Peer Reviews Processes
Manuscripts submitted to Indonesian Psychological Research will go through the following stages:
- Desk Evaluation: The manuscript will first be evaluated for its adherence to the journal style, its alignment with the focus and scope, and the appropriateness of the methodology. Manuscripts failing to meet these criteria will be rejected. The manuscript will also undego similarity checking. Similarity is tolerable below 20%. Any manuscript that does not meet these criteria will be desk rejected and not be forwarded to peer-review.
- Peer-review: The manuscript will then be reviewed by at least two peer reviewers under a double-blind review process, where both the reviewers' and authors' identities remain anonymous. The review will focus on the originality, theoretical framework, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Editorial Decision: The feedback provided by the reviewers will be discussed by the board of editors to determine whether the manuscript should be rejected or revised. If there is a disagreement between the reviewers' opinions (i.e., they do not concur on the final decision), the editor will seek a review from an additional assessor to help make the final decision. The author will be contacted to make the changes and must submit the revised manuscript according to the desired timeline.
- Post-review Process: Once the manuscript revised according to the reviewers' feedback and revised version submitted, the editor will make the final decision. Accepted articles will then forwarded into copyediting process and production process.
