Last updated: 1 August 2026. Effective from: 1 August 2026. Review cycle: annually.

1. Commitment

Jurnal Ceteris Paribus: Jurnal Sejarah dan Humaniora (JCP) is committed to publication integrity. Its practice follows the COPE (Core Practices and Code of Conduct for Journal Editors) and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Editors, authors and reviewers are expected to follow this statement and the journal’s other policies. Unethical behavior is not tolerated.

2. Responsibilities of editors

• Evaluate manuscripts for scholarly merit, originality and relevance to the Aims and Scope, without regard to the authors’ gender, race, religion, nationality, institution or political beliefs.
• Keep submissions and review details confidential, disclosing them only to those who need them for the process.
• Disclose and manage conflicts of interest; recuse themselves and hand the manuscript to another editor when needed.
• Not use unpublished material in a submission for their own research without the author’s written consent.
• Ensure that peer review is fair, timely, and documented.
• Act on allegations of misconduct following the procedure in section 15, and correct the published record when needed.
• Handle manuscripts authored by editors or board members as described in the Peer Review Process.

3. Responsibilities of reviewers

• Keep manuscripts confidential and do not use their content before publication.
• Review objectively and constructively, with supporting arguments.
• Decline if there is a conflict of interest, a lack of expertise, or insufficient time, and tell the editor promptly.
• Alert the editor to similarity with other published work or any suspected misconduct.
• Do not upload manuscripts to generative AI tools.

4. Responsibilities of authors

• Present an accurate account of original research and an objective discussion of its significance.
• Cite all sources, archives, interviews, and works that influenced the study.
• Do not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal at once and do not publish redundant work.
• Disclose funding, conflicts of interest, permissions, ethics approvals, and any use of generative AI, using the Author Declaration form.
• Provide sources, transcripts or data for editorial review on request and keep them for three years.
• Notify the editor promptly of significant errors found in a submitted or published article, and cooperate with corrections or retractions.

5. Plagiarism

Plagiarism, including self-plagiarism and translation plagiarism, is not acceptable. See the Plagiarism and Similarity Policy for the tool, threshold, assessment and sanctions.

6. Fabrication and falsification

Fabrication (inventing data, sources, quotations, interviews, archival documents or references) and falsification (manipulating, omitting or misrepresenting sources, images, translations or quotations so that the research is not accurately represented) are serious misconduct. Selective citation intended to distort the evidence is also treated as misrepresentation.

7. Duplicate and redundant publication

A manuscript must not have been published, and must not be under review, elsewhere in any language. Material from a thesis, dissertation or unpublished conference presentation may be used if disclosed. Work previously published in conference proceedings or another language requires disclosure, permission from the copyright holder, and the editor’s approval.

8. Authorship and contributorship

Authors are those who made a substantial contribution to the conception, research, analysis, writing or critical revision of the work, approved the final version, and accept accountability for it. Contributors who do not meet these criteria are named in the acknowledgments. Guest, gift, and ghost authorship are not allowed. Authors state each person’s contribution on the declaration form (the CRediT taxonomy may be used). The corresponding author confirms that all authors have approved the submission. ORCID is encouraged for all authors.

9. Changes to authorship

Before acceptance, the corresponding author sends a written request to the editorial office stating the reason and obtaining signed agreements from all authors, including anyone being removed.

After publication: changes are made only through a correction notice, with the same documentation. If authors disagree, the editor suspends processing until the authors’ institution resolves the dispute or provides a decision. JCP does not arbitrate authorship disputes but follows the COPE guidance.

10. Conflicts of interest

Authors disclose financial, institutional, personal, or ideological relationships that could be seen as influencing the work, in a “Declaration of competing interests” section; if none, the section states so. Reviewers disclose conflicts to the editor before accepting. Editors disclose conflicts to the Editor-in-Chief; the Editor-in-Chief discloses to the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities or designated person. Disclosed conflicts are recorded in OJS.

11. Confidentiality

Everyone involved in editorial handling keeps manuscripts, reviews, and identities confidential. Reviewer identities are not revealed to authors. Complaints and misconduct reports are shared only with those who need to know.

12. Third-party material, archives and images

Authors obtain permission for text, images, maps, manuscripts, photographs or archival documents that are not in the public domain, and cite the holding institution or collection. Restrictions imposed by archives, libraries, museums or private collectors must be respected. For archaeological or sacred sites at risk of looting or disturbance, authors should avoid disclosing exact locations unless necessary and approved.

13. Research involving people, communities and sensitive cultural materials

Research with interviews, oral history, informants or communities requires informed consent. Authors state how consent was obtained and anonymize participants when requested or when there is a risk. Special care is required for research on violence, conflict, trauma, minors, and vulnerable or marginalized groups. Customary (adat), religious or sacred knowledge and materials should be used with the consent or consultation of the relevant community or custodians, and with respect for restrictions on access. Where an institution or law requires ethics clearance, authors provide the approval; where it is not required, they explain how ethical standards were met. Identifiable photographs require consent, or the family’s consent for deceased persons where appropriate.

14. Data and source availability

Authors state where primary sources, interview transcripts, corpora or datasets can be consulted, or why they cannot. Editors may ask for them during review or investigation.

15. Handling allegations of misconduct

• Report: anyone may report suspected misconduct to yudhiandoni@hum.unand.ac.id. Reports are logged by the Managing Editor and kept confidential.
• Screening: within ten working days, the Editor-in-Chief decides whether the report merits investigation. If the Editor-in-Chief is involved, the report goes to the Dean or designated person and two board members.
• Investigation: the accused person is told of the allegation and may respond. The editor may consult reviewers, board members, and COPE flowcharts, and may ask the institution to investigate.
• Outcomes: no action; request for clarification; correction; expression of concern; retraction; rejection; notification of the author’s institution or funder; and the sanctions in the Plagiarism and Similarity Policy.
• Records: the case, evidence and decision are kept in the editorial archive. The complainant is informed of the outcome where appropriate.

16. Corrections and retractions

See Corrections, Retractions and Expressions of Concern.

17. Complaints and appeals

See Complaints and Appeals.

18. Editorial independence

Editorial decisions are not influenced by payments or fees (JCP charges none), sponsors, advertisers, the publisher, partner institutions, authors’ affiliations, or personal relationships. JCP carries no advertising and has no sponsor. If a special issue is sponsored, the sponsor is disclosed in that issue and has no role in review or acceptance.

19. Disclaimer

The editors make every effort to ensure the accuracy of published content but give no warranty as to accuracy, completeness, or suitability. Views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the editors.