Focus and Scope
PARAFRASE: Jurnal Kajian Kebahasaan dan Kesastraan is  biannual peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Fakultas Ilmu Budaya, Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya. The journal encourages original articles on various issues within Language and Literary Studies, which include but are not limited to philosophy, literature, linguistics, anthropology, history, cultural studies, Japanese studies, arts, and information science focusing on Indonesian cultural studies and research. PARAFRASE: Jurnal Kajian Kebahasaan dan Kesastraan accepts to publish a balanced composition of high-quality theoretical or empirical research articles, comparative studies, case studies, review papers, exploratory papers, and book reviews. All accepted manuscripts will be published either online and in printed journal.
Peer Review Process
Parafrase: Jurnal Kajian Kebahasaan & Kesastraan is published by Faculty of Humanities, Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 (UNTAG) Surabaya. The manuscript submitted to this journal will be double blind peer-reviewed (both the reviewer and the author will be kept anonymous) and will take a couple of weeks for the manuscript to get back to the author. The authors will be notified of the status of their manuscripts (accepted without revisions/accepted pending changes/to be revised and resubmitted/rejected) after the completion of the internal and/or external review process. The accepted research articles will be made available online following the journal peer-reviewing process.
To check Plagiarism, Parafrase Editor will screen the manuscript and will make use of text maching software or plagiarism checker to check abstract and the body text of the manuscript. If it is found a plagiarism indication, editorial board will reject manuscript immediately.
More specifically, our editorial process is as follows:
1. Initial screening. All submissions are initially screened by the Editor-in-Chief for their conformity to Parafrase’s scope and basic submission requirements, and checked for plagiarism. Manuscripts that fail to abide by our ethical standards are immediately rejected, as are manuscripts that do not fit within the journal's scope.
2. Reviewer assignment. Manuscripts that pass initial screening are then handed over to a section editor, who will select at least two relevant reviewers and initiate the peer review process.
3. Peer review. During this stage, a reviewer will asess the content of the manuscript and provide their recommendation to the Editor-in-Chief.
4. First decision. Once both (or more) reviewers have submitted their recommendations, the manuscript is either rejected, asked for revisions (minor or major), or accepted as is. If it is accepted, the manuscript is returned to the submitting author for proofreading. The final decision to accept the manuscript is made by the Editor-in-Chief based on the recommendation of the section editor and following approval by the editorial board.
5. Revision. A manuscript that requires revisions is returned to the submitting author, who will have up to four weeks to revise the manuscript. Once the revision is submitted, it is once again assessed by the section editor to determine whether the changes are adequate and appropriate, as well as whether the author(s) sufficiently responded to the reviewers' comments and suggestions. If the revisions are deemed to be inadequate, this step is repeated (the manuscript is returned to the submitting author once more for further revision).
6. Final decision. Finally, the revised manuscript is either accepted or rejected, depending on whether the section editor has found the manuscript to have been improved to a level worthy of publication. If the author(s) are unable to make the required changes or have done so to a degree below Parafrase’s standards, the manuscript is rejected.
7. Language editing. Once the manuscript is accepted, it is returned to the submitting author for final editing of its language and content; these are changes that improve the readability of the article without changing the substance of the content. Parafrase requires authors to return the manuscript with proof that changes have been made, which the editorial board will review before ultimately greenlighting the manuscript for publication.
8. Typesetting.Once greenlit, the manuscript is handed over to the journal's typesetter. The final version of the article, as it will appear in Parafrase, is returned to the submitting author for proofreading and final approval.
9. Publication. Â Congratulations! The published article will appear in the latest issue of Parafrase.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Journal History
PARAFRASE: PARAFRASE: Jurnal Kajian Kebahasaan dan Kesastraan is biannual peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Faculty of Cultural Science, University of 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya. The journal encourages original articles on various issues within Language and Literary Studies, which include but are not limited to philosophy, literature, linguistics, anthropology, history, cultural studies, Japanese studies, arts, and information science focusing on Indonesian cultural studies and research. PARAFRASE: PARAFRASE: Jurnal Kajian Kebahasaan dan Kesastraan accepts to publish a balanced composition of high-quality theoretical or empirical research articles, comparative studies, case studies, review papers, exploratory papers, and book reviews. All accepted manuscripts will be published either online and in printed journal.
