Ethical Guidelines
Ethical Guidelines
1. General Provisions
Purpose
The iRecall Ethical Guidelines for Research promote honesty and ethical behavior in research and publication for iRecall Journal: An Indonesian Journal for Language Learning and Teaching. These guidelines are based on the policies of the iRecall Committee on research Ethics for authors, editors, and reviewers with regard to objectivity, efficiency, and honesty in research, manuscript submission, manuscript review, and publication.
Application Scope
All articles submitted to iRecall Journal: An Indonesian Journal for Language Learning and Teaching must adhere to these guidelines.
2. The Author
Acknowledgement of Sources
1) When referencing someone else's work, must be made proper cite.
2) When writing research articles, information obtained privately may only be utilized with the source's permission.
Responsibility
Authors should be held accountable and recognized only for their own work.
Authorship
Authorship shall be limited to individuals who have made a significant scholarly contribution to the research or reported study. Authors are usually listed in order of importance and relative significance of contribution. Ghostwriting or honorary authorship is a breach of publication ethics.
Multiple or Concurrent Publication
The author shall assure that his work is original and should not submit a manuscript that has already been published or submitted elsewhere for publication. However, in special cases, prior publication in another journal of a submitted article may be permitted at the discretion of the Editorial Board.
Article Revision
The Author must strive to revise their manuscript in accordance with the suggestions provided by the reviewers and/or the Editorial Board. In the event that the researcher (author) disagrees with a requested revision, a rationale must be provided in writing by the researcher (author) for not making the requested change.
3. Publications Committee
Editorial Decisions
The Editorial Board makes decisions regarding publication in iRecall Journal: An Indonesian Journal for Language Learning and Teaching. In the decision-making process, the Editorial Board must respect the researcher's (author's) integrity as a scholar.
Fairness
The Editorial Board shall review fairly the quality of the manuscript and whether it complies to the submission guidelines and review standards. Manuscripts shall be evaluated objectively without regard to race, gender, age, institutional affiliation, and/or other personal factors. Decisions to accept or reject a manuscript shall be based on importance, originality, clarity, and relevance of the research in the submission.
Reviewer Choice
The Journal Editor-in-Chief shall select reviewers according to the content and scope of the submitted manuscripts, reviewers' area of expertise, and freedom from conflict of interest.
Confidentiality
The Journal Editor-in-Chief is obliged to preserve confidentiality and shall not disclose the contents of the manuscript nor the identity of the author until the final decision to publish a author's submission has been made.
4. Reviewers
Duties
Reviewers shall follow the review guidelines, complete the review within the designated time frame, and submit the review to the Journal Editor-in-Chief. In the case that the reviewer feels that they are inadequately qualified to review the assigned manuscript, the reviewer shall notify the editor to excuse themselves from the review process for the manuscript in question.
Fairness
Reviews shall be fair, objective, constructive, timely, and confidential. In the manuscript review process, reviewers shall explain and support their views adequately.
Professional Respect and Integrity
When reviewing manuscripts, reviewers should respect the researcher (author)'s intessgrity as a scholar.
Confidentiality
Manuscripts for review must be treated as confidential documents. Reviewers must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript. The manuscript may not be shown to or discussed with others.
5. The Research Ethics Committee
Organization
1) The Research Ethics Committee under the auspices of iRecall (The Indonesian Researchers for Language Learning and Teaching) is convened to oversee matters related to ethical standards.
2) The Research Ethics Committee is comprised of approximately 10 members and will be governed by a Chair and Secretary.
3) The President of of iRecall (The Indonesian Researchers for Language Learning and Teaching) serve as The Research Ethics Committee Chair. The term for Chair will correspond with the term for President.
4) The Secretary will be nominated by the President from the iRecall (The Indonesian Researchers for Language Learning and Teaching).
Duties
The Research Ethics Committee will deliberate matters related to misconduct and will investigate violations of research ethics such as fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism and other deviant practices. In the case of a violation, The Research Ethics Committee will suggest appropriate punishment or sanctions.
Committee Work
1) Meetings will be convened when deemed necessary by the Chair.
2) A quorum must be present for the meeting to be convened. A decision is not valid unless more than half of the members present concur.
Cooperation in Investigations
The author should fully cooperate in investigations into ethical breaches of research.
Investigation of Misconduct Allegations
When investigating misconduct and violations of research ethics set forth herein, The Research Ethics Committee should give ample opportunity to the researcher (author) to respond to allegations.
Retribution and Notification
1) The President of iRecall shall convene a meeting of the Executive Council to decide on the appropriate severity of punishment for a author not in compliance with the guidelines set forth herein. Such punishment included but is not limited to withdrawal of the submitted manuscript, publication of a correction, refusal to consider an author's future work, and retraction of a published article.
2) The President shall notify the offender of the punishment, may suspend or strip the offender of membership in iRecall, and may also notify other organizations or individuals of the misconduct.
