Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities

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Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities PERTANIKA JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES

REVISED: | 12/11/2020

About the Journal

Overview
Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities is the official journal of Universiti Putra
Malaysia. It is an open-access online scientific journal. It publishes original scientific outputs. It
neither accepts nor commissions third party content.

Recognised internationally as the leading peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal devoted to the


publication of original papers, it serves as a forum for practical approaches to improve quality in
issues pertaining to social and behavioural sciences as well as the humanities.

Pertanika Journal of Social Science & Humanities is a quarterly (March, June,


September, and December) periodical that considers for publication original articles as per its
scope. The journal publishes in English as well as in Bahasa Malaysia and it is open for
submission by authors from all over the world.

The journal is available world-wide.


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Aims and scope


Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities aims to develop as a pioneer journal for the
social sciences with a focus on emerging issues pertaining to the social and behavioural
sciences as well as the humanities. Areas relevant to the scope of the journal include Social
Sciences—accounting, anthropology, archaeology and history, architecture and habitat,
consumer and family economics, economics, education, finance, geography, law, management
studies, media and communication studies, political sciences and public policy, population
studies, psychology, sociology, technology management, and tourism; Humanities—arts and
culture, dance, historical and civilisation studies, language and linguistics, literature, music,
philosophy, religious studies, and sports.

History
Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities was founded in 1993 and focuses on
research in social and behavioural sciences as well as the humanities and its related fields.

Vision
To publish journal of international repute.
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Mission
Our goal is to bring the highest quality research to the widest possible audience.

Quality
We aim for excellence, sustained by a responsible and professional approach to journal
publishing. Submissions can expect to receive a decision within 120 days. The elapsed time
from submission to publication for the articles averages 180 days. We are working towards
decreasing the processing time with the help of our editors and the reviewers.

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Abstracting and indexing of Pertanika

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Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities is now over 27 years old; this accumulated
knowledge and experience has resulted the journal being abstracted and indexed in SCOPUS
(Elsevier), Clarivate Web of Science (ESCI), EBSCO, DOAJ, Agricola, ASEAN CITATION
INDEX, ISC, Microsoft Academic, Google Scholar, and MyCite.

Citing journal articles


The abbreviation for Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities is Pertanika J. Soc.
Sci. & Hum.

Publication policy
Pertanika policy prohibits an author from submitting the same manuscript for concurrent
consideration by two or more publications. It prohibits as well publication of any manuscript that
has already been published either in whole or substantial part elsewhere. It also does not
permit publication of manuscript that has been published in full in proceedings.

Code of Ethics
The Pertanika journals and Universiti Putra Malaysia take seriously the responsibility of all of its
journal publications to reflect the highest publication ethics. Thus, all journals and journal
editors are expected to abide by the journal’s codes of ethics. Refer to Pertanika’s Code of

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Ethics for full details, or visit the journal’s web link at
http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/code_of_ethics.php

Originality
The author must ensure that when a manuscript is submitted to Pertanika, the manuscript must
be an original work. The author should check the manuscript for any possible plagiarism using
any program such as Turn-It-In or any other software before submitting the manuscripts to the
Pertanika Editorial Office, Journal Division.

All submitted manuscripts must be in the journal’s acceptable similarity index range:
≤ 20% – PASS; > 20% – REJECT.

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)


An ISSN is an 8-digit code used to identify periodicals such as journals of all kinds and on all
media–print and electronic.

Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities: e-ISSN 2231-8534


(Online).

Lag time
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A decision on acceptance or rejection of a manuscript is reached in 120 days (average). The


elapsed time from submission to publication for the articles averages 180 days.

Authorship
Authors are not permitted to add or remove any names from the authorship provided at the
time of initial submission without the consent of the journal’s Chief Executive Editor.

Manuscript preparation
Most scientific papers are prepared according to a format called IMRAD. The term represents
the first letters of the words Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, And Discussion.
IMRAD is simply a more 'defined' version of the "IBC" (Introduction, Body, Conclusion) format
used for all academic writing. IMRAD indicates a pattern or format rather than a complete list of
headings or components of research papers; the missing parts of a paper are: Title, Authors,
Keywords, Abstract, Conclusions, References, and Acknowledgement. Additionally, some
papers include Appendices. For manuscripts in Bahasa Malaysia, the title, abstract and
keywords should be written in both English and Bahasa Malaysia.

The Introduction explains the scope and objective of the study in the light of current knowledge
on the subject; the Materials and Methods describes how the study was conducted; the Results
section reports what was found in the study; and the Discussion section explains meaning and

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significance of the results and provides suggestions for future directions of research. The
manuscript must be prepared according to the journal’s Instruction to Authors
(http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Resources/regular_issues/Regular_Issues_Instructions_to_
Authors.pdf).
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Editorial process
Authors who complete any submission are notified with an acknowledgement containing a
manuscript ID on receipt of a manuscript, and upon the editorial decision regarding publication.

Pertanika follows a double-blind peer -review process. Manuscripts deemed suitable for
publication are sent to reviewers. Authors are encouraged to suggest names of at least 3
potential reviewers at the time of submission of their manuscripts to Pertanika, but the editors
will make the final selection and are not, however, bound by these suggestions.

Notification of the editorial decision is usually provided within 120 days from the receipt of
manuscript. Publication of solicited manuscripts is not guaranteed. In most cases, manuscripts
are accepted conditionally, pending an author's revision of the material.

As articles are double-blind reviewed, material that may identify authorship of the paper should
be placed only on page 2 as described in the first-4-page format in Pertanika’s Instruction to
Authors
(http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Resources/regular_issues/Regular_Issues_Instructions_to_
Authors.pdf).
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The journal’s peer review


In the peer review process, 2 or 3 referees independently evaluate the scientific quality of the
submitted manuscripts. At least 2 referee reports are required to help make a decision.

Peer reviewers are experts chosen by journal editors to provide written assessment of the
strengths and weaknesses of written research, with the aim of improving the reporting of
research and identifying the most appropriate and highest quality material for the journal.

Operating and review process


What happens to a manuscript once it is submitted to Pertanika? Typically, there are 7 steps to
the editorial review process:
1. The journal’s Chief Executive Editor and the Editor-in-Chief examine the paper to
determine whether it is relevance to journal needs in terms of novelty, impact, design,
procedure, language as well as presentation and allow it to proceed to the reviewing
process. If not appropriate, the manuscript is rejected outright and the author is
informed.
2. The Ch i e f Exe cu ti ve Editor sends the article-identifying in fo rmation ha vi ng been
removed, to 2 to 3 reviewers. They are specialists in the subject matter of the article.
The Chief Executive Editor requests that they complete the review within 3 weeks.
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Comments to authors are about the appropriateness and adequacy of the theoretical
or conceptual framework, literature review, method, results and discussion, and
conclusions. Reviewers often include suggestions for strengthening of the manuscript.
Comments to the editor are in the nature of the significance of the work and its
potential contribution to the research field.
3. The Editor-in-Chief examines the review reports and decides whether to accept or
reject the manuscript, invite the authors to revise and resubmit the manuscript, or
seek additional review reports. In rare instances, the manuscript is accepted with
almost no revision. Almost without exception, reviewers' comments (to the authors)
are forwarded to the authors. If a revision is indicated, the editor provides guidelines
to the authors for attending to the reviewers' suggestions and perhaps additional
advice about revising the manuscript.
4. The authors decide whether and how to address the reviewers' comments and criticisms
and the editor's concerns. The authors return a revised version of the paper to the Chief
Executive Editor along with specific information describing how they have

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addressed the concerns of the reviewers and the editor, usually in a tabular form. The
authors may also submit a rebuttal if there is a need especially when the authors

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disagree with certain comments provided by reviewers.
5. The Chief Executive Editor sends the revised manuscript out for re-review. Typically,
at least 1 of the original reviewers will be asked to examine the article.
6. When the reviewers have completed their work, the Editor-in-Chief examines their
comments and decides whether the manuscript is ready to be published, needs
another round of revisions, or should be rejected. If the decision is to accept, the Chief
Executive Editor is notified.
7. The Chief Executive Editor reserves the final right to accept or reject any material for
publication, if the processing of a particular manuscript is deemed not to be in
compliance with the S.O.P. of Pertanika. An acceptance notification is sent to all the
authors.
The editorial office ensures that the manuscript adheres to the correct style (in-text
citations, the reference list, and tables are typical areas of concern, clarity, and
grammar). The authors are asked to respond to any minor queries by the editorial
office. Following these corrections, page proofs are mailed to the corresponding
authors for their final approval. At this point, only essential changes are accepted.
Finally, the manuscript appears in the pages of the journal and is posted on-line.

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