Conflict of Interest Policy

Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar (JPD) is committed to ensuring transparency, impartiality, independence, and integrity throughout the scholarly publication process.

A conflict of interest may arise when financial, personal, professional, academic, or institutional relationships could influence, or reasonably be perceived to influence, the preparation, evaluation, or publication of scholarly work.

1. Conflicts of Interest for Authors

Authors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest that may affect the research or interpretation of its findings.

Potential conflicts include:

Research grants and financial support.
Employment, consultancy, or professional affiliations.
Personal or professional relationships.
Institutional or academic interests.
Financial relationships with organizations relevant to the research.
Other circumstances that could influence research objectivity.

Authors must disclose relevant funding sources and provide a conflict of interest statement during manuscript submission.

2. Conflicts of Interest for Reviewers

Reviewers must disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest before accepting a review assignment.

Reviewers should decline invitations when personal, professional, financial, or institutional relationships could compromise their objectivity.

Reviewers must not use unpublished information obtained through peer review for personal or professional advantage.

3. Conflicts of Interest for Editors

Editors and editorial board members must conduct editorial evaluations independently and impartially.

Editors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts involving conflicts of interest, including manuscripts authored by close collaborators, colleagues, family members, or individuals with whom they have significant professional relationships.

Such manuscripts should be assigned to another qualified editor.

4. Disclosure Requirements

Authors are required to include a conflict of interest declaration in their manuscripts.

If no conflict of interest exists, the following statement may be used:

"The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this article."

If potential conflicts exist, authors must provide a clear description of the relevant relationships or circumstances.

5. Editorial Responsibilities

The editorial board reserves the right to request additional information regarding disclosed or suspected conflicts of interest.

Failure to disclose relevant conflicts may result in editorial investigation and appropriate corrective action.

Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar (JPD) is committed to maintaining editorial independence and ensuring that publication decisions are based solely on scholarly quality, originality, methodological rigor, and relevance to the journal's scope.