Duties of Reviewers

Reviewers of Dharmas Education Journal (DE_Journal) play an important role in maintaining the academic quality, originality, and integrity of manuscripts submitted for publication. Reviewers are expected to conduct manuscript evaluations objectively, professionally, confidentially, and in accordance with accepted principles of scholarly publishing.

The duties and responsibilities of reviewers include the following:

1. Objectivity and Fairness

Reviewers must evaluate manuscripts objectively and fairly based on their academic quality, originality, methodological soundness, relevance to the journal's focus and scope, and contribution to the field of education. Personal opinions or biases must not influence the review process.

2. Confidentiality

Reviewers must treat all manuscripts received for evaluation as confidential documents. Manuscripts and their contents must not be shared with or discussed with unauthorized individuals without the editor's permission.

3. Timely Review

Reviewers should complete their evaluations within the time frame established by the editor. If they are unable to review a manuscript within the specified period, they should promptly inform the editor.

4. Academic Evaluation

Reviewers are expected to provide constructive, clear, and relevant comments to help authors improve their manuscripts. Their evaluations should consider the originality, significance, theoretical foundation, research methodology, accuracy of analysis, clarity of presentation, and relevance of the findings.

5. Supporting Editorial Decisions

Reviewers must provide clear recommendations to assist the editor in making editorial decisions. Their recommendations should be supported by objective assessments and relevant academic considerations.

6. Identification of Relevant Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published works that have not been cited by the authors when appropriate. Any suggestion to include additional references must be based on their academic relevance and should not serve personal or unnecessary citation interests.

7. Identification of Ethical Issues

Reviewers should inform the editor of any suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, data falsification, or other potential violations of publication ethics identified during the review process.

8. Conflict of Interest

Reviewers must disclose any financial, professional, personal, or academic relationships that could affect their impartiality. Reviewers should decline assignments when a potential conflict of interest may compromise the objectivity of their evaluation.

9. Professional Conduct

Reviewers must communicate their assessments in a respectful, constructive, and professional manner. Comments should focus on the manuscript's academic content rather than the personal characteristics of the authors.

10. Editorial Independence

Reviewers must provide independent academic assessments and must not allow personal interests, institutional affiliations, or external pressures to influence their recommendations.

DE_Journal expects all reviewers to uphold these responsibilities to ensure a fair, transparent, confidential, and academically rigorous peer-review process.