Peer Review Process

The following are the steps in the Peer Review Process in Journal Teknologi Perikanan dan Kelautan (JTPK):

  1. The manuscript must be prepared using the manuscript format (JTPK Article Template). The Author(s) are required to submit an Author's Statement Form along with any other necessary supporting documents.
  2. The received manuscript will be checked for compliance with the JTPK formatting standards. It will also undergo plagiarism screening using Turnitin software, with a similarity tolerance limit of ≤25%. Manuscripts that do not meet the formatting standards will be returned to the Author(s), while suitable manuscripts will proceed to the next stage.
  3. The Editor-in-Chief will assign the manuscript to a corresponding Editor for further handling. After passing administrative screening, the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor will conduct a prequalification review of the submitted manuscript to determine its suitability for further review. This includes evaluating the alignment of the manuscript's topic with the scope of JTPK, as well as assessing the manuscript's novelty, objectives, methods, and scientific impact. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable will be declined, while those considered suitable will be sent to the Reviewers.
  4. If the manuscript falls within the scope of the journal, the Editor will assign it to at least two Reviewers for evaluation (Review Round 1). Reviewers are given two weeks to conduct a thorough review. In cases where the primary Reviewers provide conflicting recommendations, additional Reviewers will be assigned. All manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer review process (Reviewers are unaware of the identities of the Authors, and Authors are also unaware of the Reviewers’ identities). This ensures objectivity and fairness by eliminating potential bias so that manuscripts are evaluated purely on the substance and quality of the research.
  5. The Editor-in-Chief will make the final decision on the manuscript after considering the Reviewers' comments.
  6. For manuscripts that proceed to the revision stage (according to the decision of the Editor-in-Chief), the Author(s) are expected to revise the manuscript based on the Reviewers' comments and submit the revised manuscript within two weeks.
  7. The Editor will review the revised manuscript, including re-checking for similarity/plagiarism, with a similarity tolerance limit of ≤25%. A decision will then be made to determine if the revisions are appropriate. If not, the manuscript will be returned to the Author(s). Once the revisions are deemed satisfactory, the manuscript will be forwarded to the Editor-in-Chief.
  8. The Editor-in-Chief determines the final status of the manuscript. Accepted manuscripts will be followed up with an acceptance letter, which will be sent to the Author(s).
  9. If the manuscript is still in Indonesian, the Author(s) will be contacted to confirm whether the translation will be handled by the Author(s) or by the JTPK team (with an additional fee as stated on the Article Processing Charge page). If JTPK handles the translation, it will be carried out immediately. However, if the Author(s) handle it, approximately one week will be given. The translation results (by either JTPK or the Author(s)) will then be checked by the Reviewers and Editor to ensure the accuracy of technical terms and terminology (Review Round 2).
  10. The manuscript will be edited according to the JTPK layout.
  11. The final layout will then be uploaded to the system. Metadata (including the title, Author name(s), affiliation, abstract, keywords, and references) will be verified, and the article will be uploaded online. The journal will then be published online, followed by a DOI assignment, and the metadata will be updated on Google Scholar and DOAJ.