Conflict of Interest

Tadulako Journal of Sport Sciences and Physical Education is committed to maintaining integrity, objectivity, and transparency throughout the entire process of publishing scientific articles. All parties involved in the publication process authors, editors, reviewers, and journal management are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest that could influence assessments, editorial decisions, or the presentation of research findings.

Conflicts of interest include, but are not limited to, financial relationships, institutional affiliations, personal relationships, academic rivalries, share ownership, funding support, or other commercial interests that have the potential to influence the objectivity of the work or the peer-review process.

Authors must declare the absence of any conflicts of interest or disclose any existing conflicts of interest in the "Conflict of Interest" section of the manuscript. If funding support was received, authors must also specify the source of funding and the role of the funder in the research and the writing of the article.

Editors and reviewers who have personal, professional, academic, or financial relationships with an author which could potentially lead to bias must disclose such conflicts of interest and recuse themselves from the review process or editorial decision-making. In such cases, the editor shall appoint a different reviewer or editorial staff member who has no conflict of interest.

Tadulako Journal Sport Sciences and Physical Education will address any alleged conflicts of interest objectively, confidentially, and in accordance with established publication ethics principles. If a conflict of interest is not disclosed and is proven to have influenced the publication process, the editors reserve the right to issue a correction, reject the manuscript, or retract an already published article.