Publication Ethics

Lingkar’s dedication to publication ethics ensures the journal's contribution to developing a trusted and respected knowledge network. This encompasses the integrity of our authors, their institutions, and the scientific method. All participants in the publishing process – authors, editors, peer reviewers, publishers, and society – are expected to follow these ethical standards, aligned with the principles of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics).

Editorial Board Commitment

Lingkar's editorial board robustly oversees all publishing phases. Commercial interests, such as advertisements or reprints, will not influence our editorial decisions.

Publication and Authorship:

Submissions undergo a rigorous blind peer review by at least two reviewers specialized in the field.
Review criteria include relevance, soundness, originality, readability, significance, and language.
Possible outcomes are acceptance, revision requests, or rejection.
Revision requests don’t guarantee acceptance.
Rejected articles won't be reconsidered.
Acceptance adheres to legal provisions related to libel, copyright, and plagiarism.
Research duplication across multiple publications is prohibited.
Publication Decision: Lingkar's editor holds the decision to publish, guided by the work's authenticity and importance, the journal’s policies, legal requirements, and feedback from editors and reviewers. All papers undergo a Turnitin check by the designated journal editor to ensure originality.
Fair Play: Manuscripts are judged solely based on their content, without considering authors' race, gender, beliefs, or affiliations.
Confidentiality: All manuscript details are confidential and accessible only to the editorial team, reviewers, and the publisher.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Editors must avoid using unpublished materials for their research unless given explicit author consent.

Plagiarism

Manuscripts found to have been plagiarized from a manuscript by other authors will be considered plagiarism. The plagiarism screening process will take place in the beginning of the review process before being handed to the reviewer(s) and in the editing process. In case of plagiarism is detected after the manuscript is published, the editor will immediately remove the article from the issue list with a notification of publication ethics infringement.

Duplicate Submission

Manuscripts found to have been published elsewhere or under review elsewhere will be considered a violation of duplicate submission. Suppose authors have used their own previously published work, or work that is currently being reviewed, as the basis for a submitted manuscript. In that case, they must properly cite the previous work to avoid self-plagiarism (auto-plagiarism) once both manuscripts are published.

Citation Manipulation

Submitted manuscripts that are found to include false citations whose primary purpose is to increase the number of citations to a particular author's work or articles published in any particular journal is considered a violation of citation manipulation.

Data Falsification

Submitted manuscripts that have falsified research results and findings (including manipulating graphs, images, or charts) will violate data falsification.

Improper Author Attribution

All sources reiterated in the submitted manuscript must be given proper attribution as required by the license derived from the original source.

Conflicts of Interest

Lingkar: Journal of Environmental Engineering encourages authors to avoid any Conflicts of interests (COIs, also known as ‘competing interests’) that occur when issues outside research could be reasonably perceived to affect the neutrality or objectivity of the work or its assessment. However, any occurring potential conflicts of interest must be declared – whether or not they actually had an influence – to allow informed decisions. In most cases, this declaration will not stop work from being published, nor will it always prevent someone from being involved in a review process.
Upon cases of uncertainty, declaration of potential interest or discussion with the editors is highly encouraged. Undeclared interests may lead to consequences of rejection or being re-assessed, which might cause it to be retracted from being published.
Conflicts of interest include:

Financial – funding and other payments, goods, and services received or expected by the authors relating to the subject of the work or from an organization with an interest in the outcome of the work.
Affiliations – being employed by, on the advisory board for, or a member of an organization with an interest in the outcome of the work.
Intellectual property – patents or trademarks owned by someone or their organization.
Personal – friends, family, relationships, and other close personal connections.
Ideology – beliefs or activism, e.g., political or religious, relevant to the work.
Academic – competitors or someone whose work is critiqued.

Authors must declare current or recent funding and other payments, goods or services that might influence the work. All funding, whether a conflict or not, must be declared in the ‘Acknowledgments’. Declared conflicts of interest (if any) will be considered by the editor and reviewers and included in the published article.
Editors and reviewers should not be involved with a submission when they:

Have a recent publication or current submission with any author.
Collaborate or recently collaborate with any author.
Have a financial interest in the subject of the work.
Experience the inability to be objective.

