Editorial Policies

Overview

The Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) is an area study journal that specializes in publishing research-based articles about Aceh and neighbouring countries.

Journal of Aceh Studies seeks to critique and interrogate the notion of "Aceh", pursuing this through international perspectives on the history, literature, politics and culture of the Aceh. The Journal publishes works by scholars from all over the world on Aceh literature, history, education, humanities, society, institutions, politics, economics, film, popular culture, geography and related subjects in domestic, continental, hemispheric, and global contexts. Its expanded book review section offers in-depth analysis of recent Aceh Studies scholarship to promote further discussion and debate. The journal is intended not only for students and scholars, but also for general readers with an interest in the Aceh. 

The JOAS offers open access to its content and is licensed under a CC-BY-SA as the optimal license for the publication, distribution, use, and reuse of scholarly works. Access permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at the digital libraries and open access journal databases. And all research results and articles or the ideas in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonym refereeing by two anonymous referees. This policy describes guidelines in the publication process of our journals. Specifically, Journal of Aceh Studies adopts and strives to adhere to the standards and requirements at the COPE. More details on Editorial Policies can be found in the link below.

 Aim, Focus, and Scope
Checked Publication Ethics and Malpractice
Checked Section Policies 
Checked Publication Procedure 
Checked Editorial Workflow
Checked Peer Review Process 
Checked Reviewer Ethics
Checked Reviewer Policy
Checked Reviewer Guidelines
Checked Publication Frequency
Checked License
Checked Copyright Notice
Checked Open Access Policy
Checked Archiving Policy 
Checked Repository Policy 
Checked Policy of Screening for Plagiarism
Checked Participation Charge Policy
Checked Privacy Statement

 

Aim, Focus, and Scope

The Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) is an area study journal that specializes in publishing research-based articles about Aceh and neighbouring countries.

Journal of Aceh Studies seeks to critique and interrogate the notion of "Aceh", pursuing this through international perspectives on the history, literature, politics and culture of the Aceh. The Journal publishes works by scholars from all over the world on Aceh literature, history, education, humanities, society, institutions, politics, economics, film, popular culture, geography and related subjects in domestic, continental, hemispheric, and global contexts. Its expanded book review section offers in-depth analysis of recent Aceh Studies scholarship to promote further discussion and debate. The journal is intended not only for students and scholars, but also for general readers with an interest in the Aceh. 

Dedicated section editors, associate editors, and our in-house team handle your manuscript and manage the publication process end to end, giving your research the editorial support it deserves.

 

Publication Ethics and Malpractice

Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS), is a leading peer-reviewed and open-access journal, online. The main objective of the Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) is to disseminate scientific knowledge and generate debate in an interdisciplinary context, linking the different areas of the social sciences. Thus, this contribution will help to the society’s development with a rigorous scientific basis, internationally proved. This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in the journal, viz: the author, the chief editor, the peer-reviewer, and the publishers (Organisasi Relawan Endorse). This statement is based on the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. The essentials of JOAS’s publishing ethics for all groups involved in the publishing process are as follows:

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication
The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed JOAS is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher, and the society.

Organisasi Relawan Endorse as the publisher of Journal of Society Innovation and Development takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing extremely seriously and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint, or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. In addition, the Organisasi Relawan Endorse and Editorial Board will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful and necessary. More ...click here

 

Section Policies

Articles

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Publication Procedure

Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.
Submission of a paper to this journal implies that the manuscript has not been in or submitted to any other journal and the author have obtained appropriate permission to use data obtained for and contained in the manuscript. With the following conditions:

It is essential that authors prepare manuscripts according to established specifications. Failure to follow may result in your paper being delayed and the effectiveness of the search capabilities offered by electronic delivery will depend upon the care used by authors in preparing manuscripts; More ...click here

 

Editorial Workflow

The entire editorial workflow is performed using the Open Journal System (OJS). The editorial workflow gives the Editors the authority to reject any manuscript because of the inappropriateness of its subject, lack of quality, or incorrectness of its results. The Editor cannot assign himself/ herself as an external reviewer of the manuscript. This is to ensure a high-quality, fair, and unbiased peer-review process of every manuscript submitted to the journal since any manuscript must be recommended by two or more external reviewers along with the Editor in charge of the manuscript in order for it to be accepted for publication in the journal. The following is the Editorial Workflow that every manuscript submitted to the journal undergoes during the course of the peer-review process.

Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) relies on the peer review process to uphold the quality and validity of articles published. All articles submitted to Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) will be peer-reviewed. JOAS adheres to a Double-Blind Peer-Review process that is rapid and fair and also ensures a high quality of articles published. This statement is based on the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Code of Conduct and Best Practice Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers. More ...click here

 

Peer Review Process

Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS), adheres to a Double-Blind Review process that is rapid, fair, and also ensures a high quality of articles published. Through the Double-Blind Review system, both reviewers and authors are anonymous. Author anonymity to prevent reviewer bias, for example, based on the author's country of origin or previous controversial work. Manuscripts written by prestigious or well-known authors are considered based on the content of their manuscripts, not their reputation. This statement is based on the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Code of Conduct and Best Practice Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.
 
All manuscripts submitted to this journal will be reviewed by at least 2 (two) or more reviewers with the "Double-Blind Review" system. Authors should receive acknowledgment of receipt of their manuscripts after three weeks of submission. If the manuscripts passes the Editorial initial screening, the article is sent to two reviewers and the process takes about three to four months. Manuscripts accepted with minor or major revisions should be revised as the reviewers’ comments and suggestions. More ...click here
 

Reviewer Ethics

If JOAS Editor-in-Chief has invited you to review a manuscript, please consider the following:

  1. If you accept, you must treat the materials you receive as confidential documents. This means you can’t share them with anyone without prior authorization from the editor. Since peer review is confidential, you also must not share information about the review with anyone without permission from the editors and authors;
  2. Not involve anyone else in the review of a manuscript, including junior researchers they are mentoring, without first obtaining permission from the journal; the names of any individuals who have helped them with the review should be included with the returned review so that they are associated with the manuscript in the journal’s records and can also receive due to credit for their efforts;
  3. Notify the editor journal as soon as possible if they find they do not have the expertise to assess all aspects of the manuscript; they shouldn’t wait until submitting their review as this will unduly delay the review process;
  4. Read the manuscript, ancillary material (e.g. reviewer instructions, required ethics and policy statements, supplemental data files), and journal instructions thoroughly, getting back to the journal if anything is not clear, and requesting any missing or incomplete items they need to carry out a full review;
  5. contact the editor journal if circumstances arise that will prevent from submitting a timely review, providing an accurate estimate of the time they will need to do a review if still asked to do so. But not intentionally prolong the review process, either by delaying the submission of their review or by requesting unnecessary additional information from the journal or author;
  6. Notify the journal editor immediately and seek advice if they discover either a conflicting interest that wasn’t apparent when they agreed to the review or anything that might prevent them from providing a fair and unbiased review;
  7. Be aware of the sensitivities surrounding language issues that are due to the authors writing in a language that is not their own, and phrase the feedback appropriately and with due respect;
  8. Consider the article from your own perspective. Ensure their review is based on the merits of the work and not influenced, either positively or negatively, by any personal, financial, or other conflicting considerations or by intellectual biases;
  9. Not make unfair negative comments or include unjustified criticisms of any competitors’ work that is mentioned in the manuscript; More ...click here
 

Reviewer Policy

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Every manuscript submitted to Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) will be checked by the board of editors regarding scope, in-house style, plagiarism. The manuscript that qualifies the focus and scope of JOAS will be continued to the review process. The JOAS adheres to a Double-Blind Peer-Review process that is rapid, fair, and also ensures a high quality of articles published. The reviewer is a journal partner from the experts who concern about the field of this journal. The editor will send an e-mail to the chosen reviewer about the title and content of the manuscript, and also the invitation to log in to the journal website to finish the review process. The reviewer logs in to the journal website to approve doing the review, to download the manuscript, to send their comment, and to choose the recommendation. The qualified paper will be published. In so doing, JOAS needs reviewers who can provide insightful and helpful comments on submitted manuscripts with a turnaround time of about 4-5 weeks. The result will be returned to the author to be followed up. Maintaining JOAS as a scientific journal of high quality depends on reviewers with a high level of expertise and an ability to be objective, fair, and insightful in their evaluation of manuscripts. This statement is based on COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Code of Conduct and Best Practice Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.

