Unisia publishes research articles devoted to social sciences and humanities. The journal publishes current research on a broad range of topics, including religion, law, political science, sociology, psychology, economics, history, language, social work, geography, international studies, and women's studies. The journal features articles illustrating the use of quantitative or qualitative methods to empirically analyze current issues in social sciences and humanities to solve society’s problems. The journal emphasizes research articles concerned with multidisciplinary studies in social sciences and humanities.
Every published content under “Articles” section is subject for peer review. Published contents under “Editorial” section are not peer-reviewed.
Peer review in the journal is conducted by external reviewers. They were selected based on their expertise and the latest publications on the related topics of submitted manuscripts. At least two reviewers are selected for each submission. The journal didn’t ask the author(s) for recommended reviewers to avoid any misconduct in the peer review process. At some point, editorial board members can also be selected as reviewers of a manuscript. A list of reviewers of each edition is provided in the published issue, and a list of all reviewers is available at https://journal.uii.ac.id/Unisia/reviewers
Following the National Information Standards Organization (NISO)'s Peer Review Terminology Standardization, the type of peer review process in the journal can be summarized as follows:
Identity Transparency: Double Anonymized
Reviewer identity is not made visible to author, author identity is not made visible to reviewer, reviewer and author identity is visible to (decision-making) editor.
Reviewer Interacts with: Editor
Communication between editor and reviewer (traditional model). Also known as ‘independent review’. Identities can be anonymized or visible.
Review Information Published: Review Reports
Full content of the reviewer reports is published. At this moment, the journal only published review reports for accepted manuscripts from Vol. 39, No. 1, 2021.
Post Publication Commenting: Open
Commenting open to anybody. Can be anonymous, require signing in and/or registration (e.g. via ORCID). At this moment, commenting can be sent through email to editor. In the future, a “Comments” section may be prepared for this purpose.
The peer review process in the journal can be described as follow:
Published contents will include dates of submission, revision(s), acceptance, and publication.
Latest Update: August 3, 2024, 14:40 GMT 7+.