Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The aim of this Journal is to promote a principled approach to research on education and concerns related to basic education and early childhood.

Curriculum and Development in Early Childhood Education and Primary School
Educational Policy and Reform in Early Childhood Education and Primary School
School Improvment in Early Childhood Education and Primary School
Education in Digital Era in Early Childhood Education and Primary School
School Best Practices Program at Playgroup, Kindergarten, Primary, Junior, and Senior Schools
ICT for Classroom Today in Early Childhood Education and Primary School
Guidance and Counseling in Early Childhood Education and Primary School
Home, School, and Community in Early Childhood Education and Primary School

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

The journal operates a peer review process and promotes blind reviewing. The acceptance or rejection of articles will be decided by the editorial boards based on the review results supplied by the reviewers. There are no communications between authors and editors concerning the rejection decision. Before going to review process, all manuscripts will be checked that they are free from plagiarism practice using "Turnitin" software. If there an indication of plagiarism, the manuscript will instantly be rejected. Authors whose papers are rejected will be informed with the reasons of the rejection.

Publication Frequency

EduBasic Journal: Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar published 2 (two) issues in 1 (one) year with details of the number 1 (one) in April and on number 2 (two) in October. Each number contained 10 articles (total 20 articles per year)

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

EduBasic Journal: Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar is a peer-reviewed electronic international journal. This journal follows guidelines from Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) facing all aspects of publication ethics and, in particular, how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct. This statement clarifies ethical behaviour of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the chief editor, the Editorial Board, the peer-reviewer and the publisher. This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication

Publication article in EduBasic Journal: Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society.

The publisher of EduBasic Journal: Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing extremely seriously and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. In addition, the publisher and Editorial Board will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful and necessary.

Publication decisions

The editor of the EduBasic Journal: Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision

Fair play

An editor at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors

Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper

Promptness

Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments

Acknowledgement of Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards

Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable

Data Access and Retention

Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication

An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable

Acknowledgement of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects

If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed

Errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper

Article Processing Cost

EduBasic Journal: Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar does not charge for submission and any processing or publishing fees for every regular articles published before 2020. For special issue articles and published 2021 so on, IDR 500.000 charges will apply.

Aims

EduBasic Journal: Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar promotes research in the broad field of principled approach to research on education and concerns related to basic education and early childhood with particular respect to Indonesia, but not limited to authorship or topical coverage within the region.

Contributions are expected from senior researchers, project managers, research administrators and PhD students at advanced stages of their research, representing both public organizations and private industry. Equally, the journal if intended for scholars and students, reseachers working at research organizations and government agencies, and also for enterprises undertaking applied R&D to lead innovations.

The editorial contents and elements that comprise the journal include:

Theoretical articles
Empirical studies
Practice-oriented papers
Case studies
Review of papers, books, and resources.

As far as the criteria for evaluating and accepting submissions is concerned, a rigorous review process will be used. Submitted papers will, prior to the formal review, be screened so as to ensure their suitability and adequacy to the journal. In addition, an initial quality control will be performed, so as to ensure matters such as language, style of references and others, comply with the journal´s style.

Plagiarism Screening

Before going to review process, all manuscripts will be checked that they are free from plagiarism practice using "Turnitin" software. If there an indication of plagiarism, the manuscript will instantly be rejected.

Authorship and Ethics Statement

To submit the article, author (s) must submit an ethic statement. The ethic statement can be downloaded in here. In short, Author(s)’ Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement including the following statement:

Author(s)’ Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The undersigned

1) Name:______________________________________

Affiliation: ________________________________________

2) Name: __________________________________________________

Affiliation: ________________________________________

3) Name:______________________________________

Affiliation: ______________________________________________

4) Name: ______________________________________

Affiliation: _________________________________________

hereby declare that I/we:

1) accept and comply with EduBasic Journal: Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar’s publication ethics and publication malpractice statement.

2) the manuscript entitled:

________________________________________________

I/we sent to EduBasic Journal: Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar for its .................... edition is my/our original work which is free from plagiarism and has not been published before either in printed or online and is not being sent to/reviewed by other publishers.

3) agree with the final version of the manuscript sent by EduBasic Journal: Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar’s editors as the final proof.

Signed: ________________________________________ Date ______________

Licensing

EduBasic Journal: Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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