Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Initially, an editor will analyze the submitted paper and determine whether it fits a determined focus and scope before forwarding it to the reviewer. This first screening procedure is carried out to confirm that needless author misunderstandings regarding the introduced journal's focus and scope do not take up the reviewer's valuable time as well as reader dissatisfaction, later.

Additionally, the author will also save time by finding an appropriate publication for their study work in a relatively short amount of time if they follow the focus and scope instructions. In principle, No one is willing to wait an extended time and then be rejected. However, to help authors have their work published as quickly as possible, editors are working to shorten the publication period every time.


FOCUS:
In focus terms, Polimesin makes clear the submission is about the manuscript's qualifications.  Unavoidable, Polimesin has decided to be one of the reputable frontier mechanical engineering publications for academicians as well as industrial practitioners. So, to enable the mission, the editor gradually increases the manuscript standard that is eligible to be published, despite fitting the mentioned scopes. Four aspects of qualified research are introduced such as parameters, detail, novelty, and validation.

Many manuscripts published by Polimesin fit into the scope but lack comprehensive study about the selected topic. It has cost the reader valuable time that look for a complete study in a research matter.

1. Parameters
The term "focussed parameter" could interest in a slightly different way among researchers. Editor stands for is to be cleared such as either the number of tested independent variables or design variables, both by computer simulation (if any) and physical experiment. The editor set a standard of at least three variables to be investigated.

2. Detail-oriented
A comprehensive study on a research topic is reflected by aspects in a manuscript, both the number of parameters and the availability of validation work. Another important part is a detailed explanation in the methodology part as well as a long discussion of the result. Potential readers will always try to find a way to replicate the conducted methodology and are eager to see a similar result. Without a tone explanation and discussion, the published paper will be a set of equations, pictures, and tables that is too difficult to understand. In any part of writing, the author should serve silently reader questions: who, what, when, where, and why.

3. Novelty
Unfortunately, novelty is the most difficult part to evaluate both by researcher, author, editor as well as reviewer. To push novelty to be very extreme could result in unproven methodology as well as results. An extensive study of literature will reflect an effort of the author to answer a question: "Is there any novelty in my research?". So, without enough literature reviews, the editor will decide that the related study does not have any novelty.

4. Validation
On the verge of publication, a manuscript on a study that solely focuses on simulation work is not what the Editor wants authors to submit to Jurnal Polimesin. It will be necessary to compare or validate the simulation work with actual experimental work that compares it utilizing equipment, instrumentation, or material. The validation could be of a relative quality and later reviewer (not the editor) will decide on its sufficiency.

 

SCOPES:
Polimesin mostly publishes studies in the core areas of mechanical engineering such as energy conversion, machine and mechanism design, and manufacturing technology. As science and technology develop rapidly in combination with other disciplines such as electrical, Polimesin also adapts the new facts by accepting manuscripts in mechatronics. In Biomechanic, Mechanical study in muscoletal and bio-tissue has been widely recognized to help better life quality for disabled people as well physical rehabilitation work.

 
Such a wide range of Polimesin could be published, but it still has criteria to apply mechanical systems and principles. Exceeding the limitation has been a common reason for rejection by those outside the scope. Using chemical principles more than mechanical ones in material engineering has been a common reason for rejection after submission.  Excessive exploration of the management within the discipline of Industrial Engineering in manufacturing technology scope is also unacceptable. The sub-scope biomechanics that focuses on ergonomics and does not study movement involving applied force on the bio-tissue is also not suitable for submission.

1. Energy Conversion
Polimesin accepts manuscripts written in the field of energy conversion with several limitations. Given the broad field of energy conversion, Polimesin has limited the scope to mechanical and thermal energy conversion. Furthermore, the scope itself constrainted by several criteria. In more detail, Polimesin only considers on study of the mechanical properties and design of conversion equipment to improve energy efficiency during the conversion process. Therefore, the topic of chemical processes and reactions that indirectly or directly affect the efficiency of thermal energy conversion is outside the scope of Polimesin.

2. Machine and Mechanism Design
The design of the parts to be shaped by casting, the design of the parts to be joined by welding, the design of the parts to be obtained by machining, shafts, hubs, shafts, tolerances, norm series, design types, and basic principles. Hub connection shape, bearing types and arrangement, the significance of lightness and light machine components, the design of sealing elements, low-cost designs, and analysis of various designs.

3. Manufacturing Technology
Technical skills, and identifying and resolving production problems in product manufacturing. with an emphasis on metal processing technologies and how they are used in the contemporary manufacturing sector, automated manufacturing, tools, die-making, and machining.

