Conflict of Interest

Mandatory Disclosure
All parties involved in the publication process, including authors, editors, and reviewers, are required to declare any potential conflicts of interest of a financial, commercial, institutional, or personal nature that could affect the objectivity of the work or the review process. This disclosure is mandatory and should be made transparently at the earliest possible stage.

Author Disclosure
Authors must disclose any financial support received for the research and any personal or institutional relationships that may constitute a conflict of interest. Examples include, but are not limited to: grants or funding from organizations with a direct interest in the research outcomes, employment or consultancy relationships, patent applications, and personal relationships with editors or reviewers.

Statement in Articles
All published articles must include a conflict of interest statement. Examples of acceptable statements include:

  • "The authors declare no conflict of interest."

  • "The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper."

  • "This work was supported by [Name of Funding Institution] under Grant No. [XXXX]. The funding body had no role in the design of the study, data collection, analysis, interpretation, or the decision to submit the manuscript for publication."

Post-Publication Issues
For post-publication issues related to conflict of interest, please refer to the journal's Correction and Retraction Policy at https://riset.unisma.ac.id/index.php/ja/rwcrr.