Peer Review Process

All manuscripts submitted to JPK must follow the author guidelines of this journal and be done through the OJS environment. The submitted manuscripts must address scientific merit or novelty appropriate to the aim and scope. All manuscripts must be free from plagiarism content in which all authors are suggested to use plagiarism detection software to do the similarity checking. Editors check the plagiarism detection of articles in this journal using Plagiarism Checker software. 

Articles submitted are reviewed by the editorial team as the initial process. The editorial team will evaluate the feasibility of the content, focus, and methodology in the article. The articles are then sent to at least 1 (one) expert reviewers at the position of Double Blind Review Process. Notes from the reviewers were then sent back to the author to be adapted to the standards of journal writing. The decision of the revised manuscript will be re-evaluated in the editorial board's meeting. Later, the decision of the editor in the final meeting will be informed to the author.

Editors make decisions based on reviewer recommendations as follows:

  • Manuscripts can be accepted without changes
  • Manuscripts may be accepted with minor revisions
  • Manuscripts may be received with major revisions
  • Manuscript rejected

 The estimated total time required on average is 12 weeks (3 months).