About the Journal

Focus and Scope

JUS: Jurnal Untag Surabaya accepts manuscript research results in the fields of educational psychology, developmental psychology, and clinical psychology, but not limited to:

Personality and Learning
Learning Interventions
Teaching Strategies
Education of Children with Special Needs
Education of Gifted Children
Counselling in Education
Development of Children, Adolescents, Adults, and the Elderly
Developmental Problems
Parenting Strategies
Quality of Life
Personality Disorder
Behaviour Modification
Counselling and Psychotherapy
Psychosis Disorders
Psychological Intervention

Peer Review Process

Manuscripts received by Persona: Jurnal Psikologi Indonesia, will be reviewed through several stages:

The sent manuscript will be evaluated whether it has conformity with the journal template, purpose and scope of the journal, and the methodology used (rejected if it does not meet the criteria)
The submitted manuscript must be free of plagiarism content, the maximum limit of similarity is 15%. The manuscript will be rejected if the similarity is high, however, the author will be asked for clarification if the similarity is low.
The submitted manuscript will be reviewed by at least two peer reviewers. Reviewers do not know the identity of the author, and the author does not know the identity of the reviewer (double-blind review method). A review of the manuscript will pay attention to the novelty of the writing, the theory used, the method used, the results and discussion, conclusions, and suggestions.
Records given by reviewers will be discussed in the editor's meeting to decide whether the manuscript is rejected, requires major revisions, requires minor revisions, or is accepted.
If the decision is a revision, the author will be contacted to revise the text and must be returned to the editor without delay.
Authors who cannot submit revisions according to the schedule can contact the editor, to request an extension.
Authors who do not submit the manuscript after the extension is given, the manuscript will be rejected.
After the manuscript has been revised by the author and returned to the editor, the editor will make the final decision.

Publication Frequency

Persona: Jurnal Psikologi Indonesia published by Faculty of Psychology Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya, is scheduled for publication two times a year, in June and December

Open Access Policy

Persona: Jurnal Psikologi Indonesia provides direct open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports greater global knowledge exchange. Persona: Jurnal Psikologi Indonesia has a policy:
1. Will not charge users a fee.
2. Users are given the freedom to search, read, download, print, distribute, or link to the full text of all articles in Persona: Jurnal Psikologi Indonesia.

Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics Statement

Persona: Jurnal Psikologi Indonesia is a peer-reviewed national journal. This statement clarifies the 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 (Fakultas Psikologi Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya). This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed Persona 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 behaviour for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher, and the society.

Fakultas Psikologi Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya as the publisher of Persona 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 Fakultas Psikologi Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya 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 Persona 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 evaluates 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 acknowledgement 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, humans, animals, 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 another 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.

Fundamental 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.

Niken Titi Pratitis

Editor in Chief of Persona: Jurnal Psikologi Indonesia

Plagiarism Policy

Persona: Jurnal Psikologi Indonesia, has a policy of not publishing manuscripts containing plagiarism. As a preventative measure, we will do a plagiarism check for every manuscript sent to the editor. Only a manuscript that has a 15% similarity level will be processed. If there are manuscripts that have been published and proven plagiarism, then sanctions will be reprimanded until the withdrawal of the manuscript.

References Management

Writing citations and references must refer to the APA (American Psychological Association) 6th edition reference style. We require the author to use the Mendeley application in writing citations and references.

Manuscript Withdrawal

Withdrawing submitted or published manuscripts is not recommended. If the writer intends to retract the manuscript, the following rules must be followed:

Manuscripts may only be withdrawn for acceptable reasons. Must not withdraw the manuscript because it has been published in another journal.
The author must make a letter requesting withdrawal of the manuscript to the chief editor, along with the reasons for withdrawal. Requests for withdrawal of the manuscript must know all the authors, evidenced by the signature.
If the manuscript being withdrawn is in the process of being reviewed, the writer must pay 500,000 (IDR)
If the manuscript being withdrawn has been published, the writer must pay 1000,000 (IDR)
If the review process of the manuscript is more than 6 months, the writer can withdraw the manuscript without having to pay a fine.

Retraction Policies

Persona: Jurnal Psikologi Indonesia will be considered to retract in the publication if :

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)
The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission or justification (i.e. cases of redundant publication)
It constitutes plagiarism
It reports unethical research

The mechanism of retraction follows the Retraction Guidelines of COPE Retraction Guidelines

Journal History

JUS: Jurnal Untag Surabaya was first published in 2022.