Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

FOCUS

Social studies; sociology of education-learning concepts and practices

SCOPE

Social phenomena and problems from a sociological perspective, with various paradigms (social facts, social definitions, and social behavior), using sociological theories at the micro, middle, and macro levels. All aspects of sociology education and learning in universities and schools include planning, implementation, and assessment, both from the point of view of policy, curriculum, and educational resources.

 

Section Policies

Articles

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Peer Review Process

SOSIO EDUKASI Jurnal Studi Masyarakat dan Pendidikan is a scientific publication, so only scientific manuscripts are accepted and have never been published. The policies in the review process in SOSIO EDUKASI are as follows:

  1. The review process involves writers, editors, section editors, and reviewers.
  2. The review process is carried out using double-blind peer review. The identity of the reviewer and author is hidden from the reviewer and vice versa.
  3. The editor first checks each submitted article to see if it follows the focus, scope, and guidelines and checks for plagiarism.
  4. Two reviewers will review the article to ensure the quality of the article from the title, abstract, discussion, and conclusion.
  5. Articles go through a review process for six weeks with the criteria for evaluating the manuscript as stated in the Article Assessment Form for reviewers.
  6. The reviewer explains the novelty and contribution of the article to scientific discussion.
  7. Reviewers provide feedback on whether the article deserves to be accepted, rejected, and needs minor or major revisions.

 

Publication Frequency

SOSIO EDUKASI is published twice a year, in December and June. The articles are published collectively according to the publication schedule.

 

Open Access Policy

SOSIO EDUKASI provides open access to everyone so that the information and findings in the articles are helpful for everyone. SOSIO EDUKASI can be accessed and downloaded for free, free of charge. For articles that are used as reference material in article writing or otherwise, you must quote and mention the name of the author of the article in the article created.

 

Archiving

All articles published by SOSIO EDUKASI have a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to provide guarantees to authors regarding long-term archiving. With the DOI, all articles in SOSIO EDUKASI will not be affected by changes to the URL currently used. The DOI Prefix of the journal is 10.29408/sosedu, by Crossref. SOSIO EDUKASI also permanently archives all the articles in GARUDA, and Indonesia OneSearch.

 

Publication Ethics

Section 1: Publication and Authorship

  1. All submitted manuscripts must go through a rigorous peer-review process by reviewers who are experts in the field of the manuscript.
  2. The review process is carried out by double-blind peer-review.
  3. The factors considered in the review are relevance, novelty, significance, originality (authenticity), readability, and language.
  4. Decisions included in this journal are acceptance, acceptance with revision, or rejection. 
  5. If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised submission will be accepted. 
  6. Manuscripts that are rejected will not be reviewed. 
  7. Acceptance of manuscripts is limited by applicable legal requirements regarding defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism. 
  8. No study may be included in more than one publication.

Section 2: Author's Responsibilities

  1. Author must certify that the manuscript or article has not previously been published elsewhere.
  2. Authors must state that the manuscript is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  3. Authors must participate in the peer-review process.
  4. The author is obliged to provide revocation or correction of errors.
  5. All authors mentioned in the manuscript must have contributed to the research.
  6. The author must certify that all data in the paper are authentic.
  7. Authors must notify the Editor of any conflicts of interest.
  8. Authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscripts.
  9. Authors must report any errors they find in their published paper to the Editor.

Section 3: Reviewer's Responsibilities 

  1. Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of all information regarding the manuscript and treat it as important information.
  2. The review must be done objectively, without personal criticism of the author.
  3. Reviewers must express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
  4. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that the authors have not cited.
  5. Reviewers should also contact the Editor in Chief if there are substantial similarities or overlaps between the manuscript under consideration and other published papers of which they have personal knowledge.
  6. Reviewers may not review manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest resulting from a competitive, collaborative, or other relationship or connection with the author, company, or institution to which the article relates.

Section 4: Editor's Responsibilities

  1. The Editor has full responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.
  2. Editors are responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication.
  3. Editors should always consider the needs of writers and readers when trying to improve publications.
  4. Editors must ensure the quality of the paper and the integrity of the academic record.
  5. The Editor must publish an error page or make corrections when necessary.
  6. Editors must have a clear picture of the sources of research funding.
  7. Editors should base their decisions solely on the paper's importance, originality, clarity, and relevance to the publication's scope.
  8. Editors may not reverse their decision or overturn a previous editor's decision without serious reason.
  9. Editors must maintain the anonymity of reviewers.
  10. Editors must ensure that all research material they publish complies with nationally and internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
  11. Editors should only accept the article if they are reasonably certain.
  12. Editors must act if they suspect infringement, whether an article is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable efforts to persist in getting the issue resolved.
  13. Editors may not reject articles based on suspicion; they must have proof of infringement.
  14. Editors must not allow any conflict of interest between the assistant Editor, authors, reviewers, and editorial board members.

 

Screening Plagiarism

Editors will run a plagiarism check using Ithenticate or Turnitin for submitted articles before submitting them to reviewers. If an article has more than 20% plagiarized content based on the inspection results, we will send the paper back to the author for revision. The editor will reject the manuscript if the article has more than 50% plagiarized content.