Promptness

Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process. More ...click here

 

Reviewer Guidelines

Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) relies on the peer review process to uphold the quality and validity of articles published. All articles submitted to JOAS will be peer-reviewed. JOAS adheres to a double-blind peer-review process that is rapid and fair and also ensures a high quality of articles published. In so doing, JSID needs reviewers who can provide insightful and helpful comments on submitted manuscripts with a turnaround time of about 4-5 weeks. Maintaining JOAS as a scientific journal of high quality depends on reviewers with a high level of expertise and an ability to be objective, fair, and insightful in their evaluation of manuscripts. This statement is based on the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Code of Conduct and Best Practice Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.

Before You Start
Before you accept or decline an invitation to review, consider the following questions:
  1. Does the article match your area of expertise? Only accept if you feel you can provide a high-quality review.
  2. Do you have a potential conflict of interest? Disclose this to the editor when you respond. More ...click here
 

Publication Frequency

This journal is published 2 times of year (April and October) and published online by the end of the month of the edition, and JOAS provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. 
 

License

Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA) as the optimal license for the publication, distribution, use, and reuse of scholarly works. This license permits anyone to compose, repair, and make derivative creations even for commercial purposes, as long as appropriate credit and proper acknowledgment of the original publication from the journal is made to allow users to trace back to the original manuscript and author.
You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. If you remix, transform or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
Readers are also granted full access to read and download the published manuscripts, reprint, and distribute the manuscript in any medium or format.
 

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal;
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal;
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access). 
 

Open Access Policy

Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
 

Archiving Policy

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. See More...
In addition, this journal is also archived at the national library, namely the Indonesian One Search and the Indonesian Scientific Journal Database.
 

Repository Policy

Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) has a retention policy at Sherpa/Romeo, allowing authors to deposit versions of their work in an institutional or other repository of their choice. In addition, Journal of Society Innovation and Development has the following repository policy.

1. Submitted Version
Journal of Society Innovation and Development allows authors to store their submitted manuscript in their personal repositories or other repositories which cannot be accessed by public. These repositories include but not limited to Google Drive, Dropbox, One Drive, Zenodo, and Apple iCloud.

2. Accepted Version
Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) allows authors to store their submitted manuscript in their personal repositories or other repositories which cannot be accessed by public. These repositories include but not limited to Google Drive, Dropbox, One Drive, Zenodo, and Apple iCloud.

3. Published Version
Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) allows and encourages authors to store their published version (pdf version) in their intitutional repositories, personal respositories and other repositories, and make it accessible for any use, even commercially, with proper retribution. All of published articles in Studies in English Language and Education are deposited in Portal Garuda repository and Zenodo.
 

Policy of Screening for Plagiarism

All of the manuscripts submitted to Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) will be screened for plagiarism using plagiarism detection tools (Turnitin) and Crossref Similarity Check (iThenticate). Both applications are used to detect submissions that overlap with published and submitted manuscripts. The Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) will immediately reject papers containing plagiarism or self-plagiarism. Before submitting manuscripts to reviewers, all submissions are first checked for similarity or plagiarism by a member of the editorial team. The similarity level tolerated for papers submitted to Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) must have a similarity level of less than 20%. Authors can see our Similarity Check page for more information on how to interpret these reports. More ...click here
 

Participation Charge Policy

The Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) does not charge fees for any submission, and article processing (APCs). Authors ARE NOT REQUIRED to pay an Article Submission Fee as part of the submission process (IDR. 0.00,-).

The Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) only charges the author a symbolic participation charge for manuscripts accepted for publication. After going through all the processes, and if the manuscript is Accepted for Publication, the Journal of Aceh Studies (JOAS) charges the authors a participation charge USD. 0.000.000,-. Authors are required to pay Article Publishing Charges (APCs) as part of the publication process. Please follow the instructions for payment after you receive the acceptance letter.

Journal subscription is open to any individual without any subscription charges. All published manuscripts will be available for viewing and download from the journal's website for free and Open Access.

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Privacy Statement

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