This page brings together the editorial and publishing policies of Sriwijaya Journal of Surgery. Each link leads to the relevant policy or information page. The standards apply independently of author identity, institutional affiliation, or payment.
Journal and Editorial Information
Author and Submission Resources
Editorial and Publishing Policies
- Peer Review Policy
- Publication Ethics and Authorship
- Open Access Policy
- Copyright and Author Rights
- Licensing Terms
- Article Processing Charges
- Complaints and Appeals
- Corrections and Retractions
- Similarity and Plagiarism
- Data and Reproducibility
- Use of AI Tools
- Privacy Statement
- Preservation and Self-Archiving
Publisher and Editorial Governance
Sriwijaya Journal of Surgery (SJS) is published by HM Publisher. The publisher supports the journal's administration and publication infrastructure. The Editor-in-Chief and editorial team are responsible for editorial decisions, which are based on scholarly quality, research integrity, and relevance to the journal's scope.
Editorial decisions are independent of payment, commercial interests, and institutional relationships. Editors must declare competing interests and recuse themselves when necessary. Submissions by editors, board members, or their close collaborators are assigned to an independent editor and undergo the same external peer-review requirements as other submissions. The submitting editor must not participate in reviewer selection or the decision.
The Editorial Board and Peer Reviewers pages provide the journal's published membership and profile links. Editorial enquiries should be addressed to sriwijayajournalsurgery@gmail.com.
Complaints and Appeals
Authors may appeal an editorial decision or raise a complaint by writing to sriwijayajournalsurgery@gmail.com, identifying the manuscript or article, explaining the concern, and providing supporting evidence. Appeals should address the scientific or procedural basis of the decision rather than merely disagreeing with the outcome.
An editor who was not involved in the disputed matter will assess the concern wherever possible. Concerns about the Editor-in-Chief are referred to the publisher for independent handling, without commercial interference in scientific decisions. The journal may seek further expert advice and will communicate the outcome and reasons to the complainant. An appeal does not guarantee acceptance or a change in decision. Good-faith complaints are handled confidentially and without retaliation.
Data and Reproducibility
Authors must include a Data Availability Statement describing where supporting data, code, and materials can be accessed or explaining legitimate restrictions. Repository identifiers, accession numbers, and persistent links should be supplied when available. Secondary analyses must cite the original dataset, state access conditions, and describe preprocessing and analytical methods sufficiently for evaluation.
Clinical and surgical data may contain highly sensitive personal information. Authors must not release identifiable data, photographs, case records, or restricted clinical materials without appropriate consent and lawful authority. Restricted access, de-identification, or a reasoned explanation of why data cannot be shared is acceptable where required to protect participants or comply with applicable obligations. Editors may request underlying evidence through a secure and appropriate process.
Use of AI Tools
AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Authors remain responsible for the accuracy, originality, references, and integrity of every part of the manuscript. Substantive use of generative AI in writing, analysis, coding, or image preparation must be disclosed, identifying the tool and its purpose. Authors must verify all outputs and must not submit fabricated data, invented citations, or misleading images.
Editors and reviewers must not upload confidential manuscripts, personal data, or unpublished results to external AI services without appropriate authorization and confidentiality safeguards. AI output does not replace expert peer review or editorial judgement.
Preservation and Self-Archiving
Published issues and articles are available through the journal archive. Authors may deposit the submitted manuscript, accepted manuscript, and published version in an institutional or subject repository without an embargo, with a citation and link to the version of record when available. Reuse of the published version is governed by its stated license.
SJS currently provides access through its website archive and permits repository self-archiving.
Corrections, Retractions and Article Updates
SJS maintains the integrity of the published scholarly record. Authors and readers should report material errors or concerns to sriwijayajournalsurgery@gmail.com, giving the article title, DOI, a clear explanation, and supporting evidence.
Corrections
Errors that affect accuracy or clarity but do not invalidate the main findings may be addressed by a dated correction linked to the article. The correction identifies the affected material and explains the change. Substantive changes must not be made silently to a published article.
Retractions and expressions of concern
A retraction may be appropriate when findings are unreliable, publication is seriously unethical, or substantial plagiarism or redundant publication is established. A clearly identified notice explains the reason and who is retracting the work and is linked to the article. The original record is retained and marked as retracted whenever legally and ethically possible.
An expression of concern may be issued when a serious issue remains unresolved and readers need to be alerted. Removal of content is reserved for exceptional circumstances such as a legal requirement or serious privacy or safety risk; an explanatory record is retained where possible.
The journal handles contested decisions through its complaints and appeals procedure.