Focus and Scope

The focus and scope of this journal are on studies on Criminal Law, Criminology and Victimology.:

Criminal Law

It contains regulations that determine what actions are prohibited and are included in criminal acts, as well as determining the penalties that can be imposed on the violators.

Criminology

This scope includes the study of crime, types of crime, theories on the causes of crime, and efforts to overcome crime.

Victimology

This scope focuses on the study of victims, the variety of victims, theories on the protection of victims, forms and legal protections for victims.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (IJCLC) uses a “double-blind” system (the identity of the reviewer and author is hidden/anonymous) in the review process. An external reviewer will review the manuscript. The editor of the journal is usually also involved in reviewing the manuscript.

The review process considers the relevance and contribution of articles to legal theory and practice. Editors and reviewers provide constructive input on the evaluation results to the authors.

The article review process usually takes 4 to 12 weeks, depending on the duration of the editor and reviewer reviewing the manuscript. If the old author does not get confirmation from the editor, the author can confirm via e-mail at IJCLC@umy.ac.id 

The reviewing process is as follows:

1. Manuscript submissions are processed online through OJS IJCLC, website: http://journal.umy.ac.id/index.php/IJCLCj
2. Incoming manuscripts will be checked for suitability of author guidelines, templates, plagiarism, focus and scope of IJCLC by the editor-in-chief. If appropriate, the process continues with the appointment of the relevant Editor. However, if it is not appropriate, the editor-in-chief will recommend the manuscript to be revised and/or rejected.
3. The plagiarism must be checked using Turnitin. If the degree of similarity is more than 25%, the manuscript will be requested to be corrected or rejected by the IJCLC Editor. This decision is final and the prerogative right of the IJCLC editors. Click for Plagiarism Policy.
4. Manuscripts will be sent to at least 1 (one) reviewer. If peer-review is required for further consideration, a 2nd or even 3rd reviewer will be appointed.
5. The next reviewer will send a review note to the editor, and it will be forwarded to the author. Accepted manuscripts that require revision (minor or major) will contain comments from reviewers and will be returned to the author for revision. The task of the reviewer is only to provide suggestions on whether the manuscript is accepted or rejected. At the same time, the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of the manuscript is in the hands of the editor and editor-in-chief.
6. Authors are given time to revise the manuscript no later than one month. Additional time to revise must be asked to the editor via e-mail at ijclc@umy.ac.id.
7. Manuscripts that have passed the final revision and are accepted by the editor will be published in IJCLC after being determined by the editor-in-chief.

Notes for Decision:

1. Accepted as is.
2. Accepted with minor revision (publication is desired, but a limited number of changes are still required).
3. Accepted with Major Revision (requires considerable rework before reconsideration).
4. Rejected (generally for reasons beyond the scope and purpose, major technical description problems, lack of clarity of presentation).

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.

Indonesian Journal of Criminal and Criminology (IJCLC) is a journal with an open access policy (open access journal),  all content for the online version is available for free at no charge to users. Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full-text articles in this journal without prior permission from the publisher or author according to the rules of scientific writing for non-commercial purposes. 

Archiving

This journal utilizes Garuda (Garba Rujukan Digital) to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries. It permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.

Publication Ethic

Ethics publication is a statement of the code of ethics of the parties involved in the publishing process in Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, including the editor in chief and editorial members, Reviewer , and authors. This ethical guide is arranged so that the publication in the Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology journal can be carried out ethically and responsibly and following applicable legal norms.

Publication ethics upholds three ethical values in publication:

1. Neutrality, free from conflicts of interest in the management of publications,
2. Justice by giving authorship rights to those who have the right to be authors/writers, and
3. Honesty, free from duplication, fabrication, forgery, and plagiarism in publications.

Therefore, all parties involved in publishing in Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology must abide by the ethics of this publication according to the role of each party.

Author

1. The author sends the original manuscript, free from plagiarism.
2. The author must maintain the truth, benefits, and meaning of the information submitted through the submitted manuscript to avoid misleading.
3. The author must uphold the rights, opinions or findings of others. Therefore, it is necessary to refer to or review the rights, opinions or findings of others related to the manuscript of the article and must mention the source of information.
4. The author must be fully aware not to commit any scientific violations, be it fabrication (making fictitious data), falsification (changing data as desired), and plagiarism (taking words or sentences or other people’s text without providing a citation reference), including self-plagiarism (duplicating one’s own work or taking part of a self-published work without citing references).
5. The author must convey the information in the manuscript using standard language rules.
6. The author must ensure that the name of the person listed as the author in the case of more than one author is the person who has contributed to the writing of the manuscript.
7. Authors must pay attention to the journal's policies and ethics of publication and follow the writing guidelines.
8. The author does not submit manuscripts submitted to the journal Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology to other publications, except after a decision has been made to return the manuscript to the author.
9. Authors are collectively responsible for their articles. Therefore, authors must carefully examine submitted manuscripts at each stage and section to ensure methods, analyzes and findings are reported accurately.
10. The author improves the article script according to the suggestions of the Reviewer  and editors.
11. Authors must immediately notify the editor if they find errors in submitted, accepted or published manuscripts.

