Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The Ecosains focuses on a broad range of topics in empirical economics covering monetary economics and banking, International Trade, the international finance and financial market, public economics and public finance, industrial organization and market behavior, regional economics and spatial analysis, the economics of the environment and natural resources, economic growth, institution and development, human capital, health and demography economics, that are employed the standard economics analysis tools and focusing to the Indonesian economy. The scope of Ecosains is the Indonesian economy, but the regional and global analyses are welcome. The journal endeavors to publish high-quality research that contributes to the literature and has an impact on policymaking. In this regard, the Ecosains welcomes research papers from academics, policymakers, and practitioners regardless of their institutional affiliation and geographic location.

Section Policies

Articles

  • Checked Open Submissions
  • Checked Indexed
  • Checked Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Submitted papers are evaluated by anonymous referees by double-blind peer review for contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation. The reviewers give scientific valuable comments improving the contents of the manuscript. Sometimes (if required) a third peer-reviewer is needed to give critical comments to the submitted manuscript. The Editor shall inform you of the results of the review as soon as possible, hopefully in 8 weeks. Please notice that because of the great number of submissions that Ecosains has received during the last few months the duration of the review process can be up to 3 months.

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.

Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics of Ecosains: Jurnal Ilmiah Ekonomi dan Pembangunan

This statement clarifies ethical behaviour of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in our journals, including the authors, the editors, the peer-reviewers and the publisher UniversitasNegeri Padang. This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Editors’ Responsibilities 

  • Submitted manuscripts are evaluated for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
  • The Editor must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers,  and the publisher, as appropriate.
  • Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an Editor's own research without the explicit written consent of the author(s).
  • The handling Editor-in-Chief of the journal is responsible for deciding which of the submitted articles should be published. The Editor-in-Chief 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-in-Chief may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

 Reviewers’ Responsibilities 

  • Peer review assists the Editor in making editorial decisions and, through the editorial communication with the author, may also assist the author in improving the manuscript.
  • Any invited referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its timely review will be impossible should immediately notify the Editor so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.
  • Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except if authorized by the Editor.
  • Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inacceptable. Referees should express their views clearly with appropriate supporting arguments.
  • 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 data of which they have personal knowledge.
  • Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider evaluating 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 submission.

 Authors’ Responsibilities 

  • Authors reporting results 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 manuscript. 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.
  • 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.
  • An author should not, in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary Parallel submission of the same manuscript to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
  • Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should also cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
  • 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 named in an Acknowledgement section.
  • The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list of the manuscript and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for
  • All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or their interpretation in the manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
  • 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’s Editor or publisher and cooperate with them to either retract the paper or to publish an appropriate erratum.

 Publisher’s Responsibilities 

  • In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication or plagiarism the publisher, in close collaboration with the Editors, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question. This includes the prompt publication of an erratum or, in the most severe cases, the complete retraction of the affected work.
  • The Publisher and the Journal do not discriminate on the basis of age, color, religion, creed, disability, marital status, veteran status, national origin, race, gender, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or sexual orientation in its publishing programs, services and activities.

Screening For Plagiarism

In publishing, Ecosains: Jurnal Ilmiah Ekonomi dan Pembangunan strongly against any case of plagiarism on its own merits. Ecosains: Jurnal Ilmiah Ekonomi dan Pembangunan commits to deterring 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.

The manuscript that submitted into this journal will be screened for plagiarism using Turnitin

Author Fees

This journal charges the following author fees.

Article Submission: 0.00 (IDR)
Authors are not required to pay an Article Submission Fee.

Article Publication: 300.000.00 (IDR)
If this paper is accepted for publication, authors are not required to pay an Article Publication Fee.

Publication Frequency

This journal is published twice a year, in May and November


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