Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

RAGAM: Journal of Statistics and Its Application, the editors receive scientific papers on the results of research, scientific studies, and problem solving research using statistical method.

The scope of this journal:

  1. biostatistics
  2. parametric and nonparametric statistics
  3. quality control
  4. econometrics and business
  5. industrial statistics
  6. time series
  7. spatial
  8. data mining
  9. computation statistics; and
  10. its application of Statistics to medical, economic, social, environental, industri, technological, etc  

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

All manuscripts submitted to RAGAM journal undergo a screening and review process by the Editorial Board to ensure that they follow the scope of the journal and have sufficient academic quality and novelty to interest RAGAM journal readers. The manuscripts will then be sent to the Peer-Reviewers for a Blind Peer-Review Process in which reviewer and authors' identities remain anonymous.

THE STEPS COVER: 

  1. Initial screening: Newly-submitted manuscripts will be filtered by the Editor-in-Chief/Editorial Board for compliance with the scope of the Journal Al-qardh and basic stylistic and bibliographic requirements, and for plagiarism using Turnitin software (the paper similarity index should be maximum 20%).
  2. peer review:  If the manuscript passes the initial screening stage, the manuscript will be assigned to the Editor, who will then send it to experts in the relevant field to undergo a blind peer review. Manuscripts that fail to pass the initial screening will be rejected without further review.  
  3. revision stage (there may be the first, second, third revision, etc.): A manuscript that needs revision will be returned to the submitting author, who will have up to seven days to format and revise the manuscript, which will then be reviewed by the Editor. The Editor will determine whether the changes are adequate and appropriate and whether the author has responded sufficiently. If not, then the cycle will be repeated with the manuscript returned to the submitting author for further revision. 
  4. final decision: At this stage, the revised manuscript will be accepted or rejected. This decision depends on whether the Editor believes the manuscript has been upgraded to a level suitable for publication. If the author has not made the necessary changes or has made it to a level below the Journal Al-qardh standard, the manuscript will be rejected.

 

Publication Frequency

RAGAM: Journal Statistics and Its Application is published by the Department of Statistics, Faculty of  Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarbaru. This journal is published twice a year in June and December.

 

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

RAGAM is published by the Department of Statistics, Faculty of  Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarbaru. This journal is published twice a year in June and December.

 

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

RAGAM is a peer-reviewed electronic journal. This statement clarifies the ethical behavior 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 (Lambung Mangkurat University). This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Ethics is a very important consideration in research and we require our contributors to have followed ethical issues in conducting their study and disseminating their research product. When the research process involves human beings at any sage, which is most probably the case with research submitted to this Journal and most others on language education, the researcher must ensure that all necessary steps have been taken to appropriately follow relevant ethical guidelines in the institution where the study has been conducted. This involves making sure that the participants have taken part in the research on a voluntary nature, that they have been informed of their role and the possible benefits and threats to them, that they have agreed to be included in the research process, that they have the right to withdraw whenever they wish, that every measure has been adopted to make personal information coming from them confidential, and the like. Ethics also implies that the researchers should use the research findings for the benefit of those who have taken part in the research as the minimum compensation for their contribution.

Submitting a manuscript to more than one journal at the same time, not acknowledging funding sources, having a conflict of interests with other contributors and co-researchers, including false and fabricated data in the paper, copying the works of other scholars without properly acknowledging them (plagiarism), publishing the same or almost the same work in different places are other examples of the ethical breach which we recommend our contributors to take very seriously. As such, authors may be asked to submit a declaration with their manuscripts indicating that all ethical guidelines have been properly followed in their study. A more detailed policy regarding RAGAM Journal publication ethics (for authors, editors, and reviewers) and malpractice statements based on COPE's ethical guidelines follows next.

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 behavior and are unacceptable.

Data access and retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, 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. Plagiarism takes many forms, from 'passing off' another's paper as the author's own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

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 behavior and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement 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. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.

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 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, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript. If the work involves the use of animal or human subjects, the author should ensure that the manuscript contains a statement that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) has approved them. 

Disclosure 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. 

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. If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.

Duties of editors

Publication decisions

The editor of a peer-reviewed journal is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published, often working in conjunction with the relevant society (for society-owned or sponsored journals). The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. 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 should 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. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.

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

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer's own research without the express written consent of the author. 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.

 

Plagiarism Policy

RAGAM published by the Department of Statistics, Faculty of  Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Lambung Mangkurat University recognizes that plagiarism is not acceptable for all authors and therefore establishes the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) when plagiarism is identified by RAGAM anti-plagiarism software detection using Turnitin software (https://www.turnitin.com) in an article that is submitted for publication. 

The Editorial Board is responsible for the review of this paper and will agree on measures according to the extent of plagiarism detected in the article in agreement with the following guidelines:

Minor Plagiarism

A small sentence or short paragraph of another manuscript is plagiarized without any significant data or ideas taken from the other papers or publications.(similarity level less than 20%)

Punishment: A warning is given to the authors and a request to change the manuscript and properly cite the original sources.

Intermediate Plagiarism

A significant data, paragraph, or sentence of an article is plagiarized without proper citation to the original source.(similarity level  20-40%)

Punishment: A warning is given to the authors and a request to change the manuscript and and do good paraphrasing even if the citation is provided.

Severe Plagiarism

A large portion of an article is plagiarized that involves many aspects such as reproducing original results (data, formulation, equation, law, statement, etc.), ideas, and methods presented in other publications.(similarity level above 50%)

Punishment: The paper is automatically rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles to the journal.

 

Author Fee

The Authors do not need to pay for submitting, evaluating, and publishing the article in RAGAM: Journal of Statistics and Its Application