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Policies

Section Policies

Padjadjaran Journal of Law (PJIH) is an accredited, open access journal that was established in 2014. This journal is quarterly published (April, August, and December) and mostly encompasses of public law topics, ranging from law interpretation, case studies, and policy analysis, with the aim to contribute on the promotion and development of law as a response towards the rapid growth of global issues.

Peer Review Process

PADJADJARAN Jurnal Ilmu Hukum (Journal of Law) (PJIH) preview process uses a double-blind review system. First, manuscript are read by editorial members (upon the field of specialization) to meet the PJIH's criteria. Then, the manuscript will be sent to at least two anonymous reviewers. Sometimes (if required) a third peer-reviewer is also needed for further recommendation. Reviewers' comments are then sent to the corresponding author for necessary actions and responses. Finally, the Editor shall inform the author of the results of the review as soon as possible, hopefully within sixty days.

The final decision of manuscript acceptance is made by Editor in Chief (together with Editorial Board if required) according to reviewers' critical comments. PJIH has four types of decisions:

  • Accepted, as it is
  • Accepted by Minor Revisions (let authors revised with stipulated time)
  • Accepted by Major Revisions (let authors revised with stipulated time)
  • Rejected (generally, on grounds of the outside of scope and aim, major technical description problems, lack of clarity of presentation)

In reviewing submitted articles, reviewer will refer to scoring guide given by Editorial Board. Scoring format includes originality of ideas, accuracy of used theories in analysing problems, and writing method. Editor will also run a plagiarism check using Turnitin or Ithenticate for the submitted articles before sending it to the reviewers. If a manuscript has over 15% of similarity, we will send back the article to the author to be revised for the plagiarised contents.

peer review process

The journal is carried out by using Mendeley as a Tool Reference Manager and Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition (full note) as the style.

PJIH has been published online since Volume 3 year 2016. PJIH has also provided a printed edition of the publication since Volume 5 year 2018, and can be available for public upon request.

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.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.