About the Journal

Gelar: Jurnal Seni Budaya is a scholarly platform dedicated to fostering critical discourse, innovative practice, and creative pedagogy in the fields of visual and performing arts. Bringing together contributions from academics and practitioner-researchers, the journal serves as a dynamic forum where ideas intersect and disciplines converge. It explores both theoretical and empirical research, encouraging rigorous inquiry into subjects that span across artistic disciplines and cultural studies. 

The journal welcomes submissions that delve into various aspects of the arts, including visual and performing arts, literary arts, art history, and other emerging art-related issues. Recognizing the deep cultural significance of artistic expression, it also embraces interdisciplinary perspectives that connect art with anthropology, archaeology, communication, cultural studies, development studies, education, history, journalism, language, law, library science, linguistics, literature, philosophy, and religion. By addressing these diverse intersections, Gelar: Jurnal Seni Budaya provides a space for meaningful dialogue on the evolving role of art in society. 

Articles featured in the journal take various forms, from full-length academic research papers to critical discussions on contemporary artistic issues, reflections on developmental practices, and insightful reviews of books, exhibitions, and media-based performances. The journal not only showcases established scholarship but also invites fresh perspectives that push the boundaries of artistic inquiry. 

Committed to upholding the highest academic standards, Gelar: Jurnal Seni Budaya ensures that all submissions undergo a rigorous evaluation process. Each manuscript is initially screened by the editorial team before being subjected to a meticulous double-blind peer-review process. This ensures that the published works maintain scholarly excellence and contribute meaningfully to the global discourse on arts and culture. 

By providing an innovative and inclusive platform, the journal invites researchers, students, practitioners, and educators to engage with and contribute to the evolving landscape of the arts. Through this collaborative exchange, Gelar: Jurnal Seni Budaya continues to shape and enrich the discourse on artistic and cultural studies, fostering new ideas and perspectives that resonate across disciplines. 

Peer Review Process

Submitted papers are evaluated by anonymous referees by single-blind peer review for contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation. The editor shall inform you of the review results as soon as possible, hopefully in 30 to 60 days.

The process can be described as follows.

  1. The submitted manuscript is first reviewed by an editor. It will be evaluated whether it is suitable for the Gelar: Jurnal Seni Budaya focus and scope or has a major methodological flaw and similarity score by using Turnitin. The decision is rejected or accepted for a review process.
  2. The manuscript will be sent to at least two anonymous reviewers (Single Blind Review). Reviewers' comments are then sent to the corresponding author for necessary actions and responses.
  3. Afterward, the editorial team meeting suggested the final decision on the revised manuscript by the authors.
  4. Finally, the Editor will send the final decision to the corresponding author.
  5. The accepted manuscript then continued to the copyediting and layout editing process to prepare the camera-ready paper.

Review Outcomes

Utilizing feedback from the peer review process, the Editor will make a final publication decision. The review process will take approximately 4 to 12 weeks. Decision categories include:

  1. Reject - Rejected manuscripts will not be published, and authors will not have the opportunity to resubmit a revised version of the manuscript to this journal.
  2. Accept with Major Revision - The manuscript will be reviewed again after some major modifications are made.
  3. Accept with Minor Revisions - Manuscripts receiving an accept-pending-revisions decision will be published in this journal under the condition that minor modifications are made. Revisions will be reviewed by an editor to ensure necessary updates are made prior to publication.
  4. Accept - Accepted manuscripts will be published in the current form, and no further modifications are required.

Open Access Policy

This journal is an open-access journal that provides immediate, worldwide, barrier-free access to the full text of all published articles without charging 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 in Gelar: Jurnal Seni Budaya. 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.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Section A: Publication and Authorship

  1. All submitted papers are subject to a strict peer-review process by at least two international reviewers who are experts in the area of the particular article.
  2. The review process is a blind peer review.
  3. The factors that are taken into account in the review are relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability, and language.
  4. The possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.
  5. If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised bid will be accepted.
  6. Rejected articles will not be re-reviewed.
  7. The paper acceptance is constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
  8. No research can be included in more than one publication.

