Peer Review Process

  1. Manuscripts submitted for publication have not been previously published, except in the form of abstracts, preprints, published lectures, theses, proceedings-type publications, or discussion papers that have not undergone a full journal peer review, and are not being considered for peer-review publication elsewhere.
  2. Articles submitted for publication will be evaluated according to originality, academic objectivity, and scientific quality criteria.
  3. All submitted manuscripts are reviewed for compliance with the Journal initially by the Editor. If the Editor deems a paper to be unsuitable for the Journal, the Editor will send an email with that suggestion within a week.
  4. All manuscripts are submitted to the Aksiloka Journal for the initial assessment to check whether the paper is within the scope. If the Axicon Editor deems the paper to be more suitable for a Journal with a different scope, the Editor will send an email with that suggestion within a week.
  5. Reviewers are required to evaluate the manuscript within 2 weeks. If major revisions are required, this period may take an additional month after the revised version is submitted to the journal. After that, the article will be returned to the author for revision. This process takes up to 1 month (4 weeks). In each manuscript, peer reviewers will be assessed from substantial and technical aspects.
  6. The names of the reviewers remain strictly confidential.
  7. Articles will be sent to peer reviewers (two reviewers) who are highly valued in their field and will be entered into the next selection with the Double-Blind Peer Review Process.
  8. The author must respond to the Editor's comments and reviewers in a professional and timely manner.
  9. Authors must notify the editor if they withdraw their work from review.
  10. If the author does not / disagree with the criticism and suggestions, they have the right to appeal with reasons.
  11. Manuscripts that are not accepted for publication will be returned to the author.
  12. The copyright of the article accepted for publication is deemed to have been transferred to Jurnal Aksiloka.
  13. The author shall be collectively responsible for the work submitted and published.
  14. Jurnal Aksiloka guarantees that there will be no publication fees from any library or reader to access electronic articles. However, all costs incurred for plagiarism detection, layout and kitchen, references, attribution, and attribution checks are borne by the author. For details, please see the Open Access Policy.
  15. Authors/are aware that their submissions will be automatically checked for plagiarism. To prevent plagiarism, all articles will be checked for originality before publication using Turnitin, with a maximum similarity threshold of 25%.
  16. The author is aware that the papers remain permanently archived, accessible, and cited.

In summary, the double-blind peer-review process of the Aksiloka Journal is shown in the image below.