JPPMI | PUBLICATION INTEGRITY
Transparent recognition of scholarly contributions, author responsibilities, and accountability.
Jurnal Pengabdian dan Pengembangan Masyarakat Indonesia (JPPMI) requires authorship to accurately reflect substantive intellectual and practical contributions to scholarly community engagement manuscripts.
Authorship provides academic recognition and carries responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, and accountability of the published work.
All listed authors must approve the submitted manuscript and author order, agree to the final version for publication, accept responsibility for their contributions, and cooperate with reasonable editorial inquiries before and after publication.
Authorship must be based on qualifying contributions and accountability, not solely on academic position, institutional authority, funding, attendance at community activities, or administrative involvement.
An individual should satisfy all four of the following criteria to qualify as an author:
The following contributions alone are insufficient to establish authorship:
Every manuscript must include an Author Contributions statement identifying the contributions of individual authors.
Authors are encouraged to use relevant Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) categories, together with a clear description of community engagement responsibilities when appropriate.
Conceptualization: A.B. and C.D.; Methodology: A.B., C.D., and E.F.; Program implementation: A.B. and E.F.; Formal analysis: C.D.; Writing — original draft: A.B.; Writing — review and editing: C.D. and E.F. All authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript.
The example is illustrative. Authors must report actual contributions rather than automatically assigning the same roles to all authors.
The corresponding author serves as the primary contact between the author group and the journal throughout submission, peer review, production, and post-publication communication.
The corresponding author is responsible for:
Author Accountability: The corresponding author coordinates the submission process, but this responsibility does not replace the individual accountability of each coauthor.
Author order should be discussed and agreed upon by all authors before manuscript submission. The order should reasonably reflect actual contributions and applicable disciplinary conventions.
The journal does not determine author order on behalf of the authors. Any disagreement should be resolved by the authors and, where necessary, their responsible institutions.
Requests to add, remove, replace, or reorder authors must be communicated formally to the editorial office.
Each request must include:
Changes after formal acceptance are considered only in exceptional circumstances and must be supported by adequate documentation and editorial approval.
Authorship changes after publication require appropriate review and, where justified, a formal correction notice linked to the published article.
JPPMI does not permit inappropriate or misleading authorship arrangements, including:
Listing an individual who does not meet the journal's authorship criteria, including solely because of status, seniority, or institutional affiliation.
Offering authorship as a favor, reward, or reciprocal benefit without qualifying contributions.
Omitting a person who made qualifying contributions or concealing substantial involvement in manuscript preparation.
Buying, selling, or otherwise exchanging positions in an author list for payment or other improper benefits.
Requiring authorship inclusion through academic, institutional, supervisory, or organizational authority without qualifying contributions.
Providing false names, affiliations, email addresses, author approvals, or contribution declarations.
Individuals and organizations that support a community engagement program without satisfying authorship criteria should be acknowledged appropriately.
Acknowledgments may recognize community partners, technical personnel, administrative staff, facilitators, language editors, participating institutions, and other relevant contributors.
Authors should obtain permission before naming individuals in the Acknowledgments section. Financial and material support should be identified separately in the Funding Statement.
Community participation, institutional collaboration, and provision of facilities should be documented accurately without implying that every participating individual qualifies for manuscript authorship.
Authors should resolve disagreements concerning authorship eligibility, contribution, or author order before submitting a manuscript.
If a dispute arises during editorial processing, JPPMI may request relevant documentation, written explanations, and confirmation from the individuals involved.
The journal may assist in clarifying the issue but does not act as an institutional investigative body or independently determine the relative contributions of disputing individuals.
Unresolved disputes may be referred to the responsible institution. Editorial processing may be suspended until the authors provide an agreed resolution or an authorized institutional determination.
Generative artificial intelligence systems and other AI tools cannot be listed as authors because they cannot independently approve a manuscript, accept responsibility for its content, or be held accountable for publication integrity.
Permitted AI assistance must be disclosed separately in accordance with JPPMI's Generative AI Policy.
Human authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, references, analysis, ethical compliance, and integrity of all AI-assisted manuscript content.
