Peer Review Process

Manuscripts submitted will go through several processes to ensure that every manuscript has a good quality and can contribute to knowledge development. The review process of journal will be reviewed using the double-blind review process to make sure that objectivity is maintained in JIHI.

  1. Author will submit a manuscript, including all the information that is needed.
  2. The Editor in Chief will conduct initial review and examination regarding several points such as, (1) Contents of the manuscript; (2) Conformity with focus and scope; (3) Conformity with author guidelines.
  3. After a decision is made by the Editor in Chief, the Editorial Team will undergo plagiarism checks regarding similarity of the content of the manuscript through Turnitin.
  4. Review process: if the manuscript has passed the plagiarism check, the Editorial Team will assign each manuscript with 2 reviewers based on expertise and specialty. The review process will be done through double-blind review process. There are several decisions that reviewer can give after the review process:
    1. 20-25 without point < 3: can be published without revision (accept submission)
    2. 20-25 with point < 3: can be published with minor revision (revisions required)
    3. 11-19: can be published with major revision (resubmit for review)
    4. 0-10: can’t be published (resubmit elsewhere or decline submission)
  5. After undergoing the review process, the author will have a 2-week chance to do some revision in regard to the review result from reviewers.
  6. Copyedit manuscript: manuscript that has been revised by the author will undergo copyedit manuscript by the Editorial Team in 1 week.
  7. Layout edit manuscript: manuscript that has been copyedited by the Editorial Team will undergo layout edit manuscript process in 1 week by lay outer.
  8. After the layout edit is done, the author will get a chance to check the final manuscript in 3 days.
  9. The final manuscript that has been undergo all the process, the Editorial Team will proceed the manuscript for online publication in Open Journal System and printed.