Policies
FOCUS AND SCOPE
The aim of this journal publication is to disseminate the research results that have been achieved in the area of marine science and fisheries.
Maspari Journal : Marine Science Research, particularly focuses on the marine science areas as follows:
1. Marine Biology
2. Marine Ecology
3. Marine Acoustic
4. Oceanography
5. Environment
6. Maritime Law
7. Marine Microbiology and Biotechnology
8. Marine Culture
9. Coastal Management
10. Marine Social Science
SECTION POLICIES
Articles
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PEER REVIEW PROCESS
The Journal operates a peer review process and promotes blind reviewing.
The acceptance or rejection of articles will be decided by the editorial boards based on the review results supplied by the reviewers.
There are no communications between authors and editors concerning the rejection decision.
Authors whose papers are rejected will be informed with the reasons of the rejection.
OPEN ACCESS POLICY
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
PUBLICATION FREQUENCY
Maspari Journal : Marine Science Research was published twice a year in June and October.
PUBLICATION ETHICS
Duties of Editor
- The editor of Maspari Journal : Marine Science Research is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.
- An editor will at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
- The editor of Maspari Journal : Marine Science Research and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
- Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.
Duties of Reviewers
- Reviewers assist editor of Maspari Journal : Marine Science Research in making decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.
- Reviewers who feel unqualified to review the submitted manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.
- All manuscripts received must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
- Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
- Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
- Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
Duties of Authors
- Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work.
- The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
- An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
- Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
- Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
- All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
- When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
PLAGIARISM SCREENING
Before going to the review process, all manuscripts will be checked that they are free from plagiarism practice using "Turnitin" software. If there an indication of plagiarism, the manuscript will instantly be rejected.
FEES
Authors of accepted papers are requested to arrange page charges of their papers at the rate of 400,000 IDR per article to cover the article processing and submission cost. There is no additional cost for color figures. The invoice will be sent to the author. Additional sets of reprints may be ordered at the time of proof correction.