REVIEWER GUIDE

Reviewer's Guide

The reviewer's task is to review the material according to the standard components of the article. If there are deviations or discrepancies with the following standards, the reviewer is tasked with providing comments.

  1. Title: The title must adequately describe the essence of the manuscript. The title must be written clearly, precisely and not multi-interpreted. Reviewers can provide suggestions on titles if needed.
  2. Abstract: Abstract contains a brief description of the research conducted. The abstract contains the objectives of the research, research methods, research results, and conclusions.
  3. Review of References: Authors can write quotes/citations that are relevant to the article they are writing. Citations in the introduction must be able to show the innovations made by the author through analysis. Quotes/citations should not be excessive. Quotations can be sourced from books, journals or research results, theses, theses, and other scientific work results.
  4. Objectives: The objectives studied in the article must be well explained, clear and able to answer the hypotheses written.
  5. Methods: The methods used to achieve the objectives must be described precisely and in sufficient detail to enable competent readers to understand the research carried out by the author. In the method the author describes the type of research, research steps carried out, research subjects, tools and materials used in the research, as well as the development framework used in the research.
  6. Clarity: The author must write research information in the article simply, concisely and effectively so that it is easy for readers to understand.
  7. Duplication: The manuscript does not repeat the explanation of work that has been published by the author or other people. Reviewers check the writing of the manuscript without losing the content of the articles written. Reviewers can provide some comments if there are duplications in the text.
  8. Calculations and data analysis: In some cases in research, reviewers verify the calculations made by the authors.
  9. Linkage of Text with Tables and Figures: All tables and figures must be referred to in the text/paragraphs. The text statement in the manuscript must match the contents of the tables and figures.
  10. Titles of Tables and Figures: Titles must state the contents of tables and figures. Reviewers can provide suggestions and comments to improve the quality of table/figure titles.
  11. Titles in Tables: Titles in tables must be written clearly and correctly.
  12. Graphics: Data for presenting graphs/images must be accurate.
  13. Conclusion: The conclusion to answer the hypothesis must be stated adequately and clearly and must be supported by data and testing.
  14. Conjecture: The author must clearly distinguish between conjecture and fact.
  15. References: All references in the manuscript must be listed in the bibliography. The minimum number of references is 10, with 60% being primary references (scientific journals, proceedings articles, reference books, theses/dissertations) and published no later than the last 5 (five) years.

 

Delivering Review Results

After the reviewer has conducted a review, the reviewer can send the reviewed article via email addressed to the editor. Reviewers are expected to provide recommendations regarding the quality of the article. The review must be completed within 4 weeks. If the reviewer needs more time, you can pass it on to the Editor. The categories of review results from the review can be in the form of the following information:

  1. Accept Submission, Reviewers suggest accepting submissions
  2. Revisions Required. Reviewers suggest revisions to articles are needed
  3. Decline Submission, Reviewers suggest that Editors reject submitted articles.
  4. See Comments, the Reviewer advises the editor to look at the comments made by the Reviewer which can then be used as a reference to determine the decision by the Editor whether to reject or accept the incoming article.