Peer Review Process

Research articles submitted to this online journal will be reviewed on a double blind peer review. Research articles received will be available online (free download) after the review process of the journal. The language used in this Journal is English and Indonesian.

Reviewing manuscripts written by fellow scientists is a privilege. However, this is a time-consuming responsibility. Therefore, Editorial Board of jhimi, writers, and viewers appreciate your willingness to accept responsibility and dedication. Articles submitted to the peer-reviewed process are done quickly and fairly, as well as ensuring the quality of published articles. As such, jhimi requires reviewers who can provide useful comments about submitted manuscripts for about 4 weeks. Maintaining jhimi as a high-quality scientific journal depends on reviewers with a high level of expertise and the ability to be objective, fair, and profound in the evaluation of the manuscript.

If the Editor has invited you to review the manuscript, please consider the following:

  1. Review the manuscript critically, but constructively and prepare detailed comments about the manuscript to help authors improve their work
  2. Review some versions of the manuscript as necessary
  3. Provides all the required information within the stipulated deadline
  4. Make recommendations to editors of the suitability of the manuscript to be published in the journal
  5. Declare to the editor any potential conflict of interest with respect to the author or the content of the manuscript requested for review
  6. Reporting possible research errors
  7. Suggest alternate reviewers if they can not review the manuscript for any reason
  8. Protect the manuscript as a confidential document
  9. Not taking advantage of the work described in the manuscript
  10. Not communicating directly with the author
  11. Not identifying themselves to the author
  12. Not submitting a manuscript assigned to another reviewer
  13. Ensure that the manuscript is of high quality and original work
  14. Inform the editor if he finds the assigned script being considered in another publication for his knowledge
  15. Write a review report in Indonesian only
  16. Comment on publications relating to the reviewed text.

Here's a list of items to review:

  1. Novelty of the topic
  2. Authenticity
  3. Scientific reliability
  4. Valuable contribution to science
  5. Added a new aspect to an existing field of study
  6. Ethical aspect
  7. The structure of the submitted article and its relevance to the author's guidance
  8. References are provided to support the content
  9. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling
  10. Scientific error

Steps in Peer Review

  • The author submits all required materials, including copyright form, and separate cover letter via submission portal.
  • Completed submission is sent out to two or three reviewers.
  • Reviewers review the article and send it back to the editorial office for processing.
  • After initial review, Editor-in-Chief releases reviews to authors.
  • Authors are asked to respond to reviewers and make necessary corrections.
  • The article is sent out for re-review.
  • Editor-in-Chief may accept, reject, accept with minor alterations, or send out for the third review.
  • If accepted, the author must submit the final version. The version will be added to “in-press” queue with publisher.
  • Prior to publication, the publisher will send galleys to authors. No edits may be made after galleys are approved.
  • The article is printed or published online in JHIMI Journal

Submission and Peer Review Process