Review Policy

Review Policy

Explore: Jurnal Sistem Informasi dan Telematika (Telekomunikasi, Multimedia dan Informatika) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Pusat Studi Teknologi Informasi, Fakultas Ilmu Komputer, Universitas Bandar Lampung. The journal is committed to maintaining high standards of academic quality, originality, scientific rigor, and publication ethics through a transparent and objective peer-review process.

1. Peer-Review System

All submitted manuscripts are subject to an initial editorial assessment to determine their relevance to the journal's focus and scope, compliance with the author guidelines, originality, and overall suitability for publication.

Manuscripts that pass the initial assessment are evaluated through a single-blind peer-review process, in which reviewers are aware of the authors' identities, while authors are not informed of the reviewers' identities. Each manuscript is evaluated by qualified reviewers with expertise relevant to the subject matter of the submission.

2. Review Criteria

Reviewers are requested to assess manuscripts based on the following criteria:

  1. Relevance and Scope: The manuscript's suitability for the journal's focus and scope, particularly in information systems, software engineering, computer networks, multimedia, information security, web and mobile technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, and other relevant areas of computer science and informatics.

  2. Originality and Novelty: The originality of the research, the contribution to existing knowledge, and the significance of the findings.

  3. Scientific Quality: The clarity of the research objectives, the relevance of the literature review, and the soundness of the theoretical framework.

  4. Methodology: The appropriateness of the research design, methods, data collection procedures, analytical techniques, and validation processes.

  5. Results and Discussion: The accuracy of the results, the quality of the analysis, and the extent to which the findings support the conclusions.

  6. Presentation and References: The organization, clarity, language quality, completeness of references, and compliance with the journal's manuscript preparation guidelines.

  7. Research Ethics: Compliance with applicable ethical standards, proper attribution of sources, and the absence of plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, or other forms of research misconduct.

3. Editorial Decision

Based on the reviewers' recommendations and the editorial assessment, the Editorial Board makes the final decision regarding each manuscript. Possible decisions include:

  • Accept: The manuscript is accepted for publication without further substantive revisions.

  • Minor Revision: The manuscript requires limited revisions to address the reviewers' comments.

  • Major Revision: The manuscript requires substantial revisions and may be subject to further review.

  • Reject: The manuscript does not meet the journal's scientific, methodological, ethical, or editorial standards, or falls outside the journal's scope.

Authors are expected to address reviewers' comments carefully and provide a point-by-point response when submitting a revised manuscript. Revised submissions may be returned to the original reviewers when further assessment is necessary.

4. Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest

All manuscripts under review must be treated as confidential documents. Reviewers must not disclose manuscript content, use unpublished information for personal advantage, or share submissions with unauthorized individuals.

Reviewers are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest that could compromise their objectivity. Individuals with significant conflicts of interest should decline the review assignment.

Editors are also responsible for identifying and managing potential conflicts of interest throughout the editorial and review process.

5. Ethical Standards and Research Integrity

Explore is committed to upholding publication ethics and research integrity. All participants in the publication process, including authors, reviewers, and editors, are expected to adhere to recognized ethical principles.

Manuscripts suspected of plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, falsification, or other forms of misconduct may be rejected or subjected to further investigation in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policies.

6. Review Timeliness

Reviewers are expected to complete their evaluations within the timeframe established by the Editorial Board and to provide constructive, objective, and evidence-based feedback. The editorial team monitors the review process to support timely editorial decisions while maintaining the quality and integrity of scholarly evaluation.

7. Final Authority

The final decision to accept or reject a manuscript rests with the Editorial Board of Explore: Jurnal Sistem Informasi dan Telematika (Telekomunikasi, Multimedia dan Informatika). Editorial decisions are based on the reviewers' recommendations, the manuscript's scientific merit, its relevance to the journal's scope, and compliance with the journal's editorial and ethical standards.

The journal strives to ensure that every manuscript receives a fair, independent, confidential, and academically rigorous evaluation.