About the Journal

Peer Review Process

JTK (Jurnal Tadris Kimiya) published two times a year since 2016. Articles should be written in English (abstract only) and Indonesian, peer-reviewed journal, and specializes on chemistry education. 

All the review process are conducted in double-blind review. Editor in Chief handles all correspondence with the author and makes the final decision as to whether the paper is recommended for The editors then make a decision based on the reviewer’s recommendation from among several possibilities: rejected, require major revision, need minor revision, or accepted.

Editor in Chief and Editorial Board will evaluate the submitted papers on a prequalification step for suitability of further review process. The manuscripts will be evaluated by two qualified peer reviewers selected by Editor in Chief. The peer reviewers should examine the manuscript and return it with their recommendation to the Editor in Chief as soon as possible, usually within 3 weeks. The Editor in Chief decide the acceptance or rejection of the paper.

Papers needing revision will be returned to the authors, and the author must return the revised manuscript to the Editor in Chief via OJS of JTK (Jurnal Tadris Kimiya). Editor in Chief sends the revised manuscript to the Editorial Board to check whether the manuscript is revised as suggested by peer reviewers. Editorial Board could give a recommendation to Editor in Chief that the manuscript should return to authors, accept, or reject within 1 week. Editor in Chief would send an acceptance letter announcing the publication issue attached with manuscript reprint to authors. 

Publication Frequency

JTK (Jurnal Tadris Kimiya) 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.

This journal is open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to users or / institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full-text articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or author. This is in accordance with Budapest Open Access Initiative.

Plagiarism Check

Plagiarism screening will be conducted by OJS Editorial Board using Turnitin with maximum limit of similarity 25 %. For CrossCheck plagiarism screening service Klik This

Citedness in Scopus

Jurnal Tadris Kimiya is cited by articles on SCOPUS database. 

Retraction

The articles published in Jurnal Tadris Kimiya will be considered to retract in the publication if:

1. They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g. data fabrication) or honest error (e.g. miscalculation or experimental error)

2. the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper crossreferencing, permission or justification (i.e. cases of redundant publication)

3. it constitutes plagiarism

4. it reports unethical research

The mechanism of retraction follows the Retraction Guidelines of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) which can be accessed at https://publicationethics.org/files/retraction%20guidelines.pdf

Conflicts-of-Interest Statement

Authors

According to general publication policy of the JTK (Jurnal Tadris Kimiya) only the researchers who contributed to the work in a real sense should be considered as an author. Authors should be responsible to disclose all the personal and financial relationships, which might bias their work. Financial relationships such as employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony can be classified as the most easily identifiable conflicts-of-interest and the most likely to undermine the credibility of the journal. To clarify conflicts-of-interest issue, authors must submit a letter to the editorial office accompanying the submitted manuscript and explicitly state if any potential conflicts exist or not.

Peer Reviewers

Peer Reviewers should be responsible to decline the review process if any substantial conflicts-of-interest exists. In case of any doubt, they should consult to the Editor to make a decision regarding the review process. Researchers from authors' institutions should not be considered as peer reviewers to prevent any conflicts-of-interest.

Editors

Editors should be responsible to manage the review process and have the right of declining any submission in case of any conflict-of-interest. They should not have any direct personal and/or financial conflicts with their assigned manuscripts. They should not be assigned to manuscripts if they are in the author list of them.

Journal History

JTK (Jurnal Tadris Kimiya) is a journal published in 2016 by the Department of Chemistry Education, Faculty of Education & Teaching Training UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung collaborated with Perkumpulan Pendidik IPA Indonesia (PPII) in 2017. Tadris Kimiya Journal had changed templates since volume 3 no 1 in 2018.