Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The focus and scope of Gurindam: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra are the results of research or conceptual studies that cover the following scientific fields:

✅ Linguistics
✅ Literature
✅ Language and Literature Learning

 

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

Gurindam: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra applies double peer review process. Each submission of the manuscript will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers, followed by editorial comments. Editor-in-Chief or editor in accordance with the field of research will provide a decision of acceptance / rejection. The journal follows a systematic peer review and publication policy:

Step - 1: The submitted manuscript is acknowledged within 12-24 hours upon receipt.

Step - 2: The editor checks the manuscript related to the suitability of the theme with the focus and the scope of the journal.

Step - 3: The manuscript is sent to a reviewer. The practice of peer review is to ensure that only good article is published. It is an objective process at the heart of good scholarly publishing and is carried out by all reputable journals. The peer review process takes maximum two weeks.

Step - 4: The review reports are collected from the reviewer and the editor will send the review reports to the authors including all terms and conditions of the publication.

Step - 5: If the paper is accepted subject to modification, the editor will send the review reports to the author/corresponding author including a formal request to modify the paper by seven days as per the suggestions of the reviewers. The author will send the modified paper to the same reviewer of the said paper to justify the modifications. If the paper is again returned by the reviewer, the paper is said to be finally rejected. The journal will not proceed with the said paper. However, in case of very minor changes, the editorial board may consider the paper for further modifications.

Step - 6: The accepted paper is processed for publication (soft copy) upon the successful completion of the journal’s terms and conditions.  

Step - 7: Proof Reading. The editor will send the processed paper for publication (MS Word) to the author/corresponding author for proof reading.

Step - 8: The paper is published online. The editor will notify the author/corresponding author about online publication with necessary download link. The author/corresponding author may request for any correction in published paper (in case of extremely important changes) within one week of online publication.

 

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.

 

Reviewers

 

Publication Frequency

Gurindam: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra is published twice a year in June and December.

 

Publication Fee

Please contact manager for publication fee.

 

Scanning Plagiarism

Manuscripts that are continued to the editing and review stages of this journal are checked for similarity/plagiarism levels using the official Turnitin application of UIN Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau based on the maximum similarity provisions set by the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology.

 

Indexing Site

Gurindam: Journal of Language and Literature by the Indonesian Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, UIN Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau is indexed by Google Scholar, Garuda, Moraref, Crossref, and Dimensions.

 

Copyrights and Licenses

The authors who submit the manuscript hold almost all copyrights. However, the right of publication is transferred to Gurindam: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra (GJBS). The right includes the rights to publish their article for the first time and to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, translations, photographic reproductions, microform, electronic form (offline, online) or any other reproductions of similar nature. This is copyright transfer form that must be signed by the corresponding author. After IDJ published the article, the authors have the right to deposit it or republish it.

All articles published Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. We are continuously working with our author communities to select the best choice of license options, currently being defined for this journal as follows:

• Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY)