Focus and Scope

Jurnal Biolokus : Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Biologi dan Biologi received results of research and review of the literature in the field of biology education and biological science. The journal aims to bridge the gap between research and practice, providing information, ideas and opinion, in addition to critical examinations of advances in biology research and teaching.

Topics covered in the journal include biology education (biology teaching and learning materials, learning media, learning strategies, evaluation/assessment, curriculum) and biological science (botany, zoology, ecology, biotechnology, microbiology, physiology, genetics, environment, local wisdom of flora and fauna).

Section Policies

Vol.10, No.2 2027

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Vol.10, No.1 2027

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Vol.9, No.2 2026

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Vol.9, No.1 2026

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Vol.8, No.2 2025

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Vol.8, No.1 2025

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Vol.7, No.2 2024

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Vol.7, No.1 2024

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Vol.6, No.2 2023

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Vol.6, No.1 2023

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Vol.5, No.2 2022

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Vol.5, No.1 2022

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Vol.4, No.2 2021

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Vol.4, No.1 2021

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Vol.3, No.2 2020

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Vol.3, No.1 2020

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Vol.2, No.2 2019

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Vol.2, No.1 2019

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Vol.1, No.2 2018

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Vol.1, No.1 2018

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Peer Review Process

All research articles submitted to Jurnal Biolokus: Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Biologi dan Biologi undergo the following peer-review process.

Initial Editorial Screening

Upon submission, the editor conducts an initial assessment to determine whether the manuscript falls within the journal’s focus and scope, meets the basic submission requirements, and demonstrates sufficient originality and scientific relevance to proceed to peer review. The manuscript is also checked for compliance with the Author Guidelines and applicable journal policies.

Manuscripts that do not meet the requirements may be returned to the authors for correction or rejected without external peer review.

Reviewer Selection and Assignment

Manuscripts that pass the initial screening are assigned to at least two independent reviewers with relevant expertise in the subject area and research methods. The editor considers reviewers’ qualifications, expertise, independence, and potential conflicts of interest when making assignments.

The journal applies a double-blind peer-review method. Authors and reviewers must not be informed of each other’s identities during the review process.

Peer Review and Evaluation

Reviewers assess the scientific quality and suitability of the manuscript, considering the following aspects:

• Relevance to the journal’s focus and scope.
• Originality and contribution to existing knowledge.
• Appropriateness and rigor of the research design and methodology.
• Adequacy of data analysis and interpretation.
• Significance of the findings and their implications.
• Clarity, organization, and quality of presentation.
• Appropriateness and relevance of the cited literature and references.

Reviewers provide constructive comments and recommendations to the editor. They may identify weaknesses, request clarification, suggest revisions, or raise concerns regarding the scientific validity or ethical integrity of the manuscript.

Reviewers must maintain confidentiality, provide objective and evidence-based assessments, and follow the journal’s Publication Ethics and AI Policy. All communications and review reports must be handled through the journal’s designated submission and review system.

Editorial Evaluation and Decision

After receiving the reviewers’ reports, the editor evaluates their recommendations and the manuscript as a whole before making an editorial decision. If the reports are conflicting or additional expertise is required, the editor may seek an additional review.

Editorial decisions may include:

• Accept: The manuscript is accepted for publication without further substantive revision.
• Revisions Required: The manuscript requires revisions to address the comments and recommendations provided by the reviewers and/or editor. The revised manuscript will be evaluated to determine whether the requested changes have been adequately addressed.
• Resubmit for Review: The manuscript requires substantial revision and must be resubmitted for further peer review. Resubmission does not guarantee acceptance.
• Reject: The manuscript is not accepted for publication.

The editor communicates the decision and relevant reviewer comments to the corresponding author through the journal’s submission system. The final decision rests with the editor and is not determined solely by the reviewers’ recommendations.

Manuscript Revision and Re-evaluation

When revision is requested, authors must address the reviewers’ and editor’s comments and submit the revised manuscript within the specified deadline. Authors should provide a point-by-point response explaining how each comment has been addressed or, where appropriate, providing a reasoned justification for any comment not adopted.

