About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Saksama: Jurnal Sastra (E-ISSN 2986-4550) focuses on the structural, post-structural, post-modern, comparative and post-colonial approaches to the critical analysis and interpretation of literature.

Article coverage includes poetry, prose, drama, film studies, and oral traditions. Literary analysis  submissions can come from any geographic area or genre. They must present a critical analysis perspective that addresses in contemporary literature methodologies such as semiotics, critical discourse analysis, descriptive qualitative research, content analysis, textual analysis, formula and genre analysis. Only original research articles are being accepted.

 

Publication Frequency

As of 2022, Saksama: Jurnal Sastra is published twice a year, in June and December. 

 

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.

 

Peer Review Process

Fair Editing and Peer Review

All participants in the publishing process are encouraged to adhere to established principles of ethical publishing. This extends from authors to journal editors, reviewers, journal administrators, and publishing staff.

1. Editorial independence

Editors have full editorial independence. They need to have clearly defined processes and policies for the handling of contributions by the editor or members of the editorial board to ensure that, where appropriate, these submissions receive an equivalent level of peer review to any other submission.

2. Peer reviewers conduct

Articles are reviewed by two independent experts in the relevant area. The reviewers make a scientific assessment and a recommendation to the editors. Reviewers remain unknown to authors (Double Blind Peer Review). The Handling editor considers the manuscript and the reviewers' comments before making a final decision either to accept, accept with revision or to reject a manuscript.

3. Confidentiality

Unless otherwise specified, Saksama expects editors and reviewers to handle all submissions as confidential. If a reviewer wishes to delegate the review or seek the opinion of a colleague on a specific aspect of the paper, they are expected to clear this with the editor in the first instance.

4. Peer-review fraud

It is the responsibility of the lead author to ensure that only genuine reviewers and reviewer contact details are put forward. Any suspected or alleged instances of authors submitting fabricated reviewer details will be thoroughly investigated. If such allegations are proven, the article in question will be immediately rejected or, if already published, retracted. The journal would typically notify the authors' institutional or local ethics council and may also impose a ban on further submissions from the author group.

 

Publication Ethics

Saksama: Jurnal Sastra is strictly against the duplication of publication and any other publication malpractices. Articles submitted to Saksama should not be submitted to other journals elsewhere. Allegations of misconduct will be investigated by the editorial teams. As for the readers, if notified of a potential break of publication ethics, Saksama encourages you to inform the journal editors and staff as soon as possible.

Saksama: Jurnal Sastra takes publication ethics very seriously, together with that, the editorial teams provide best practice guidelines in the following key areas:

Authorship

Saksama: Jurnal Sastra expects all published articles to contain clear and accurate attribution of authorship. It is the responsibility of the author to ensure that all authors that contributed to the work receive fair acknowledgment and that the order of authors reflects the individual contributions. Where authors employ the services of third party agencies before submission for instance in language editing or article formatting/preparation, they must ensure that all services comply with the following guidelines:

Attribution and acknowledgment

The authorship must be based on the following 4 criteria:

  1. Giving substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, interpretation of data for the work; and
  2. Drafting the work or revisiting it critically for important intellectual content; and
  3. Giving final approval of the version to be published.
  4. Being accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

All those designated as authors should meet all four criteria for authorship and all who meet the four criteria should be identified as authors.

The corresponding author is the one individual who takes primary responsibility for communication with the journal during the article submission, peer review, and typically ensures that all the journal's administrative requirements, such as providing details of authorship, ethics committee approval, clinical trial registration, documentation, and gathering. The corresponding author should be available after publication to respond to the critiques of the work and cooperate with any requests from the journal for data or additional information should questions about the paper arise after publication.

When a large multi-author group has conducted the work, the group ideally should decide who will be an author before the work is started and confirm who is an author before submitting the article for publication. Some large multi-author groups designate authorship by a group name, with or without the names of the individuals. When submitting an article authored by a group, the corresponding author should specify the group name if one exists, and identify the group members who can take the credit and responsibility for the work as authors.

Contributors who meet fewer than all 4 of the above criteria for authorship should not be listed as authors, but they should be acknowledged. Examples of the activities that alone (without other contributions) do not qualify a contributor for authorship are the acquisition of funding, general supervision of a research group or general administrative support and writing assistance, technical editing, language editing, and proofreading. Those whose contributions do not justify authorship may be acknowledged individually or together as a group under a single heading (e.g. clinical investigator) or specified (e.g. critically reviewed the study proposal, collected data).

Article Submission

Saksama: Jurnal Sastra takes every effort to ensure that editors, peer reviewers, and journal administrators treat all the submission respectfully. Saksama expects that all individuals submitting articles to the journal abide by established publishing standards and ethics. In proven cases of misconduct, the action taken will vary, but could result in one or more of the following:

  1. Retraction of published work.
  2. Publication of or a correction or statement of concern.
  3. Refusal of future submission.
  4. Notification of misconduct sent to an author's local institution, superior, and/or ethics committee.

Redundant publication

Saksama: Jurnal Sastra evaluates submissions on the understanding that they have not been previously published in or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. The editors will keep a clear record of all communications between authors, editors, and peer reviewers regarding the submissions they handle. These records are carefully stored and may be used to facilitate investigations into possible cases of misconduct.

