- Focus and Scope
- Section Policies
- Peer Review Process
- Open Access Policy
- Archiving
- Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
- Plagiarism Check
- Article Processing Charges (APCs)
- Correction and Retraction
- Revenue Sources, Advertising, and Direct Marketing
- Publication Frequency
Focus and Scope
Organisms is a journal issued by Biology Department Faculty of Science and Technology, Islamic State University Raden Intan Lampung, which publish twice a year, namely May and November.
Organisms Journal publishes a comprehensive and essential research articles with the following scopes: Environmental science, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Ecology, Physiology (animals and plants), Genetics, Human biology, Animal science, and Plant science.
Organisms Journal uses the OJS System to manage the manuscript that the editorial board, editors, and peer review (blind review) can reach the real-time status of the articles.
Section Policies
Articles
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Peer Review Process
Manuscripts submitted to the Organisms are evaluated by the editors. The manuscripts are critically evaluated based on the journal’s submission criteria:
- scope of the journal and appropriateness to the field of study
- evaluation of the similarity with Turnitin
- appropriateness to the writing rules
- Publication language
All manuscripts that have passed from pre-assessment of editors are subjected to peer-review at least two anonymous reviewers (double-blind review) who are specialized in the field concerned for contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation.
The handling editor sends invitations to individuals who he or she believes would be appropriate reviewers based on expertise, the closeness of research interest, and no conflict of interest consideration.
Potential reviewers consider the invitation against their own expertise, conflicts of interest, and availability. They then decide to accept or decline. In the invitation letter, the editor may ask the potential reviewer for the suggestion of an alternative reviewer, when he or she declines to review.
The reviewers allocate time to read the paper several times. The first read is used to form an initial impression of the work. If major problems are found at this stage, the reviewers may feel comfortable rejecting the paper without further work. Otherwise, they will read the paper several more times, taking notes so as to build a detailed point-by-point review. The review is then submitted to the journal, with a recommendation to accept, or reject it, or else with a request for revision (usually flagged as either major or minor) before it is reconsidered.
The Editor-in-Chief and handling editor considers all the returned reviews before making an overall decision. If the reviews differ widely between both reviewers, the handling editor may invite an additional reviewer so as to obtain an extra opinion before making a decision.
The editor sends a decision email to the author including any relevant reviewer comments. Reviewer comments are sent anonymously to the corresponding author to take the necessary actions and responses. At this point, reviewers are also be sent an email or letter letting them know the outcome of their review.
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.
Archiving
This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
Publication Ethics and Misconducts
Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication
Allegations of Research Misconduct
Publication decisions
Complaints and Appeals
The JIPF Al-Biruni will have a clear procedure for handling complaints against the journal, Editorial Staff, Editorial Board, or Publisher. The complaints will be clarified to respected personnel concerning the case of a complaint. The scope of complaints includes anything related to the journal business process, i.e., editorial process, found citation manipulation, unfair editor/reviewer, peer-review manipulation, etc. The complaint cases will be processed according to COPE guidelines.
Fair play
Confidentiality
Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Duties of Reviewers
Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Promptness
Confidentiality
Standards of Objectivity
Acknowledgment of Sources
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Duties of Authors
Reporting standards
Data Access and Retention
Originality and Plagiarism
Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication
Acknowledgment of Sources
Authorship and Contributorship of the Article
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Fundamental errors in published work
Ethical Oversight
Plagiarism Check
Plagiarism screening will be conducted by OJS Editorial Board using Grammarly Plagiarism Checker and CrossCheck plagiarism screening service powered by Turnitin.Com. For CrossCheck plagiarism screening service Click Here
Article Processing Charges (APCs)
Organisms does not charge any submission or publication fees, and no fees are incurred for article processing or for the review process.
Note:Any translation or proofreading costs are paid by the author. Translation and proofreading services are provided by external parties.
Correction and Retraction
Revenue Sources, Advertising, and Direct Marketing
Revenue Sources
The operations of Organisms are funded by the State (the Ministry of Religious Affairs Republic of Indonesia), i.e., through Daftar Isian Pelaksanaan Anggaran (DIPA) of Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan Lampung, Indonesia.
Advertising
Organisms does not accept advertising from any parties.
Direct Marketing
In promoting the journal and the results of publications to the public, Organisms tries not to do things detrimental to other parties (e.g., spreading spam) and to avoid misleading information between prospective authors and publishers.
Publication Frequency
Organisms is published biannually (issued in May and November).