The editor evaluates the revised manuscript to determine whether the requested changes have been adequately addressed. For manuscripts requiring substantial revisions, the editor may send the revised version to the original reviewers or other appropriate reviewers for further evaluation.

Submission of a revised manuscript does not guarantee acceptance.

Final Decision and Publication

Once the editor determines that the manuscript meets the journal’s scientific and editorial standards and satisfies the applicable requirements, a final acceptance decision may be issued. Accepted manuscripts proceed to the subsequent editorial and production stages in accordance with the journal’s publication procedures.

Publication Frequency

Jurnal Biolokus published twice a year in June and December.

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.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Jurnal Biolokus: Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Biologi dan Biologi is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics and academic integrity. This policy applies to all parties involved in the publication process, including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher. It is based on the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The journal publishes original research articles and review papers in biology education and biological sciences. All parties are expected to uphold honesty, transparency, fairness, confidentiality, and accountability throughout the research and publication process.

1. Duties and Responsibilities of Authors

Authors are responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of their manuscripts. They are expected to comply with the following ethical principles:

• Reporting Standards: Authors must report their research methods, data, and findings accurately and objectively. Fabrication, falsification, and inappropriate data manipulation are prohibited. Manuscripts should provide sufficient methodological details and references to support the evaluation and reproducibility of the research and must follow the journal's submission guidelines.
• Data Access, Retention, and Reproducibility: Authors should retain research data for a reasonable period after publication and provide relevant raw data for editorial assessment when requested. Where feasible and ethically permissible, data should be made accessible to support verification and reproducibility.
• Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that their manuscripts constitute original work. Any material, ideas, or wording derived from other sources must be properly cited and acknowledged. Direct quotations must be clearly identified and accompanied by appropriate references. Plagiarism and inappropriate reuse of previously published work are unacceptable.
• Multiple, Redundant, and Concurrent Publications: Authors must not submit the same manuscript simultaneously to multiple journals or publish substantially redundant accounts of the same research. When multiple publications arise from a single research project, their relationship must be transparently disclosed and the relevant primary publications cited.
• Acknowledgment of Sources: Authors must appropriately acknowledge all sources of data, ideas, and scholarly contributions that have influenced their research. Relevant publications, including their own previous work, must be cited accurately.
• Authorship and Contributions: Authorship must reflect substantial contributions to the conception, design, execution, analysis, or interpretation of the research. Individuals who have made significant intellectual contributions should be included as co-authors, while contributors whose involvement does not meet authorship criteria should be acknowledged appropriately. All authors must approve the submitted manuscript and agree to be listed as co-authors.
• Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Authors must disclose any financial or non-financial interests that could influence, or reasonably be perceived to influence, their research or its interpretation. All sources of financial support must also be acknowledged in the manuscript.
• Correction of Errors: Authors must promptly notify the editor if they discover significant errors or inaccuracies in a submitted or published manuscript. They are expected to cooperate with the journal in determining and implementing appropriate corrections or retractions.
• Research Hazards and Ethical Compliance: Authors must identify any unusual risks associated with chemicals, procedures, or equipment used in their research. Studies involving human participants or animals must comply with applicable ethical requirements, including obtaining ethical approval and informed consent where required.

2. Duties and Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers are responsible for providing independent, constructive, and timely assessments that support editorial decisions and improve manuscript quality. They must adhere to the following principles:

• Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Reviewers should provide evaluations that assist editors in determining the suitability of manuscripts for publication. Their feedback should also help authors strengthen the quality and clarity of their work.
• Confidentiality: Manuscripts and all information obtained during peer review must be treated as confidential. Reviewers must not disclose, distribute, or discuss submitted materials with unauthorized individuals without the editor's permission.
• Acknowledgment of Sources and Research Integrity: Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited and recommend appropriate references where necessary. They must inform the editor confidentially if they identify substantial similarities with other publications or submissions, questionable research practices, or possible ethical violations. Reviewers should not independently investigate suspected misconduct unless requested by the editor.
• Objectivity and Constructive Feedback: Reviews must be impartial, evidence-based, and supported by clear arguments. Reviewers should provide constructive comments that help authors improve their manuscripts and distinguish between additional analyses or investigations necessary to substantiate the findings and those that would merely extend the research.
• Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Reviewers must not use unpublished information or ideas obtained through peer review for personal or professional advantage. They must disclose any actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest arising from financial, personal, professional, competitive, collaborative, or institutional relationships. Reviewers who cannot provide an impartial assessment must decline or withdraw from the assignment. If a reviewer suspects the identity of an author in a double-blind review and this creates a potential conflict, the editor must be informed.
• Promptness: Reviewers should accept assignments only when they have sufficient expertise and can complete the review within the agreed timeframe. They must promptly notify the editor if additional time is needed or if they are unable to complete the review, allowing the journal to make alternative arrangements.

