This statement describes the ethical behavior of all parties involved in publishing articles in Daloha: Journal of Community Service, including the authors, the editors, and reviewers. This statement is based on COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. This is an open-access journal licensed under the international license CC-BY-NC-SA.

1. 1 Fair Play

   An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

2. 2 Confidentiality

   The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

3. 3 Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

   Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

4. 4 Criteria of Editors

   Editors, both local and international, should have a minimum of H Index / Scopus ID or a paper or manuscript published in an International Journal, especially on the topic of Education, Social, and Politics, Agriculture and Fisheries, Science, Sports, Languages, Business and Economics, Engineering, and Vocational Education, Arts, Medicine, Community Empowerment. An editor can help reviewers provide input on the manuscript, in addition to the reviewers' review results.

5. 5 Publication Decisions

   The editorial board is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal to be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

6. 6 Review of Manuscripts

   Editors must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated for originality. The editor should organize and use peer review fairly and wisely. Editors should explain their peer-review processes in the information for authors and indicate which parts of the journal are peer-reviewed. The editor should use appropriate peer reviewers for papers that are considered for publication by selecting people with sufficient expertise and avoiding those with conflicts of interest.

1. 1 Reporting Standard

   Reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. The underlying data should be accurately represented in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient details and references to permit others to replicate the work.

2. 2 Originality and Plagiarism

   The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

3. 3 Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication

   An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior which is not accepted.

4. 4 Acknowledgement of Sources

   Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

5. 5 Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

   All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

6. 6 Fundamental errors in published works

   When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

1. 1 Contribution to Editorial Decisions

   Peer reviewers assist the editors in making editorial decisions and, through the editorial communications with the author, may also assist the author in improving the paper.

2. 2 Criteria of Reviewers

   Reviewers, both local and international, must have a paper or manuscript which have been published in an International Journal, especially on the topic of Education, Social, and Politics, Agriculture and Fisheries, Science, Sports, Languages, Business and Economics, Engineering, and Vocational Education, Arts, Medicine, Community Empowerment. And also the reviewers have been publish an article with the same theme with the manuscript that will be reviewing. Or the reviewer have a community engagement program with the same theme.

3. 3 Standards of Objectivity

   Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

4. 4 Confidentiality

   Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

5. 5 Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

   Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

6. 6 Acknowledgement of Sources

   Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by relevant citations. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

7. 7 Time Period of Reviewing

   Reviewers should review the manuscript within 1 to 2 months (maximum). The total number of reviewers for every manuscript is 2 reviewers.

The journal covers the following fields of expertise for editors and reviewers:

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