Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

SYLECTION 2022 is an international symposium covering the following key areas:

  1. Communication, War, and Conflict Hegemony, and the Media
  2. Gender and Sexuality in the Media
  3. Literature (Comparative Literature, Indonesian Literature)
  4. Media, Democracy and Integration
  5. Media Literacy and Media Education
  6. Language (Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, Applied & Comparative Linguistics)
  7. Media and Development
  8. Culture (History, Anthropology, Tourism, Media Studies)
  9. Media and Religion
  10. Media and Identity
  11. Politics, Hegemony, and Media
  12. Globalization and Social Impact;
  13. Gender and Sexuality in Media
  14. Social Media and Subcultures
  15. Youth and Media Globalization
  16. Information and Communication Technology
  17. Audience Analysis

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

Submitted manuscripts are first reviewed by an editor. The manuscript will be evaluated in the office as to whether it fits the focus and scope of SYLECTION or has major methodological weaknesses and a similarity score using iThenticate. The manuscript will be sent to at least two anonymous reviewers (Double Blind Peer Review). Reviewers' comments are then sent to the corresponding author for necessary action and response. Suggested decisions will be evaluated in an editorial board meeting. Thereafter, the editor will send the final decision to the corresponding author.

 

Open Access Policy

The journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public will support greater global knowledge exchange.

 

Archiving

The journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and allows those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and recovery purposes. Read more...

 

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The Symposium of Literature, Culture and Communication, called SYLECTION, is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and taking all possible measures against any publication malpractice. The Editorial Board is responsible for, among other things, preventing publication malpractice. Unethical behavior is not acceptable, and SYLECTION does not tolerate plagiarism in any form. Author submitting an article: confirms that the content of the manuscript is original. Furthermore, the author's submission also implies that the manuscript has not been previously published in any language, in whole or in part, and is not currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Editors, authors, and reviewers, in the Symposium on Literature, Culture, and Communication, must be fully committed to good publication practices and accept responsibility for fulfilling the following duties and responsibilities, as set forth by the COPE Code of Ethics for Journal Editors. As part of the Core Practices, COPE has written guidelines at http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines. Section A: Publication and authorship All submitted papers are subject to a rigorous peer-review process by at least two international reviewers who are experts in the field of the specific paper. The review process is blind peer review. Factors taken into account in the review are relevance, reasonableness, significance, originality, readability, and language. Possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection. If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit the submission, there is no guarantee that the revised submission will be accepted. Rejected articles will not be reviewed again. Acceptance of papers is limited by current legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. No research may be included in more than one publication. Section B: Author responsibilities Authors must declare that their manuscript is their original work. Authors must declare that the manuscript has not been published elsewhere. Authors must declare that the manuscript is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Authors must participate in the peer review process. Authors must provide retraction or correction of errors. All Authors mentioned in the paper must have made a significant contribution to the research. Authors must certify that all data in the paper are real and authentic. Authors must inform the Editor of any conflicts of interest. Authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscript. Authors must report any errors they find in the published paper to the Editor. Section C: Reviewer responsibilities Reviewers should keep all information regarding the paper confidential and treat it as privileged information. The review should be conducted objectively, without personal criticism of the authors. Reviewers should state their views clearly with supporting arguments. Reviewers should identify relevant published works that have not been cited by the authors. Reviewers should also inform the Editor-in-Chief of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published papers of which they are personally aware. Reviewers should not review manuscripts where there is a conflict of interest resulting from a competitive, collaborative or other relationship or connection with any author, company or institution associated with the paper. Section D: Responsibilities of the editor. The editor has full responsibility and authority to reject/accept articles. The editor is responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication. The editor should always consider the needs of the authors and readers when trying to improve the publication. The editor must ensure the quality of the paper and the integrity of the academic record. The editor must publish errata pages or make corrections when necessary. Editors should have a clear picture of the source of research funding. Editors should base their decisions solely on the importance, originality, clarity, and relevance of the paper to the scope of the publication. Editors should not reverse their decisions or overturn the decisions of previous editors without serious reasons. 

Editors must maintain the anonymity of reviewers. Editors must ensure that all research materials they publish conform to internationally accepted ethical guidelines. Editors should only accept papers if they are sufficiently confident. Editors must act if they suspect misconduct, whether or not the paper is published, and make all reasonable efforts to pursue resolution of the matter. Editors should not reject papers based on suspicion, they must have evidence of infringement. Editors must not allow conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers and board members. Editors must ensure the quality of papers and the integrity of the academic record. Editors should publish an errata page or make corrections when necessary. Editors should have a clear picture of the source of research funding. Editors should base their decisions solely on the importance, originality, clarity, and relevance of the paper to the scope of the publication. Editors should not reverse their decisions or overturn the decisions of previous editors without serious reasons. Editors should maintain the anonymity of reviewers. Editors must ensure that all research materials they publish conform to internationally accepted ethical guidelines. Editors should only accept papers if they are sufficiently confident. 

Editors must act if they suspect misconduct, whether the paper is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable efforts to pursue a resolution of the matter. Editors should not reject papers based on suspicion, they must have evidence of misconduct. Editors must not allow conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers and board members. Editors must ensure the quality of papers and the integrity of the academic record. Editors should publish an errata page or make corrections when necessary. Editors should have a clear picture of the source of research funding. Editors should base their decisions solely on the importance, originality, clarity, and relevance of the paper to the scope of the publication. Editors should not reverse their decisions or overturn the decisions of previous editors without serious reasons. Editors should maintain the anonymity of reviewers. Editors must ensure that all research materials they publish conform to internationally accepted ethical guidelines. Editors should only accept papers if they are sufficiently confident. Editors must act if they suspect misconduct, whether or not the paper is published, and make all reasonable efforts to pursue resolution of the matter. Editors should not reject articles based on reviews, they must have proof of misconduct. Editors must not allow conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers, and board members.

