Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

IJAL (Indonesian Journal of Academic Librarianship) is the official journal of APPTIS JATIM (Asosiasi Perpustakaan Perguruan Tinggi Islam Jawa Timur).  This is a peer review open access journal dedicated to publish high quality research articles in academic librarianship. IJAL publishes articles that focus on the  information profession. IJAL serves as a vehicle for authors to present analytical essays (conceptual paper) and research findings (research paper) on their concerns in an information profession facing many challenges. The journal is published three times in a year (February, June, October).

Publication Frequency

The journal is published three times in a year (February, June, October). every publish 5 articles

Peer Review Process

Every article published in the IJAL through the process of double-blind peer-review by peer-reviewer of IJAL.

Articles submitted are reviewed by the editorial team as the initial process. Editorial team will evaluate the feasibility of the content, focus, and methodology in the article. The articles are then sent to one reviewer at the position Double Blind Review. Notes from reviewer then sent back to the author to be adapted to the standards of journal writing. Decision of the revised manuscript will be re-evaluated in the meeting of the editorial board. Later, the decision of editor in  the final meeting will be informed to the author.

Editor of IJAL responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted must be published. Validation of these works and their importance for researchers and readers should always push the decision. The editor can be guided by a policy board of editors of the journal and is limited by law as to be enforced regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism (plagiarism). Editors can confer with other editors or the assessment team in making this decision.

Plagiarism Checker

To check the possibility of plagiarism, using the application Turnitin.

The article must below 20% of plagiarism.

Plagiarism include:

  1. Word for word Plagiarism. The author uses the words of other authors (exactly) without mentioning the source.

  2. Plagiarism over the source. The author uses the idea of others without giving enough recognition (without mentioning the source expressly).

  3. Plagiarism of Authorship. The author acknowledged as the author of the paperwork of others.

  4. Self Plagiarism. Included in this type are authors publish one article in more than one editor of the publication. And recycle paper/papers. That is important in self-plagiarism is that when taking his own works, then the creation of new works produced must have a meaningful change. This means that the old Works is a small part of the new works were produced. So readers will get new stuff, which is really the author of pour on the paper using the old paper.

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...

Info and Charges

Article Charges

No Charge for every Article Submission Charge

Article Publication

There is no charge for each article accepted

Language Policy

Indonesian Journal of Academic Librarianship using two languages namely english and indonesian language to run its OJS system

Copyright Notice

  • Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work’s authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal’s published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party