PUBLICATION ETHICS STATEMENT

Forum Komunikasi is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. All parties involved in the publication process—editors, authors, reviewers, and the publisher—are expected to adhere to ethical guidelines that ensure the integrity and quality of scholarly communication in the fields of communication and social sciences.

1. Duties of Authors

• Authors must ensure that their work is original, properly cited, and free from plagiarism, falsification, or fraudulent data.
• All authors listed must have significantly contributed to the research and writing process.
• Any conflict of interest must be clearly disclosed.
• Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently.
• When required, authors should be prepared to provide raw data for editorial review and comply with requests for data access.

2. Duties of Editors

• Editors must evaluate manuscripts based solely on academic merit, relevance to the journal’s scope, and originality, without bias related to the author’s race, gender, institutional affiliation, or nationality.
• Confidentiality must be maintained throughout the editorial process.
• Editors are responsible for identifying and managing potential conflicts of interest.
• The editorial team is committed to taking necessary actions in the case of ethical complaints, including retractions or corrections when required.

3. Duties of Reviewers

• Reviewers should provide objective, constructive, and timely feedback to assist the editorial decision-making process.
• All information regarding the manuscript must be kept confidential.
• Reviewers must disclose any potential conflicts of interest and recuse themselves if necessary.
• Plagiarism or ethical concerns encountered during the review process must be reported to the editorial team.

4. Plagiarism and Misconduct

Forum Komunikasi has zero tolerance for plagiarism and research misconduct. All submissions are screened for originality using appropriate software tools. Any ethical breaches will result in immediate rejection or retraction of the published article.

5. Ethical Oversight

Research involving human subjects must comply with institutional and international ethical standards. Authors are required to confirm that informed consent was obtained and that the study received approval from an appropriate ethics committee, if applicable.

EDITOR IN-CHIEF
Forum Komunikasi
Faculty of Communication and Media Studies
Universiti Teknologi MARA