About the Journal

Focus and Scope

  1. Botany
  2. Zoology
  3. Cell biology
  4. Microbiology
  5. Genetic and Molecular Biology
  6. Ecology and Conservation
  7. Biotechnology

Publication Schedule

The journal publishes two continuous issues annually,  Issue No. 1 will be published in February and Issue No. 2 will be published in August.

Section Policy

The published articles are open submission, indexed and peer-reviewed

Open Access Policy

This journal is an open access journal which provides immediate, worldwide, barrier-free access to the full text of all published articles without charge readers or their institutions for access. Readers have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of all articles. 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.

Plagiarism Check

The editor will run a plagiarism check using Turnitin for the submitted articles before sending it to the reviewers. If an evaluates has unfair number of similarities based on the result of the check, we will send back the article to the author to be revised.

Article Processing Charges (APCs)

We need resources (editors, reviewers, web maintenance, galley editors, etc) to work better, effective, and efficient in managing this journal. In this case, we do not have funding support. For that reason, we will charge authors for each accepted article. The APC is IDR 300,000 which includes: 1) Publishing Fee; 2) a copy of printed journal including shipping; 3) Similarity Check; 4) DOI Content Registration; and 5) Web Maintenance. The payment method will be informed by the editors after the publication.

Retraction

The papers published in Cokroaminoto Journal of Biological Science will be considered for retraction from the publication if: (1) they have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g. data fabrication) or honest error (e.g. miscalculation or experimental error); (2) the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification (i.e. cases of redundant publication); (3) it constitutes plagiarism; and/or (4) it reports unethical research. The mechanism of retraction follows the Retraction Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Peer Review Process

Every submitted article will be independently reviewed. The decision for publication, amendment, or rejection follows upon reports/recommendations. After being reviewed, there will be three kinds of editor decisions based on reviewers’ recommendation: 1) Accept Submission with No Revision; 2) Accept Submission with Revisions, or 3) Decline/Reject Submission.

The review process of the submitted manuscript will follow the following steps:

  1. The manuscript is first evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief and can be declined if it lacks strong scientific merit and does not fit into the journal’s scope. 
  2. Editor-in-Chief will assign a handling Editor to further examine the manuscript for any indications of plagiarisms and study misconducts.
  3. The manuscript will be sent by the Editor to at least two independent reviewers. The review will be conducted in Double-Blind Review (Review process takes two weeks till two months, based on reviewer).
  4. The author (s) must make a revise process as soon as possible. The decision of the revised manuscript will be evaluated based on the reviewer’s recommendation from among several possibilities: published directly, need a minor revision, require a major revision, and rejected.
  5. The Editor-in-Chief of Cokroaminoto Journal of Biological Science has the right to decide which manuscripts submitted to the journal should be published.