3. Duties and Responsibilities of Editors

Editors are responsible for maintaining the quality, fairness, confidentiality, and ethical integrity of the journal's publication process. Their responsibilities include:

• Publication Decisions: Editors must make decisions to accept, request revisions, or reject manuscripts based on scholarly merit, originality, validity, significance, and relevance to the journal's scope. Decisions should take reviewers' assessments into account and comply with the journal's editorial policies and applicable legal requirements, including those concerning copyright infringement, defamation, and plagiarism. Editors remain accountable for the content they publish and for preserving the integrity of the scholarly record.
• Initial Assessment and Peer Review: Editors must assess submitted manuscripts for originality and suitability before proceeding to peer review. They should manage the review process fairly and transparently, select reviewers with appropriate expertise, and avoid appointing reviewers with relevant conflicts of interest. The journal's peer-review procedures must be clearly communicated to authors.
• Fairness: Editors must evaluate manuscripts objectively and without discrimination based on authors' personal characteristics, including sex, gender, race, religion, or nationality. Editorial decisions must remain independent and be based on the scholarly quality of the work rather than personal relationships, institutional affiliations, or external pressures.
• Confidentiality: Editors must protect the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts, author information, reviewer identities, and editorial communications. They should also assess potential concerns involving personal data, participant confidentiality, and informed consent, requiring appropriate ethical documentation or consent for publication where applicable.
• Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Editors must disclose any actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest related to a manuscript and must not participate in decisions where their impartiality could be compromised. Such manuscripts should be assigned to an independent editor. Editors must not use unpublished data, information, or ideas obtained through manuscript handling for their own research or personal benefit without the author's prior written consent.
• Publication Ethics and Record Integrity: Editors must address credible concerns regarding research or publication misconduct and take appropriate action when necessary. They are responsible for ensuring that published articles meet applicable ethical standards and that corrections, retractions, or other notices are issued when warranted to maintain the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record.

4. Peer Review Policy

All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial editorial screening to assess their suitability, originality, and compliance with the journal's requirements. Manuscripts that pass screening are evaluated through a double-blind peer-review process, in which authors and reviewers remain anonymous to each other.

Reviewers assess manuscripts based on relevance, originality, methodological soundness, significance, clarity, and presentation. Editorial decisions may include acceptance, acceptance subject to revision, or rejection. A request for revision does not guarantee acceptance, and rejected manuscripts are not automatically reconsidered.

Final publication decisions remain the responsibility of the editor and are subject to the journal's ethical standards and applicable legal requirements.

5. Plagiarism Policy

Jurnal Biolokus does not tolerate plagiarism, self-plagiarism, or other forms of inappropriate appropriation of intellectual work. All submissions may be screened using plagiarism-detection software.

The journal applies a maximum similarity score of 20%, subject to editorial assessment. A similarity score alone does not determine whether plagiarism has occurred; the nature, source, and context of matching text must also be examined.

Manuscripts found to contain plagiarism or other serious originality violations may be rejected. If violations are identified after publication, the journal may issue a correction, retraction, or other appropriate notice, depending on the severity of the case.

6. Conflicts of Interest

All authors, editors, and reviewers must disclose actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest that could influence research, peer review, or editorial decisions.

Authors must disclose relevant financial and non-financial interests, including funding, employment, consultancies, personal relationships, professional collaborations, and institutional affiliations, where these could affect the work's objectivity.