4. Material Engineering
Jurnal Polimesin welcomes research to understand the fundamental physical reasons of material behavior within the context of material engineering. The goal of the study is to maximize the qualities of existing materials while also developing and producing new, enhanced materials. Processing and structural modification are the methods used. It also accepts submissions that understand the causes of unexpected failures in certain materials.

A broad spectrum of materials, comprising metals, alloys, ceramics, glasses, composites, electrical, magnetic, and photonic materials, and polymers, could be examined. Biomaterials like surgical mesh and artificial tissue, nanomaterials like graphene and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), 3D printing materials, specialized sensors, and smart materials are merely a few of the numerous cutting-edge materials and processes they work with. to integrate physics, chemistry, and biology to produce new products, many of which have the potential to improve our quality of life and reduce our impact on the environment are studies can be adopted.

Research material in mechanical engineering introduces some constraints; the material of interest should include mechanical properties such as fatigue, hardness, strength, stiffness, elasticity, plasticity, machinability, ductility, brittleness, malleability, toughness, resilience, and creep. In addition to mechanical characteristics testing, a few chemical and electrical properties are also permissible.

5. Mechatronics
At the intersection of mechanics, electronics, and computing or the nexus of computing, electronics, and mechanical. Working with large industrial robots, smaller robots for pick-and-place tasks, drones, control systems for food and drink product bottling or packaging, amusement park ride control systems, and prototype development to create and maintain automated machinery. This covers manufacturing, mining, transportation, robotics, aviation, and defense sectors. 

6. Biomechanics
Biomechanics is the study of forces acting on and generated within the body and of the effects of these forces on the tissues, fluids, or materials used for diagnosis, treatment, or research purposes. The study of biological systems' composition and operation using mechanical techniques. Applying mechanical principles to the human body's musculoskeletal system is comprehending the science underlying movement. It studies basic mechanics in two dimensions, including dynamics, kinematics, and statics, for example, it looks at the biomechanics of running, jumping, and strolling.

 

Section Policies

Artikel

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

We follow double double-blind peer review process. In this process, the author's names and affiliations will not be exposed to Editors and Reviewers, and authors are also kept blinded from Reviewer information.

Review is conducted based on the state of the art that is written on the manuscript. Hence, an author needs to write details of their study but to keep important information in a readable one. Every reviewer comment must be addressed completely by an author, so the editor can fastly decide about a manuscript's next process. An incomplete response to the reviewer's comment will certainly slow the publication process.

 

Publication Frequency

Jurnal Polimesin is published bimonthly

 

Open Access Policy

This journal is open access, meaning that people and institutions can access its contents without charge. The article's full text may be read, downloaded, copied, distributed, printed, searched, linked to, or used for any other legitimate purpose without previous authorization from the author or publisher. This is underneath https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org



 

Publication Ethics

Jurnal Polimesin is a peer-reviewed electronic international journal. This statement clarifies ethical behaviour of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the chief editor, the Editorial Board, the peer-reviewer and the publisher. This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. The publication ethics is a norm that must be obeyed by the author who will publish his scientific work in the publication media. The basic norms for publication are prioritizing, morality, scientific integrity and honesty

Duties of Authors

  1. Reporting Standards: 
    Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.
  2. Data Access and Retention: 
    Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
  3. Originality and Plagiarism: The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
  4. Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication: 
    An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.
  5. Acknowledgement of Sources: 
    Proper acknowledgement of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
  6. Authorship of the Paper: 
    Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
  7. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: 
    All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or another substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
  8. Fundamental errors in published works: 
    When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
  9. Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects: 
    If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

 

Duties of Editors

  1. Fair Play: 
    An editor at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
  2. Confidentiality: 
    The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
  3. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: 
    Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.
  4. Publication Decisions: 
    The editor board journal is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.
  5. Review of Manuscripts: 
    The editor must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated by the editor for originality. The editor should organize and use peer review fairly and wisely. Editors should explain their peer review processes in the information for authors and also indicate which parts of the journal are peer-reviewed. The editor should use appropriate peer reviewers for papers that are considered for publication by selecting people with sufficient expertise and avoiding those with conflicts of interest.

 

Duties of Reviewers

  1. Contribution to Editorial Decisions:
    Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.
  2. Promptness: 
    Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process
  3. Standards of Objectivity: 
    Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
  4. Confidentiality: 
    Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
  5. Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: 
    Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. 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.
  6. Acknowledgment of Sources: 
    Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.


Every writer in the Jurnal Polimesin is required to fill out a Statement that explains that the article has never been published in any Journal or conference/seminar

 

 

Screening Plagiarism

Jurnal Polimesin has a policy of screening for plagiarism. We use the Anti-Plagiarism Software "Turnitin" to check the authenticity article. The similarity percentage must be less than 25%. Using the same source more than 15% is also unacceptable. 

AI-generated text must not be more than 40%.