Peer Review Process

Jiwa: Jurnal Psikologi Indonesia (JIWA) is a journal published by the Faculty of Psychology Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya. The research article submitted to this online journal will be a double-blind peer-reviewed (Both reviewer and author remain anonymous to each other) a at least 2 (two) reviewers. The accepted research articles will be available online following the journal peer-reviewing process. a Language used in this journal is Indonesia or English.

For checking Plagiarism, a JIWA JOURNAL Editor will screen plagiarism manually (offline and online database) on the Title, Abstract, and Body Text of the manuscript, and by using several plagiarism detection software (Unplag and Crosscheck). If it is found a plagiarism indication, editorial board will reject manuscript immediately.

Review Process:

  1. Editor receiving manuscript from author;
  2. Editor evaluates manuscript (journal aim and scope, in-house style, supplementary data); (Rejected if not meet criteria)
  3. Editor screening for plagiarism on offline and online databases manually; (Rejected if found major plagiarism, contacted author if found redundancy or minor plagiarism for clarification)
  4. Editor sends manuscript to reviewer along with review form (double blind review, Both reviewer and author remain anonymous to each other);
  5. Reviewer sends back his review form to Editor (with revised manuscript if necessary);
  6. Editor decision (rejected, require major revision, need minor revision, or accepted);
  7. Confirmation to the Author.
  8. If revision, the author revised manuscripts and should be returned to the editor without delay. Returned later than three months will be considered as new submissions.