Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The KURVATEK journal is published by the Lembaga Penelitian Pengabdian Masyarakat dan Inovasi (LPPMI) Institut Teknologi Nasional Yogyakarta (ITNY). The journal dedicated to the improvement and dissemination of knowledge on methods, policies, and technologies for increasing the energy management and sustainability of development. It is carried original and full-length articles that reflect the latest research and developments in both theoretical and practical aspects of Exploration and Exploitation, Conversions, Conservations, and Technopreneurship.
The focus of the study selected by the Kurvatek Journal is Energy Management and Sustainable Development. Acceptance of articles can be based on
  1. Results of empirical research (surveys, case studies, experiments, archival analysis, design, and historical approaches);
  2. Results of theoretical studies aimed at advancing existing theories, adapting theories to a local situation, or proposing new concepts/theories;
  3. The theoretical finding with the aim of investigating and synthesizing on existing theories;
  4. Research results from science, engineering, and community service in the form of concepts, prototypes or ready products for the market.
Specifically, the scopes of the journal include, but are not limited to, the following fields.
  • Civil Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Geology Engineering
  • Mining Engineering
  • Energy Conservation
  • Renewable Energy
  • Product design and materials
  • Urban and Regional Planning
  • Green construction and sustainable development
  • Smart system, information and communication technologies
  • Earth and environmental technologies
  • Remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS)
  • Urban governance and air pollution
  • Disaster Management
  • Tehcnopreneurship phenomenon and challenges
Kurvatek also opens to receive a special issue that related to the core of Energy Management and Sustainable Environmental. The content and format for the special issue are similar to the regular issue. Note that the paper accepted for a special issue is at least five papers which are all investigates one big issue or one big theme. Proposals should be sent by email to the Editor (kurvatek@itny.ac.id).

Section Policies

Articles from editors. They will not be peer-reviewed and not be included in the journal indexing.

Original Research Articles

Open Submissions
Indexed
Peer Reviewed

Review Articles

Open Submissions
Indexed
Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

The editor-in-chief will assign the editorial team to determine a review process for the article that has been received. Basically every article will be reviewed by an expert or more who is competent in the field that is the focus of the research/topic. Based on the results of the first review, the Editor will determine the further procedure of an article, accepted with minor improvements; accepted with major corrections, or rejected. If there is no rejection, the editor will notify the author to revise immediately the article based on suggestions from the reviewer. In addition to the substance of the writing which is regulated in the review process, the Editor has the right to request technical improvements, formats, and proof-reading. The revision time must meet the conditions as given (max 2 weeks). After the revision process is complete, and the article is declared ready for publication, the author must also submit a statement of copyright transfer to the Editor of the KURVATEK Journal or the Publisher. All articles that are still in the review process are the responsibility of the editor and the editor will be responsible for the confidentiality of the contents of the article. At this stage, the author is probihited to submit their articles to other publishers, except they request to withdraw or rejected. All articles and other documents that have been submitted to the editor will not be returned.
The figure below shows the workflow from manuscript submission to publication, which includes the review process.

In the following is a guide for reviewers in providing an objective assessment of the quality of articles to be published in the KURVATEK:
  • The reviewer receives an e-mail notification from the journal manager regarding the request to review the manuscript<b/li>
  • Through the link listed in the notification e-mail, reviewers are welcome to login to the "KURVATEK" user account
  • In the first stage, the Reviewer will be asked to approve the review request. Put a check mark on the statement "Yes, I agree to have my data collected and stored according to the privacy statement.", then click the "Accept Review, Continue to Step #2"
  • In the next step, reviewers are requested to read the reviewer guidelines as attached to this document. In general, there are three components that need to be filled in by the reviewer, namely:
    1. Review form, that contain a few of questions related to the manuscript
    2. Reviewer note, a dialog box that can be filled by the reviewer after assessing the content and quality of the article
    3. Recommendation, a dialog box with a few of recommendation options as below.
      1. Accept Submission (accepted manuscript without revision)
      2. Revision Required (accepted with minor revision)
      3. Resubmit for Review (returned manucript for major revision)
      4. Resubmit Elsewhere (manuscript is outside the science scope or unfit with our journal)
      5. Decline Submission (rejected)
      6. See Comment (reviewer suggestions for Editor)
  • In addition to these 3 main components, reviewers can also provide notes on manuscripts that can be downloaded from the reviewer's account page. Reviewers can provide notes on the manuscript and re-upload the annotated manuscript during submitting review results.
  • After the entire review process is complete, the reviewer can select the "Submit Review" button.
  • To ensure the objectivity of the assessment, the author identity or related it has been removed by the journal editor (blind review).

Publication Frequency

Journal of Kurvatek is an open-access, and peer-reviewed journal published twice a year (2 issues/year) in April and November.

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.

Content License

Creative Commons License Creative Common Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)

You are free to:

  • Adapt â€” remix, transform, and build upon the material
  • for any purpose, even commercially.

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:

  • Attribution â€” You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • ShareAlike â€” If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
  • No additional restrictions â€” You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Notices:

    • You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation.
    • No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.

Publication Charge

In order to professionally manage the journal with high-quality publication impact, the costs for operations such as submission, peer-reviewing, editing, publishing, maintaining and archiving, and allows immediate access to the full-text versions of the articles, it  will indeed be fully considered in the future.

Article Processing Charges:

  • Paper Submission:                       IDR 0 (free of charge)
  • Review process and publication:    IDR 0 (free of charge)

Because the journal is still free of publication fees, the journal manager hopes that authors whose articles are accepted, final manuscripts or before publication must undergo a proof-reading process and are free from plagiarism (plagiarism check results using Turnitin or other software must be uploaded to the journal system).

Plagiarism Policy

The Editorial Team of KURVATEK: Journal Technology of Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Geology, Mining, and Urban Design acknowledges that plagiarism is unacceptable and has therefore established the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) if plagiarism is identified in an article submitted for publication at KURVATEK.

Definition:
Plagiarism is an act intentionally or unintentionally in obtaining or trying to obtain credit or value for a scientific work, by quoting part or all of the work and/or scientific work of another party which is recognized as a scientific work, without stating the source accurately and adequately.

For that, then:
Articles must be original, unpublished, and not under publication process elsewhere. Material taken verbally from other sources needs to be clearly identified so that it differs from the original text. If plagiarism is identified, the Editor in Chief is responsible for reviewing the article and will approve actions according to the level of plagiarism detected, with the following guidelines:
Articles submitted to KURVATEK will be checked for plagiarism using grammarly detection software (www.grammarly.com) and/or using other more precise software such as Turnitin.

Plagiarism Level

  • Plagiarized some short sentences from other articles without citing the source. Action: The author is given a warning and a request to revise or paraphrase the text and quote correctly.
  • Plagiarized most of the other articles without proper citation and not citing the source. Action: The submitted article is rejected for publication in KURVATEK and the author may be penalized for not being allowed to publish on KURVATEK for one year.
  • If the author is proven to have submitted a manuscript to KURVATEK by simultaneously submitting it to other journals, and this overlap is found during the review process or after publication, then action is taken according to point 2 above.
  • If plagiarism is found outside the rules above in the severe category where authors claimed their students finding or acknowledging the work of others as his own, the editor of KURVATEK has the right to provide sanctions and will report to the code of ethics board in each their institution.

Therefore, the acceptable similarity in Kurvatek is a maximum of 20%. At this point, all article authors are responsible for the content of the articles they submit to KURVATEK. If the article is classified as plagiarism, then all authors will be subject to the same action. It is understood that all authors are responsible for the content of the papers they submit as they all sign the Kurvatek Copyright Transfer Form.