About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan (JESP) focuses on research papers relating to development economics and multidisciplinary concern to systemic problems in developing countries particularly using quantitative or theoretical work in which novelty is essential. JESP does not publish manuscripts in critical review and book review. Nevertheless, we accept in-depth studies of specific cases, events, or regions that are likely to bring more benefits on developing economics.

 

Peer Review Process

Determination of the article that would be published in the Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan (JESP) is carried out through double-blind peer review by considering two main aspects, namely: relevance and contribution of articles on the development economics and multidisciplinary concern to systemic problems in developing countries. Editors and reviewers would provide constructive feedback on the manuscript evaluation results to the author(s). The JESP Editor in Chief has the right to decide which manuscripts submitted to the JESP would be published. Detail review process is explained as the following:

  1. Submission of manuscript by author(s). The submission is only processed via online i.e. OJS of JESP.
  2. All submitted manuscripts are read by JESP Editor in Chief initially for desk evaluation (Point 2 and 3). In this stage the submitted manuscript would be checked whether it complies JESP author guidelines and template for submission, also whether the manuscript matches JESP focus and scope. If appropriate, the next process would be carried out, and if not, we would reject the manuscript so that it could be submitted to another journal.
  3. The submitted manuscript would be checked with Turnitin (similarity check). If the level of similarity is more than 15%, the manuscripts would be rejected promptly without substantive review by section editor and peer reviewer. The submitted manuscripts that passed this stage would be sent to section editor.
  4. The submitted manuscript would be reviewed by the assigned section editor to find out whether it contributes sufficiently to the development of science and practice in the field of development economics and multidisciplinary concern to systemic problems in developing countries. Manuscripts with insignificant novelty are rejected in this stage. While the manuscript that qualifies would be proceeded to the substantive review stage by two people namely a section editor and a peer reviewer.
  5. Once substantive review process is finished, the JESP Editor in Chief then make a decision based on the section editor's and  reviewer’s recommendation with several decision possibilities as the following: (1) rejected = the manuscript is not considered for publication in JESP due to several reasons such as the manuscript has no significant novelty and contribution, the manuscript has been prepared poorly, very similar study was found, etc.; (2) accepted with major revision = the manuscript requires substantial revisions prior to publication. It might associate with state of the art, novelty, significance of the study, methodology, and etc. The editor would give four to 12 weeks to complete the revisions; (3) accepted with minor revision = the manuscript needs few revisions but not substantial prior to publication. Usually, it relates with JESP author guidelines compliance. The editor would give one to four weeks to complete the revisions; (4) accepted without revision = the manuscript would be published without any revisions. However, proofreading to the manuscript still would be conducted.
  6. The submitted manuscript that is accepted with revisions (minor or major) would get comments (feedback) from section editor and peer reviewer and would be returned to the author(s) for revisions.
  7. The author(s) is/are given certain time to complete manuscript revisions in accordance with the status of manuscript i.e. accepted with minor revision or accepted with major revision (refer to explanation about decision possibilities above). Extra time to complete the revisions should be asked to the JESP Editor in Chief via email (jesp@umy.ac.id). If the author(s) does/do not submit the revised manuscript until the due date and no notification sent to JESP editorial team, then the author(s) is/are deemed to resign. It is important to note that revisions submissions should be accompanied with Author(s) responses form.
  8. Manuscript that has gone through final revisions and got acceptance would be published in the JESP in the edition determined by the JESP Editor in Chief. The author(s) might ask the Editor in Chief if he/she/they prefer(s) to publish his/her/their article in specific editions (volume and number). For this purpose, the author(s) must submit the request to the JESP Editor in Chief via email (jesp@umy.ac.id).

NOTE:

  • The manuscript review process for desk evaluation (point 2 and 3) takes four weeks in maximum. Manuscript that passes this stage can be seen from its status in OJS that is changed from "Awaiting Assignment" to "In Review". Meanwhile, substantive review by section editor and reviewer usually takes four to eight (8) weeks (point 4). This review period depends on the editors and reviewers' duration in reviewing the manuscript. If the author(s) does not get confirmation from the JESP for a long time, the author(s) can confirm by email at jesp@umy.ac.id or dyah.wardani@umy.ac.id
 

Publication Ethics

Statement

Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan or JESP (ISSN: 2541-5506 (online) and 1411-9900 (print) ) is a peer-reviewed and open access journal published by Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta in collaboration with the Association of Economics Department of Muhammadiyah Higher Education (APSEP PTM) that committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against publication malpractice. This statement clarifies ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the principal editor, associate editor, editorial board, reviewer­­­­­ and publisher. This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Our responsibility is to publish original work of value to the intellectual community in the best possible form and to the highest possible standards. We expect similar standards from our reviewers and authors. Honesty, originality, and fair dealing on the part of authors, and fairness, objectivity, and confidentiality on the part of editors and reviewers are among the critical values that enable us to achieve our goal. Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan is committed to following best practices on ethical matters, errors, and retractions, and to provide a legal review if necessary.

