Peer Review Process

Peer Review Process

The manuscript submission process for the Ulul Albab: Jurnal Studi dan Penelitian Hukum Islam (JUA) adheres to a series of steps designed to ensure a comprehensive and impartial peer-review process:

1. Manuscript Submission: Authors submit their research articles to the journal, following which the Editor-in-Chief assigns the manuscript to the Managing Editor for further handling.
2. Manuscript Check and Selection: The Managing Editor and editorial team conduct an initial check and selection process. They may either accept the manuscript directly, reject it, or determine that it should proceed to the review stage. Additionally, a plagiarism check using Turnitin is performed for each submitted manuscript.
3. Manuscript Reviewing Process: The Managing Editor requests evaluations from a minimum of two experts in the relevant field to review the manuscript. The peer-review process is executed as a double-blind review, meaning the identities of both the reviewers and the authors are concealed from one another. Reviewers are provided with a review form supplied by the Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law.
4. Notification of Manuscript Acceptance, Revision, or Rejection: Based on the feedback received from the reviewers, the Editor-in-Chief informs the author of the manuscript's acceptance, the necessity for revision, or rejection. This communication is conducted while maintaining the anonymity of the reviewers.
5. Paper Revision: Should revisions be requested, the author is granted the opportunity to revise the manuscript in accordance with the comments and suggestions provided by the reviewers. The author may also submit a response letter that addresses each comment and outlines the changes made.
6. Revision Submission Based on Reviewer Suggestions: Following the completion of necessary revisions, the author resubmits the revised manuscript via a submission route similar to that outlined in the first step.
7. Notification of Acceptance: If the reviewers are satisfied with the revisions, the editor notifies the author of the manuscript's acceptance for publication.
8. Galley Proof and Publishing Process: The accepted manuscript proceeds to the galley proof stage, during which formatting, copyediting, and proofreading are conducted. Upon the completion of these processes, the paper is published, either in print or online, in accordance with the journal's publishing format.

It is essential to recognize that the steps delineated above constitute one iteration of the peer-review process. The Editor in Chief and the editorial board meticulously evaluate the feedback provided by the peer reviewers in order to reach a decision. The potential outcomes of this evaluation include:

1. Accepted as it is: The manuscript is approved for publication in its original form.
2. Accepted with Minor Revisions: The manuscript is accepted, and the author is requested to implement minor corrections within a specified timeframe.
3. Accepted with Major Revisions: The manuscript is accepted; however, the author must address the substantial changes suggested by the reviewers and/or editors within a designated timeframe.
4. Resubmit (Conditional Rejection): The journal expresses a willingness to reconsider the manuscript in a subsequent round of decision-making, contingent upon the authors making significant revisions.
5. Rejected (Outright Rejection): The journal determines that the manuscript will not be published, even in the event of substantial revisions.

Detailed information regarding the workflow for manuscript submission by authors to acceptance by the editor is presented in the following figure.

 

Peer Review Process in JUA

The steps involved are as follows:

1. Manuscript Submission (by author) (route 1)
2. Manuscript Check and Selection (by manager and editors) (route 2). Editors reserve the right to accept, reject, or request a review of the manuscript. Prior to further processing, a plagiarism check using Turnitin is conducted for each manuscript.
3. Manuscript Reviewing Process (by reviewers) (routes 3-4)
4. Notification of Manuscript Acceptance, Revision, or Rejection (by editor to author based on reviewers' comments) (route 5)
5. Paper Revision (by author)
6. Revision Submission based on Reviewer Suggestions (by author) following a similar flow to point number 1 (route 1)
7. If the reviewer is satisfied with the revision, a notification of acceptance is issued by the editor (route 6)
8. Galley proof and publishing process (routes 7 and 8)