About the Journal

Focus and Scope

JCES (Journal of Character Education Society) merupakan jurnal pengabdian dan pemberdayaan masyarakat yang mempublikasikan hasil pengabdian bidang pendidikan di cakupan MIPA (Matematika, Fisika, Kimia, Biologi, Sains, Terapan), Sosial, Humaniora, Keagamaan, Hukum, Kesehatan.

Peer Review Process

» Peer Review Process

Every submitted article is independently reviewed by at least double blind review (two peer-reviewers). The decision for publication, amendment, or rejection is based upon their reports/recommendation.  After being reviewed, there will be four kinds of editor decision based on reviewers’ recommendation:

1. Accept Submission: The submission will be accepted without revisions.
2. Revisions Required: The submission will be accepted after minor changes have been made.
3. Resubmit for Review: The submission needs to be re-worked, but with significant changes, may be accepted. It will require a second round of review, however.
4. Decline Submission: The submission will not be published in the journal.

» Article Revision

The articles sent back to the authors for revision should be returned to the editor without delay. The revised article returned later than 10 days will be considered as new submissions. The revised article can be sent to editorial through the Online Submission Interface.

Publication Frequency

JCES (Journal of Character Education Society) is published four time a year, January, April, July, and October.

Open Access Policy

JCES (Journal of Character Education Society) is an open-access journal that provides immediate, worldwide, barrier-free access to the full text of all published articles without charge readers or their institutions for access. Readers have right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of all articles in JCES (Journal of Character Education Society). 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.

Publication Charges

Submission Charges

Article Submission: 0.00 (IDR). Authors are NOT required to pay for article submission fees.

Processing Charges

Each paper that is accepted (maximum 6 authors) publication in JCES is charged IDR350,000. This fee is used for final proofreading, plagiarism checks, DOI, XML galley, and editing process. After making a payment, please send proof of payment to the Contact Team Editor.

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

JCES (Journal of Character Education Society) which is reviewed in a peer review and published by the Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Mataram which is published twice a year (June & December). The following are the standards of ethical behavior used in this journal in the publication of articles in line with the Ethics Code for JCES Editors. This Ethics Code is expected to be obeyed by all parties involved in the publication, namely writers, journal managers (editors), reviewers, and publishers.

Further information on ethics of scientific publication, please access Committee On Publication Ethics (COPE) site. 

Publication Decision

The editor determines the publication process and integrates the functions of authors, reviewers, and journal managers to publish good and trusted journals. The editor is responsible for deciding that the article submitted to the journal will be published or not. The editor refers to the journal editorial board policy which is limited by legal provisions, such as defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editor can discuss with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Editors work based on ethical principles and standards as follows:

1. Fair Process

Editors evaluate script content based on their expertise regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, citizenship, or the political philosophy of the author.

2. Confidentiality

Editors and editorial staff are not permitted to disclose any information about the manuscript to anyone other than the author, reviewers, other editorial advisors and publishers.

Every text received by a reviewer must be treated as a confidential document. Manuscripts may not be displayed or discussed with others except as permitted by the editor.

3. Avoid Conflict of Interest

Material not published in a submitted text may not be used in the editor's own research without the written consent of the author. Confidential information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal gain. Reviewers do not have to consider texts where they have a conflict of interest due to competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with one of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with the text.

4. Reviewer Duties

Reviewers are tasked with critically examining the substance of scientific research work in accordance with their expertise. Reviewers are tasked with providing input on the decision of the Editorial Team regarding the feasibility of a text to be published. Peer reviews help editors in making editorial decisions and through editorial communication with the author can also help writers to improve the quality of the articles they compile.

5. Accuracy

Every reviewer chosen but feels he is not eligible to review the manuscript provided by the editor or at all beyond his competence must immediately reject and not carry out the review process. If you know other experts who are more suitable, you can recommend an editor to ask the expert as a sustainable partner.

6. Standard Objectivity

The process of reviewing the manuscript must be done objectively. The author's personal criticism is an inappropriate thing to do. Reviewers must provide their views clearly and be accompanied by supporting arguments.

7. Statement of Sources

Reviewers must identify other relevant works that have not been quoted by the author. Each statement that is the result of observation, derivation, or an argument that has been used previously must be accompanied by a relevant quote. Reviewers must also consider the existence of substantial similarities or overlaps between the texts being considered and other published papers. Appropriate recognition of the work of others must always be given. Authors must cite publications that influence the determination of the nature of their research.

8. Duties of the Author

Reporting Standards

Authors of original research reports must present accurate reports of research and studies conducted. The data taken must be written accurately in the research report. Manuscripts must be detailed and have sufficient references to enable others to refer well. Counterfeiting Reports or intentionally inaccurate behavior is unethical and unacceptable.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors must ensure that they have written the original work entirely, and if the author has used the work and / or words of others, they must quote it correctly in accordance with the applicable rules. A writer should not publish a text that describes the same foundation of research in more than one journal or major publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously is unethical publishing and unacceptable.

Script Writing

Authorship must be limited to those who have contributed significantly to the conception, design, implementation, or interpretation of the research reported. All people who have made significant contributions must be registered as writers. People who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project must be recognized or registered as contributors.

The authors must ensure that all member writers are included in the text, and all authors must have examined and approved the final version of the text and have agreed to be published.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in the published text, it is the duty of the author to immediately notify the journal editor or publisher and work with the editor to withdraw or correct the text.

Screening for Plagiarism

The author must ensure that they have written the original work, and if the author has used the work and / or words of others, they must quote it correctly in accordance with the applicable rules. A Author may not publish text that describes the same foundation of research in more than one journal or major publication. Submit the same manuscript to a more complete journal delivered that is unethical and unacceptable. The editor will run a plagiarism check using Turnitin for the submitted articles before sending to the reviewers. We do not process any plagiarised contents. If an article has over 25% of plagiarism based on the result of the check, we will send back the article to the author to be revised for the plagiarised contents.

Licensing

All published articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Withdrawal of Manuscripts

The author is not allowed to withdraw submitted manuscripts, because the withdrawal is a waste of valuable resources that editors and referees spent a great deal of time processing submitted manuscripts, and works invested by the publisher.

If the author still requests withdrawal of his/her manuscript when the manuscript is still in the peer-reviewing process, the author will be punished by paying 250.000 IDR per manuscript, as a withdrawal penalty to the publisher. However, it is unethical to withdraw a submitted manuscript from one journal if accepted by another journal.

The withdrawal of the manuscript after the manuscript is accepted for publication, the author will be punished by paying 300.000 IDR per manuscript. Withdrawal of the manuscript is only allowed after the withdrawal penalty has been fully paid to the Publisher. If the author doesn't agree to pay the penalty, the author and his/her affiliation will be blacklisted for publication in this journal. Even, his/her previously published articles will be removed from our online system.