Like all major scientific journals, the success of the Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak (Al-Athfal: Childhood Education Journal) is dependent on a dedicated team who can review manuscripts that are submitted by scientists from around the world fairly and promptly. Ultimately, the journal’s team is responsible for selecting manuscripts that contain the most original, most significant, and most impactful scientific findings for publication in Al-Athfal. Critical members of Al-Athfal's team are accomplished scientists, as judged by their published work, who have expertise in one or more of the areas covered by the journal, and are willing to volunteer their time to review the original and the revised versions of manuscripts submitted to the journal. In addition, the journal’s editors and Editor-in-Chief look to these reviewers for advice about appropriate final editorial decisions (i.e., rejection or acceptance) for the submitted manuscripts. Through this editorial, Al-Athfal's Editorial Team would like to invite qualified scientists to contact the journal's Editor-in-Chief about becoming a reviewer for Al-Athfal.
If you are interested in becoming a reviewer for Al-Athfal, please send us an e-mail athfal@uin-suka.ac.id and include a brief description of your background, professional accomplishments, and experience as a reviewer. We look forward to hearing from interested parties and hope to continue to enhance the quality and timeliness of Al-Athfal's review process.
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Peer Review Process
At least two reviewers independently review every manuscript submitted to Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak/Al-Athfal: Childhood Education Journal in the form of "double-blind peer review." The decision for accepted, accepted with revisions, or rejected is based upon their reports/recommendation. In some instances, the editor may submit an article for review to another, the third reviewer before making a decision, if necessary.
Reviewer Guideline
Role and Responsibilities of Peer Reviewers
The peer reviewer is responsible for critiquing by reading and evaluating manuscripts in the field of expertise, then giving constructive advice and honest feedback to the author of the article submitted. Peer reviewers discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the article, how to increase the strength and quality of the paper, and evaluate the relevance and authenticity of the manuscript.
- Ensure the rigorous standards of the scientific process by taking part in the peer-review system.
- Uphold the journal's integrity by identifying invalid research and helping to maintain the journal's quality.
- Fulfil a sense of obligation to the community and their area of research.
- Establish relationships with reputable colleagues and their affiliated journals, and increase their opportunities to join an Editorial Board.
- It can help prevent ethical breaches by identifying plagiarism, research fraud, and other problems by dinting their familiarity with the subject area.
- Reciprocate professional courtesy, as authors and reviewers are often interchangeable roles – as a reviewer, researchers "repay" the same consideration they receive as authors.
Review Process
When reviewing the article, please consider the following:
Abstract
- Is it a summary?
- Does it include key findings?
- Is it an appropriate length?
Introduction
- Is it effective, clear and well organized?
- Does it introduce and put into perspective what follows?
- Suggest changes in organization and point authors to appropriate citations.
- Be specific - do not write “the authors have done a poor job.”
Methodology
- Can a colleague reproduce the experiments and get the same outcomes?
- Did the authors include proper references to previously published methodology?
- Is the description of the new methodology accurate?
- Could or should the authors have included supplementary material?
Results and Discussion
- Suggest improvements in the way data is shown
- Comment on general logic and justification of interpretations and conclusions
- Comment on the number of figures, tables and schemes Write concisely and precisely which changes you recommend List separately suggested changes in style, grammar and other small changes
- Suggest additional experiments or analyses
- Make clear the need for changes/updates
- Ask yourself whether the manuscript should be published at all
Conclusion
- Comment on importance, validity and generality of conclusions
- Request toning down of unjustified claims and generalizations
- Request removal of redundancies and summaries
- The abstract, not the conclusion, summarizes the study
References, Tables and Figures
- Check accuracy, number and citation appropriateness
- Comment on any footnotes Comment on figures, their quality and readability
- Assess completeness of legends, headers and axis labels
- Check presentation consistency Comment on the need for colour in figures
When submitting your recommendation, you can choose from the following options:
- Outstanding
- Sound
- Sound with minor or moderate revisions
- Unsound or fundamentally flawed
Reviewers Acknowledgment
The members of the Editorial Team of Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak (Al-Athfal: Childhood Education Journal) extend thanks and gratitude to all referees who have contributed to the process of peer review of manuscripts since 2015. The support and professional assistance of the esteemed colleagues make the success of the journal possible.