Focus and Scope

Kehadiran jurnal SIMBIOSA sangat diharapkan untuk meningkatkan publikasi ilmiah pada bidang Pembelajaran Biologi dan Biologi Sains. Fokus dan cakupan SIMBIOSA secara deteil sebagai berikur:

1. Pendidikan Biologi, mencakup : pembelajaran  Biologi untuk  sekolah  menengah, dan perguruan tinggi; teknologi pembelajaran Biologi; pengembangan profesionalisme guru bidang studi Pendidikan Biologi; Pembelajaran Biologi Inovatif dengan menerapkan berbagai pendekatan seperti pendekatan realistik, kontekstual, pendekatan CTL, PBL dan sebagainya.
   
   
2. Biologi Sain mencakup Biologi Molekuler; Bio-Ekologi; Biodiversiti; Konservasi dan bidang kajian lain yang relevan dengan Biologi Sain.
    

Section Policies

Research Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Review Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

SIMBIOSA Vol 2 No 1 2013

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

SIMBIOSA Vol 5 No 1 2016

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Vol 8 No. 1, Juli 2019

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Research Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Research Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

The publication of articles in the Simbiosa depends solely on scientific validity and coherence as assessed by our editors and/or peer reviewers, who will also assess whether the writing is understandable and whether the work is a beneficial contribution to the field. Simbiosa recognizes the efforts and suggestions made by its reviewers.

Initial evaluation of manuscripts

The Editor will first evaluate all manuscripts submitted at a maximum of 3 weeks' time. Although rare, it is entirely feasible for an exceptional manuscript to be accepted at this stage. Those rejected at this stage are insufficiently original, have serious scientific flaws, or are outside the aims and scope of the Simbiosa. Those that meet the minimum criteria are passed on to expert reviewers for review. It usually took up to 8.

Type of peer review

manuscripts will generally be reviewed by two to three experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, whether it duplicates the already published works, and whether or not the manuscript is sufficiently clear for publication. The method is blind peer review.


Review reports

Reviewers are asked to evaluate whether the manuscript:

Is original by stating the objectives and gap clearly
Is methodologically sound
Follows appropriate ethical guidelines
Has results/findings which are clearly presented and support the conclusions
Correctly references previous relevant work
Reviewers are not expected to correct or copyedit manuscripts. Language correction is not part of the peer-review process.
Decision

Reviewers advise the editor, who is responsible for the final decision to accept or reject the article. The Editors will reach a decision based on these reports and, where necessary, they will consult with members of the Editorial Board. The editor’s decision is final.

Becoming a Reviewer

If you are not currently a reviewer for Simbiosa but would like to be added to the list of reviewers, please contact us. The benefits of reviewing for Simbiosa include the opportunity to see and evaluate the latest work in the related research areas at an early stage, and to be acknowledged in our list of reviewers. You may also be able to cite your work for Simbiosa as part of your professional development requirements. Simbiosa reviewers are volunteers who contribute their expertise to the science, thus no financial payments are made.

Publication Frequency

Simbiosa terbit pada bulan Juli dan Desember. Setiap artikel yang sudah diterima (Accepted) akan langsung di publis sesuai urutan terbitan.

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.

Copyright Licensing

SIMBIOSA menggunakan perjanjian lisensi eksklusif. Penulis akan mempertahankan hak cipta bersama hak penggunaan ilmiah dan Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Riau Kepulauan akan diberikan hak penerbitan dan distribusi.

Akses penulis terbuka mempertahankan hak cipta dari makalah mereka, dan semua artikel terbuka didistribusikan di bawah syarat-syarat Lisensi Pengaitan Creative Commons (CC BY-SA), yang memungkinkan orang lain mendistribusikan dan menyalin artikel asalkan karya asli dikutip dengan benar.

Pengguna tidak dapat mewakili penulis sebagai dukungan adaptasi artikel mereka, dan tidak mengubah artikel sedemikian rupa untuk merusak kehormatan atau reputasi penulis.

