Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

This journal is intended to serve as a tool for disseminating information and fostering socialization regarding the results of the dedication of the entire academic community to various innovations and solutions to multiple societal problems in rural and regional development.

Articles published in the Journal of Rural and Development can take the form of research-based Community Service activities, such as Participatory Action Research, Asset-Based Community Development, Community-Based Research, Service Learning, and Community Development.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

  1. Articles in this journal are a publication of research-based Community Service activities, such as Participatory Action Research, Asset-Based Community Development, Community-Based Research, Service Learning, and Community Development.
  2. The author guarantees the originality of the article and that it has never been published or is in the process of being considered by another journal (a statement of originality).
  3. The manuscript is written in accordance with the Journal of Rural and Development writing template. 
  4. The manuscript must be submitted online through the OJS of the Journal of Rural and Development
  5. The review process is conducted through a double-blind peer review system. Submitted manuscripts to this journal will be reviewed by at least 2 reviewers. The time required by reviewers to complete a round of the review process is 4 weeks on average, and the average time to publication is 10 weeks. During the review process, reviewers assess the correspondence between the title, abstract, discussion (including findings), and conclusions. Additionally, reviewers assess the novelty, scientific impact, and references cited in the paper. Manuscripts that do not meet the journal's criteria are rejected promptly by the editors without external review. Reviewers only review manuscripts that have been evaluated and are within our scope.
  6. Manuscripts that have been in the editorial board will receive three possible results by considering the reviewer’s recommendation, namely: (1) accepted without revision; (2) accepted with revision; (3) rejected because it does not meet the requirements.

 

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.

 

Publication Ethics

Publication Statement

The Journal of Rural and Development is a national journal, published in collaboration with Bestari, and is available online twice a year by the Research Center of Rural and Regional Development, LPPM, Universitas Sebelas Maret. This statement explains the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the publishing process, including the author, editorial board, and publisher.

Publication Ethics Guidelines

The publication of articles in the Journal of Rural and Development is a crucial process in developing coherent and reputable knowledge. This is a direct reflection of the quality of the author’s work and the institutions that support the author or researchers. The articles reviewed contain and support scientific methodology. Therefore, it is essential to agree on standards of ethical behavior expected of all parties involved in the publishing process, including authors, editors-in-chief, editorial boards, section editors, and publishers.

The Research Center of Rural and Regional Development, LPPM, Universitas Sebelas Maret, as the publisher of Agrisema, is responsible for overseeing all stages of publication seriously and recognizing its ethical and other responsibilities. The institution ensures that any advertising and other commercial revenues have no impact or influence on editorial decisions. Apart from that, the institutions also help to communicate with other journal publishers if it is useful and necessary.

Decision
The editor is responsible for deciding which articles will be processed and should be published. The validation of these works and their importance to authors and readers should support such a decision. The editors are guided by the journal’s editorial policies and constrained by laws covering libel, copyright, and plagiarism. Editors can discuss policies with other editors or assessment teams to determine the best approach.

Confidentiality
Expert editors and executive editors are prohibited from disclosing any information related to submitted manuscripts to anyone other than the authors themselves, the senior editor, Bestari, and publishers.

Conflict of interest
All unpublished content written in text is prohibited for use in the research of the editors without confirmation from the author.

Objectivity
Assessment must be carried out objectively. Personal criticism of the author is not permitted. The reviewers must express their views using supporting arguments.

Confession
The reviewer should identify the relevant article that has not been cited by the authors. Any previously reported observations, derivations, or arguments must be accompanied by relevant citations. Reviewers should also ask editors to pay attention to similarities or overlaps between assessed and published texts.

Originality and Plagiarism
Authors must ensure that they have written their original article; in addition, they must properly cite any material taken from or words borrowed from other authors.

Malpractice Ethics
Generally, an author is not permitted to publish the same research in more than one journal with a similar research focus.

 

Screening Plagiarism

  1. Plagiarism and self-plagiarism are not allowed.
  2. The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
  3. An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
  4. Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Working Process:

  1. Editorial Team checking manuscript on offline and online database manually (checking proper citation and quotation);
  2. The Editorial Team is checking the manuscript by using the Turnitin app. If it is found to indicate plagiarism (25% maximum), the board will reject the manuscript immediately.

 

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).