 

Duties of Editor

Publication Decisions

The editors of Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan ensure that all submitted manuscripts being considered for publication undergo peer-review by at least two reviewers who are experts in the field. The Principal Editor is responsible for deciding which of the manuscripts submitted to the journal will be published, based on the validation of the work in question, its importance to researchers and readers, the reviewers’ comments, and such legal requirements as are currently in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The Editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair Play

Editors evaluate submitted manuscripts exclusively on the basis of their academic merit (importance, originality, study’s validity, clarity) and its relevance to the journal’s scope, without regard to the authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, citizenship, religious belief, political philosophy or institutional affiliation. Decisions to edit and publish are not determined by the policies of governments or any other agencies outside of the journal itself. The Principal Editor has full authority over the entire editorial content of the journal and the timing of publication of that content.

Confidentiality

The editors and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

The Editors will not use unpublished information disclosed in a submitted manuscript for their own research purposes without the authors’ explicit written consent. Privileged information or ideas obtained by editors as a result of handling the manuscript will be kept confidential and not used for their personal advantage. Editors will recuse themselves from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships/connections with any of the authors, companies or institutions connected to the papers; instead, they will ask another member of the editorial board to handle the manuscript.

Management of unethical behavior(s)

The editors, together with the publisher(s), should take rationally responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented regarding a submitted manuscript or published article. Every reported act of unethical publishing behavior will be looked into, even if it is discovered years after publication.

Duties of Authors

Reporting Standards

Authors of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed and the results, followed by an objective discussion of the significance of the work. The manuscript should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Review articles should be accurate, objective and comprehensive, while editorial ‘opinion’ or perspective pieces should be clearly identified as such. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data access and retention

Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access, and should, in any event, be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and plagiarism

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. Plagiarism takes many forms, from 'passing off' another's paper as the author's own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. We will check each manuscript using a plagiarism checker (Turnitin) to ensure the originality of the article. Furthermore, each submitted article should be accompanied by a letter of statement from the author(s) stating that the article is free from plagiarism.

Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication

Papers describing essentially the same research should not be published in more than one journal or primary publication. Hence, authors should not submit for consideration a manuscript that has already been published in another journal. Submission of a manuscript concurrently to more than one journal is unethical publishing behavior and unacceptable.

Acknowledgment of sources

Authors should ensure that they have properly acknowledged the work of others, and should also cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately (from the conversation, correspondence or discussion with third parties) must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Authors should not use information obtained in the course of providing confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications unless they have obtained the explicit written permission of the author(s) of the work involved in these services.

Authorship of the paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.

Declaration of competing interests

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could be viewed as inappropriately influencing (bias) their work. All sources of financial support for the conduct of the research and/or preparation of the article should be disclosed, as should the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such involvement, then this should be stated. The author must declare competing interests in the manuscript/paper template.

Image integrity

It is not acceptable to enhance, obscure, move, remove, or introduce a specific feature within an image. Adjustments of brightness, contrast, or color balance are acceptable if and as long as they do not obscure or eliminate any information present in the original. Manipulating images for improved clarity is accepted, but manipulation for other purposes could be seen as scientific ethical abuse and will be dealt with accordingly. Authors should comply with any specific policy for graphical images applied by the relevant journal, e.g. providing the original images as supplementary material with the article, or depositing these in a suitable repository.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Promptness

Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

 Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgment of sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

 

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.

This journal is open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to users or / institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full text articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or author. This is in accordance with Budapest Open Access Initiative

 

Plagiarism Policy

Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan apply Zero tolerance towards plagiarism and therefore establishes the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) when plagiarism is identified in an article that is submitted for publication in JESP.

Definition: Plagiarism involves the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work."

Policy: Papers must be original, unpublished, and not pending publication elsewhere. Any material taken verbatim from another source needs to be clearly identified as different from the present original text by (1) indentation, (2) use of quotation marks, and (3) identification of the source.

Any text of an amount exceeding fair use standards (herein defined as more than two or three sentences or the equivalent thereof) or any graphic material reproduced from another source requires permission from the copyright holder and, if feasible, the original author(s) and also requires identification of the source; e.g., previous publication.