 

SIMBIOSA uses an exclusive license agreement. The author will defend the copyright along with the scientific use rights and the Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Riau Islands University will be given the rights to issue and distribute.

Open author access retains the copyright of their paper, and all open articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-SA), which allows others to distribute and copy articles provided the original work is properly quoted.

Users cannot represent authors as support for the adaptation of their articles and do not change articles in such a way as to damage the honor or reputation of the author.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Publication Ethic

Pernyataan etika dan publikasi malpraktik publikasi kami terutama didasarkan pada Kode Etik dan Pedoman Praktik-Terbaik untuk Editor Jurnal (Komite Etika Publikasi, 2011).

Tanggung Jawab Prinsip Editor

Keputusan editor

Editor bertanggung jawab untuk memutuskan makalah yang diserahkan ke jurnal yang akan diterbitkan. Editor akan mengevaluasi manuskrip tanpa memperhatikan ras, gender, orientasi seksual, keyakinan agama, asal etnis, kewarganegaraan, atau filsafat politik penulis. Keputusan akan didasarkan pada kepentingan, orisinalitas dan kejelasan makalah, dan validitas studi dan relevansinya dengan ruang lingkup jurnal. Persyaratan hukum terkini terkait pencemaran nama baik, pelanggaran hak cipta, dan plagiarisme juga harus dipertimbangkan.

Kerahasiaan

Editor dan staf editorial apa pun tidak boleh mengungkapkan informasi apa pun tentang pengiriman naskah kepada siapa pun selain dari penulis yang bersangkutan, peninjau, peninjau potensial, penasihat editorial lainnya, dan penerbit, sebagaimana mestinya.

Pengungkapan dan Konflik Kepentingan

Materi yang tidak dipublikasikan yang diungkapkan dalam makalah yang dikirimkan tidak akan digunakan. Oleh editor atau anggota dewan editorial untuk tujuan penelitian mereka sendiri tanpa persetujuan tertulis eksplisit dari penulis.

Tanggung Jawab Prinsip Peninjau

Kontribusi Peer-Review

Proses peer-reviewing membantu editor dan dewan redaksi dalam membuat keputusan editorial dan mungkin juga melayani penulis dalam memperbaiki makalah.

Kerahasiaan

Manuskrip yang diterima untuk ditinjau harus diperlakukan sebagai dokumen rahasia. Mereka tidak boleh diungkapkan atau didiskusikan dengan orang lain kecuali sebagaimana diizinkan oleh editor.

Standar objektivitas

Tinjauan harus dilakukan secara obyektif. Kritik pribadi dari penulis tidak tepat. Wasit harus mengungkapkan pandangan mereka dengan jelas dengan argumen pendukung.

Pengungkapan dan Konflik Kepentingan

Informasi atau ide istimewa yang diperoleh melalui peer review harus dijaga kerahasiaannya dan tidak digunakan untuk keuntungan pribadi. Reviewer tidak boleh mempertimbangkan manuskrip di mana mereka memiliki konflik kepentingan yang dihasilkan dari persaingan, kolaboratif, atau hubungan atau hubungan lain dengan salah satu penulis, perusahaan, atau lembaga yang terkait dengan makalah.

Tanggung Jawab Prinsip Penulis

Standar Pelaporan

Penulis harus menyajikan laporan akurat tentang pekerjaan yang dilakukan serta diskusi obyektif tentang signifikansinya. Data yang mendasari harus diwakili secara akurat di koran. Sebuah makalah harus memuat detail dan referensi yang cukup untuk memungkinkan orang lain mereplikasi pekerjaan. Pernyataan yang curang atau dengan sengaja tidak akurat merupakan perilaku yang tidak etis dan tidak dapat diterima.

Plagiarisme dan Pengakuan Sumber

Penulis akan mengutip secara tepat atau mengutip karya dan / atau kata-kata orang lain. Publikasi yang telah berpengaruh dalam menentukan sifat pekerjaan yang dilaporkan juga harus dikutip.

