About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Journal of MISTER focuses on publishing manuscripts of any research within the following areas:

  • Education
  • Social sciences 
  • Laws
  • Engineering 
  • Psychology 
  • Islamic studies 
  • Religious studies
  • Economics
  • Information technology
  • Health
  • Pharmacy
  • Medicines

 

Peer Review Process

The Journal of MISTER  is an international journal published by Universitas Serambi Mekkah - Aceh. The research article submitted to this online journal will be blind peer-reviewed by at least 2 (two) reviewers. The accepted research articles will be available online following the journal peer-reviewing process. Language used in this journal is Indonesia and English.

For checking Plagiarism, The Journal of MISTER editor will screen plagiarism manually (offline and online database) on the Title, Abstract, and Body Text of the manuscript, and by using Turnitin. If it is found a plagiarism indication, editorial board will reject manuscript immediately.

Review Process:

  1. Editor will recieve manuscript from author;
  2. Editor will evaluate manuscript (journal aim and scope, in house style, supplementary data); (Rejected if not meets criteria)
  3. Editor will do screening for plagiarism on offline and online database manually; (Rejected if found major plagiarism, contacted author if found redunancy or minor plagiarism for clarification)
  4. Editor will send manuscript to reviewer along with review form (blind review);
  5. Reviewer will send back his review form to Editor (with revised manuscript if necessary);
  6. Editor decision (rejected, requires major revision, needs minor revision, or accepted);
  7. Confirmation to the Author.
  8. If any revision, author will revise manuscripts and should be returned to the editor without delay. Returned later than three months will be considered as new submissions.

 

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.

 

 

Plagiarism Policy

  • Plagiarism and self-plagiarism are not allowed.
  • 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.
  • 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 behaviour and is unacceptable.
  • 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.

The Working Process:

  1. Editorial Team of MISTER will check the manuscript on offline and online database manually (checking proper citation and quotation);
  2. Editorial Team will check manuscripts submitted using TURNITIN and Google-based search engines. Depending on the level of originality and similarities with other documents, Chief Editor along with Section Editors will decide on whether to immediately reject the manuscripts, contact authors for further clarifications, or to proceed to the blind peer-review process. 

We are using C.O.P.E. flowchart to make an action on plagiarism. (Link)