These guidelines align with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) framework and are designed to enhance the integrity and openness of scientific publishing processes.

The following sections outline ethical responsibilities for contributors, editorial staff, and peer evaluators.

Responsibilities of Authors

1. Authors must guarantee the complete originality of their submissions and appropriately attribute or reference others' work. Submissions containing unoriginal content will face immediate disqualification.
2. Simultaneous submission to multiple journals is strictly forbidden. Previously published work should not be resubmitted unless substantially revised with proper acknowledgment of prior publication.
3. All intellectual contributions from other sources must receive proper recognition. Authors should reference publications that have shaped the research presented.
4. Author status should be restricted to individuals who have substantially contributed to the conceptualization, methodology, implementation, or analysis of the described research. All significant Authors should be acknowledged as co-authors.
5. Authors must declare any financial interests or other meaningful conflicts that could potentially influence the interpretation of their findings.
6. Research reports should provide accurate methodological descriptions and balanced discussions of significance. Deliberately inaccurate statements are considered ethical violations and are unacceptable.
7. Upon discovering significant errors in published work, Authors have an obligation to promptly inform journal leadership and cooperate in issuing retractions or corrections.

Editorial Responsibilities

1. The editor holds decision-making authority regarding publication selections, guided by the journal's editorial policy and constrained by legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
2. Editorial assessment should focus exclusively on scholarly merit, without influence from authors' demographic factors, belief systems, nationality, or ideological positions.
3. The editor and any editorial staff must maintain confidentiality regarding submission details, sharing information only with relevant parties including corresponding authors, reviewers, editorial advisors, and publishing staff.
4. Conflict of Interest Management: Unpublished content within submissions must not be incorporated into an editor's research without explicit authorization from the author.

Reviewer Obligations

1. The peer review process supports editorial decision-making while potentially helping authors enhance their manuscripts through constructive feedback.
2. All review materials must remain confidential. Reviewers should not share or discuss manuscripts except as authorized by editorial leadership.
3. Reviews should remain objective, with clearly articulated observations and supporting rationales that authors can utilize for manuscript improvement.
4. Reviewers should highlight relevant published literature omitted by authors. Claims regarding previously reported findings should include appropriate citations.
5. Reviewers should recuse themselves from reviewing manuscripts where competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with authors, organizations, or institutions create potential conflicts of interest.

Confidentiality

The Fakumi Medical Journal enforces strict confidentiality regarding submitted works and all author-reviewer communications. Authors are likewise expected to maintain confidentiality in their journal interactions. Distribution or publication of correspondence, evaluation reports, or other sensitive materials requires explicit editorial permission, regardless of publication outcome.

Copyright

Authors retain full copyright ownership of works published in the Fakumi Medical Journal. Unauthorized reproduction of journal content without proper attribution or permission violates intellectual property legislation. Publication requires written agreement to the journal's terms from all authors.

Complaints

Authors with concerns regarding their experience with the Fakumi Medical Journal should direct communications to the Editor-in-Chief via electronic mail at: armanto.makmun@umi.ac.id