This page brings together the editorial and publishing policies of Sriwijaya Journal of Forensic and Medicolegal. 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 Forensic and Medicolegal (SJFM) is published by Phlox Institute. 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 editor.sjfm@gmail.com.
Complaints and Appeals
Authors may appeal an editorial decision or raise a complaint by writing to editor.sjfm@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.
Forensic, clinical, and legal data may contain highly sensitive personal information. Authors must not release identifiable data, photographs, case records, or restricted legal 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.
SJFM currently provides access through its website archive and permits repository self-archiving. The journal does not currently claim coverage by an independent third-party digital preservation service.