Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics

As part of the universal and global academic community, Proceedings of Malikussaleh International Conference on Health and Disaster Medicine (MICOHEDMED), is required to comply with a standard code of ethics based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Core Practices. As an extension of COPE's aspirations, publishers expect ethical behavior as well as to reconcile matters of potential infringement.

The publication ethics issued by the Proceedings of Malikussaleh International Conference on Health and Disaster Medicine (MICOHEDMED) aims to inform all parties that will be involved in publication matters, such as conference organizers, authors, and the editorial team, to refrain from conduct that may jeopardize academic integrity and public trust in higher education.

Peer Review

Conference organizers must accommodate peer review for the upcoming publication before submission to the Proceedings of Malikussaleh International Conference on Health and Disaster Medicine (MICOHEDMED). This step is important to ensure high-quality of research papers and retain the merit of both conference organizers and the associated institutions.

Plagiarism

Proper credit must be expressed by quoting or using the work of other scholars by citing them and enlisting their works in the reference section. The style of citation may vary from series to series. The verbatim quotation is strongly discouraged as it can be easily detected through similarity software such as Turnitin. A better quotation should contain not only a piece of the idea embodied in a specific work or a simple paraphrase but also be composed in a thoughtful and interpretative manner.

Quoting from community-based sources is also discouraged as their authorships can be challenged and do not reflect an authenticity. Community-based means anyone can contribute and change existing entries. Thus, they are prone to fabrication. This is the case in Wikipedia, forums, and the like. The Proceedings of Malikussaleh International Conference on Health and Disaster Medicine (MICOHEDMED) can done this type of source if only the author specifically mention its source and that they wish to faithfully quote the community-based sources.

Proceedings of Malikussaleh International Conference on Health and Disaster Medicine (MICOHEDMED) utilizes Turnitin as part of the preliminary assessment before publication. The way they work is that it will scan for similarity by cross-checking the worldwide web database of any written source that has ever been published. The similarity index rate will assist in the editing process at the Proceedings of Malikussaleh International Conference on Health and Disaster Medicine (MICOHEDMED) and determine whether a manuscript may contain a potential plagiarism act.

Editorial Committee

The conference editorial committee must be in constant correspondence with the Proceedings of Malikussaleh International Conference on Health and Disaster Medicine (MICOHEDMED) to encourage dialogs that can foresee errors regarding matters on publication. The aim of this frequent correspondence is certainly to produce high-quality proceedings that are ethical, accurate and relevant to the merit set by conference organizers and the Proceedings of Malikussaleh International Conference on Health and Disaster Medicine (MICOHEDMED).

In the decision-making process, the Conference editorial committee must be free from any bias or anything that entails self-interest sentiment. Thus, it will reflect academic inclusivity and espouse productivity in their academic society, particularly at Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Malikussaleh and other affiliated institutions.

Transparency is one of the core ideas that enlighten the academic atmosphere at Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Malikussaleh, which also applies to the Digital Press. Thus, candidness among conference editorial committees means overseeing and accommodating relay communication between authors of proceedings to the Proceedings of Malikussaleh International Conference on Health and Disaster Medicine (MICOHEDMED) editorial team. They must assure authors that requirements before and after submission are to be fulfilled. This also means that supplementary yet essential details (if any) on proceeding manuscripts must be included, such as acknowledgment of the source of funding, declaration of authors that indicates sensitive issues regarding the experiment, the proper listing of sources, instruments, or affiliated people that help during the process of research, and/or confidentiality agreement.

Should there be corrections or retractions made in the aftermath of proceeding publication on the Proceedings of Malikussaleh International Conference on Health and Disaster Medicine (MICOHEDMED), the corresponding author must consult or notify their concern to their conference organizers. Relay communication must be maintained even under specific circumstances.