Publication Ethic Statement

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in Le-Guet's Journal of Visual Art and Design Studies, including the authors, editors, peer-reviewers, and publisher (Visual Communication Design Study Program, Dharma Duta Faculty, UHN I Gusti Bagus Sugriwa Denpasar). This statement is based on the COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Journal Publication Ethics Guidelines

The publication of an article in Le-Guet's : Journal of Visual Art n Design Studies that has gone through peer-review is an essential building block in developing a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the authors, the journal editors, the peer reviewers, the publisher and the society.

Visual Communication Design Study Program, Dharma Duta Faculty, UHN I Gusti Bagus Sugriwa Denpasar, as the publisher of this Journal, is very serious in carrying out its duties as a supervisor of all stages of publication. We recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprints, or other commercial revenues do not impact or influence editorial decisions. In addition, the Visual Communication Design Study Program, Dharma Duta Faculty, UHN I Gusti Bagus Sugriwa Denpasar, and the Editorial Board of Le-Guet's : Journal of Visual Art n Design Studies will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers if necessary.

Publication Decisions

The editor-in-chief of Le-Guet's : Journal of Visual Art n Design Studies is responsible for deciding which articles should be published in the journal. This decision is based on the recommendations of the journal's editorial board members and reviewers. The journal complies with applicable legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editor confers with the editorial team and reviewers in making this decision.

Non-Discrimination

Editors and reviewers evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editor, reviewers, and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, editorial team, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Any editorial board members and reviewers must not use disclosure and Conflicts of Interest Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript in their research.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

The journal uses a double-blind review process. The reviewers advise the editor-in-chief when making the editorial decision. The editor-in-chief communicates with authors, as required, and improves the quality of their research papers.

Promptness

The journal editors are committed to providing timely reviews to the authors. If a reviewer does not submit his/her report on time, the paper is immediately sent to another qualified reviewer.

Confidentiality

Manuscript content is treated with the most confidentiality. The journal uses a double-blind process. Except for the editor-in-chief, the editors and reviewers cannot discuss a paper with any other person, including the authors.

Standards of Objectivity

The editors and reviewers are required to evaluate papers based on the content. The review comments must be respectful of the authors. The reviewers are required to justify their decisions and recommendations.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that the authors have not cited. The relevant citation should accompany any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument has been previously reported. A reviewer should also call the editor's attention to any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper they have personal knowledge of.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

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 authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Duties of Authors

Reporting Standards

Authors should present an accurate account of the work performed and 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 wherever possible. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review. They should be prepared to provide such data within a reasonable time.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original work, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Papers found with such problems are automatically rejected, and authors are so advised.

Plagiarism Check

However, the editor will double-check each article before publication. The first step is to check for plagiarism against an offline database developed by the Dharma Duta Faculty, UHN I Gusti Bagus Sugriwa Denpasar. Second, check as many online databases as possible. A maximum of 15% similarity is allowed for the submitted paper. If more than 15% similarity index is found, the article will be returned to the author for revision and resubmission.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication

When a paper is submitted for possible publication, the submitting author makes a written statement that the paper has not been previously published and is currently in the process of publication with another journal. Concurrent submission is considered unethical and therefore unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others is required. Authors should cite publications that have led to the author's current research.

Authorship of the Article

Authorship should be limited to those who have made significant contributions to the research reported in the manuscript. The corresponding author is responsible for keeping co-authors informed about the review process. If accepted, all authors are required to provide a signed statement that the research work is their original research.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects

If the work involves chemicals, procedures, or equipment with unusual hazards inherent in their use, the authors must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors must disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

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.

Corrections and Retractions

Le-Guet's : Journal of Visual Art n Design Studies will publish corrections, retractions, and other post-publication updates, including an Editor's Note on the published content.

The following are post-publication corrections and updates categories for peer-reviewed primary research articles and review-type articles and certain types of articles that are not peer-reviewed. Substantial errors in the Supplementary Information and Supplementary Data are corrected in the same manner as amendments to the main article. Except for the Editor's Note, all categories below are bidirectionally linked to the original article and indexed.

Author Corrections: Author Corrections may be issued to correct significant errors made by the authors that affect the scientific integrity of the published article, the publication record, or the reputation of the authors or the journal.

Publisher Corrections: Publisher Corrections may be issued to correct significant errors made by the journal that affect the scientific integrity of the published article, the publication record, or the reputation of the authors or the journal.

Addendum: Addendums are generally issued when additional information that is significant and important to readers' understanding of the article has come to light after publication.

Editor's Note: The Editor's Note informs readers if the journal has initiated an investigation in response to concerns raised about the published article. This is an online-only update, made only to the HTML version of the published article record. It is not indexed.

Retraction: An article may be retracted when the integrity of the published work is substantially compromised by errors in the conduct, analysis, and reporting of the study. Violations of publication or research ethics may also result in the retraction of a study. The original article is marked as retracted, but a PDF version remains available to readers, and the retraction statement is linked bidirectionally to the original published article. The retraction statement will typically include a statement of agreement or disagreement from the authors.

When making corrections to an article, in most cases the original article (PDF and HTML) is corrected and bidirectionally linked to and from the published amendment notice, which details the original error. For transparency, when changes made to the original article affect data in figures, tables, or text (e.g., when data points/error bars change or curves need to be redrawn), the amendment notice will reproduce the original data. When it is not possible to correct the original article in both the HTML and PDF versions (e.g., an article published many years before the error appeared), the article will remain unchanged but contain bidirectional links to and from the published amendment notice.