Conflict of Interest Policy

Jurnal Teknologi dan Manajemen Informatika (JTMI) is committed to ensuring objectivity, transparency, and integrity in all published research. To maintain public trust in the scholarly publishing process, JTMI requires all authors, peer reviewers, and editorial board members to declare any potential conflicts of interest that could inappropriately influence or bias the evaluation, peer review, or publication of a manuscript.

1. Definition of Conflict of Interest

A conflict of interest (also known as a competing interest) occurs when financial, personal, professional, or institutional relationships could compromise an individual's objectivity, professional judgment, or responsibility during the research, peer-review, or editorial process.

2. Policy for Authors

All authors must disclose any financial or non-financial conflicts of interest that might be perceived as influencing the research findings or interpretation.

• Financial Conflicts: Sources of research funding, grants, sponsorships, employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership, or patent rights related to the work.

• Non-Financial Conflicts: Personal or professional relationships, academic competition, institutional affiliations, or strong personal beliefs that may bias the work.

• Disclosure Statement: Authors must include a explicit Conflict of Interest Statement in their manuscript before the reference list.

  • If no conflict exists: "The authors declare no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper."

  • If a conflict exists: "Author [Name] has received research funding from [Company/Organization]. The other authors declare no conflict of interest."

3. Policy for Peer Reviewers

Peer reviewers play a crucial role in maintaining academic standards and must act impartially.

• Reviewers must notify the Editor-in-Chief and decline to review a manuscript if they have a known conflict of interest, including:

  • Recent collaboration or co-authorship with any of the manuscript’s authors.

  • Direct financial or commercial interest in the research outcomes.

  • Personal, institutional, or competitive rivalries with the authors.

• Confidential information or ideas obtained through peer review must not be used for personal or competitive advantage.

4. Policy for Editors

Editorial decisions must be based solely on the academic merit, original contribution, and scope of the manuscript.

• Editors and Editorial Board members must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts authored by themselves, family members, close colleagues, or current research collaborators.

• In such cases, the manuscript will be delegated to an independent member of the Editorial Board who has no conflict of interest to manage the peer-review and final decision process.