Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Matalensa: Journal of Photography and Media Published by Department Of Photography, Faculty Of Arts and Design, Indonesia Arts Intitute Of Padangpanjang twice a year. This journal publises original articles focused on the results of studies in the field of photography, arts, and media. The coverage of topics in this journal includes:

 

1. Ethnophotography,

2. Jurnalism Photography,

3. Documenter Photography,

4. Commersial Photography

5. Food Photography,

6. Fine Art Photography

7. Coorperate and Industrial Photography

8. Fine Arts

9. Media and Culture

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

Some policies in the review of Matalensa: Journal of Photography and Media

1. Any submitted paper will be reviewed by reviewers.

2. Review process employs Double-blind Review, that the reviewer does not know the identity of the author, and the author does not know the identity of the reviewer.

3. In the review process, reviewers consider the correspondence of title, abstract, discussion (findings) and conclusions. In addition, reviewers also consider the novelty, scientific impact and references used in the paper.

The response of the reviewers will be the basis for the Editor to conclude:

 

1. Accept Submission

2. Revisions Required

3. Resubmit for review

4. Resubmit elsewhere

5. Decline Submission

An article was rejected for publication due to various considerations, including:

1.The article does not fit the scope of journal.

2. The article does not follow the rules of writing scientific papers or author guidelines.

3. The fundamental methodological errors.

4. The author refuses to make suggestions of improvements provided by the reviewer without a logical basis.

5. There are indications of plagiarism of more than 15%.

 

Publication Frequency

Matalensa: Journal of Photography and Media published twice annually February and August

 

Open Access Policy

Matalensa: Journal of Photography and Media provides immediate open access to all article on the principle that making research freely available to the public; supports a greater global exchange of knowledge; and invaluable way to maximize the visibility and impact of research, especially education field. 

Matalensa: Journal of Photography and Media uses CC-BY or The Creative Commons Attribution License

This means :

  • The freedom to use and perform the work;
  • The freedom to study the work and apply the information;

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