ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT

Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Humaniora receives and assesses concerns about research integrity or publication ethics, whether they are raised before or after an article is published. This page explains how a concern is reported, assessed, and resolved.

Submitting a report starts an assessment. It does not by itself establish that misconduct has occurred.

Where Does My Concern Belong?

The table shows the policy that applies to the most common kinds of concern.

Example of a concern	Applicable policy
Plagiarism, text recycling, fabricated or falsified data, manipulated images, fabricated references, or duplicate publication	Plagiarism and Research Integrity Policy
Gift, guest, or ghost authorship, and authorship disputes	Authorship and Contributorship
An undeclared competing interest	Conflicts of Interest
Undisclosed or prohibited use of generative AI	Generative AI Policies
Research without the required permission or consent, or a breach of the privacy of participants, including minors	Publication Ethics
Manipulation of peer review, or a breach of confidentiality by an editor or a reviewer	Publication Ethics and Peer Review Process

How a Report Is Handled

Stage	What happens
1. Submitting a report	The reporter emails the editorial office with a clear description of the concern and supporting evidence.
2. Initial assessment	The office logs the report. An editor without a conflict of interest decides whether it is in scope and detailed enough.
3. Fairness and preliminary checks	The people concerned can normally respond. Evidence may be preserved first, and the matter may be referred elsewhere.
4. Investigation and outcomes	An editor without a conflict of interest leads the examination, and the decision is based on evidence and proportionate.
5. Confidentiality and protection	Reports are kept confidential, and good faith reporters are protected throughout.

1. Submitting a Report

Please email the report to jurnal.sosmaniora@gmail.com. Use the subject line Integrity Concern: [Article or Submission Identifier].

The report should include the following:

No.	Information to include
1	The title or identifier of the manuscript or article.
2	A clear and specific description of the concern.
3	Supporting evidence, such as documents, data, or links to sources.
4	Any conflict of interest of the reporter, and any considerations about confidentiality.

A report may concern authors, reviewers, editors, or journal staff and managers.

Please do not send sensitive personal data through unsecured channels.

2. Initial Assessment

Topic	What happens
Logging	The editorial office logs every report and, where contact details are available, confirms that it has been received.
First decision	An editor who has no conflict of interest decides whether the concern falls within the remit of the journal, whether it has enough detail, and whether the reporter should be asked for clarification.
Basis of assessment	A report is judged on its substance, not on the status of the reporter.
Anonymous reports	An anonymous report can be assessed if it is specific and supported by information that can be verified.
Unsupported reports	A report that is not supported may be closed. It can be reopened if new evidence becomes available.

3. Fairness, Preliminary Checks, and Referral

Topic	What happens
Right to respond	The people who are the subject of a specific concern can normally respond to it. Safeguards protect the process and the people involved.
Preliminary checks	Limited checks may be made before the parties are contacted, for example to preserve evidence or to protect research participants.
Pausing editorial processing	The journal may pause the editorial processing of the manuscript or article concerned while the matter is assessed. This is a precaution and not a finding.
Referral	A matter that is beyond the authority of the journal may be referred to the institution of the authors, to the funder, or to another competent body.

4. Investigation and Outcomes

A closer examination is led by an editor who has no conflict of interest. That editor may consult members of the Editorial Board or independent experts. Authors and other people concerned are asked to explain their actions and, where relevant, to provide data, documents, or permissions. Decisions are based on evidence and are proportionate to the concern. The journal keeps a confidential record of the report and of the steps taken.

Stage	Possible outcomes
Before publication	A request for clarification A request for corrected citations or attribution A request to revise or rewrite the manuscript A request for data, permissions, or documents A pause in the evaluation of the manuscript Rejection, if serious misconduct is established
After publication	A correction or corrigendum An expression of concern while the matter is unresolved A retraction, when the record is substantially unreliable or serious misconduct is proven Notification of the relevant institutions or authorities Other proportionate steps to protect the scholarly record

Action on a published article follows the Correction and Retraction policy. Scholarly comments on a published article may be sent through the Post Publication Discussion page.

5. Confidentiality and Protection of People Who Raise Concerns

Commitment	Meaning
Confidential handling	Reports are handled confidentially. Information is shared only with the people who need it to assess the concern.
Protection of the reporter	When a concern is raised in good faith, the identity of the reporter is protected as far as possible.
No retaliation	The journal does not accept retaliation against a person who raises a concern in good faith.
False reports	A report that is knowingly false or malicious is itself a breach of publication ethics.

Related Policies and Enquiries

This policy should be read together with the Publication Ethics policy, the Plagiarism and Research Integrity Policy, and the Correction and Retraction policy. Questions about the procedure may be sent to the editorial office at jurnal.sosmaniora@gmail.com.

Topic	Page
Ethical duties of authors, editors, and reviewers	Publication Ethics
Similarity, plagiarism, and fabrication	Plagiarism and Research Integrity Policy
Authorship and its disputes	Authorship and Contributorship
Declaring competing interests	Conflicts of Interest
Use of AI tools	Generative AI Policies
Correcting or retracting articles	Correction and Retraction
Comments on published articles	Post Publication Discussion
How manuscripts are reviewed	Peer Review Process