Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

AUTHENTICA aims to provide a forum for lecturers and researchers to publish the original articles about Law Science, especially Privat Law Studies.

The focus of AUTHENTICA is publishing the manuscript of a research study or conceptual ideas. We are interested in topics which relate Privat Law issues in Indonesia and around the world, among them:

  1. Civil Law
  2. Agrarian Law
  3. Consumer Law
  4. Customary (Adat) Law
  5. Bussines Law
  6. Banking Law
  7. Family and Marriage Law
  8. Inheritance Law
  9. Sharia & Islamic Law
  10. Legal Agreement
  11. And other Privat law Studies

 

Section Policies

Preface

Unchecked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

The process of manuscript review in AUTHENTICA by using Peer-Review mechanism. The implementation is started from the phase of inputting data by the author. The manuscript that already submitted will be forwarded by managing editor toward reviewer based on the field of law. Within a specified time, the reviewer will assess the eligibility of the manuscript and return it to the author to be repaired which appropriate with the suggestions that have been made reviewer. Then, the author makes improvements in accordance with the recommendation of a reviewer. The result of improvements that have been delivered in accordance will be fixed by time for reassessment eligibility. If the manuscript has been declared and it is eligible, the next phase is the process of editing the manuscript, scheduling, and the last phase is the publication.

 

Publication Frequency

AUTHENTICA is published twice times a year, in February, and August.

 

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

AUTHENTICA has high standards for expected ethical behavior by all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer and the publisher. AUTHENTICA is a peer-reviewed journal, published twice times a year by Notary Master Program, Faculty of Law Universitas Jenderal Soedirman. It is available online as open access sources as well as in print. This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the editor-in-chief, the Editorial Board, the reviewer, and the publisher. This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication
The publication of an article in AUTHENTICA 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 methods. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the editor, the reviewer, the publisher, and the society. As the publisher of AUTHENTICA takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing seriously and it recognizes its ethical and other responsibilities. AUTHENTICA committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.

Publication decisions
The editors of AUTHENTICA are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editors may be guided by the policies of AUTHENTICA editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making publication decisions.

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 editors 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 Authors
  
1Reporting Standard: 
 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 behavior and are unacceptable.
2Data Access and Retention: 
 Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review. They should be prepared to provide such data within a reasonable time.
3Originality 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.
4Multiple, 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 behavior and is unacceptable.
5Acknowledgment 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.
6Authorship 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.
7Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest:
 All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts 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.
8Fundamental 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.
9Hazards 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.
  

 

Duties of Editors

  
1Fair 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.
2Confidentiality: 
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.
3Disclosure 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.
4Publication Decisions: 
 The editor board journal 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.
5Review of Manuscripts: 
 The editor must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated by the editor for originality. The editor should organize and use peer review fairly and wisely. Editors should explain their peer review processes in the information for authors and also indicate which parts of the journal are peer reviewed. The editor should use appropriate peer reviewers for papers that are considered for publication by selecting people with sufficient expertise and avoiding those with conflicts of interest.

 

Duties of Reviewers 
 
1Contribution 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.
2Promptness: 
 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
3Standards of Objectivity: 
 Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
4Confidentiality: 
 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.
5Disclosure 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.
6Acknowledgment 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.

 

Plagiarism Policy

  1. Plagiarism and self-plagiarism are not allowed;
  2. 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;
  3. 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 behavior and is unacceptable;
  4. 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.

Working Process:

  1. The Editorial Team checks manuscripts on the online database manually (checks for proper citations and citations);
  2. Editorial Team checking manuscript by using Turnitin app. If it is found plagiarism indication (more than 25%), the board will reject the manuscript immediately.

 

Author Fees

Author Fees

This journal charges the following author fees.

Article Publication: 500000.00 (IDR) include proofreed.
If this paper is accepted for publication, you will be asked to pay an Article Publication Fee to cover publication costs.

 

If you do not have the funds to pay such fees, you will have an opportunity to waive each fee. We do not want fees to prevent the publication of worthy work.