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MTSIJ POLICIES

Peer Review Process

The submitted manuscript is first reviewed by an editor. It will be evaluated in the office, whether it is suitable for Management Technology and Security International Journal (MTSIJ) focus and scope or has a major methodological flaw and similiarity score by using Turnitin (maximum 20%).

Review Process:

• Author submit the manuscript
• Desk Editor Evaluation (some manuscripts are rejected or returned before the review process)
• Double-blind peer review process
• Editor Decision
• Confirmation to the authors

This journal uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process.

Reviewer Guideline

Components and evaluation indicator Reviewers assessment are described in the following Table:

No	Component	Evaluation Indicator of reviewer
1	Title	Effectiveness, Specification and clarity
2	Abstract (in English)	Complete and describe the essence of article
3	Keywords	Describing the essential concept of article
4	Introduction (background, Objective or scope, literature Review)	Up-to-date, originality, relevance of the Topic, compatibility of the important reason of the research objective
5	Methods	Accuracy, Specification, and clarity
6	Results (Analysis and Synthetic)	Analysis acuteness
7	Discussion (Interpretation)	Up-to-date finding, relevance to the interrelated researches, and the scientific contribution effect of finding / idea to the development of science
8	Conclusion	Logical, valid, brief, clear and support prior reseacrh and theory.
9	Suggestion	For academical and practical action, development of new theory, and next/advanced research also for practical management policy.
10	References	Degree of up-to-date and the reference of primary book sources. Rules: at least 85% of the journals or the interrelated scientific researches, above 2010 (year).

Publication Frequency

MTSIJ is published in three months ( February, May, August, November )

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.

Screening for Plagiarism

In publishing, Management Technology and Security International Journal (MTSIJ) strongly against any case of plagiarism on its own merits. Management Technology and Security International Journal (MTSIJ) commits to deterring plagiarism, including self-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. Papers found with such problems are automatically rejected and authors are so advised. Also, significant parts of the work have not been published. The author also respects entirely Author Guideline of Management Technology and Security International Journal (MTSIJ) regarding the redundant, duplicate or fraudulent publication.

The Article has not been published in other media and does not contain elements of plagiarism. We recommend that the authors should use reference management software, such as Turnit-in, Mendeley, Endnote, Zotero, or RefWorks.

Copy Editing and Proofreading

Every article accepted by MTSIJ shall be subject to have passed the Grammarly® writing-enhancement program conducted by MTSIJ Editorial Board.

Ethics Statement

Our ethic statements are based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Publication decisions

The editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published.The editor 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 editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

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 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.

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 Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other 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.