In any way possible, Lingkar: Journal of Environmental Engineering aims to avoid assigning submissions to editors and inviting reviewers, should there is a conflict of interest; in which they should decline in any of the above situations and declare any conflicts to the journal. Reviewers must declare their interests in the ‘Confidential’ section of the review form, which the editor will consider. Close competitors should consider declining. Editors and reviewers must declare if they have previously discussed the manuscript with the authors during the initial editorial meeting.

Sanctions of mentioned violations

In the event that there is evidence of violations of any of the above-mentioned policies in any journal, regardless of whether or not the violations occurred in a journal published by Lingkar: Journal of Environmental Engineering, the following sanctions will be considered:
a. Immediate rejection of the infringing manuscript.
b. Immediate rejection of every other manuscript submitted to Lingkar: Journal of Environmental Engineering by the author(s) of the infringing manuscript for 2 subsequent issues (12 months).
c. Blacklisted as an author or demoted user access from author to reader
d. Prohibition against all of the authors from serving on the Editorial Board of Lingkar: Journal of Environmental Engineering.
In cases where the violations of the above policies are found to be particularly severe, the publisher reserves the right to impose additional sanctions beyond those described above.

Authors’ Responsibilities:

Ensure that the manuscript or research results are presented clearly, honestly, and without plagiarism, guaranteeing no data manipulation.
Confirm the accuracy of submission statements of the manuscripts proposed during submission.
Adhere strictly to the publication requirements, ensuring that the paper is original, free from plagiarism, and hasn’t been previously published in any other journal or platform.
Actively engage in the peer-review process and uphold reporting standards by presenting accurate and honest accounts of their research.
Authenticate all data, and ensure that opinions and literature cited are properly referenced.
All authors listed on the manuscript must have contributed substantially to the research.
Promptly address, correct, or retract any errors in the published work, ensuring that corrections do not alter the manuscript's basic idea or substance.
Declare any conflicts of interest, acknowledge significant contributors, and disclose the origins of any funding received.
Refrain from sending similar manuscripts or engaging in concurrent submissions of identical research to other journals or publications.
Report any errors discovered in published works to the editors immediately and promptly address significant errors.

Editors’ Responsibilities:

The editors of Lingkar: Journal of Environmental Engineering are responsible for deciding which articles to publish through editorial meetings. This decision-making process is guided by the journal's policies, adhering strictly to defamation, copyright violation, and plagiarism laws
Ensure that the acceptance of articles is grounded on editorial procedures and requirements as stipulated in the journal policies and guidelines.
Prioritize the needs of authors and readers while ensuring the quality and integrity of the content.
Maintain impartiality in the review and publication decision process, avoiding any discrimination based on race, sex, religion, ethnicity, nationality, or political ideology of the authors.
Safeguard the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts. No information about the manuscript will be disclosed unless there's permission from the author(s). Any manuscript not accepted for publication will be returned to the author and archived.
Exercise autonomy in accepting or rejecting articles while ensuring transparency about research funding sources and making decisions based solely on the manuscript's merit without external pressures or influences.
Publish corrections when deemed necessary and act diligently upon suspicions of misconduct, ensuring that decisions are evidence-based and not based on suspicion alone.
Preserve the anonymity of reviewers in line with international ethical standards while safeguarding confidentiality and diligently avoiding any potential conflicts of interest.

Reviewers’ Responsibilities:

Assist the editor in making editorial decisions on the submitted manuscript and provide recommendations.
Safeguard the confidentiality of manuscript details, ensuring that information remains undisclosed and aligning with the principles of a double-blind review process.
Commit to providing unbiased, objective reviews, devoid of personal prejudices. Feedback should be clear, supported by compelling reasons, and evidence-backed insights.
Highlight any relevant citations overlooked by the authors and identify additional influential publications pertinent to the manuscript.
Notify editors of any notable similarities or overlaps between the reviewed manuscript and other published works.
Ensure timely and efficient reviews.
Decline invitations to review manuscripts that pose potential conflicts of interest and consistently uphold a stance of impartiality and confidentiality throughout the review process.

Publisher responsibilities:

Lingkar: Journal of Environmental Engineering as a scientific journal publisher, is responsible for publishing articles after the process of screening, review, editing, and layouts in accordance with the rules of standard scientific journal publishing.
Lingkar: Journal of Environmental Engineering is responsible for guaranteeing the academic freedom of editors and reviewers in running their job.
Lingkar: Journal of Environmental Engineering is responsible for keeping privacy and protecting intellectual property and copyright as well as editorial freedom.