Policies
Focus and Scope
Journal of Software Engineering and Multimedia (JASMED) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Telkom University and managed by the CoE Sustainbility Cities, Village and Food Security. The aim of this journal is to publish articles dedicated to all aspects of the outstanding latest developments in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction, Software, and Computer Science Applications Including the entire world.
Scope
Alignment with All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) System:
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Computer Science (17) |
Descriptions |
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Software (1712) |
The journal addresses topics in Software Engineering, emphasizing methodologies, design principles, and the development of robust software systems. This includes Requirements Engineering, which examines the identification and documentation of user and system needs, and Software Testing, which focuses on verification and validation techniques to ensure software quality. |
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Human-Computer Interaction (1709) |
The journal invites contributions focused on the design and evaluation of user interfaces through a User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) lens. It also emphasizes research in Usability Engineering, which explores the effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction of users when interacting with complex digital environments. |
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Computer Science Applications (1706) |
This includes research on Interactive Multimedia and Digital Games, covering both interactive design and user impact. The journal also embraces topics in Mobile and Web Technologies, focusing on cross-platform application development, as well as Geographic Information Systems, which utilize spatial data to support informed decision-making. Furthermore, emerging topics in immersive technologies—such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Mixed Reality constitute an essential part of the journal's scientific exploration. |
Peer Review Process
Submitted papers are evaluated by anonymous referees by double blind peer review for contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation. The Editor shall inform you of the results of the review as soon as possible, hopefully in 2-6 Weeks.
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.
Benefits of open access for the author, include:
- Free access for all users worldwide
- Authors retain copyright to their work
- Increased visibility and readership
- Rapid publication
- No spatial constraints
- Works/articles in this journal as are bound to Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- International License.
Archiving Policy
This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.
Author Fees
This journal charges the following author fees.
- Full papers: 250.000 (IDR) – 12-16 pages (+50.000 (IDR)/each additional page)
- Short Papers: 200.000 (IDR) – max. 8 pages
- Reports, Application Notes: 200.000 (IDR) – max. 16 pages (+50.000 (IDR)/each additional page)
Latest two weeks after submission authors will be informed about acceptance for review or rejection. Our average review time is 6 weeks.
This journal has no submission charges.
Publication Fee Waiver Policy
Authors may apply for an APC waiver under the following conditions:
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International Collaboration
Manuscripts co-authored by contributors from more than one country are eligible for a fee waiver upon request. -
Institutional Collaboration
Manuscripts authored by contributors affiliated with more than three (3) distinct institutions may request a publication fee waiver. -
Scientific Merit Exception
The editorial board reserves the right to grant a waiver for submissions that demonstrate exceptional scholarly quality or significant contribution to the advancement of Educational Technology. This waiver is discretionary and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
To apply for a waiver, authors must contact the editorial office before making any payment.
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
Here are the deal and ethical standards for all parties involved in scientific publications, such as editor, reviewer, and author.
1. DUTIES OF EDITORS
Editor of the Journal of Jasmed is responsible for taking decisions manuscripts will be published in the Journal of Jasmed. The editor can be guided by the policy of the editorial board and constrained by the requirements of applicable laws regarding defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism. Editors can discuss with other editors or reviewer in making this decision.
Fair Play
Editors will evaluate the manuscripts in accordance with the intellectual content without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, nationality, or political philosophy of the author
Confidentiality
The Editor and editorial staff should not provide any information about a submitted manuscript to someone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
Conflict of interest
The materials that are not published in a submitted manuscript may not be used for the editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.
2. DUTIES OF REVIEWER
Contribution to Editorial Decisions
The review process may assist the auditor in making editorial decisions and through the communication between editor with the author will assist the author in improving the manuscript.
Promptness
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.
Confidentiality
Each manuscript has been accepted for review must be treated as confidential documents. The manuscript should not be shown or discussed with others except with permission from the editor.
Standards of Objectivity
The review should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is not allowed. Reviewers must show clearly the results of the assessment along with supporting arguments.
Acknowledgement of Sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
Conflict of Interest
Unpublished material contained in the manuscript must not be used for the reviewer's own research without the written permission of the author. Special information and ideas obtained through a review process should be kept confidential and not used for personal purposes. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts that have a conflict of interest due to a script that is competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with one of the authors, or a company involved with the script.
3. DUTIES OF AUTHOR
Reporting Standard
Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. The main data to be represented accurately in the script. The manuscript should contain sufficient detail and references that allow others to do the research again. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
Data Access and Retention
The author was asked to provide the raw data associated with the text for editorial review process and should be prepared to provide public access to such data , if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
Originality and Plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
Acknowledgment of Sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
Fundamental errors in published work
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
Policy of Screening for Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening will be conducted by the editors of Journal of Software Engineering and Multimedia (JASMED) twice. First before the review and secondly after the review prior to publication using iThenticate Similarity Check. Article manuscripts must obtain a similarity index of less than 25%. We will return the manuscripts to authors should the similarity index is more than 25%. Authors may rewrite the manuscripts to meet our requirement in this regard and resubmit the rewritten manuscripts. The resubmitted manuscripts will go into the new screening process, and if for any reasons the similarity index is still above 25%, the editors will reject the manuscripts.
