Focus and Scope

Physics Education and Research Journal is provide a platform for researchers, lecturers, teachers, practitioners, and academicians to publish original article in the field of physics and physics education. Physic Education field, including: Physics education theory, Physics Learning, Assessment and Evaluation in Physics, Media of Physics Learning, Physics Curriculum, Learning methods considering Unity of Science (local wisdom and enriched with the principal of religion and culture). Theoretical physics and the current issue of applied physics are also welcome, include: Electronic and Instrumentation Physics, Materials Science, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Earth Sciences, Biophysics and Medical Physics, Electromagnetism and Optics, Nuclear and Particle Physics. However, the article related and integrated to the value of religion and culture will be prioritized.

Peer Review Process

The submitted manuscript will be reviewed by reviewer teams. The manuscript will be reviewed by leading expert in the field. The review process runs double blind  and takes approximately one month after the manuscript is sent to the reviewer. The assessment will be including originality, novelty appropriate to the focus and scope, and truth of content. After the reviewers give comments to improve the contents of the manuscript, the manuscript will be returned to the author for revision. After the revised manuscript is received by editor, it is assigned to the reviewers for approval of changes. The final decision to publish including the sequence of published articles is made by Editor in Chief. Language used in this journal is English or Bahasa Indonesia.

Publication Frequency

This journal publish twice in every volume

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

Physics Education Research Journal (PERJ), is a peer-reviewed journal, published biannually by Physics Education Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang. It is available online as open access sources as well as in print. This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the editor-in-chief, the Editorial Board, the reviewer, and the publisher.

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication

The publication of an article in Physics Education Research Journal (PERJ) is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a clear reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific methods. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the editor, the reviewer, the publisher, and the society. The publisher of Physics Education Research Journal (PERJ), is obliged to guard all stages of publishing seriously and recognizes its ethical standards and other responsibilities. Physics Education Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang, Indonesia is committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.

Publication decisions

The editor of the Physics Education Research Journal (PERJ) is responsible for deciding the best and eligible articles to be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making their decisions.

Fair play

An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Promptness

Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider 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.

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards

Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Originality and Plagiarism

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.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication

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.

Acknowledgment of Sources

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.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where others have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her published work, the author should promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

 

Allegations of Research 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 co-authors, 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, Physics Education Research Journal will continue to fulfill the responsibilities of ensuring the validity and integrity of the scientific record.

 

Retraction

The papers published in Physics Education Research Journal (PERJ) is considered to retract 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 cross-referencing, 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.

Author Fees

Physics Education Research Journal (PERJ) does not charges any submission or publication fees. No fees incurred for article processing: submission, neither reviewing the articles.

Screen For Plagiarism

The articles submitted to Physics Education Reseaech Journal will be filtered using Turnitin, which must be below 20% of similarities.

Plagiarism includes:

Word for word plagiarism – borrowing another author’s language word-for-word but not putting the language in quotation marks nor citing it correctly.

1. Source plagiarism – using the idea of others without giving enough recognition or mentioning the source explicitly.

2. Plagiarism of authorship – presenting another author's work as one’s own.

3. Self-plagiarism - authors publishing one article in more than one journal by recycling papers. The important thing in self-plagiarism is that when citing one's own work, the new article produced must have significant changes. This means that the article is a small part of the new articles produced. So readers will get new things, which the author pours over new articles from old articles.

Reference Manager

The manuscript that is registered must use the manager's reference application Mendeley 

Journal History

1. Physics Education Research Journal (PERJ) was established in August 2019, with ISSN Number: 2685-6190 (print media) based on Decree no. 0005.26856190/JI.3.1/SK.ISSN/2019.07, and ISSN Number: 2714-7746 (online media) based on Decree no. 005.27147746/JI.3.1/SK.ISSN/2019.11. The ISSN of this journal is ROAD ISSN can be seen by clicking here.
2. The journal is published twice a year. The first journal is published in printed and online edition in August 2019.
3. From 2019 until now, each publication consists of 7 articles.
4. In 2019, Physics Education Research Journal (PERJ) become a CrossRef member and have a unique DOI number.
5. In Vol.1 No. 1 (2019) –  Vol. 3 No. 1 (2021) all articles were published in Indonesian.
6. In Vol. 3 No. 2 (2021), articles were published in Indonesian and English.
7. From 2022 until now, all articles are in English.
8. In 2021, Physics Education Research Journal (PERJ) accredited SINTA 3 by the Ministry of Research and Technology/National Research and Innovation Agency of Republic Indonesia, Decree No. 164/E/KPT/2021.
9. In Vol 4 No 1 (2022), Physics Education Research Journal (PERJ), changes to the full-text layout design, related to changes in fonts and the placement of images and tables.
10. Physics Education Research Journal (PERJ) is currently indexed in several journal indexers: CROSSREF, DOAJ, Dimensions, Google Scholar, Garuda, Moraref, Sinta Ristek Dikti, One Search Indonesia, BASE, Scilit, etc.