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 INSPIRA Editorial and publishing process

 Description

Submissions should be prepared in accordance with the Author's Guidelines. The manuscript may be returned to authors without a scientific assessment if they do not meet all submission requirements, are not in the correct format, or cannot be downloaded reliably.

Submissions must represent the original and independent work of the authors. Each new submission is assessed by Editor-in-Chief using Manuscript Readiness Level (MRL) to determine whether it falls within the general remit of INSPIRA: Indonesian Journal of Psychological Research. We will reject a manuscript without review if it contains insufficient content, exceeds our word limit or is incorrectly formatted; it is poorly presented and unclear. Manuscripts that pass the initial assessment will be handled by Editor-in-Chief or Associate Editor to oversee the review process for contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation.

The Editor-in-Chief will screen all submitted manuscripts to determine whether the manuscript abides by the focus and scope of INSPIRA: Indonesian Journal of Psychological Research. Manuscripts that do not meet the basic requirements will be rejected without further review. If the manuscript meets these two criteria, it is checked for plagiarism or duplicate publication with a Similarity Check.

Once a manuscript passes the initial checks, it will be assigned to two independent experts for double-blind peer review. A double-blind peer review is applied, where the authors' and reviewers' identities are unknown. Double-blind peer review comments are confidential and will only be disclosed with the express agreement of the reviewer. All manuscripts are subject to double-blind peer review, and authors can expect a decision, or an explanation for the delay, within 2 months of receipt. If a revision is invited, the corresponding author should submit the revised manuscript within 2 weeks. Editor-in-Chief makes the final decision based on the information gained through the peer-review process explained in publication ethics.

We ensure that the reviewed manuscript is treated confidentially before publication ethics.

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 Types of decision

There are four types of editorial decisions during the double-blind peer review process, which are:
   
 

Decline submission
Following the double-blind peer review, the paper is judged not acceptable for publication in INSPIRA: Indonesian Journal of Psychological Research, and resubmission is not possible.

Resubmit for Review
The submitted version of the paper is not acceptable and requires significant revision, but there is clear potential in work, and INSPIRA: Indonesian Journal of Psychological Research is prepared to consider a new version. Authors are offered the opportunity to resubmit their paper as a new submission. Concerns will remain regarding the paper's suitability for publication until the authors convince the editor that their paper fits the scope and standards of INSPIRA: Indonesian Journal of Psychological Research. The resubmitted manuscript will be returned to the original associate editor if at all possible.

Revision
The paper requires changes before a final decision can be made. Authors are asked to modify their manuscript in light of comments received from referees and editors and to submit a new version for consideration within 2 weeks of receiving the decision letter. A point-by-point explanation of how comments have been addressed must be supplied with the revised version of the paper. Revisions may undergo further double-blind peer review, and papers may undergo more than one round of revision. If the authors do not revise their papers to the editors' satisfaction, the paper can still be declined from publication in INSPIRA: Indonesian Journal of Psychological Research.

Accept submission
The paper is accepted for publication, subject to conditions that need to be addressed in producing a final version of the manuscript. These may include sub-editing changes and minor amendments to ensure the paper fully matches our criteria. After final checking in the editorial office, acceptance is confirmed, and the paper is forwarded to the publishers for publication.

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 Galley proof

Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author for final checking. Corrections to the proofs must be restricted to printer's errors: any other changes to the text, in equations or grammar, may be charged to the author. Proofs should be returned to the editors within three days of receipt to minimize the risk of the author's contribution having to be held over to a later issue. The editors do not accept responsibility for the correctness of published content. It is the author's responsibility to check the content at the proof stage. 

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 INSPIRA Editorial and publishing process

INSPIRA: Indonesian Journal of Psychological Research follows the editorial and publishing process set by PKP, as presented in the following figure.

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