Conflict of Interest & Competing Interests Policy
A competing interest exists when a financial, professional, personal, academic, institutional, intellectual, or other relationship could influence, or could reasonably be perceived as influencing, an individual's judgment or actions in relation to submitted or published scholarly work.
DLHD considers both actual and reasonably perceived competing interests. Disclosure should therefore be made whenever a relationship could raise legitimate questions about independence, objectivity, or transparency.
Authors must disclose all relevant financial and non-financial competing interests that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research, interpretation of results, preparation of the manuscript, or decision to submit the work for publication.
Disclosure should include relevant relationships involving sponsors, employers, commercial organizations, research partners, professional organizations, intellectual property, advisory relationships, or other parties connected to the research where appropriate.
Authors who have no relevant competing interests should state this explicitly.
Manuscripts should contain a clear Competing Interests or Conflict of Interest Statement before publication.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests relevant to this work.
Author A received research funding from [organization]. The funder had no role in study design, data analysis, interpretation, manuscript preparation, or the decision to submit the article for publication.
Authors should disclose relevant financial support and identify the funding organization or organizations associated with the research where applicable.
Where a sponsor or funder participated in study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, manuscript preparation, publication decisions, or other aspects of the research, the nature of that involvement should be transparently described.
Reviewers must disclose any relationship or circumstance that could interfere with, or reasonably be perceived as interfering with, their ability to provide an independent and impartial assessment of a manuscript.
Relevant circumstances may include recent collaboration, close professional relationships, direct academic competition, supervisory relationships, institutional connections, personal relationships, financial interests, or involvement in closely related research.
When impartial review cannot reasonably be maintained, reviewers should decline the invitation or notify the handling editor before proceeding.
Editors must not handle manuscripts where a relevant competing interest could reasonably compromise or appear to compromise independent editorial judgment.
When an Editor-in-Chief, Editor, Editorial Board member, or other editorial participant has a relevant competing interest, that person must be excluded from manuscript assessment, reviewer selection, access to confidential review communications where appropriate, and the final editorial decision. The manuscript will be assigned to an appropriate independent editor.
Editors and Editorial Board members may submit scholarly manuscripts to DLHD, but they receive no preferential treatment. When an editorial member is an author, co-author, collaborator, supervisor, or otherwise has a relevant competing interest, the manuscript must be handled independently by an editor who is not involved in the work or relationship. The author-editor must not participate in reviewer selection, peer review, discussion, or the publication decision.
Authors affiliated with the journal's publisher, institutional affiliation, Editorial Board institutions, or organizations associated with DLHD are subject to the same editorial and peer-review standards as all other authors. Institutional affiliation alone does not determine editorial outcome and must not provide preferential access or influence over publication decisions.
The publisher, institutional affiliation, sponsors, administrative personnel, or other non-editorial parties must not determine the acceptance or rejection of individual manuscripts. Editorial decisions remain the responsibility of the journal's editorial structure and are based on scholarly merit, relevance, methodological rigor, research integrity, ethical compliance, and the independent peer-review record.
If a potentially relevant competing interest is identified after submission or publication, DLHD may request clarification, documentation, or an updated disclosure from the individuals concerned.
Where an undisclosed interest materially affects transparency or the integrity of the scholarly record, the journal may issue an appropriate correction, editorial notice, expression of concern, retraction, or other action consistent with its publication ethics and post-publication policies.
Competing-interest disclosures submitted during editorial processing are handled with appropriate confidentiality. Relevant disclosures may be communicated to editors or reviewers where necessary for independent manuscript management and may be published with the article when appropriate to ensure transparency for readers.
Decision, Learning, and Human Development (DLHD) is institutionally affiliated with Yayasan Kalidaka Cendikia Nusantara and formally published by CV WISE Pendidikan Indonesia.
The journal applies competing-interest disclosure and recusal procedures to protect editorial independence, peer-review integrity, transparency, and the reliability of the published scholarly record.