About the Journal

Focus and Scope

JURNAL JPSD (Jurnal Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar) is an international journal that discusses teachers, teaching, and/or elementary school teacher education situated in an international perspective and context. This journal focuses on elementary school education, teacher preparation, teacher professional development, and/or elementary school teacher education. JURNAL JPSD (Jurnal Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar) is a multidisciplinary journal committed to no single approach, discipline, methodology, or paradigm. This journal welcomes a variety of approaches (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods) to empirical research; also publishes high-quality systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Manuscripts should enhance, build on, and/or expand the boundaries of theory, research, and/or practice in primary school teacher teaching and education. JURNAL JPSD (Jurnal Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar) does not publish unsolicited Book Reviews.

Peer Review Process

Peer Review Process

Submitted papers are evaluated by anonymous referees by single-blind peer review for contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation. The Editor shall inform you of the results of the review as soon as possible, hopefully in 30 to 60 days.

The process can be described as follow.

1. The submitted manuscript is first reviewed by an editor. It will be evaluated whether it is suitable for the Jurnal JPSD (Jurnal Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar) focus and scope or has a major methodological flaw and similarity score by using Turnitin. The decision is rejected or accepted for a review process.
2. The manuscript will be sent to at least two anonymous reviewers (Single Blind Review). Reviewers' comments are then sent to the corresponding author for necessary actions and responses.
3. Afterwards, the editorial team meeting suggested the final decision on the revised manuscript by the authors.
4. Finally, the Editor will send the final decision to the corresponding author.
5. The accepted manuscript then continued to the copyediting and layout editing process to prepare the camera-ready paper.

Review Outcomes

Utilizing feedback from the peer review process, the Editor will make a final publication decision. The review process will take approximately 4 to 12 weeks. Decisions categories include:

1. Reject - Rejected manuscripts will not be published and authors will not have the opportunity to resubmit a revised version of the manuscript to this journal.
2. Accept with Major Revision - Manuscript will be reviewed again after some major modifications are made.
3. Accept with Minor Revisions - Manuscripts receiving an accept-pending-revisions decision will be published in this journal under the condition that minor modifications are made. Revisions will be reviewed by an editor to ensure necessary updates are made prior to publication.
4. Accept - Accepted manuscripts will be published in the current form with no further modifications required.

Publication Frequency

JURNAL JPSD (Jurnal Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar) is published two times a year (May and November)

Open Access Policy

This journal is an open-access journal that provides immediate, worldwide, barrier-free access to the full text of all published articles without charging readers or their institutions for access. Readers have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of all articles in the JURNAL JPSD (Jurnal Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar). 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 and Malpractice Statement

Section A: Publication and authorship

1. All submitted papers are subject to a strict peer-review process by at least two international reviewers that are experts in the area of the particular article.
2. The review process is a blind peer review.
3. The factors that are taken into account in the review are relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability, and language.
4. The possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.
5. If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised bid will be accepted.
6. Rejected articles will not be re-reviewed.
7. The paper acceptance is constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
8. No research can be included in more than one publication.

Section B: Authors’ responsibilities

1. Authors must certify that their manuscripts are their original work.
2. Authors must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere.
3. Authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.
4. Authors must participate in the peer-review process.
5. Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.
6. All Authors mentioned in the paper must have significantly contributed to the research.
7. Authors must state that all data in the paper are real and authentic.
8. Authors must notify the Editors of any conflicts of interest.
9. Authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscripts.
10. Authors must report any errors they discover in their published papers to the Editors.

Section C: Reviewers’ responsibilities

1. Reviewers should keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information.
2. Reviews should be conducted objectively, with no personal criticism of the author
3. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments
4. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.
5. Reviewers should also call to the Editor in Chief’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
6. Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Section D: Editors’ responsibilities

1. Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.
2. Editors are responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication.
3. Editors should always consider the needs of the authors and the readers when attempting to improve the publication.
4. Editors should guarantee the quality of the papers and the integrity of the academic record.
5. Editors should publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.
6. Editors should have a clear picture of the research’s funding sources.
7. Editors should base their decisions solely one the papers’ importance, originality, clarity, and relevance to the publication’s scope.
8. Editors should not reverse their decisions nor overturn the ones of previous editors without serious reason.
9. Editors should preserve the anonymity of reviewers.
10. Editors should ensure that all research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
11. Editors should only accept a paper when reasonably sure.
12. Editors should act if they suspect misconduct, whether a paper is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.
13. Editors should not reject papers based on suspicions; they should have proof of misconduct.
14. Editors should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers, and board members.

Retraction

The papers published in the JPSD will be considered retracted in the publication if :

1. They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g., data fabrication) or honest error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error)
2. The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper crossreferencing, permission, or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication)
3. it constitutes plagiarism
4. it reports unethical research

The mechanism of retraction follows the Retraction Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) which can be accessed at https://publicationethics.org/files/retraction%20guidelines.pdf.