All submitted papers will be checked of their similarity by Turnitin.

When plagiarism is identified, the Principal Editor responsible for the review of this paper and will agree on measures according to the extent of plagiarism detected in the paper in agreement with the following guidelines:

 Similarity level

Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan practices Zero tolerance towards plagiarism. We use Turnitin to evaluate the similarity index and then the editor decides the case of possible plagiarism (Similarity report will be provided to the author). Editorial board has passed the following actions:
1. Similarity Index above 40%: Article Rejected (due to poor citation and/or poor paraphrasing, article outright rejected, NO RESUBMISSION accepted).
2. Similarity Index (15-40%): Send to the author for improvement (provide correct citations to all places of similarity and do a good paraphrasing even if the citation is provided).
3. Similarity index equal or Less than 15%:  Accepted or citation improvement may be required (proper citations must be provided to all outsourced texts).
In cases 2 and 3: The authors should revise the article carefully, add required citations, and do a good paraphrasing to outsourced text. And resubmit the article with a new Turnitin report showing NO PLAGIARISM and similarity less than 10%.

Every manuscript that submitted into JESP will be scanned using turnitin (similarity check).

R-W-C-R-R Policy

We understand that the authors have worked carefully in preparing manuscripts, and we have carried out peer-review processes. However, sometimes there is the potential for published articles to be withdrawn or even deleted for scientific reasons. It should not be done lightly and can only occur under extraordinary circumstances. Therefore, corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed will be carried out with strict standards to maintain confidence in the authority of its electronic archives. It is our commitment and policy to maintain the integrity and completeness of important scientific records for researchers and librarians’ archives.

Article Retraction

Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan is committed to keep its responsibility in maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record, therefore on occasion, it is necessary to retract articles. Articles may be retracted if:

  • There is major scientific error that would invalidate the conclusions of the article, for example where there is clear evidence that findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g. data fabrication) or honest error (e.g. miscalculation or experimental error).
  • The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification (i.e. cases of redundant publication).
  • There are ethical issues such as plagiarism (appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit including those obtained through confidential review of others' manuscripts) or inappropriate authorship.

In order to ensure that retractions are handled according to publication best practice, and in accordance with COPE retraction guidelines, Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan adopts the following retraction process:

  • An article requiring potential retraction is brought to the attention of the journal editor.
  • The journal editor should follow the step-by-step guidelines according to the COPE flowcharts (including evaluating a response from the author of the article in question).
  • Before any action is taken, the editor's findings should be sent to the Advisory Editor in Chief.
  • The final decision as to whether to retract is then communicated to the author and, if necessary, any other relevant bodies, such as the author's institution on occasion.
  • The retraction statement is then posted online and published in the next available issue of the journal. 

Note that if authors retain copyright for an article this does not mean they automatically have the right to retract it after publication. The integrity of the published scientific record is of paramount importance and COPE’s Retraction Guidelines still apply in such cases.

Article Withdrawal

The authors are strongly requested not to withdraw the paper that is being processed at Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan because the withdrawal is a waste of valuable resources that editors and referees spent a great deal of time processing submitted manuscripts and works invested by the publisher. For attention, before the author submits the manuscript through our OJS, the author is obliged to approve the checklist that we provide.
  • If the authors request the withdrawal of their manuscript when the manuscript is still in the peer-reviewing process, the authors would be banned to submit their manuscript to Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan one year after the withdrawal date.
  • If the manuscript's withdrawal after the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors would be banned to submit their manuscript to Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan two years after the withdrawal date.
  • The authors who do not submit revised manuscripts after the manuscript is "accepted" to publish either with minor or major revision and does not make a confirmation for a long period of time, the editor may punish that the authors have made a withdrawal after the manuscript is accepted.

Article Correction

Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan should consider issuing a correction if:

  • A small part of an otherwise reliable publication reports flawed data or proves to be misleading, especially if this is the result of honest error.
  • The Author or Contributor list is incorrect (e.g. a deserving Author has been omitted or someone who does not meet authorship criteria has been included).

Corrections to peer-reviewed content fall into one of three categories:

  • Publisher correction (erratum): to notify readers of an important error made by publishing/journal staff (usually a production error) that has a negative impact on the publication record or the scientific integrity of the article, or on the reputation of the Authors or the journal.
  • Author correction (corrigendum): to notify readers of an important error made by the Authors which has a negative impact on the publication record or the scientific integrity of the article, or on the reputation of the Authors or the journal.
  • Addendum: an addition to the article by its Authors to explain inconsistencies, to expand the existing work, or otherwise explain or update the information in the main work.