Section B: Authors’ responsibilities

  1. Authors must certify that their manuscripts are their original work.
  2. Authors must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere.
  3. Authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.
  4. Authors must participate in the peer-review process.
  5. Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.
  6. All Authors mentioned in the paper must have significantly contributed to the research.
  7. Authors must state that all data in the paper are real and authentic.
  8. Authors must notify the Editors of any conflicts of interest.
  9. Authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscripts.
  10. Authors must report any errors they discover in their published papers to the Editors.

Section C: Reviewers’ responsibilities

  1. Reviewers should keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information.
  2. Reviews should be conducted objectively, with no personal criticism of the author.
  3. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments
  4. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.
  5. Reviewers should also call to the editor-in-chief’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
  6. Reviewers should not review 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.

Section D: Editors’ responsibilities

  1. Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.
  2. Editors are responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication.
  3. Editors should always consider the needs of the authors and the readers when attempting to improve the publication.
  4. Editors should guarantee the quality of the papers and the integrity of the academic record.
  5. Editors should publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.
  6. Editors should have a clear picture of the research’s funding sources.
  7. Editors should base their decisions solely one the papers’ importance, originality, clarity, and relevance to the publication’s scope.
  8. Editors should not reverse their decisions nor overturn the ones of previous editors without serious reason.
  9. Editors should preserve the anonymity of reviewers.
  10. Editors should ensure that all research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
  11. Editors should only accept a paper when reasonably sure.
  12. Editors should act if they suspect misconduct, whether a paper is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.
  13. Editors should not reject papers based on suspicions; they should have proof of misconduct.
  14. Editors should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers, and board members.

Retraction

The papers published in Gelar: Jurnal Seni Budaya will be considered retracted in 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 crossreferencing, permission, or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication)
  3. it constitutes plagiarism
  4. it reports unethical research

The mechanism of retraction follows the Retraction Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which can be accessed at https://publicationethics.org/files/retraction%20guidelines.pdf.

Policy of Screening for Plagiarism

Papers submitted to the Gelar: Jurnal Seni Budaya will be screened for plagiarism using CrossCheck/iThenticate plagiarism detection tools. Gelar: Jurnal Seni Budaya will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Before submitting articles to reviewers, those are checked for similarity/plagiarism tools by an editorial team member. The papers submitted to Gelar: Jurnal Seni Budaya must have a similarity level of less than 20%, with each source maximal 3%.

Plagiarism is the exposing of another person’s thoughts or words as though they were your own, without permission, credit, or acknowledgment, or because of failing to cite the sources properly. Plagiarism can take diverse forms, from literal copying to paraphrasing the work of another. In order to properly judge whether an author has plagiarized, we emphasize the following possible situations:

  • An author can literally copy another author’s work- by copying word by word, in whole or in part, without permission, acknowledging or citing the original source. This practice can be identified by comparing the original source and the manuscript/work that is suspected of plagiarism.
  • Substantial copying implies for an author to reproduce a substantial part of another author without permission, acknowledgment, or citation. The substantial term can be understood both in terms of quality and quantity, being often used in the context of Intellectual property. Quality refers to the relative value of the copied text in proportion to the work as a whole.
  • Paraphrasing involves taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and crafting them into new sentences within the writing. This practice becomes unethical when the author does not properly cite or does not acknowledge the original work/author. This form of plagiarism is the more difficult form to be identified.

Journal History

Since Vol 19 No 2 2021, Gelar: Jurnal Seni Budaya has implemented a new template, after being accredited by Sinta 2 in 2022, the editor needs to make adjustments and improve the quality of the article display because the previous article display was incomplete, so that in Volume 21 No 1 (2023) Gelar: Jurnal Seni Budaya started using a new, more detailed template, and changed the style of writing references using the IEEE Style.