The Indonesian Journal of Educational Counseling (IJEC) is managed by the Guidance and Counseling Program of Universitas Mathla'ul Anwar Banten. The aim of IJEC is to publish works that set trends and provoke fresh thought and innovation in the practice and understanding of counseling, psychotherapy, and guidance to strengthen education. The journal seeks to communicate, enrich and advance theory, research, policy and practice in these fields. Manuscripts are published under four broad headings: (1) psychology of education, (2) counseling and psychotherapy in educational institutions, (3) guidance and development, and (4) cross-disciplinary issues relevant to guidance and counseling. The IJEC has been equipped with ISSN 2541-2779 (print) and ISSN 2541-2787 (online). The journal was published regularly twice a year, in January and July.
For strengthening scientific base and academic spirit in Guidance and Counseling Departement of Universitas Mathla’ul Anwar Banten, a journal named Indonesian Journal of Educational Counseling (IJEC) is launched. The IJEC was built on October 10, 2016 and officially got ISSN printed version and online then stated as a scientific journal on October 19, 2016. The journal published the first edition (Volume 1 Number 1) on January 2017.
The aim of this journal is to publish high-quality articles dedicated to all aspects of the latest outstanding developments in the field of guidance and counseling. The journal seeks to communicate, enrich and advance theory, research, policy and practice in these fields. Manuscripts are published under four broad headings: (1) psychology of education, (2) counseling and psychotherapy in educational institutions, (3) guidance and development, and (4) cross-disciplinary issues relevant to guidance and counseling. It was first published in 2017.
Papers published in the six-monthly journal (January and July):
1) evaluation reports and research findings;
2) conceptual and methodological issues; and/or
3) implications of the above for action; and/or
4) an extensive book reviews section and also occasional reports on counseling and educational materials and equipment.
Submitted papers are evaluated by anonymous referees by double blind peer review for contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation. The Editor shall inform you the results of the review as soon as possible, hopefully in 2 weeks. Please notice that because of the great number of submissions that Indonesian Journal of Educational Counseling (IJEC) has received during the last few months the duration of the review process can be up to 3-4 months, with the following stages.
1) Submission of an original manuscript via electronic online submission;
2) Quick and holistic judgement by the IJEC Main Editors whether manuscript fits the Focus and Scope of the Journal and is comprehensible. If it does not, the Author will be notified with an e-mail of rejection;
3) Assignment of 2 managing editors and one Main Editor to the manuscript by the editor-in-chief (or by the deputy editor-in-chief). The role of the Main Editor on the Managing Editors Team to represent the voice of the author (about a week);
4) Quick but more in-depth judgment and decision by the Managing Editors Team on whether the manuscript has to be rejected without sending it to the full scale peer review. The rejection should be based on being out of the Aims and Scope of the journal or on having unsalvageable problems with the quality of its argumentation, grounding, and/or research that would not promise an important contribution and productive dialogue in the educational counseling field (no revision is possible). If the Managing Editors disagree with each other or find the manuscript promising, the manuscript moves to the next step (2 weeks);
5) The Managing Editors Team selects 2 competent reviewers in the appropriate field in or out of the IJEC community and send them the manuscript aiming at 4-week review. If the invited reviewer do not accept the assigned job in a week or two, they have to be replaced with new reviewers. The reviewers provide recommendation to the editors, justifications, and suggestions (if appropriate) based on their own authorial judgment (4-6 weeks);
6) The Managing Editors Team makes their authorial decision informed by the Reviewers’ Comments and their own authorial judgment: (“Decline Submission”, “Resubmit for (new) Review”, “(minor) Revision Required”, or “Accept Submission (as it is)”. If they cannot make the decision, the Editor-in-Chief is assigned to make it (or a Deputy of the Editor-in-Chief depending on circumstances) (1 week);
7) If the manuscript is sent back to the author(s) for major or minor revisions, and the author(s) decide to follow the recommendations and resubmit the revised manuscript, there is a 2-month deadline for resubmissions. If the revisions are not submitted within 2 months, the article will be automatically archived, unless there is a new deadline negotiated with the Managing Editors. In case the author(s) still wishes to pursue the publication in IJEC, they will be asked to create a completely new submission. In case the author(s) decide to withdraw the manuscript they should inform the Managing editors right away.
Submission evaluation criteria:
1) Value or usefulness to field or profession.
2) Adequacy of design/accuracy of analysis.
3) Presentation and interpretation of findings, discussion, and conclusions.
4) Inclusion of appropriate implications for practice and/or policy.
5) Important and timely.
6) Consistency with existing literature.
7) Overall clarity of ideas and expression.
8) References to relevant existing work.
9) Grammatical construction; writing style; use of non-sexist language.
The Indonesian Journal of Educational Counseling (IJEC) provides immediate open access to all article on the principle that making research freely available to the public; supports a greater global exchange of knowledge; and invaluable way to maximize the visibility and impact of research, especially guidance and counseling field. This means:
1) Everyone has free and unlimited access to the full-text of all articles published in IJEC;
2) Everyone is free to re-use the published material if proper accreditation/citation of the original publication is given;
3) Open a oportunity for potential benefits for society, this can improve the research profile of author(s);
4) Open access publication is supported by the authors' institutes or research funding agencies by payment of a comparatively free Article Processing Charge (APC) for accepted articles.
Important Note: some articles (especially Reviews) may contain figures, tables or text taken from other publications, for which IJEC does not hold the copyright or the right to re-license the published material. Please note that you should inquire with the original copyright holder (usually the original publisher or authors), whether or not this material can be re-used.
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