Publikasi Ganda, Redundan atau Konkuren

Secara umum, makalah yang menggambarkan pada dasarnya penelitian yang sama tidak boleh dipublikasikan di lebih dari satu jurnal. Mengajukan kertas yang sama ke lebih dari satu jurnal penerbitan merupakan perilaku yang tidak etis dan tidak dapat diterima.

Manuskrip yang telah diterbitkan sebagai materi yang dilindungi hak cipta di tempat lain tidak dapat diserahkan. Selain itu, manuskrip yang ditinjau oleh jurnal tidak boleh dikirim ulang ke publikasi berhak cipta. Namun, dengan mengirimkan naskah, penulis (s) mempertahankan hak atas materi yang dipublikasikan. Dalam hal publikasi mereka mengizinkan penggunaan karya mereka di bawah lisensi Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ yang memungkinkan orang lain untuk menyalin, mendistribusikan dan mengirimkan pekerjaan serta untuk beradaptasi pekerjaan dan memanfaatkannya secara komersial.

Karangan kepenulisan Karangan harus dibatasi bagi mereka yang telah memberikan kontribusi signifikan pada konsepsi, desain, pelaksanaan, atau interpretasi dari penelitian yang dilaporkan. Semua orang yang telah membuat kontribusi signifikan harus terdaftar sebagai rekan penulis. Penulis yang sesuai memastikan bahwa semua penulis bersama yang berkontribusi dan tidak ada orang yang tidak terlibat dimasukkan dalam daftar penulis. Penulis yang sesuai juga akan memverifikasi bahwa semua rekan penulis telah menyetujui versi akhir dari makalah tersebut dan telah menyetujui pengajuannya untuk publikasi.

Pengungkapan dan Konflik Kepentingan

Semua penulis harus memasukkan pernyataan yang mengungkapkan setiap konflik keuangan atau konflik substantif lainnya yang mungkin ditafsirkan untuk mempengaruhi hasil atau interpretasi naskah mereka. Semua sumber dukungan keuangan untuk proyek harus diungkapkan.

Kesalahan Mendasar dalam Karya yang Diterbitkan

Ketika seorang penulis menemukan kesalahan atau ketidaktepatan yang signifikan dalam karyanya yang diterbitkan, adalah kewajiban penulis untuk segera memberi tahu editor jurnal atau penerbit dan untuk bekerja sama dengan editor untuk menarik kembali atau memperbaiki kertas dalam bentuk erratum.

Referensi

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). (2011, March 7). Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Retrieved from http://publicationethics.org/

Peer Review Policy

The publication of articles in the Simbiosa depends solely on scientific validity and coherence as assessed by our editors and/or peer reviewers, who will also assess whether the writing is understandable and whether the work is a beneficial contribution to the field. Simbiosa recognizes the efforts and suggestions made by its reviewers.

Initial evaluation of manuscripts

The Editor will first evaluate all manuscripts submitted at a maximum of 3 weeks' time. Although rare, it is entirely feasible for an exceptional manuscript to be accepted at this stage. Those rejected at this stage are insufficiently original, have serious scientific flaws, or are outside the aims and scope of the Simbiosa. Those that meet the minimum criteria are passed on to expert reviewers for review. It usually took up to 8.

Type of peer review

manuscripts will generally be reviewed by two to three experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, whether it duplicates the already published works, and whether or not the manuscript is sufficiently clear for publication. The method is blind peer review.


Review reports

Reviewers are asked to evaluate whether the manuscript:

Is original by stating the objectives and gap clearly
Is methodologically sound
Follows appropriate ethical guidelines
Has results/findings which are clearly presented and support the conclusions
Correctly references previous relevant work
Reviewers are not expected to correct or copyedit manuscripts. Language correction is not part of the peer-review process.
Decision

Reviewers advise the editor, who is responsible for the final decision to accept or reject the article. The Editors will reach a decision based on these reports and, where necessary, they will consult with members of the Editorial Board. The editor’s decision is final.

