Journal Policy

Peer Review Process

The objective of the peer review process is to ensure that high quality manuscripts relevant to the topics of the journal are published. Submitted manuscripts are peer-reviewed following the procedure outlined below.

Administrative submission evaluation

All submissions are checked by journal administrator to ensure that they conform to the paper template outlined on the author information page of the Halal Research Journal website. Issues such as paper length, English standard, diagram format, referencing style, plagiarism, and so on are considered. If the submission does not meet all or some of these criteria the submission will be declined, and the authors asked to resubmit after addressing the issues.

Initial editorial evaluation

One of the chief editors evaluates the submitted manuscripts. A manuscript can be rejected at this stage due to not being insufficiently original, having serious scientific flaws, having poor language, or being outside the aims and scope of the journal. Manuscripts that meet the minimum criteria are either managed by the chief editor or passed to an associate editor to manage the peer review process.

Halal Research Journal adopts a double-blind peer-reviewing that which the reviewer does not know the author’s identity and vice versa. The initial authors and articles are not displayed until the articles are accepted for further review and publication. Some policies in the review of the Halal Research Journal:

Any submitted paper will be reviewed by reviewers. The reviewers will review the submitted article that follows the guidelines and the provided journal template.
Review is done to provide good quality script guarantees. A reviewer is an expert who is deep in understanding with research on halal or related.
Each submitted paper will be reviewed by at least two reviewers to ensure the quality of the article.
The process of the review will consider novelty, objectivity, methods, scientific impact, conclusions, and references. The reviewers ensure the quality of the articles of their title, abstract, methods, result and discussion, and conclusion. Besides, the reviewers also verify the ethic of publication and plagiarism.
The reviewers also provide feedback on whether the article is accepted, rejected, or needs minor or major revision.
The Halal Research Journal editor has the full right to decide whether the article is accepted or rejected.

Please confirm by email: halal-journal@its.ac.id after making a submission

Publication Frequency

This journal is committed to maintaining a consistent and transparent publication schedule to ensure the timely dissemination of scholarly research.

The journal is published 2 times per year, with issues released in February and July. Each volume corresponds to one calendar year and contains two issues.

1. Regular Issues

Articles are published according to the journal’s scheduled issues. Accepted manuscripts are processed and assigned to the next available issue after completion of the editorial and production stages.

2. Special Issues

The journal may occasionally publish special issues focusing on specific themes or emerging topics. Special issues follow the same peer review and editorial standards as regular issues.

3. Changes to Publication Schedule

Any changes to the journal’s publication frequency or schedule will be clearly announced on the journal website.

4. Editorial Responsibility

The editorial team is responsible for managing the editorial workflow to maintain the publication schedule while ensuring rigorous peer review and high editorial standards.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to all of its content, based on the principle that freely available research supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving network among participating libraries. This ensures the creation of permanent archives of the journal for long-term preservation and restoration purposes. Learn more.

Digital Archiving by Garba Rujukan Digital (Garuda) Garba Rujukan Digital (Garuda) is a digital archiving system developed by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. It is used to store and manage digital documents, such as research papers, theses, and dissertations.