Preprint and Prior Publication

The Jurnal Ilmu Peternakan dan Veteriner Tropis (JIPVET) is committed to publishing original scholarly research while recognizing the value of responsible early dissemination of scientific findings.

Research findings may be shared before journal publication through preprint servers, academic conferences, theses, dissertations, institutional repositories, or other scholarly communication channels. Such dissemination does not necessarily prevent subsequent consideration by JIPVET.

However, authors must disclose relevant prior dissemination and ensure that the submitted manuscript does not constitute undisclosed duplicate or redundant publication.

This policy defines how JIPVET evaluates preprints, previously disseminated academic materials, conference papers, manuscripts derived from theses or dissertations, overlapping publications, and multiple articles arising from the same research project.

1. Scope and General Principles

This policy applies to all manuscript types submitted to JIPVET, including original research articles, review articles, and other scholarly contributions accepted within the journal's scope.

JIPVET considers manuscript originality in relation to its scientific contribution, previously available content, publication history, and transparency of disclosure.

The following principles apply:

• Manuscripts must contain an identifiable scholarly contribution appropriate for journal publication.
• Manuscripts must not be under simultaneous consideration by another journal.
• Prior dissemination must be disclosed at submission.
• Previously published work must be acknowledged and cited where relevant.
• Repetition of data, figures, or results must not mislead readers about the originality of the submitted findings.
• Authors must possess the rights and permissions necessary for publication.
• The editorial office retains responsibility for determining whether prior dissemination is compatible with publication in JIPVET.

No single text-similarity percentage is sufficient to establish whether a manuscript constitutes duplicate publication. The editor evaluates the nature and significance of any overlap.

2. Preprints and Preprint Servers

A preprint is a scholarly manuscript made publicly available before completion of formal journal peer review and publication.

JIPVET may consider manuscripts previously posted as preprints, provided that the authors disclose the posting and the manuscript otherwise meets the journal's editorial and ethical requirements.

Posting a manuscript on a recognized preprint server does not automatically constitute prior journal publication.

Authors are encouraged to select preprint platforms that:

• Clearly identify posted work as not having undergone journal peer review.
• Provide stable links or persistent identifiers.
• Preserve identifiable version information.
• Support appropriate author, funding, and competing interests disclosures.
• Provide mechanisms for reporting concerns and identifying withdrawn or revised preprints.
• Allow authors to link preprints to subsequently published journal articles.

JIPVET may assess the content, license, and dissemination history of a preprint when determining whether the submitted manuscript is suitable for publication.

Preprint availability does not guarantee acceptance and does not replace the journal's peer-review process.

3. Preprint Disclosure, Versions, and Citation

Authors must inform JIPVET when a submitted manuscript has been made available through a preprint server.

The disclosure should identify:

• The preprint title.
• The name of the preprint platform.
• The public URL or DOI, if assigned.
• The posting date and relevant version.
• Material differences between the preprint and the submitted manuscript.

Preprint disclosure should be included in the submission cover letter or Comments to the Editor.

Authors must also notify the editor if the manuscript is newly posted or materially updated on a preprint server during editorial consideration.

The journal's double-anonymized peer-review procedure requires identifying information to be removed from files prepared for blinded assessment.

Because an openly available preprint may identify its authors, complete anonymity cannot always be guaranteed. Authors must nevertheless follow the journal's anonymization instructions.

Once an article has been published in JIPVET, authors should update the preprint record, where the platform permits, to provide the citation and DOI of the final published article.

A preprint should not be presented as though it were the final peer-reviewed publication.

Sharing an accepted or published manuscript must comply with applicable copyright, licensing, repository, and version-identification requirements.

4. Theses, Dissertations, and Institutional Repositories

JIPVET may consider journal manuscripts developed from undergraduate theses, master's theses, doctoral dissertations, or other academic works submitted as part of degree requirements.

The availability of a thesis or dissertation in an institutional repository does not, by itself, automatically prevent consideration of a related manuscript.

However, a manuscript derived from academic degree work must meet the journal's requirements for originality, scientific quality, authorship, and publication ethics.

Authors must:

• Disclose the relationship between the manuscript and the thesis or dissertation.
• Identify the title, author, institution, year, and repository link where available.
• Describe the specific research findings and arguments developed for the journal article.
• Ensure that the article provides a coherent, appropriately focused scholarly contribution.
• Acknowledge and cite the thesis or dissertation where appropriate.
• Resolve relevant copyright, permissions, and authorship requirements.

Journal manuscripts should be prepared for the article format rather than submitted as unmodified thesis chapters.

Editorial assessment considers the nature of the earlier dissemination, the scientific contribution of the manuscript, and the extent of content already available publicly.

Rewriting previously published text without adding a distinct scholarly contribution does not, by itself, establish originality.

5. Conference Abstracts, Posters, and Proceedings

JIPVET distinguishes preliminary conference dissemination from full publication of a research article.

Conference Abstracts and Posters

Previous presentation of research findings as a conference abstract, oral presentation, or scientific poster does not automatically prevent journal submission.

Authors must disclose relevant conference dissemination and cite publicly available materials where appropriate.

Full Conference Proceedings

A full-length paper published in conference proceedings may constitute prior publication, particularly when it presents substantially the same data, analyses, findings, and conclusions as the submitted article.

Authors must disclose the proceeding's title, publisher, publication details, DOI or URL, and the relationship between the two works.

A manuscript developed from a published conference paper may be considered only when the editor determines that it makes a sufficiently distinct scholarly contribution and satisfies applicable rights and attribution requirements.

The presence of a conference DOI does not, by itself, determine whether prior publication has occurred. The content and publication status must be evaluated.

Authors must not present a substantially identical proceeding paper as an entirely new journal publication.

6. Research Reports and Other Prior Dissemination

Research may previously have been described in institutional reports, technical reports, project documents, regulatory submissions, working papers, or other forms of dissemination.

The prior availability of such materials does not automatically establish that a journal manuscript is a duplicate publication.

Authors must disclose relevant earlier reports, particularly when they contain the same data, results, or substantial portions of the submitted manuscript.

The editor may consider:

• Whether the earlier document was publicly disseminated.
• Whether it underwent formal scholarly peer review.
• The extent of overlap in research questions, data, tables, figures, and conclusions.
• Whether the submitted article contains additional analyses, interpretation, or scientific findings.
• Whether reuse of the earlier material is legally and ethically permitted.

Public release of research protocols, database records, registered study information, or research datasets does not necessarily constitute prior journal publication.

Applicable transparency, citation, consent, and data-use requirements must nevertheless be respected.

7. Duplicate Submission and Redundant Publication

JIPVET does not permit simultaneous submission of substantially the same manuscript to more than one journal.

A manuscript submitted to JIPVET must not remain under active consideration elsewhere unless a specific, transparent arrangement has been expressly agreed upon by the journals concerned.

Redundant or duplicate publication occurs when substantially overlapping research is published more than once without adequate disclosure, justification, or acknowledgment.

Unacceptable practices may include:

• Republishing substantially identical findings under a different title.
• Submitting the same article in another language without disclosure and appropriate authorization.
• Reusing the same tables, figures, or dataset to present identical conclusions as new.
• Changing author order or manuscript wording to conceal earlier publication.
• Omitting relevant citations to related publications derived from the same research.
• Dividing a study into multiple minimally distinct publications without a defensible scientific rationale.

The journal assesses overlap according to its scientific substance rather than relying solely on similarity-screening software or a numerical threshold.

Legitimate repetition of necessary methods, appropriate citation, or transparent reanalysis must be distinguished from misleading duplicate publication.

8. Multiple Manuscripts from the Same Dataset

A single research project, experiment, field survey, or longitudinal dataset may support more than one legitimate scholarly publication.

Such publication may be acceptable when individual manuscripts address sufficiently distinct research questions, analyses, findings, or scientific contributions.

Authors must make the relationship between related manuscripts transparent.

Required considerations include:

• Clear identification of the research question addressed in each manuscript.
• Disclosure of previously published or concurrently prepared manuscripts from the same dataset.
• Appropriate citation of related publications.
• Accurate description of shared samples, experimental units, survey respondents, or observation periods.
• Transparent reporting of analytical overlap and differences between studies.
• Avoidance of misleading claims that reused data represent independent research observations.

JIPVET may request copies of related manuscripts and explanations of their respective scientific contributions.

The use of distinct analytical methods does not automatically establish that two publications contain sufficiently distinct findings.

Likewise, use of the same dataset does not automatically constitute misconduct when the research questions and resulting contributions are genuinely different and adequately disclosed.

9. Translations and Authorized Secondary Publication

Translation of an already published research article does not, by itself, create an original research publication.

JIPVET does not ordinarily accept an undisclosed translated version of an article that has already been formally published in another journal.

Exceptional secondary publication may be considered when there is a clear scholarly justification and the necessary permissions have been obtained.

Any proposed secondary publication requires, as applicable:

1. Prior disclosure of the primary publication.
2. Agreement from the editors of both publications.
3. Appropriate authorization from the relevant copyright holders.
4. Accurate presentation of the findings and interpretations in the primary work.
5. A clear reference to the original publication.
6. Explicit identification of the new article as a secondary, translated, or republished version.
7. Compliance with applicable licensing and publication arrangements.

Secondary publication requires explicit editorial authorization. It must not be represented as an independently original research article.

10. Author Disclosure and Supporting Documentation

The corresponding author must disclose relevant previous dissemination when submitting a manuscript to JIPVET.

Authors should include sufficient information for the editor to evaluate the publication history of the work.

The disclosure should identify, where applicable:

• The type of previous dissemination.
• The title and bibliographic details of the earlier work.
• A DOI, repository URL, or other stable link.
• The relationship between the earlier material and the submitted manuscript.
• Reused data, figures, tables, or analyses.
• Important additions or differences in the submitted work.
• Relevant copyright or reuse permissions.

Authors may be asked to provide copies of previously disseminated materials when those materials are not publicly accessible.

Example: Preprint Disclosure

Example: Thesis or Dissertation Disclosure

Example: Conference Disclosure

These examples must be adapted to the actual dissemination history. Authors must not invent prior publication details, identifiers, or supporting documentation.

11. Editorial Assessment and Integrity Concerns

The handling editor evaluates disclosed prior dissemination according to the content, publication status, scientific contribution, and relevant publication rights.

The assessment may include examination of previous articles, preprints, theses, conference papers, and related research reports.

Where concerns about substantial overlap arise, the editor may:

• Request clarification from the authors.
• Ask for copies of earlier work.
• Examine reused data, tables, figures, and conclusions.
• Require citation or clearer disclosure of relevant prior dissemination.
• Request revision to address inappropriate overlap.
• Seek independent scientific advice where necessary.
• Reject a manuscript when unacceptable duplicate publication or other serious non-compliance is established.

Similarity reports may support the assessment but must not be treated as conclusive evidence of publication misconduct.

Authors should receive an appropriate opportunity to explain substantive concerns about publication overlap.

Serious allegations may be addressed under JIPVET's Publication Ethics and Research Misconduct Policy.

When undisclosed duplicate publication is identified after publication, the journal may consider a correction, expression of concern, or retraction according to the available evidence and the seriousness of the matter.

A concern about publication overlap does not automatically establish deliberate misconduct.

Editorial action must remain proportionate, evidence-based, and consistent with the journal's applicable procedures.