Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Focus and Scope: Journal Focus and Scope: Studies on Gender and Child Issues from both Islamic perspectives and general gender studies.

Sub-themes related to Gender and Children are characterized by cross-cutting issues in various aspects, such as Gender and Education, Gender and Law, Gender and Politics, Gender and Psychology, Gender and Religion, Literature and Gender, Gender and Sociology, Gender and Anthropology, and Gender and Culture.

 

 

Section Policies

ARTIKEL

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Riset

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Ide Utama

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Review Buku

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

Submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by two reviewers. The reviewers will provide recommendations on whether the article should be accepted without revision, accepted with revision, or rejected. The editor will make the final decision based on the reviewers’ recommendations.


 

Publication Frequency

Publication Frequency:
Palastren journal is published twice a year (in June and December). Every issue consists of seven (7) articles.

 

 

Open Access Policy

All information content and articles contained in this journal site are open access for educational, research, and library purposes [see also Copyright Notice]

 

Plagiarism Check

Palastren utilizes Turnitin to screen manuscripts and ensure their originality.

 

Publication Fee

Palastren does not charge authors any fees throughout the entire publishing process.

 

Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics

Palastren: Journal of Gender Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published twice a year by the Gender and Children Studies Center (PusatStudiGender danAnak) of IAIN Kudus. The following are the standards of ethical behavior used in the publication decision.

The editor determines the publication process and integrates the roles of authors, reviewers and journal managers to publish excellent and trusted journals. The editor is responsible for taking decision if the articles submitted will be published or not. The editor refers to the policies of the editorial board of the journal which is limited by legal provisions, such as defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism. Editor is possible to discuss with other editors or reviewers in making this decision. The editor works based on the principles and ethical standards as follows:

 

1. Fair Process

Editors evaluate script content based on their expertise regardless the author's race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, nationality, or political philosophy.

2. Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial staff are not allowed to disclose any information about the manuscript to anyone other than the authors, reviewers, other editorial advisors, and publishers. Every manuscripts received by reviewer must be treated as a confidential document. Manuscripts may not be displayed or discussed with others except as permitted by the editor.

 

3. Avoiding Conflicts of Interest

Unpublished material in a submitted manuscript may not be used in the editor's own research without the written consent of the author.Confidential information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal benefit. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest due to a competitive, collaborative, or other relationship with any of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with the manuscript.

4. Reviewer’s Responsibilities

The reviewer has duty in critically examining the substance of scientific papers according to their field of expertise. The reviewer must provide suggestions on the editorial team's decision regarding the feasibility of a manuscript for publication.

Peer reviewer assists editors in making editorial decisions and through editorial communication with the authors, can also provide assistants to improve the quality of the articles they composed.

a. Accuracy

Every reviewers selected but feeling does not suit the requirements to review the manuscript provided by the editor or are completely outside their competence must immediately reject and disengage the review process. In case of recognizinganother suitable expert, one may recommend the editor to invite him/her as a reviewer.

 

b. Objectivity Standards

The manuscript review process must be carried out objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers must state their views clearly along with supporting arguments.

c. Source Statement

The reviewer must identify other relevant works that have not been cited by the author. Every statement as a result of observations, derivations, or arguments that have been used before must be accompanied by relevant quotations. Reviewers must also consider the existence of substantial similarity or overlapping between the manuscript under consideration and other published papers.

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that influence the character of their research.

5. Author Responsibilities

a. Reporting Standards

The original research reports author must present an accurate report of the conductedresearch and studies. The data collected must be written accurately in the research report. Manuscripts should be detailed and have sufficient references to allow others referring to them properly. False reports or intentionally inaccurate behavior is unethical and unacceptable.

 

b. Originality and Plagiarism

The authors must ensure that they have written entirely original works, and in case the authors have used the work and or others statements, they must quote them correctly according to applicable regulations.

An author should not publish manuscripts describing the same research foundation in more than one major journal or publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time is unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

c. Manuscript Authorship

Essays should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, application, or interpretation of the research being reported. Everyone who has made a significant contribution must be listed as the authors. People who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project must be recognized or registered as contributors.

Authors must ensure that all author members are included in the manuscript. They must have reviewed the final version of the manuscript, approved it and agreed for publication.

 

d. Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When an author discovers significant errors or inaccuracies on the published manuscript, he/she is obliged to immediately notify the editor of the journal or publisher and work with the editor to retract or revise the manuscript.

In the publication of articles, this journal is in line with the journal editor ethic code of COPE. This ethic code is expected to be obeyed by all parties involved in publishing, those are authors, journal managers (editors), reviewers, and publishers.

 

Disclaimer

Palastren journal distributes its technical publications and wants to ensure that the material submitted to its publications is properly available to the readership of those publications. Authors must ensure that the work is their own and is original. It is the responsibility of the authors, not Palastren journal, to determine whether disclosure of their material requires the prior consent of other parties and, if so, to obtain it.


Neither the Palastren journal editors, nor UIN Sunan Kudus institution involved and contained in the journal site warrants that the information contained in the journal site accurate or complete, Palastren is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such material.


If at any time, due to any legal reason, if the journal stops accepting manuscripts or could not publish already accepted manuscripts, we will have the right to cancel all or any one of the manuscripts without any compensation or returning back any kind of cost.


Neither the Palastren journal editors, nor UIN Sunan Kudus institution involved in the Palastren journal site are responsible for damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on any information contained within the site.


Before publishing, the author must check whether this journal is accepted by his employer or any authority he intends to submit his research work. We will not be responsible in this matter.


Neither the Palastren journal editors, nor UIN Sunan Kudus institution assumes any liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information provided in the the Palastren journal site.


By submitting the article, it is understood that the author has agreed to our terms and conditions which may change from time to time, Palastren reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of this agreement immediately by providing notice online.


It should be clear for authors that the Editor In Chief is responsible for the final decision about the submitted papers and thus have the right to accept or reject any paper.
The author will take the responsibility what so ever if any copyright infringement or any other violation of any law is done by publishing the research work by the author.