Publication Ethics

Tamumatra: Jurnal Seni Pertunjukan applies the following responsibilities to research and analytical studies in arts education and the performing arts of drama, dance, and music.

Publication and Authorship

  1. Editors screen submissions for the journal's scope and author requirements. Manuscripts that pass this screening undergo double-anonymous peer review by specialists, as described in the Peer Review Process. Submissions rejected at screening do not proceed to peer review.
  2. Review considers relevance, novelty, significance, originality, readability, and language. Decisions are acceptance, acceptance subject to revision, or rejection. An invitation to revise and resubmit does not guarantee acceptance.
  3. Manuscripts must be original and must not be under consideration by another journal. Prior publication is assessed under the exceptions stated in the Copyright policy, which identifies abstracts and work forming part of a published lecture, review, thesis, or overlay journal. Permitted preprints and self-archiving are not treated as duplicate journal publication. Authors should explain prior dissemination and overlapping material to the editor.
  4. Publication decisions must respect applicable requirements concerning defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.

Authors' Responsibilities

  • Ensure that every listed author has contributed to the research, in accordance with the Authorship Criteria.
  • Ensure that research data and other evidence are authentic, and identify the sources used in the manuscript.
  • Participate in peer review and respond to editorial requests.
  • Disclose relevant conflicts of interest to the editor under the Conflict of Interest policy.
  • Report errors in published work to the editor and cooperate in any necessary correction or retraction.

Reviewers' Responsibilities

  • Keep manuscript information confidential and assess the work objectively, without personal criticism of the authors.
  • Express views clearly and support them with reasons. Identify relevant published work that has not been cited.
  • Inform the Editor-in-Chief of substantial similarities or overlap with other published work.
  • Disclose relevant competing, collaborative, personal, or institutional interests before accepting a review or when they become apparent. Decline the assignment when a relationship prevents an impartial assessment, as explained in the Conflict of Interest policy.

These reviewer responsibilities follow the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers, issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Editors' Responsibilities

  • Take responsibility for acceptance and rejection decisions, publication quality, and the integrity of the scholarly record, while considering the needs of authors and readers.
  • Base decisions on the manuscript's importance, originality, clarity, and relevance to the journal's scope. Accept work only when reasonably satisfied that it meets the journal's standards. Do not reverse an editorial decision, including a previous editor's decision, without a serious reason.
  • Protect reviewer anonymity, understand the sources of research funding, and assess compliance with nationally and internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
  • Disclose relevant interests and withdraw from handling a submission when required by the Conflict of Interest policy. Apply the policy to editors, assistant editors, authors, reviewers, and editorial board members; a disclosed interest does not automatically prevent publication.
  • Act on suspected infringements in submitted or published work and make reasonable efforts to resolve them. Assess allegations on evidence and normally give the person concerned an opportunity to respond, following the Allegations of Misconduct policy. Suspicion alone is not an established finding of misconduct. This does not prevent rejection on editorial grounds such as scope or scholarly quality.
  • Publish corrections or other appropriate notices when needed under the Correction and Retraction policy.

Open Science and Research Data

Authors are encouraged to share underlying research data, materials, or code in a trusted repository, unless legal, ethical, or privacy restrictions prevent this. Where data cannot be shared openly, the manuscript must include a Data Availability Statement explaining the restriction, such as participant privacy, ethical requirements, or third-party ownership.

Authors must disclose research funding and any funder involvement in research design, conduct, analysis, or reporting. Authors are encouraged to deposit preprints and explain the manuscript's version history and prior preprint posting when submitting. The journal supports transparency in contributions, conflicts of interest, and reproducibility.

Self-Archiving

Authors may deposit the submitted version (preprint), accepted version (author-accepted manuscript or postprint), and final published version in an institutional or subject repository or a personal or academic website, before, during, or after publication. This policy is consistent with the journal's CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Authors are encouraged to link to the official published version on the journal's website.