The handling editor of JIPSINDO (Jurnal Pendidikan Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial Indonesia) chooses reviewers for their expertise and independence, following the COPE Core Practice on peer review processes and the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.

—  Expertise in the topic or method of the manuscript, shown by recent peer-reviewed publications.

—  A verifiable identity: an institutional email address and an ORCID iD, checked by the editor.

—  No conflict of interest with the authors or the work. See Reviewer Competing Interests.

—  A good record of timely, constructive, and confidential reviews for the journal.

—  Where possible, at least one reviewer from outside the authors’ country or institution, and a balance of perspectives.

—  Authors may suggest reviewers, with institutional email addresses and ORCID iDs, and may ask that named people not review the manuscript, with reasons.

—  Suggested reviewers are checked independently, and the editor is free not to use them. They never make up the whole review panel.

—  Requests to exclude reviewers are respected where they are reasonable and do not prevent a fair review.

—  Suggesting a fake or non-independent reviewer is treated as misconduct. See Peer Review Manipulation.

—  Colleagues at the authors’ institution, recent co-authors, supervisors or students of the authors, and relatives.

—  The handling editor, or any editor with a conflict of interest in the manuscript.

—  People whose identity or expertise cannot be verified.

—  Reviewers removed from the database for misconduct, breaches of confidentiality, or repeated poor reviews.

—  Invitations are sent through the journal system. Invitees are asked to respond promptly, and have 21 days to review. See the Reviewer Guidelines.

—  If the reviews disagree sharply, the editor may invite an additional reviewer.

—  Editors assess the quality of each review. Reviews that are superficial, biased, or apparently AI-generated are not used.

—  Reviewers are thanked by name, by issue, never by manuscript, on the reviewer list.

Scholars who meet the criteria can apply through Become a Reviewer. Questions: the Contact page.

Peer Review Process  ·  Peer Review Confidentiality  ·  Publication Ethics

For each manuscript, the handling editor first identifies scholars whose recent research and publications match the manuscript's topic and method and who meet the criteria above. Reviewers are then selected at random from among these experts. This keeps selection fair, avoids reliance on the same small group of reviewers, and reduces the risk of bias or manipulation.

—  Every reviewer invitation is decided and sent by an editor.

—  Databases or tools that suggest reviewers (including AI-assisted suggestions) may be used to find candidates, but each candidate's identity, expertise, and conflicts are checked by the editor before any invitation.

—  Reviewers suggested by authors are checked in the same way, and at least one reviewer per manuscript is chosen independently of the authors' suggestions.