The decision whether a correction should be issued is made by the Editor(s) of a journal, sometimes with advice from Reviewers or Editorial Board members. Handling Editors will contact the Authors of the paper concerned with a request for clarification, but the final decision about whether a correction is required and if so which type rests with the Editors.

Article Removal

In an extremely limited number of cases, it may be necessary to remove a published article from our online platform. This will only happen if an article is clearly defamatory, or infringes others’ legal rights, or where the article is, or we have good reason to expect that it will be, the subject of a court order, or where the article, if acted upon, may pose a serious health risk. In such circumstances, while the metadata (i.e. title and author information) of the article will be retained, the text will be replaced with a screen indicating that the article has been removed for legal reasons.

Article Replacement

In cases where an article, if acted upon, may pose a serious health risk, the Authors of the original paper may wish to retract the flawed original and replace it with a corrected version. Under such circumstances, the above procedures for retraction will be followed with the difference that the article retraction notice will contain a link to the corrected re-published article together with a history of the document.

 

Copyright and License

Copyright

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) before and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges and earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

 

License

You are free to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
 
Under the following terms:
  • Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
  • No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

 

Journal History

  1. Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan (JESP) was established in January 2000.
  2. JESP has published both printed (book) and electronic (PDF) versions. ISSN 2541-5506 (Online) and 1411-9900 (Print).
  3. Since January 2017, JESP is managed by Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta in collaboration with the Association of Economics Department of Muhammadiyah Higher Education (APSEP PTM).
  4. By 4 April 2019, JESP had been indexed by Science and Technology Index (Sinta) and obtained accreditation predicate in grade 2 by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of Indonesia, Decree (SK) No. 10/E/KPT/2019 valid from vol 18 no 1 (2017) until vol 22 no 2  2021. 
  5. By 29 September 2020, JESP had been indexed by Directory Open Access Journal (DOAJ).
  6. Since Volume 22 Number 2, October 2021: Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan grants the author copyright to the content and the first publication copyright is granted to the journal.
  7. By 9 December 2021, JESP had been indexed by Science and Technology Index (Sinta) and obtained accreditation predicate in grade 2 by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of Indonesia, Decree (SK) No. 158/E/KPT/2021 valid from Vol 21 No 2 (2020) until Vol 26 No 1 (2025). 
 
 

Indexing

Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan is a journal publications that are not oriented to profit. Therefore, for the publication process, JESP regarding certain costs, namely:
  1. The cost of article submission IDR 0, - ($ 0.-)
  2. Processing Fees for the publication of articles received IDR 1,500,000.- (Indonesian) and USD 100 (Non-Indonesian)

 

Publication Frequency

Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan (JESP) publishes the new editions every April and October. By October 2016, JESP has published both printed (book) and electronic (PDF) versions. Electronic articles are accessible openly on the web page: http://journal.umy.ac.id/index.php/esp and printed versions are available for sale.
 

English Corrections

To facilitate proper peer-reviewing of your manuscript, it is essential that it is submitted in grammatically correct English.

If you are not a native English speaker, we recommend that you have your manuscript professionally edited before submission or read by a native English-speaking colleague. This can be carried out by our partner in English editing service. Proofead English Editing www.proofead.com (email: proofead@gmail.com) or use the services of another proofreader. After proofreading, please collect the evidence that the paper has been proofread, it can be a certificate, the receipt of proofread payment (invoice), or a manuscript with proofreader's comments.

 

Author Guidelines

Manuscript Preparation, Writing and Revision Guidelines

  1. The manuscript should be in the form of research in the field of Monetary Economics and Banking, Trade, and International Finance, Public Economics, Natural Resources and Environmental Economics, Islamic Economics, Behavioral Economics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Industrial Economics, Economic Development, Regional Economy, and Health Economics.
  2. JESP does not accept the manuscript from article review.
  3. The manuscript which sent to the JESP should be original work, i.e. the same manuscript must have not been published or accepted for publication in any other journals/ books either in full or substantial part and must not be submitted to any other journal for concurrent publication or being considered for publication or even being reviewed. The submission should be accompanied by filling in author's declaration form (click here)
  4. The manuscript is written in English and attaching the author's name, institutional affiliation, and e-mail address.
  5. Manuscripts must comply with the following guidelines and should be formatted to accordance to JESP template for submission. The Paper which is not complying this re requirement may be returned for revision (format/template) before entering the review process.
  6. The manuscript only could be sent via open journal system (OJS) mechanism (not by email) in web address: http://journal.umy.ac.id/index.php/esp
  7. The Editor of JESP reserves the right to edit the grammar and spelling of the text contained without reducing or changing the intent of writing.