Author Guidelines

General Author Guidelines

  1. The Manuscript should be written in English and have never been published or is not in the process of submission for publication to other media and does not contain elements of plagiarism.
  2. The Manuscript may take the form of research, case studies, or literary studies.
  3. The author should register as an author. The guides to register and submit the paper is at the bottom.
  4. The Manuscript will publish in Saksama: Jurnal Sastra after being reviewed by peer reviewers.
  5. The Manuscript should be prepared according to the following author guidelines and Template. The writing template can be downloaded here.
Manuscript Preparation Guidelines
Structure of the manuscripts
  1. Title. The title should be short, clear, and informative, but does not exceed 20 words. It has to be pinpoint with the issues discussed. The article title does not contain any uncommon abbreviations. The main ideas should be written first and followed then by its explanations.
  2. Author’s names and institutions. The author's names should be accompanied by the author's institutions, institutions address, and email addresses, without any academic titles and job title.
  3. Abstract. The abstract should be written in a single paragraph (maximum 250 words) and include five key elements: the purpose, methodology, findings, implications, and originality of the study. The purpose should be conveyed concisely and clearly, outlining the main objective of the research and explaining why the study is important. The methodology should be described in general terms, including the type of research (qualitative or quantitative), data collection techniques, and data analysis methods, without going into excessive technical detail. The main findings should be presented clearly, highlighting the most significant or impactful results relevant to the field of study. The implications should explain how the research contributes to the development of knowledge, practice, or policy, and how the results can be practically applied. Finally, the originality and value of the study should be emphasized by describing its unique contribution and how it differs from previous research, as well as the added value it brings to the relevant academic field..
  4. Keywords. List three to five pertinent keywords specific to the article; yet reasonably common within the subject discipline; use lower case except for names
  5. Introduction. The introduction should briefly place the study in a broad context and highlight why it is important. It should define the purpose of the work and its significance. The current state of the research field should be reviewed carefully, and key publications cited. Please highlight controversial and diverging hypotheses when necessary. Finally, briefly mention the main aim of the work and highlight the principal conclusions. As far as possible, please keep the introduction comprehensible to scientists outside your particular field of research. References should be cited as (Kamba, 2018) or (Marchlewska et al., 2019) or (Cichocka, 2016; Hidayat & Khalika, 2019; Ikhwan, 2019; Madjid, 2002) or (Miller & Josephs, 2009, p. 12) or Rakhmat (1989). See the end of the document for further details on references. Technical terms should be defined. Symbols, abbreviations, and acronyms should be defined the first time they are used. All tables and figures should be cited in numerical order. The research method should be included in the Introduction. The method contains an explanation of the research approach, subjects of the study, the conduct of the research procedure, the use of materials and instruments, data collection, and analysis techniques.
  6. Finding and Results. The results obtained from the research have to be supported by sufficient data. The research results and the discovery must be the answers, or the research hypothesis stated previously in the introduction part.

    Discussion: The discussion is highlighted through the title and subtitles of the section when needed
    Authors should discuss the results and how they can be interpreted from the perspective of previous studies and of the working hypotheses. The findings and their implications should be discussed in the broadest context possible. Future research directions may also be highlighted. The following components should be covered in the discussion: How do your results relate to the original question or objectives outlined in the Introduction section (what/how)? Do you provide interpretation scientifically for each of your results or findings presented (why)? Are your results consistent with what other investigators have reported (what else)? Or are there any differences?

  7. Conclusion. The conclusion should answer the objectives of the research and research discoveries. The concluding remark should not contain only the repetition of the results and discussions or abstract. You should also suggest future research and point out those that are underway.
  8. References. The literature listed in the References contains only the sources referenced or included in the article. We recommend preparing the references with a bibliography software package, such as Mendeley to avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references. Referral sources should provide 80% of journal articles, proceedings, or research results from the last five years. Writing techniques bibliography, using the system cites APA (American Psychological Association) Style and the 6th edition.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism

Saksama: Jurnal Sastra evaluates submission on the understanding that they are the original work of the author(s). We expect that the references made in the article to another person's work or idea will be credited appropriately. Re-use of text, data, figures, or images without appropriate acknowledgment or permission is considered plagiarism, as is the paraphrasing of text, concepts, and ideas.

Defamation

Whilst striving to promote freedom of expression wherever possible, Saksama: Jurnal Sastra aims to avoid publishing anything that harms the reputation of an individual, business, group, or organization unless it can be proven to be true. We take all possible measures to ensure that published work is free of any text that is, or may be considered to be libelous, slanderous, or defamatory.

 

Screening for Plagiarism

All manuscripts submitted to Saksama: Jurnal Sastra are screened for plagiarism using the Turnitin program. Those exceeding 25% of the similarity index are declined without further consideration.

 

Author Fees

Authors are required to pay 100.000 IDR for an Article Processing Charge (APC) 

 

Journal Publisher

Saksama: Jurnal Sastra is a journal published by Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung since 2022.

 

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

 

Licensing

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Saksama: Jurnal Sastra is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International