Chief editor

1. The editor-in-chief must process the incoming manuscript and notify the correspondent author of the ongoing stages.
2. The editor-in-chief assesses the initial feasibility of the manuscript to continue the editing process based on journal policies, publication ethics, and writing guidelines.
3. The editor-in-chief distributes edits to members of the editorial board, taking into account the scientific field and performance burden.
4. The editor-in-chief selects, determines, and appoints members of the Reviewer  based on their expertise (does not rule out the possibility based on the editorial board’s advice).
5. The editor-in-chief decides the feasibility of publishing the manuscript based on the notes of the Reviewer partner.
6. The editor-in-chief must avoid conflicts of interest in processing article manuscripts due to differences in gender, ethnicity, religion, race, and group identity.
7. The editor-in-chief guarantees the confidentiality of the article manuscript at the time of editing except for academic or scientific purposes and does not misuse it for personal interests.
8. The editor-in-chief is responsible for the process of publishing manuscripts in the journal Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Editorial Board

1. Editors correct and evaluate manuscripts before being reviewed by Reviewer  based on journal policies, publication ethics, and writing guidelines.
2. The editor corrects the manuscript by considering the standards and rules of scientific writing.
3. The editor ensures that citations and references are written according to style.
4. Editors must avoid conflicts of interest in correcting article manuscripts due to differences in gender, ethnicity, religion, race, and group identity.
5. Editors guarantee the confidentiality of article manuscripts at the time of editing except for academic or scientific purposes and do not misuse them for personal interests.

Reviewer

1. Reviewer examine article manuscripts and comments on their contents based on journal policies, publication ethics, and writing guidelines.
2. Reviewer  assess the feasibility of publishing the manuscript of the article being reviewed (accepted, accepted with minor revision, accepted with major revision, or rejected) based on journal policies, publication ethics, and writing guidelines.
3. Reviewer must avoid conflicts of interest in researching and evaluating article manuscripts due to differences in gender, ethnicity, religion, race, and group identity.
4. Reviewer guarantee the confidentiality of the article manuscript when it is reviewed except for academic or scientific interests and do not misuse it for personal interests.

Policy of Retraction, Withdrawal, Correction

Retraction, Withdrawal, Correction

Policy Statement

The Journal of Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology acknowledges that the author has worked properly in preparing the manuscript and the peer-review process that will be/has been carried out by the Editor. However, for research purposes, there is a possibility that published articles will be deleted or withdrawn even if it will only be done in an unnatural situation.

This policy refers to COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)

Retraction

Editors will consider retracting a publication if:

• They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of a major error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error) or as a result of fabrication (e.g., of data) or falsification (e.g., image manipulation).
• It constitutes plagiarism.
• The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper attribution to previous sources or disclosure to the editor, permission to republish, or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication).
• It contains material or data without authorisation for use.
• Copyright has been infringed, or there is another serious legal issue (e.g., libel, privacy).
• It reports unethical research.
• It has been published solely based on a compromised or manipulated peer review process
• The author(s) failed to disclose a major competing interest (aka, conflict of interest) that, in the view of the editor, would have unduly affected interpretations of the work or recommendations by editors and peer reviewers.

Withdrawal

The authors are strongly requested not to withdraw the paper that is being processed at journal of Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 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 journal of Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology two issues after the withdrawal date.
• If the manuscript's withdrawal after the manuscript is accepted, and/or 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 authors would be banned to submit their manuscript to journal of Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology two years after the withdrawal date

Correction

Journal of Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 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.
• Author correction (corrigendum): to notify readers of an important error made by the authors,.
• 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.

Plagiarism Policy

Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology applies policy towards plagiarism.

Every manuscript submitted in the Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology would be scanned using Turnitin (similarity check) then the editor decides the case of possible plagiarism.

Similarity check results lower than 25% will proceed to substantive review, or citation improvement may be required (proper citations must be provided to all outsourced texts).

The authors should revise the article carefully, add required citations, do good paraphrasing to outsourced text, and then resubmit the manuscript with a new Turnitin report showing no plagiarism, and similarity should be lower than 25%.

APC (Article Processing Charge)

At this time, Indonesian Journal of Criminal and Criminology (IJCLC) has not implemented Article Processing Charge (APC) in publishing manuscripts (free APC).

Indexing

Indexing of IJCLC