Retraction Policy
We understand that the authors have worked carefully preparing manuscripts, and we have carried out peer-review processes. However, sometimes there is the potential for published articles to be withdrawn or deleted for scientific reasons. It should not be done lightly and can only occur under extraordinary circumstances. Therefore, corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed will be carried out with strict standards to maintain confidence in the authority of its electronic archives. Our commitment and policy are to maintain the integrity and completeness of important scientific records for researchers and librarians' archives.
Article Retraction
Journal of Software Engineering and Multimedia (JASMED) is committed to playing its part in maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record; therefore, on occasion, it is necessary to retract articles. Articles may be retracted if:
- There is a major scientific error that would invalidate the article's conclusions, for example, where there is clear evidence that findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g., data fabrication) or honest error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error).
- The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication).
- There are ethical issues such as plagiarism (appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit, including those obtained through confidential review of others' manuscripts) or inappropriate authorship.
- To ensure that retractions are handled according to publication best practice and following COPE retraction guidelines, Journal of Software Engineering and Multimedia (JASMED) adopts the following retraction process:
- An article requiring potential retraction is brought to the journal editor's attention.
- The journal editor should follow the step-by-step guidelines according to the COPE flowcharts (including evaluating a response from the author of the article in question).
- Before any action is taken, the editor's findings should be sent to the Ethics Advisory Board. The purpose of this step is to ensure a consistent approach in accordance with industry best practices.
- The final decision as to whether to retract is then communicated to the author and, if necessary, any other relevant bodies, such as the author's institution on occasion.
- The retraction statement is then posted online and published in the next available issue of the journal (see below for more details of this step).
Note that if authors retain the copyright for an article, this does not mean they automatically have the right to retract it after publication. The integrity of the published scientific record is of paramount importance, and COPE’s Retraction Guidelines still apply in such cases.
Article Correction
Journal of Software Engineering and Multimedia (JASMED) should consider issuing a correction if:
- A small part of an otherwise reliable publication reports flawed data or proves to be misleading, especially if this is the result of honest error.
- The Author or Contributor list is incorrect (e.g., a deserving author has been omitted or someone who does not meet authorship criteria has been included).
- Corrections to peer-reviewed content fall into one of three categories:
- Publisher correction (erratum): to notify readers of a critical error made by publishing/journal staff (usually a production error) that has a negative impact on the publication record or the scientific integrity of the article, or on the reputation of the Authors or the journal.
- Author correction (corrigendum): to notify readers of an important error made by the Authors, which negatively impacts the publication record or the scientific integrity of the article or the reputation of the Authors or the journal.
- Addendum: an addition to the article by its Authors to explain inconsistencies, to expand the existing work, or otherwise explain or update the information in the main work.
The decision of whether a correction should be issued is made by the Editor(s) of a journal, sometimes with advice from Reviewers or Editorial Board members. Handling Editors will contact the Authors of the paper concerned with a request for clarification, but the final decision about whether a correction is required and which type rests with the Editors.
Article Removal
In an extremely limited number of cases, it may be necessary to remove a published article from our online platform. This will only happen if an article is clearly defamatory, or infringes others’ legal rights, or where the article is, or we have good reason to expect that it will be, the subject of a court order, or where the article if acted upon, may pose a serious health risk. In such circumstances, while the article's metadata (i.e., title and author information) will be retained, the text will be replaced with a screen indicating that the article has been removed for legal reasons.
Article Replacement
In cases where an article, if acted upon, may pose a serious health risk, the Authors of the original paper may wish to retract the flawed original.
Withdrawal Policy
Journal of Software Engineering and Multimedia (JASMED) is committed to maintaining the integrity of the publication process. Authors are discouraged from withdrawing manuscripts once they have been submitted, as this affects the efficiency of editorial and peer review processes. However, withdrawals may be permitted under specific conditions as outlined below:
1. Withdrawal Before Review Process
- Authors may withdraw their manuscript before it enters the peer review process by submitting a written request to the editorial office.
- The request must be formally submitted by the corresponding author, stating the reason for withdrawal.
2. Withdrawal During or After Peer Review
- Once a manuscript is under review, withdrawal is strongly discouraged.
- If authors wish to withdraw, they must provide a valid reason, and approval is subject to the editorial board's discretion.
- Frequent or unethical withdrawals may result in blacklisting of the author(s) from future submissions.
3. Withdrawal After Acceptance
- Post-acceptance withdrawal is not permitted except in extraordinary circumstances (e.g., ethical concerns, critical errors).
- If the withdrawal request is due to ethical violations or research misconduct, the journal reserves the right to issue a retraction and notify relevant authorities.
4. Unauthorized Withdrawal & Consequences
- If an author withdraws a manuscript unilaterally without notifying the editorial board, they may be barred from submitting future manuscripts for a certain period.
- Institutions or funding agencies may be notified if misconduct is suspected.
5. Editorial Withdrawal Rights
- The journal reserves the right to withdraw a submission if ethical issues, plagiarism, or data falsification are discovered at any stage.
- A retraction notice will be issued for already published articles found to violate academic integrity.
This policy ensures fairness to all contributors and maintains the efficiency and integrity of the publication process.
