Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

This journal can be harvested from http://jurnal.usk.ac.id/ajas/oai?verb=Identify

Aceh Journal of Animal Science is a peer review open access journal published by Faculty of Marine and Fisheries, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Indonesia and supported by the Indonesian Oceanology Society  (Ikatan Sarjana Oseanologi Indonesia). This journal is a media of dissemination and communication of the experts and practitioners in the field of animal science. Aceh Journal of Animal Science publishes high-quality of original research articles (full papers and rapid communications) and Review (full and mini-reviews) in all aspects of animals: genetics, breeding, veterinary, reproduction, nutrition, physiology, anatomy, ecology and behavior, animal products and processing, and livestock economics. Submission to the Journal is open to those who are interested in animal science

 

Section Policies

Articles

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Peer Review Process

The article submitted to this online journal will be peer-reviewed at least by 2 (two) independent reviewers. The review process is a single-blind review method. The accepted research articles will be available online following the journal peer-reviewing process. 

Peer review is designed to assess the validity, quality, and often the originality of articles for publication. Its ultimate purpose is to maintain the integrity of science by filtering out invalid or poor quality articles.

 

 

 

Publication Frequency

Starting in 2021 this journal publishes one volume and three issues per year, and we publish 15-30 articles per year.

 

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.

This journal is open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to users or / institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full text articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or author. This is in accordance with Budapest Open Access Initiative.

 

Publication Ethics and Malpractice

Ethics for Authors

Reporting standards

Authors must clearly present the objectives and significance of their research in their articles. Authors must follow the AJAS journal guidelines in preparing articles for submission.

Originality

Authors must prepare original research results that have not been published by other authors in any publication. To ensure this, authors need to check the originality of the article using a plagiarism checker before submission. Articles will be rejected if there is plagiarism in the article. All information from references used in the article must be quoted honestly and accurately in the article.

Multiple Submissions

Authors should submit their articles to AJAS only. If the article is not accepted for publication in AJAS as a result of peer review and is officially reported by the Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor, the author may submit it to another journal. Articles will be rejected if there is plagiarism and multiple submissions in the article.

Errors in Publication

Authors will receive their articles for final review of any errors in the article before publication. Authors must report any errors in the article to the Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor within the specified time frame, and the errors must be clearly listed and addressed in a separate sheet along with proof of revision.

 

Ethics for Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Reviewer evaluations are the main reference for the Editor-in-Chief in making editorial decisions. The results of the reviewer's evaluation are intended to help authors improve the quality of their articles.

Suitability

If there is an inappropriate reviewer appointment, for example, the appointed reviewer is not competent in the field of expertise of the article undergoing peer review, one of the AJAS editors can report this to the Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor. Then, the Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor will determine another reviewer by considering several editors who have expertise in the article.

Confidentiality

Every article received by a reviewer must be kept strictly confidential. Articles and peer review results should not be submitted directly to the author or communicated to anyone other than the author, but should be submitted to the editor in charge, the Editor-in-Chief, or the Managing Editor.

 

Ethics for Editors

Obligations

AJAS has an editorial team consisting of an editor-in-chief, managing editor, and editorial board. They are all required to be responsible and accountable editors in publishing AJAS Journal articles. The editors of the AJAS Journal are led by the editor-in-chief. The editors of the AJAS Journal have the following duties and responsibilities:

The editor-in-chief and managing editor receive articles submitted by authors to AJAS. Articles submitted by authors to the AJAS Journal are distributed by the Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor to the editors on the Editorial Board for the first review (initial review). The distribution of articles is well organized by the Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor so that the workload can be distributed fairly to all editors. The AJAS review process uses a single-blind peer-review system. In reviewing an article, the first review process is carried out by the editor (in point 2) as the first reviewer. Next, the editor sends the article to at least two independent external reviewers for a second review. The results of the review process are sent to the Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor. The Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor makes a decision and sends it to the author with the status of the article accepted, accepted with changes, or rejected. If changes are required as a result of the review process on the article, then the second round of the review process (points 2 to 3) is taken into account. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for determining the deadline for accepting articles that are ready for publication. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for conducting and chairing editorial board meetings. Editorial board meetings are held at least once per edition to finalize the edition to be published. If the Editor-in-Chief is unable to attend, the Editor-in-Chief may assign the Managing Editor or one of the editors to perform this task.

 

Use of Generative AI (GenAI) Policy

Authors are required to disclose the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies during the manuscript preparation stage at the time of submission. This policy applies exclusively to the writing process and does not extend to the use of AI tools for data analysis or interpretation of research findings.

Generative AI or AI-assisted tools may only be employed to enhance the clarity, readability, or linguistic quality of the manuscript.

  • The use of such technologies must be conducted under human supervision and control. Authors are expected to thoroughly review and edit the AI-generated content, as AI systems may produce text that appears authoritative but may be inaccurate, incomplete, or biased. Consequently, authors remain fully responsible and accountable for the content and integrity of their published work.
  • AI or AI-assisted tools must not be listed or cited as authors or co-authors, since authorship implies intellectual contributions and responsibilities that can only be attributed to human researchers.

Any use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in the writing process must be explicitly declared in the manuscript upon initial submission. This declaration will be included in the published article and should be placed in a separate section preceding the references list.