Reviewers for Neo Civic Education: Media Kajian Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan must be able to assess a manuscript objectively. A competing interest exists when a relationship or interest could affect, or could be seen to affect, a reviewer’s judgement. Reviewers declare such interests and decline where needed, following the COPE Core Practice on conflicts of interest and the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.

—  Work, or have recently worked, at the same institution or department as any author.

—  Have collaborated or co-authored with any author in recent years, or are planning to.

—  Are, or were, a supervisor, student, or close colleague of any author.

—  Have a family or close personal relationship, or a known rivalry, with any author.

—  Have a financial interest in the outcome, or receive funding linked to the work.

—  Are working on very similar research that could compete with the manuscript.

—  Have reviewed the same manuscript for another journal and have strong prior views, unless they tell the editor and the editor agrees.

—  Recognise the authors and feel unable to be impartial.

—  Political, religious, or ideological positions that are strongly bound up with the topic, where they could affect judgement.

—  Membership of organisations or advocacy groups related to the topic.

—  Any other interest that a reasonable person might see as affecting the review.

—  Declaring an interest does not always prevent a review; the editor decides.

—  Reviewers do not try to identify the authors, and do not contact them.

—  Reviewers do not use information from the manuscript for their own work or advantage, and do not share it.

—  Reviewers do not ask authors to cite the reviewer’s own work without a genuine scholarly reason. See Peer Review Manipulation.

—  If an interest becomes apparent during review, the reviewer tells the editor at once.

—  The review may be discarded and the manuscript sent to another reviewer.

—  If the decision was affected, the manuscript may be reassessed.

—  The reviewer may be removed from the reviewer database. Serious cases are handled under the Research Misconduct policy.

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