Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The focus and scope of this journal is all research in biology education. In detail as follows:

1. Biology learning strategies
2. Biology student skills or abilities
3. Biology education evaluation
4. Biology learning innovation

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

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 Frequency

BIOCO Journal is published twice a year (June and December).

 

Publication Ethics

BIOCO Journal is a peer-reviewed journal that follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines in publication ethics regarding research cases and publication violations. This statement governs the ethical behavior of all parties in the publication of this journal article, including authors, editor-in-chief, managing editor, editorial members, reviewers, and the publisher (Universitas Lambung Mangkurat). Prevention of unethical publication practices is one of the important responsibilities of the editorial board. The journal does not tolerate forms of unethical behavior and plagiarism in any form. Publication ethics in this journal need to be clearly understood to improve the quality of research. This section describes the standards for editors, authors, and reviewers. The publisher has no right to interfere with the integrity of the content and only supports timely publishing.

A. For Editors

  1. Based on the review report from the editorial review board, the editor can accept, reject, or request modifications to the manuscript.
  2. The editor is responsible for each article published in the BIOCO Journal.
  3. The editor can communicate with other editors or reviewers in making the final decision.
  4. An editor must evaluate the manuscript objectively for publication, assessing each on its quality regardless of nationality, ethnicity, political beliefs, race, religion, gender, seniority, or institutional affiliation of the author. He must refuse his duties when there is a potential conflict of interest.
  5. The editor needs to ensure the documents sent to reviewers do not contain information from the author and vice versa.
  6. The editors 'decision must be made known to the author, accompanied by the reviewers' comments, unless they contain offensive or defamatory comments.
  7. The editor must respect the request from the author that one must not review the post if this is reasonable and practical.
  8. The editor and all staff must ensure the confidentiality of the text submitted.
  9. The editor will be guided by the COPE flow chart if there is a suspected violation or disputed authorship.

B. For Reviewers

  1. Reviewers must comment on ethical questions and possible violations of research and publication.
  2. Reviewers will do the work on time and must notify the editor if they cannot complete the work.
  3. Reviewers need to maintain the confidentiality of the manuscript.
  4. Reviewers may not accept to review texts with a potential conflict of interest between them and any writer.

C. For Authors

  1. The authors confirm that the material has never been published before. Besides, they have not transmitted the rights to the article anywhere.
  2. Authors must ensure the work's authenticity and have quoted other people's work well following the reference format.
  3. Authors must not be involved in plagiarism or self-plagiarism.
  4. Authors must ensure that they follow the authorship criteria taken from the BIOCO Journal described in the instructions for the BIOCO Journal authors.
  5. Authors may not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously. It is also hoped that the author will not publish excessive manuscripts or manuscripts that describe the same research in more than one journal.
  6. Authorship must be limited to those who have contributed significantly to the research reported's conception, design, implementation or interpretation. Others who have made significant contributions must be registered as joint authors. The author also ensures that all authors have seen and agreed to the manuscript version and include their names as joint authors.
  7. Authors haven't suggested any personal information that can make a patient's identity identifiable in all forms of description, photo or genealogy sections.
  8. Authors must provide a data editor and job details if there is a suspicion of data forgery or fabrication.
  9. If, at any time, the writer finds a significant error or inaccuracy in the text submitted, then the corresponding author must report the error or inaccuracy to the editor.
  10. In document B, journal writers must clarify anything that can cause conflicts of interest, such as employment, research fees, consular fees, and intellectual property.

 

Plagiarism Check

Scientific articles submitted to BIOCO Journal will be preceded by a plagiarism check using Turnitin software, with a maximum plagiarism of 20%. Plagiarism includes vocabulary or ideas used by other authors without clearly citing the source; creation of a new work from a previous publication without significant changes, meaning there is nothing new about the old problem.

 

Peer Review Process

BIOCO Journal implements a Double-Blind Peer Review process. The Editor-in-Chief represented by the Assistant Editor will assign the manuscript to the appropriate Section Editor for further handling. The Section Editor will ask at least two Reviewers to review the manuscript. Based on the comments from the Reviewers, the Section Editor and Editor-in-Chief will decide on the manuscript.