PUBLICATION ETHICS & GOVERNANCE
The Journal of Infrastructural in Civil Engineering (JICE), published by Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia, is committed to ensuring transparency, fairness, and accountability in the attribution of authorship and research contributions. The journal recognizes that authorship represents both intellectual credit and responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of published scholarly work.
This policy is informed by internationally recognized principles of publication ethics and responsible authorship, including guidance from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). JICE adopts the four ICMJE authorship criteria as a framework for determining authorship eligibility and uses the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) to promote transparency in individual research contributions.
JICE adopts four criteria for determining authorship. Every individual listed as an author must meet all four of the following requirements:
All individuals who meet these criteria should be recognized as authors. Individuals who make contributions but do not meet all four criteria should be appropriately acknowledged rather than included in the authorship list.
Contributors who have made substantial intellectual contributions should be given a reasonable opportunity to participate in manuscript drafting, critical revision, and final approval.
Authors are expected to understand their respective contributions and have confidence in the integrity of their co-authors' work.
JICE requires an Author Contributions statement describing the specific roles and responsibilities of each author.
Authors are encouraged to use the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT), which identifies 14 contribution categories:
An individual author may fulfill multiple roles, and the same role may be shared by several authors. However, the assignment of CRediT roles does not independently establish eligibility for authorship.
The corresponding author must ensure that all listed authors have reviewed and approved the contribution statement.
To preserve double-blind peer review, author-identifying contribution statements must be provided to the editorial office separately from the anonymized manuscript. Such information must not be included in files made available to reviewers. The approved Author Contributions statement will be incorporated into the final manuscript following acceptance.
The corresponding author serves as the primary contact between the author group and the JICE editorial office throughout manuscript submission, peer review, publication, and post-publication correspondence.
The corresponding author is responsible for:
The corresponding author must not make unauthorized changes to authorship information or submit material changes affecting co-authors' contributions without their knowledge and appropriate agreement.
Individuals who contribute to a research project but do not meet all four authorship criteria should be acknowledged, where appropriate.
Such contributions may include technical assistance, routine data collection, language editing, administrative support, general research supervision, or funding acquisition when these activities do not otherwise satisfy the authorship requirements.
Acknowledgments should accurately describe the nature of the assistance provided. The corresponding author must obtain permission from individuals named in the acknowledgment section.
Information that could reveal author identities must be excluded from manuscripts made available to reviewers during double-blind peer review. Identifying acknowledgments may be provided separately to the editorial office and incorporated into the final manuscript following acceptance.
The order of authors must be determined collectively by the authors according to their agreed contributions and relevant disciplinary practices. The editorial team does not determine authorship order on behalf of the author group.
Requests to add, remove, or rearrange authors after manuscript submission must be submitted to the editorial office with:
The editorial office may request additional documentation to verify the circumstances of the proposed change.
If the required agreement cannot be obtained, JICE may suspend manuscript processing until the authorship issue has been resolved, including through the relevant institutions where necessary.
Authorship changes requested after publication will be evaluated in accordance with recognized publication ethics procedures. When a change is justified and approved, the journal will issue an appropriate correction notice linked to the published article to preserve the integrity and transparency of the scholarly record.
JICE does not permit inappropriate authorship practices, including:
Academic rank, institutional authority, funding acquisition, or general research supervision alone does not establish eligibility for authorship.
The editorial office may request authorship declarations, contribution records, or other supporting documentation when concerns about inappropriate authorship practices arise.
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools, including generative AI systems and large language models, cannot be listed as authors or co-authors because they cannot assume responsibility for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of scholarly work.
Authors who use AI-assisted technologies in preparing a manuscript must disclose their use at submission, identifying the tools employed and explaining their purposes.
The disclosure should be reported in an appropriate section of the manuscript. For example, AI assistance with manuscript writing should be described in the acknowledgments or a designated AI-use declaration, while the use of AI for data collection, analysis, or figure generation should be explained in the Research Methods section.
During double-blind peer review, disclosures containing identifying information must be communicated separately to the editorial office.
Human authors remain fully responsible for verifying the accuracy, originality, references, research data, analyses, and conclusions of submitted work. AI-generated information must be critically evaluated, and its use must not result in fabricated evidence, misleading citations, plagiarism, or other violations of publication ethics.
Concerns or disputes regarding authorship should, where possible, be addressed through communication among the authors involved.
If an agreement cannot be reached, the matter may be referred to the relevant institution or other competent authority for an appropriate assessment.
JICE editors do not independently adjudicate disputes concerning the relative intellectual contributions of individuals when such matters cannot be established from the available evidence.
The editorial office may request authorship declarations, correspondence, contribution records, or other relevant documentation. Manuscript processing may be suspended while unresolved authorship concerns are being examined.
Suspected deliberate misrepresentation of authorship or other serious ethical violations will be addressed in accordance with the journal's Allegations of Research Misconduct Policy.
Where authorship concerns arise after publication, any necessary amendments to the published record will be considered in accordance with the journal's Correction and Retraction Policy.
Editorial actions will be guided by fairness, transparency, confidentiality, and the responsibility to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record.
All authors submitting manuscripts to JICE are required to comply with this policy. The editorial team may request additional declarations or supporting information when necessary to verify authorship eligibility, clarify individual contributions, or address ethical concerns.
Failure to comply with the policy may result in requests for clarification, suspension of manuscript processing, or other appropriate editorial action.
This policy will be reviewed periodically to maintain consistency with developments in scholarly publishing, authorship practices, and recognized standards of publication ethics.
