Peer Review

This journal uses double-blind peer review, which means that the paper's reviewers won’t get to know the identity of the author(s), and the author(s) won’t get to know the reviewer's identity. The idea is that everyone should get a similar and unbiased review. The peer review process will take a time approximately 6 months.

Peer Review Process

The process can be described as follow.

1. An editor first reviews the submitted manuscript. It will be evaluated whether it is suitable for the Journal of Social Science Education focus and scope or has a major methodological flaw and similarity score by using Turnitin. The decision is rejected or accepted for a review process.

2. The manuscript will be sent to at least two anonymous reviewers (Double Blind Review). Reviewers' comments are then sent to the corresponding author for necessary actions and responses.

3. Afterward, the editorial team meeting suggested the authors' final decision on the revised manuscript.

4. Finally, the Editor will send the final decision to the corresponding author.

5. The accepted manuscript continued with copyediting and layout editing to prepare the camera-ready paper.

Review Outcomes

The Editor will make a final publication decision using feedback from the peer review process. Decisions categories include:

• Reject - Rejected manuscripts will not be published, and authors will not have the opportunity to resubmit a revised version to JPIS.
• Major Revision - The manuscript will be reviewed again after some major modifications are made.
• Minor Revisions - Manuscripts receiving an accept-pending-revisions decision will be published in JPIS if minor modifications are made. An editor will review revisions to ensure necessary updates are made before publication.
• Accept - Accepted manuscripts will be published in the current form without further modifications.