Policy of Screening for Plagiarism

Papers submitted to the JPSD will be screened for plagiarism using CrossCheck/iThenticate plagiarism detection tools. The JPSD will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Before submitting articles to reviewers, those are first checked for similarity/plagiarism tool by a member of the editorial team. The papers presented to the JPSD must have a similarity level of less than 20%.

Plagiarism exposes another person’s thoughts or words as though they were your own, without permission, credit, or acknowledgment, or because of failing to cite the sources properly. Plagiarism can take diverse forms, from literal copying to paraphrasing the work of another. To accurately judge whether an author has plagiarized, we emphasize the following possible situations:

• An author can copy another author’s work- by copying word by word, in whole or in part, without permission, acknowledging or citing the source. This practice can be identified by comparing the source and the manuscript/work suspected of plagiarism.
• Substantial copying implies that an author can reproduce a significant part of another author without permission, acknowledgment, or citation. The actual terms can be understood both in terms of quality and quantity, being often used in intellectual property. Condition refers to the relative value of the copied text in proportion to the work as a whole.
• Paraphrasing involves taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and crafting them into new sentences within the writing. This practice becomes unethical when the author does not properly cite or acknowledge the original work/author. This form of plagiarism is the more severe form to be identified.

Copyright Notice

Allegations of Misconduct

Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, citation manipulation, or plagiarism in producing, performing, or reviewing research and writing an article by authors, or in reporting research results. When authors are found to have been involved with research misconduct or other serious irregularities involving articles that have been published in scientific journals, Editors have a responsibility to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the scientific record.

In cases of suspected misconduct, the Editors and Editorial Board will use the best practices of COPE to assist them to resolve the complaint and address the misconduct fairly. This will include an investigation of the allegation by the Editors. A submitted manuscript that is found to contain such misconduct will be rejected. In cases where a published paper is found to contain such misconduct, a retraction can be published and will be linked to the original article.

The first step involves determining the validity of the allegation and an assessment of whether the allegation is consistent with the definition of research misconduct. This initial step also involves determining whether the individuals alleging misconduct have relevant conflicts of interest. 

If scientific misconduct or the presence of other substantial research irregularities is a possibility, the allegations are shared with the corresponding author, who, on behalf of all of the coauthors, is requested to provide a detailed response. After the response is received and evaluated, additional review and involvement of experts (such as statistical reviewers) may be obtained. For cases in which it is unlikely that misconduct has occurred, clarifications, additional analyses, or both, published as letters to the editor, and often including a correction notice and correction to the published article are sufficient.

Institutions are expected to conduct an appropriate and thorough investigation of allegations of scientific misconduct. Ultimately, authors, journals, and institutions have an important obligation to ensure the accuracy of the scientific record. By responding appropriately to concerns about scientific misconduct, and taking necessary actions based on evaluation of these concerns, such as corrections, retractions with replacement, and retractions, JPSD (Jurnal Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar) will continue to fulfill the responsibilities of ensuring the validity and integrity of the scientific record.

Deposit Policy

Direct Marketing

Attracting high-quality submissions is critical to the success of a journal. That’s why our publishing teams work closely to increase visibility and promote the research we publish. The marketing campaigns we develop are targeted and data-driven to help our journal reach potential authors and readers and to maximize the success of our journal. In promoting the journal and publications to the public, JPSD (Jurnal Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar) attempts to avoid actions detrimental to other parties (e.g., spreading spam) and to avoid misleading information between prospective authors and the publishers.
Our goals are to Raise awareness, drive submissions, and Increase readership. The strategy we do:
Discoverability of Journal Homepage
The key goal of the discoverability of the journal homepage is to drive submissions by:

• Showcasing the journal, its contents, and the editorial team.
• Helping authors navigate the submission and publication process.

The journal homepage provides a unique platform that highlights the journal’s aims and scope, important news, content, and journal insights (e.g., publication times).
Search Engine Optimization; the discoverability of our journal homepage and the content hosted on our various platforms is significantly improved thanks in large part to the contributions of search engines like Google. We optimize the content of our website so that it achieves a higher position in the rankings of the major search engines. This results in increased visibility of both our sites and the individual journals that we publish. Through the optimization of keywords, images, and headlines, we make certain that the homepage of our journal is accessible to the largest and most relevant audience possible.

Revenue Source

Open-access articles are journal articles published by JPSD (Jurnal Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar) under business models in which the publication of the articles is funded by payments made by the authors, their institution, or funding bodies. These payments are referred to as "Article Processing Charges" (APCs).
As an open-access journal, which typically involves the upfront payment of an article processing charge (APC), we will also make their article immediately and freely available upon publication on JPSD (Jurnal Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar), in perpetuity, with the license attached to it. JPSD (Jurnal Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar) APC prices are set on a per journal basis, with prices clearly displayed on journal homepages.
APC JPSD (Jurnal Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar) and the source of funding from Universitas Ahmad Dahalan (UAD) as a publisher, do not affect any editor's decision on the article.
Adjustments in JPSD (Jurnal Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar) APC prices are under regular review and are subject to change. We set APC prices based on the following criteria:
• Journal quality;
• The journal’s editorial and technical processes;
• Competitive considerations;
• Market conditions;
• Other revenue streams associated with the journal.

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