CONFLICT OF INTEREST

AXIOM : Jurnal Pendidikan dan Matematika requires conflicts of interest to be disclosed and managed transparently by authors, reviewers, and editors, in line with COPE principles. A conflict of interest exists when a person’s judgement or objectivity could be, or could reasonably be perceived to be, influenced by another interest. It may be financial (funding, employment, consultancy, or a commercial interest in a product, application, or textbook evaluated in the study) or non-financial (a family, close personal, or supervisory relationship, recent collaboration, or competition). Declaring a conflict does not in itself disqualify a manuscript or a person. When in doubt, declare. Funding, sponsorship, advertising, or other revenue related to the journal has no influence on editorial decisions.

1. Authors

Authors must disclose in the manuscript all relevant interests, including recent relationships, and all sources of funding. Authors who evaluate a product, program, or publication that they developed or benefit from must say so and describe how bias was limited. If there is no conflict, the manuscript must state: “The authors declare no conflict of interest.” The corresponding author makes the declaration on behalf of all authors, and it is published with the article. Leaving out a qualified contributor to conceal a conflict is treated as unauthorized authorship (see Authorship Criteria).

2. Reviewers

Reviewers must declare any interest that may affect their impartiality before accepting a review and at any point during it, and decline when a conflict exists, for example recent collaboration with an author, working at the same institution, a family, close personal, or supervisory relationship, or a financial or competing interest. Information obtained through review must not be used for personal advantage, and reviewers who suspect an undeclared conflict on the part of the authors should inform the editor.

 3. Editors

Editors and board members do not take part in decisions on manuscripts where they have a conflict of interest, for example as an author or through a family, close personal, or supervisory relationship with an author, and inform the Editor-in-Chief. A manuscript submitted by the Editor-in-Chief, an editor, or a board member is handled by an independent editor, and the author-editor has no access to the review process or the decision. Where the Editor-in-Chief is an author, the manuscript is handled by another editor or a person designated by the publisher. Decisions are based solely on the quality, originality, and relevance of the work.

Handling Conflicts. When a conflict is disclosed, the editors assess it. They may proceed as normal, take additional care (for example, invite an additional reviewer or assign a different handling editor), or decline the manuscript if the conflict casts doubt on the reliability of the work. When an undisclosed conflict is raised, the authors are asked for an explanation and an updated declaration. After publication, the outcome may be a correction, re-evaluation of the editorial decision, or retraction; retracted articles remain available with a clear retraction notice. Failure to disclose a significant conflict may be handled under our Research Misconduct Allegation procedure.

Reporting a Concern. Please write to jurnalaxiom@uinsu.ac.id with the article details and supporting information.