Becoming a Reviewer

If you are not currently a reviewer for Simbiosa but would like to be added to the list of reviewers, please contact us. The benefits of reviewing for Simbiosa include the opportunity to see and evaluate the latest work in the related research areas at an early stage, and to be acknowledged in our list of reviewers. You may also be able to cite your work for Simbiosa as part of your professional development requirements. Simbiosa reviewers are volunteers who contribute their expertise to the science, thus no financial payments are made.

Plagiarism and Retraction

Plagiarism and Retraction Policy

The Editorial Board of the Simbiosa recognizes that plagiarism is unacceptable and therefore establishes the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) when plagiarism is identified in articles submitted for publication in the Simbiosa. Simbiosa will use Turnitin authenticity checking software as our tool in detecting text similarities in articles. A maximum of 25% similarity is allowed.

Definition:

Plagiarism involves the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work."

Policy:

Papers must be original, unpublished, and not pending publication elsewhere. Any material taken verbatim from another source needs to be clearly identified as different from the present original text by (1) indentation, (2) use of quotation marks, and (3) identification of the source.

Any text of an amount exceeding fair use standards (herein defined as more than two or three sentences or the equivalent thereof) or any graphic material reproduced from another source requires permission from the copyright holder and, if feasible, the original author(s) and also requires identification of the source; e.g., previous publication.

When plagiarism is identified, the Editor in Chief responsible for the review of this paper and will agree on measures according to the extent of plagiarism detected in the paper in agreement with the following guidelines:

Level of Plagiarism

Minor:

A short section of another article is plagiarized without any significant data or idea taken from the other paper

Action: A warning is given to the authors and a request to change the text and properly cite the original article is made

Intermediate: A significant portion of a paper is plagiarized without proper citation to the original paper

Action: The submitted article is rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for one year

Severe: A significant portion of a paper is plagiarized that involves reproducing original results or ideas presented in another publication

Action: The paper is rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for five years.

It is understood that all authors are responsible for the content of their submitted paper as they all read and understand Simbiosa Copyright and Licensing Terms. If a penalty is imposed for plagiarism, all authors will be subject to the same penalty.

If the second case of plagiarism by the same author(s) is identified, a decision on the measures to be enforced will be made by the Editorial board (Editor-in-Chief, and Editorial members) with the Chair of the Editor in Chief. The author(s) might be forbidden to submit further articles forever.

This policy applies also to material reproduced from another publication by the same author(s). If an author uses text or figures that have previously been published, the corresponding paragraphs or figures should be identified and the previous publication referenced. It is understood that in the case of a review paper or a paper of a tutorial nature, much of the material was previously published.

The author should identify the source of the previously published material and obtain permission from the original author and the publisher. If an author submits a manuscript to Simbiosa with significant overlap with a manuscript submitted to another journal simultaneously, and this overlap is discovered during the review process or after the publications of both papers, the editor of the other journal is notified and the case is treated as a severe plagiarism case. Significant overlap means the use of identical or almost identical figures and identical or slightly modified text for one-half or more of the paper. For self-plagiarism of less than one-half of the paper but more than one-tenth of the paper, the case shall be treated as intermediate plagiarism. If self-plagiarism is confined to the methods section, the case shall be considered as minor plagiarism.

If an author uses some of his previously published material to clarify the presentation of new results, the previously published material shall be identified and the difference to the present publication shall be mentioned. Permission to republish must be obtained from the copyright holder. In the case of a manuscript that was originally published in conference proceedings and then is submitted for publication in Simbiosa either in identical or in expanded form, the authors must identify the name of the conference proceedings and the date of the publication and obtain permission to republish from the copyright holder. The editor may decide not to accept this paper for publication.

However, an author shall be permitted to use material from an unpublished presentation, including visual displays, in a subsequent journal publication. In the case of a publication being submitted, that was originally published in another language, the title, date, and journal of the original publication must be identified by the authors, and the copyright must be obtained. The editor may accept such a translated publication to bring it to the attention of a wider audience. The editor may select a specific paper that had been published (e.g. a “historic” paper) for republication in order to provide a better perspective of a series of papers published in one issue of Simbiosa. This republication shall be clearly identified as such and the date and journal of the original publication shall be given, and the permission of the author(s) and the publisher shall be obtained.

