Peer Review Process

 

All manuscripts submitted to JSW (Jurnal Sosiologi Walisongo) must conform to the Focus and Scope and follow the Author Guidelines. This journal is committed to the novelty of the research and empirical Sociology. Any article submissions offering novel contributions to sociological research and science are most welcome. 

Authors are advised to strictly comply with Ethical Standards regarding research conducts that involve potential risks to affect or alter the sociological conditions. Thus, any research risky in human life must include evidence or statements to support the Ethical Clearance.  

Manuscripts should be formatted according to the writing pattern of scientific journals. You may use Mendeley or Zotero reference management software, and select the setting for the American Sociological Association (ASA) referencing style.

JSW only received manuscripts written in English. No matter the British or American English, consistency and a good standard of grammatical rules is the main consideration.

Authors need to confirm that the work has not been published or submitted previously for publication elsewhere. To verify originality, all manuscripts will be checked by plagiarism detection software. Authors are suggested to use the online service from Turnitin^TM or iThenticate^TM to check the similarity. These journal editors will also check the similarity using the same online service (with the maximum similarityof 15% Turnitin^TM result output).

All manuscripts submitted to this journal will be reviewed in a closed (double-blind peer review), which means the identities of the authors are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa. All manuscripts will be initially assessed by the Editor in Chief regarding their suitability for the journal. Papers considered suitable by the Editors are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. If required, the third reviewer is needed for critical recommendations for the article. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final.

The final decision of manuscript acceptance is made by the Editor in Chief and/or Handling Editor (together with Editorial Board, if required) according to reviewers' critical comments (but not solely by the Reviewer).

Publication of accepted articles including assigning the article to the published issues will be made by the Editor in Chief by considering the sequence of accepted dates and geographical distribution of authors as well as a thematic issue.