Publication Ethics
SCALE is committed to the highest standards of publication ethics and follows the Core Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All parties involved in publishing (authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher) are expected to meet the following standards.
Duties of Authors
- Submit original work that has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and cite all sources appropriately.
- Report data accurately and keep raw data available for editorial review if requested.
- Obtain ethical approval or informed consent for research involving human participants, including students and teachers, and report the ethical clearance number and date, or an ethics compliance statement, in the article (see Research Ethics).
- Disclose funding sources, conflicts of interest, and any use of generative AI tools.
- Notify the editor promptly of any significant error found in their published work.
Duties of Editors
- Evaluate manuscripts solely on their scholarly merit, without regard to the authors' race, gender, religion, nationality, institution, or political views.
- Keep all information about submitted manuscripts confidential.
- Ensure a fair, timely, and double-blind peer review process.
- Refrain from handling manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest.
Duties of Reviewers
- Provide objective, constructive, and timely evaluations.
- Treat manuscripts as confidential documents and not use unpublished material for their own research.
- Declare any conflict of interest and decline the review if one exists.
- Alert the editor to any suspected plagiarism, data fabrication, or duplicate publication.
Duties of the Publisher
Universitas PGRI Semarang supports the editorial independence of SCALE, ensures the long-term preservation of published content, and works with the editors to handle any case of misconduct.