The Simbiosa layout editor for the Journal is responsible for maintaining the list of authors subjected to penalties and will check that no authors of a submitted paper are on this list. If a banned author is identified, the layout editor will inform the Editor-in-Chief who will take appropriate measures. This policy will be posted on the website with the instructions for submitting a manuscript, and a copy will be sent to the authors with the confirmation email upon initial receipt of their original manuscript.

Retraction and/or Corrections

Authors are discouraged from withdrawing submitted manuscripts after it is in the publication process (review, copyedit, layout, etc.,). During the time, Simbiosa had spent valuable resources besides time spent in the process. Should under any circumstances that the author(s) still request for a withdrawal, author(s) have to send an email to Simbiosa editor using the same email address used in correspondence.

Simbiosa editors shall consider retracting a publication if:

They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of a major error (eg, miscalculation or experimental error) or as a result of fabrication (eg, of data) or falsification (eg, image manipulation)
It constitutes plagiarism
The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper attribution to previous sources or disclosure to the editor, permission to republish, or justification (ie, cases of redundant publication)
It contains material or data without authorization for use
Copyright has been infringed or there is some other serious legal issue (eg, libel, privacy)
It reports unethical research
It has been published solely on the basis of a compromised or manipulated peer review process
The author(s) failed to disclose a major competing interest (a.k.a. conflict of interest) that, in the view of the editor, would have unduly affected interpretations of the work or recommendations by editors and peer reviewers.
Notices of retraction would:

Be linked to the retracted article wherever possible (ie, in all online versions)
Clearly identify the retracted article (eg, by including the title and authors in the retraction heading or citing the retracted article)
Be clearly identified as a retraction (ie, distinct from other types of correction or comment)
Be published promptly to minimize the harmful effects
Be freely available to all readers (ie, not behind access barriers or available only to subscribers)
State who is retracting the article
State the reason(s) for retraction
Be objective, factual and avoid inflammatory language
Retractions are not usually appropriate if:

The authorship is disputed but there is no reason to doubt the validity of the findings
The main findings of the work are still reliable and correction could sufficiently address errors or concerns
An editor has inconclusive evidence to support retraction or is awaiting additional information such as from an institutional investigation
Author conflicts of interest have been reported to the journal after publication, but in the editor’s view, these are not likely to have influenced interpretations or recommendations or the conclusions of the article.
Simbiosa editors shall consider issuing an expression of concern if:

they receive inconclusive evidence of research or publication misconduct by the authors
there is evidence that the findings are unreliable but the authors’ institution will not investigate the case
they believe that an investigation into alleged misconduct related to the publication either has not been or would not be, fair and impartial or conclusive
an investigation is underway but a judgment will not be available for a considerable time
Simbiosa editors shall consider issuing a correction if:

a small portion of an otherwise reliable publication proves to be misleading (especially because of honest error)
the author/contributor list is incorrect (i.e. a deserving author has been omitted or somebody who does not meet authorship criteria has been included)
The mechanism follows the guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). For your convenience, the document is shown below.

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.

Benefits of open access for the author, include:

Free access for all users worldwide
Authors retain copyright to their work
Increased visibility and readership
No spatial constraints
Works/articles in this journal are bound to Creative Commons Atribusi 4.0 Internasional. License.

Author Fees

Simbiosa Journal

This journal charges the following author fees.

Article Submission: 0.00 (IDR)
Authors are required to pay an Article Submission Fee as part of the submission process to contribute to review costs.

Article Publication: 450.000.00 (IDR), for those who choose the faster process will be incharge 250.000.00 (IDR)
If this paper is accepted for publication, you will be asked to pay an Article Publication Fee to cover publications costs.

If you do not have funds to pay such fees, you will have an opportunity to waive each fee. We do not want fees to prevent the publication of worthy work.

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