Review Process

ALTERA represents an international journal under Jurnal Inovasi Cendekia Ilmiah (JINOVASI). Submitting research articles to this digital platform entails a meticulous double-blind peer review process involving at least two anonymous reviewers. The accepted research articles are made available online upon completing the peer-review process. The language utilized within this scholarly journal is exclusively English.

To ensure the integrity of submissions, the ALTERA Editor conducts a comprehensive plagiarism check encompassing the manuscript's Title, Abstract, and Body Text. This examination is executed manually, via offline and online databases, and through various plagiarism detection software tools such as Unplag and Crosscheck—any indications of plagiarism prompt immediate rejection of the manuscript by the editorial board.

The sequential review process involves several steps:

  1. The Editor receives the manuscript from the author(s).
  2. Manuscript evaluation by the Editor encompasses an assessment of its alignment with the journal's aim and scope, adherence to in-house style, and inclusion of supplementary data. Manuscripts must meet these criteria to be accepted.
  3. Plagiarism screening is performed manually across offline and online databases. Significant instances of plagiarism lead to immediate rejection, while redundancy or minor plagiarism issues may prompt contact with the author for clarification.
  4. The Editor dispatches the manuscript to the reviewer, facilitating a double-blind review process.
  5. Upon completion, the reviewer returns the review form and, if necessary, a revised manuscript to the Editor.
  6. The Editor's decision ranges from rejection to requiring major or minor revisions or outright acceptance.
  7. Confirmation of the decision is communicated to the author.

Authors are expected to address revisions and resubmit them to the Editor promptly in cases requiring revision. Manuscripts returned after a delay exceeding three months are considered new submissions. The visual representation of the ALTERA Review Process is outlined in the accompanying Figure.

For data preservation, this journal employs Harvard Dataverse. Authors aiming to preserve and share their research data for broader global impact should adhere to the following review policy:

  • Deposited datasets are deemed integral to the article and are subject to peer review.
  • At acceptance and before the final manuscript, authors must submit underlying data. This submission should include details regarding dataset creation, differences from prior versions, and software packages employed.
  • Datasets related to studies involving human participants must preserve participants' privacy, aligning with the Data Availability Policy's "minimal dataset" requirement.