Journal Policy

Section Policies

Editorial

Unchecked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

Research Article

Editors
  • Septhian Eka Adiyatma
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Review Article

Editors
  • Septhian Eka Adiyatma
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Book Review

Editors
  • Diandra Preludio Ramada
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

 

Peer Review Process

Submitted manuscripts will be pre-reviewed by the editors, determining whether the manuscripts have conformed to IJCLS (Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law Studies)'s submission guidelines. Manuscripts which have conformed to the journals style will be peer-reviewed. IJCLS (Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law Studies) is a double blind peer-reviewed journal which involves many reviewers of experts in relevant field of laws. The final decision of manuscript acceptance is solely decided by the editors according to reviewers' comments.

Plagiarism and self-plagiarism are not allowed. IJCLS (Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law Studies) uses Turnitin to screen articles for detecting plagiarism. Detection of overlapping and similar text is used there and so quotations and appropriate citations have to be used whenever required.

IJCLS (Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law Studies) published the only paper strictly following IJCLS (Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law Studies) guidelines and template for preparation manuscript. All submitted manuscripts are going through a double-blind peer-review process. Those papers are read by editorial members (upon the field of specialization) and will be screened by Managing Editor to meet the necessary criteria of the IJCLS (Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law Studies) publication.

Manuscripts will be sent to two reviewers based on their historical experience in reviewing manuscripts or based on their field of specialization. IJCLS (Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law Studies) has reviewing forms in order to keep same items reviewed by two reviewers. Then editorial board makes a decision upon the reviewer's comments or advice. Reviewers give their assessment on originality, clarity of presentation, contribution to the field/science, IJCLS (Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law Studies) has four kinds of decisions:

  1. Accepted, as it is
  2. Accepted by Minor Revisions (let authors revised with stipulated time)
  3. Accepted by Major Revisions (let authors revised with stipulated time)
  4. Rejected (generally, on grounds of the outside of scope and aim, major technical description problems, lack of clarity of presentation)

For checking Plagiarism, the IJCLS (Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law Studies) Editorial Board will screen plagiarism using Turnitin. If it is found plagiarism indication (above 30%), the editorial board will reject the manuscript immediately.

The Author retains the copyrights without any restrictions. Before publishing, it is required to obtain written confirmation from authors in order to acquire copyrights for papers published in the journal. Authors must sign the Originality Statement.