Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Undas is a journal of language and literature research. First published by Balai Bahasa South Kalimantan since 2006. This journal is a research journal that publishes various research reports, both literature studies and field studies, linguistics and literature include structural linguistics, applied linguistics, interdisciplinary linguistics, oral literature (folklore), philology, pure literature, applied literature, and interdisciplinary literature. Publish regularly twice a year in June and December.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Each script that goes to the Undas Journal is reviewed individually by a reviewer anonymously (omitted the author's name). The decision to publish, correct or reject the text based on the consideration and recommendations of the best partner. In certain cases the editor may request the opinion of the third reviewer before making a decision to load or reject a text.

Publication Frequency

UNDAS is a Journal published online twice a year in the middle of the year (June) and in the end of the year (December).

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.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Publication Frequency

UNDAS is a Journal published online twice a year in the middle of the year (June) and in the end of the year (December).

Open Access

UNDAS provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public to supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Article Processing Charges

Every article submitted to UNDAS will not have any 'Article Processing Charges'. This includes peer-reviewing, editing, publishing, maintaining and archiving, and allows immediate access to the full text versions of the articles.

Plagiarism Check

Every article accepted by UNDAS shall be an object to Turnitin writing-enhancement program conducted by UNDAS Editorial Board.

Accreditation Certificate

Terakreditasi SINTA Peringkat 4, Nomor Akreditasi: 85/M/KPT/2020 (berlaku dari Volume 14 Nomor 1 Tahun 2018 s.d. Volume 18 Nomor 2 Tahun 2023)

References Management

Every article submitted to UNDAS shall use reference management application e.g. Mendeley.

Copy Editing and Proofreading

Every article accepted by UNDAS shall be an object to Grammarly® writing-enhancement program conducted by UNDAS Editorial Board.

Peer Review Process

UNDAS reviewing policies are:

Every submitted paper will be reviewed by at least two peer-reviewers.
Reviewers are unaware of the identity of the authors, and authors are also unaware of the identity of reviewers.
Reviewing process will consider novelty, objectivity, method, scientific impact, conclusion, and references.

Publication Ethics

Author(s) duties

Authors should present an objective discussion of the significance of their research work as well as sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Authors also must ensure that their work is entirely original, and therefore wherever and whenever the work and/or words of others are used, all instances must be appropriately acknowledged. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Authors should not submit articles describing essentially the same research to more than one journal. The corresponding author should ensure that there is a full consensus of all co-authors in approving the final version of the paper and its submission for publication. The author(s) should inquire with the original copyright holder (usually the original publisher or authors), whether or not this material can be re-used.

Plagiarism, fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior are unacceptable.

Editor(s) duties

Editors evaluate manuscripts exclusively on the basis of their academic merit. Editor not use unpublished information in the editor's own research without the express written consent of the author. Whenever ethical complaints are filed concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, editors must take reasonable action to ensure that proper compliance to ethical standards is restored. Submitted information and ideas must be kept confidential and cannot be used for personal advantage or gain. Editors should pass the final acceptance only after discussion with the other managing and co-editors and reviewers based on the compliance, originality and quality of the article. It is the duty of editors to correct the articles if demand comes from authors. If needed, other appropriate action should be taken at the time of processing of the article. Editor should address and take sufficient steps about ethical complaints to the published data and/or methodologies. Further communications should be made to the corresponding authors.

Editor should evaluate the manuscripts initially without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, citizenship etc.

Reviewer(s) duties

All manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Any appointed reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript, or is otherwise aware that a prompt review will be impossible, should notify the editor and step down from the review process. Reviewers should not consider 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 papers.

Reviews should be conducted objectively, and observations should be formulated clearly with supporting arguments so that authors can use them for improving the paper.

Others Core Practices of Publications

We really try to organize and obey to publication ethics and publication malpractice statement by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Conformance to standards of ethical behavior is therefore expected of all parties involved: authors, editors, reviewers, and publishers. Detailed information about COPE and Core Practices of Publications, please visit Core Practices of Publications.

Publication Fees

Article processing charges (APCs)

We are fully committed to advancing science at our university and also in the world; and for that reason, WE DO NOT CHARGE the author(s) either from the submission stage until their articles are published in the Jurnal Undas. We look forward with the author(s), and also the reader(s) for all the goodness of the efforts we have made.

Publishing article in Jurnal Undas is totally FREE OF CHARGES