The Health Science and Nursing Research Journal (HSNRJ) is committed to maintaining high standards of research integrity, publication ethics, transparency, and accountability throughout the scholarly publishing process.
Authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher share responsibility for protecting the integrity, reliability, and credibility of the scholarly record.
HSNRJ's editorial and publication practices are informed by internationally recognized principles of publication ethics and research integrity, including guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and other relevant standards for biomedical and health research.
Responsibilities of Authors
Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted manuscripts:
- represent original and honestly conducted scholarly work;
- accurately report research methods, data, analyses, and findings;
- appropriately acknowledge and cite the work of others;
- do not contain plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate data or image manipulation;
- are not submitted simultaneously to another journal;
- appropriately disclose related or overlapping publications;
- accurately identify individuals who qualify for authorship;
- disclose relevant conflicts of interest and funding;
- comply with applicable ethical requirements for research involving humans or animals; and
- provide corrections or clarifications when significant errors are identified.
Authors remain accountable for the integrity and accuracy of their published work.
Responsibilities of Editors
Editors are responsible for evaluating manuscripts fairly, independently, confidentially, and on their scholarly merits.
Editorial decisions should consider scientific quality, methodological rigor, originality, ethical integrity, relevance to the aims and scope of HSNRJ, and the peer-review process.
Editors must not discriminate on the basis of nationality, ethnicity, gender, institutional affiliation, political belief, religion, seniority, or other characteristics unrelated to scholarly merit.
Editors must disclose and appropriately manage conflicts of interest and should recuse themselves from manuscripts where their impartiality could reasonably be questioned.
Responsibilities of Reviewers
Reviewers are expected to provide independent, objective, constructive, confidential, and timely evaluations.
Reviewers must disclose relevant conflicts of interest and should decline assignments when they cannot provide an impartial assessment.
Information obtained through peer review must not be used for personal, academic, financial, commercial, or competitive advantage.
Responsibilities of the Publisher
Global Husada Berkualitas, as the publisher of HSNRJ, supports editorial independence and the maintenance of appropriate standards of scholarly publishing.
The publisher should support appropriate actions necessary to maintain the integrity of the scholarly record, including corrections, retractions, expressions of concern, or other post-publication actions when justified.
Commercial or organizational interests must not determine editorial decisions regarding individual manuscripts.
Research and Publication Misconduct
HSNRJ does not tolerate research or publication misconduct, including but not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- fabrication or falsification of data;
- inappropriate manipulation of images or research materials;
- duplicate or redundant publication;
- inappropriate authorship;
- undisclosed conflicts of interest;
- citation manipulation;
- manipulation of peer review;
- unethical research practices;
- misrepresentation of ethical approval;
- fraudulent identities or affiliations; and
- deliberate misrepresentation of research findings.
Handling Allegations of Misconduct
Concerns about possible misconduct will be assessed fairly and confidentially.
The journal may request explanations, original data, ethics documentation, authorship information, or other relevant evidence when necessary.
Where appropriate, HSNRJ may contact authors, reviewers, institutions, research ethics committees, or other relevant bodies in accordance with applicable procedures and ethical guidance.
Depending on the nature and severity of the concern, editorial action may include rejection, correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other measures necessary to protect the scholarly record.
Allegations should be evaluated on evidence and due process rather than assumption or accusation.
Post-Publication Integrity
Publication does not end the journal's responsibility for the scholarly record.
When credible concerns arise after publication, HSNRJ may investigate the matter and issue an appropriate correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other notice.
Post-publication notices should be clearly linked to the affected article and should explain the reason for the editorial action as transparently as appropriate.