, on behalf of all authors, any conflict of interest, funding, or competing interest in the signed Author Statement Form and discloses it in the manuscript, whether or not it influenced the work. Sources of funding are stated in the manuscript.

Reviewers

A reviewer who has a conflict of interest, or who cannot review on time, informs the editorial office at once. Close competitors of the authors should decline. Reviewers do not use manuscripts for personal benefit.

Editors and publisher

Editors withdraw from any manuscript in which they have a conflict of interest. Commercial interests, such as advertising or reprints, do not influence editorial decisions, and payment of the publication fee never precedes or influences a decision.

When a conflict was not declared

If an undeclared conflict of interest comes to light, the editors handle it under Allegations of Research Misconduct. For a published article, a correction or retraction notice may be issued under the Correction and Retraction Policy.

Related: Publication Ethics, Authorship Policy, Peer-Review Process.