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Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia

Research Misconduct and Complaints

Research Misconduct

Research misconduct refers to fabrication, falsification, citation manipulation, or plagiarism in producing, performing, or reviewing research and writing an article. Editors must ensure the accuracy and integrity of the scientific record.

In cases of suspected misconduct, the editors and editorial board will use COPE’s best practices to resolve the complaint and fairly address the misconduct. The process includes:

  • Verifying the allegation and assessing whether it is consistent with the research misconduct definition, while checking for conflicts of interest among those alleging misconduct.
  • Sharing the allegations with the corresponding author, who is requested to provide a detailed response on behalf of all co-authors.
  • Involving experts (such as statistical reviewers) for additional evaluations if necessary.

A submitted manuscript containing misconduct will be rejected. If a published paper is found to contain misconduct, a retraction can be published and linked to the original article. Clarifications or minor issues may be addressed via Letters to the Editor and correction notices. Ultimately, authors, journals, and institutions are obliged to ensure the accuracy of the scientific record.

Complaints and Appeals

JKI has a clear procedure for handling complaints against the journal, editorial staff, editorial board, or publisher. The scope of complaints includes anything related to the journal’s business process, such as the editorial process, citation manipulation, unfair editors/reviewers, and peer-review manipulation.

Complaints will be processed according to the COPE guidelines. Complaints should be sent by email to: jurnal.keperawatan@ui.ac.id.

Discussions and Corrections After Publication

JKI accepts reader discussions of, and corrections to, published articles. Readers can contact the Editor-in-Chief by email to discuss and suggest corrections. If accepted, the discussions and corrections will be published in the next issue as Letters to the Editor. The respective authors can respond to these discussions by sending their replies, which may be published as Replies to Letters to the Editor.