Peer Review Process

Jurnal Ilmu Fisika (JIF) ensures that all submitted manuscripts undergo a fair, objective, rigorous, and confidential peer review process, in accordance with COPE's Core Practices.

Peer Review Model

JIF employs a single-blind peer review model (Anonymous Reviewer/Disclosed Author), in which the identities of reviewers are kept confidential from authors, while reviewers have access to the authors' identities and affiliations.

This model is intended to support independent and objective scientific evaluation while protecting reviewer confidentiality. Reviewers are required to maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and provide impartial evaluations based solely on scientific merit, originality, methodological rigor, and relevance to the journal's focus and scope.

Reviewer Selection

At least two reviewers with expertise in the subject matter of the manuscript are carefully selected for each submission to provide objective, constructive, and substantive feedback. Reviewers are selected based on their relevant expertise, publication records, and ability to evaluate the manuscript independently.

Reviewer Training

JIF is committed to the continuous development of its editors and reviewers, encouraging adherence to ethical standards, research integrity, and best practices in scholarly peer review.

Management of Peer Review

The peer review process is managed by the editorial team to ensure timely, rigorous, fair, and consistent assessment of submitted manuscripts. Reviewers are expected to evaluate the scientific contribution, originality, research methods, validity of results, quality of analysis and discussion, and appropriateness of conclusions.

Editorial decisions are made by the editors based on reviewers' recommendations, the scientific quality of the manuscript, and compliance with the journal's publication policies. Reviewers provide recommendations, while the final editorial decision remains the responsibility of the editor.

Conflicts of Interest

JIF requires editors and reviewers to disclose any potential conflicts of interest that could compromise the independence or objectivity of the review process. Reviewers must decline assignments when such conflicts prevent an impartial assessment.

Confidentiality and Use of Artificial Intelligence

Reviewers and editors must protect the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts, unpublished research data, and editorial communications.

Reviewers are prohibited from using generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools to review, evaluate, summarize, or generate assessments of submitted manuscripts. Confidential manuscript content must not be uploaded to generative AI services.

All evaluations and editorial decisions must remain the responsibility of qualified human reviewers and editors, in accordance with JIF's AI Policy.

Appeals and Disputes

JIF provides a structured process for handling appeals and disputes arising during the peer review process. Authors may submit appeals supported by scientific arguments or relevant evidence. Appeals are evaluated fairly and in accordance with the journal's established Complaints and Appeals Policy.

This policy upholds the integrity of JIF's peer review process and reinforces its commitment to fairness, transparency, confidentiality, and excellence in scholarly publishing.