 

Retraction

Papers published in the Literature, Culture and Communication Symposium will be considered withdrawn in publication if: Has clear evidence that its findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g. data fabrication) or inadvertent error (e.g. miscalculation or experimental error), its findings have been previously published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification (e.g. cases of repeated publication), constitutes plagiarism, reports unethical research The withdrawal mechanism follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Withdrawal Guidelines which can be accessed at https://publicationethics.org/files/retraction%20guidelines.pdf.

 

CrossMark policy

CrossMark CrossMark is a multi-publisher initiative from Crossref to provide a standardized way for readers to find the most current version of content. By applying the Crossmark logo, the Symposium on Literature, Culture and Communication is committed to maintaining its published content and informing readers of changes if and when they occur. Clicking the Crossmark logo on a document will let you know the current status of a document and may also provide you with additional publication record information about the document. For more information about CrossMark, please visit the CrossMark website. Literature, Culture and Communication Symposium content that will have the CrossMark logo is restricted to current and upcoming journal content and is limited to certain publication types. Articles in Press will not have the CrossMark icon at this time. The Literature, Culture, and Communication Ethics Symposium is committed to upholding the integrity of the literature and publishes Errata, Expressions of Concern, or Retraction Notices depending on the situation and in accordance with the COPE Retraction Guidelines. More information about the publication of the Literature, Culture, and Communication Ethics Symposium can be found in the Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement and information about the COPE retraction guidelines can be accessed on the Retraction page.

 

Policy of Screening for Plagiarism

Papers submitted to the International Journal of Communication and Society will be screened for plagiarism using CrossCheck/iThenticate plagiarism detection tools. SYLECTION will immediately reject papers that point to plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Before submitting an article to a reviewer, the article is first checked for plagiarism by a member of the editorial team. Articles submitted to SYLECTION must have a similarity rate of less than 15%.

Plagiarism is the act of expressing the thoughts or words of another as if they were your own, without permission, credit, or acknowledgment, or for not properly citing the source. Plagiarism can take many forms, ranging from literal copying to paraphrasing someone else's work. To properly assess whether an author has committed plagiarism, we emphasize the following possible situations:

  • An author may literally copy another author's work - by copying word-for-word, in whole or in part, without permission, acknowledging or citing the original source. This practice can be identified through a comparison of the original source and the manuscript/work suspected of plagiarism.
  • Substantial copying means that an author reproduces substantial parts of another author, without permission, acknowledgment or citation. The term substantial can be understood in terms of both quality and quantity, which are often used in the context of intellectual property. Quality refers to the relative value of the copied text in proportion to the work as a whole.
  • Paraphrasing involves taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and organizing them into new sentences in writing. This practice becomes unethical if the writer does not cite properly or does not acknowledge the original work/author. This form of plagiarism is the more difficult form to identify.

 

Withdrawal of Manuscripts

Authors are not allowed to withdraw submitted manuscripts, as such withdrawals are a waste of valuable resources spent by editors and referees in processing submitted manuscripts, as well as the work invested by the publisher.

If an author requests to withdraw a manuscript while it is still in the peer-review process, the author will be fined $200 per manuscript, as a withdrawal penalty to the publisher. However, it is unethical to withdraw a submitted manuscript from one journal if it is accepted by another journal.

Withdrawing a manuscript after it has been accepted for publication, authors will be penalized by paying US$400 per manuscript. Withdrawal of a manuscript is only allowed after the withdrawal penalty has been paid in full to the Publisher. If the author does not agree to pay the fine, the author and his/her affiliates will be blacklisted from publishing in this journal. Moreover, previously published articles will be removed from our online system.

 

Posting Your Article Policy

Understand the Symposium on Literature, Culture and Communication (SYLECTION) article sharing and posting policies for each stage of the article lifecycle.


Before delivery to SYLECTION,
Authors can upload their articles anywhere and anytime, including on preprint servers such as arXiv.org. This does not count as prior publication.

After submission to SYLECTION,
Authors can share or post a version of their submitted article (also known as a preprint) in the following ways:

  1. On the author's personal website or the website of the company where the author works
  2. On the institution's or funder's website if required
  3. In the author's own classroom use
  4. About the Scientific Collaboration Network (SCN) which is a signatory to the Sharing Principles of the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers ( https://www.stm-assoc.org/stm-consultations/scn-consultation-2015/ )
The following text should be included on the first page of the submitted article when it is first posted in one of the above outlets: “ This work has been submitted to the Symposium of Literature, Culture, and Communication, https://seminar.uad.ac.id/index.php/SYLECTION/about/submissions#authorGuidelines".

Once accepted into SYLECTION
If an author has previously posted a version of their submitted article in one of the following locations, they must replace the submitted version with the accepted SYLECTION version. No other changes may be made to the accepted article.
  1. Author's personal website
  2. Website where the author works
  3. arXiv.org
  4. Funding Repository*
Last published article

  1. When the article is published, the uploaded version should be updated with a full citation of the original Literature, Culture and Communication Symposium source, including the DOI. The uploaded version should replace the accepted version with the published version of the article from SYLECTION.

  2. The article will be followed by a statement about the ICS copyright notice at

     https://seminar.uad.ac.id/index.php/SYLECTION/about/submissions#authorGuidelines.