Transparency & Best Practice

1. International Transparency Framework

The fourth version of the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing was published on September 15, 2022. The principles provide a framework for transparent journal governance, editorial quality, ethical oversight, and responsible dissemination of scholarly research.

These principles apply to scholarly content published by journals, including regular issues, special issues, and conference proceedings where applicable.

Official reference: Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing .

2. Supporting Scholarly Organizations

3. Transparency in Journal Policies

JIH seeks to maintain clear and accessible information concerning its aims and scope, editorial board, peer-review process, authorship criteria, publication ethics, copyright and licensing arrangements, publication frequency, and article processing charges. Journal policies should be communicated consistently across the journal website, author guidelines, editorial procedures, article metadata, and published content.

4. Editorial and Peer-Review Integrity

Editorial decisions should be based on scholarly merit, originality, methodological quality, ethical compliance, and relevance to the journal's scope. Peer review should be conducted according to clearly stated procedures that support impartiality, confidentiality, and the responsible management of conflicts of interest.

Editors and reviewers are expected to identify and appropriately manage potential conflicts of interest. Editorial decisions must remain independent of publication fees and other commercial considerations.

5. Publication Ethics and Research Integrity

JIH supports responsible authorship, accurate reporting, appropriate citation, originality, ethical approval where required, informed consent, and transparent disclosure of funding and competing interests. Allegations of plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, authorship disputes, or other research misconduct should be assessed fairly and confidentially, with appropriate editorial action taken when necessary.

6. Open Access and Licensing

JIH provides open access to published scholarly content and communicates its copyright and reuse conditions through its published licensing policy. Articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), subject to any clearly identified third-party material restrictions.

7. Publication Charges and Financial Transparency

Information about manuscript submission fees, article processing charges, payment timing, and available waivers should be publicly accessible before submission. JIH does not charge manuscript submission fees. The stated publication fee for Indonesian authors is IDR 500,000 per accepted article. Publication charges must not influence editorial or peer-review decisions.

8. Corrections, Retractions, and Complaints

The journal supports transparent post-publication editorial processes, including the assessment of corrections, retractions, expressions of concern, complaints, and appeals where warranted. Editorial actions should preserve the integrity of the scholarly record and provide readers with sufficient information to understand material changes to published articles.