Peer Review Process

The primary review system in Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi is double-blind peer review. With this review system, the identities of both the Authors and the Reviewers will be concealed from each other. Manuscripts submitted to Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi will undergo significant process in order to ensure that it carries novelty and quality that appeal to the journal’s readership.

There are at least five stages of review process that Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi implements:

• Initial Screening. Our Editorial Board members will asses the newly submitted manuscript for its conformity with the requirement, the manuscript’s feasibility with our Focus and Scope, as well as the quality of the content in general. A manuscript that does not pass the initial screening will be declined and returned to the Author promptly.
• Peer-review. A manuscript that passes the initial screening process will be eligible to be sent to our Reviewers. In this stage, our Editorial Assistant will ensure all the individual or private information about the Authors, including Authors’ affiliation and Acknowledgement section, are removed from the submitted file. A single manuscript will be reviewed by two reviewers. The Editorial Assistant will be responsible in combining the two review reports. The Editorial Board members will make a decision in case the two reports contradict each other. However, it is also possible to have only one Reviewer return the report to the Editorial Board. The average review process of each article may take nine to twelve months.
• First decision. A decision letter will be sent to the Author based on the reports from the Reviewers and the recommendation from the Editorial Board members. The decision can be: Declined (rejected), Revision Required (either major or minor), Accept Submission as is, or Resubmit for Review.
• Revision Stage.

• Authors receiving the Revision Required decision are requested to revise their manuscript as recommended by our Reviewers within fourteen days. Authors will also be required to upload the Statement of Originality, their responses to article reviews, proof of plagiarism testing, and evidence of grammar checks. A revised manuscript will still be assessed for its adequacy, as well as whether it has sufficiently corresponded with the Reviewers’ suggestion, before it is given the final decision by the Editor in Chief. We kindly request that you refrain from requesting a Letter of Acceptance at this time, as our standard procedure involves thorough proofreading before final acceptance for publication.
• Authors receiving the Resubmit for Review decision are requested to revise their manuscript in accordance with the recommendations provided by our Reviewers within fourteen days. The revised manuscript will then undergo another round of peer-review, restarting from the second stage of our peer-review process. This may extend the overall processing time.

• Completion Check and Copy Editing. The content will be carefully checked to confirm that all comments and suggestions from the editors and reviewers have been fully addressed and properly integrated into the manuscript. The revised manuscript will also be checked for consistency in style, formatting, and adherence to journal guidelines.
• Final decision. The final decision of the manuscript is either accepted or declined. At this stage, a revised manuscript that is deemed inadequate or has not seemed to have significant improvement will be declined. A manuscript that is accepted and considered to be published in Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi will receive electronic Letter of Conditional Acceptance via e-mail for Article Publication Charge (APC). Manuscripts that have fulfilled all conditions for publication in Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi will receive Letter of Acceptance. Please be informed that the Letter of Acceptance in PDF format is issued upon request.