Editors with conflicts of interest must not participate in the relevant editorial decisions. Reviewers with conflicts that could compromise impartiality must decline or withdraw from the assignment.

The journal will assess disclosed conflicts and take appropriate measures to protect the fairness, independence, and integrity of the publication process. Failure to disclose relevant conflicts may lead to further investigation and appropriate editorial action.

7. Ethical Oversight

Research involving human participants, animals, sensitive personal data, or other ethically regulated activities must comply with applicable laws, institutional requirements, and recognized ethical standards.

Authors must obtain approval from an appropriate ethics committee or authorized institution when required and provide evidence of approval upon request. Informed consent and consent for publication must be obtained where applicable.

Authors must also disclose relevant research risks and explain how confidential or sensitive data are protected. Research involving hazardous chemicals, procedures, or equipment must identify the associated risks and necessary precautions.

8. Allegations of Research Misconduct

Research misconduct includes, but is not limited to, fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, citation manipulation, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship practices, and unethical research procedures.

When misconduct is suspected, the editor will conduct a preliminary assessment and may request an explanation and supporting evidence from the corresponding author. Additional expert advice or institutional consultation may be sought when necessary.

Allegations will be assessed fairly and confidentially, and the parties concerned will be given an appropriate opportunity to respond. Editorial action will be based on the available evidence rather than unsubstantiated suspicion.

Depending on the findings, actions may include rejection of a submitted manuscript, correction of a published article, retraction, or notification of the relevant institution when warranted. The journal will take reasonable steps to protect the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record.

9. Corrections and Retractions

Jurnal Biolokus is committed to maintaining an accurate and reliable scholarly record.

Corrections: A correction may be issued when an error or inaccuracy in a published article requires amendment but does not invalidate the overall findings. The journal will publish an appropriate notice and link it to the original article.

Retractions: An article may be retracted when there is clear evidence that its findings are unreliable because of serious errors, research misconduct, plagiarism, redundant publication, or unethical research practices. A retraction notice will explain the reasons and link to the original article. The original record will be retained where appropriate, with a clear indication of its retracted status.

All cases will be assessed fairly, and authors will be given an opportunity to respond. The journal will follow applicable publication ethics guidance and take action proportionate to the evidence and severity of the issue.

10. Article Withdrawal, Removal, and Replacement

Published articles form part of the permanent scholarly record and will not ordinarily be removed or altered without a compelling reason. Withdrawal, removal, or replacement will be considered only in exceptional circumstances.

Article withdrawal: An article accepted but not yet formally published may be withdrawn if serious errors, accidental duplicate submission, plagiarism, fraudulent data, or other significant ethical violations are identified.

Article removal: An article may be removed from public access only in exceptional circumstances, such as when its content violates legal rights, is subject to a valid court order, or poses a serious health or safety risk. Where legally permissible, the article's bibliographic information will be retained with a notice explaining the removal.

Article replacement: When a published article poses a serious health or safety risk and a corrected version is appropriate, the journal may consider replacement through a transparent process that documents the original article, the reason for the action, and the corrected version.

Retraction procedures: A retraction notice will be clearly linked to the original article. The original article will be retained where appropriate and clearly marked as retracted. All actions will be handled in accordance with applicable publication ethics guidance.

11. Post-Publication Discussion

Jurnal Biolokus welcomes scholarly discussion, comments, and evidence-based corrections concerning published articles.

Readers may submit comments or concerns to the Editor-in-Chief by email, identifying the article concerned and providing supporting evidence where appropriate. Submissions will be assessed for relevance, accuracy, and scholarly merit.

If accepted, a discussion may be published as a Letter to the Editor in a subsequent issue. The authors of the original article will be given an opportunity to respond, and their response may be published as a Reply to the Letter to the Editor.

The journal will investigate credible concerns about published work and take appropriate action when necessary to safeguard the integrity of the scholarly record.

12. Publisher's Responsibilities

The publisher supports the editorial team in maintaining ethical publication practices, transparency, and the integrity of the scholarly record. The publisher must respect editorial independence and ensure that publication decisions are not improperly influenced by commercial, financial, or other external interests.

The publisher will cooperate with editors in addressing credible allegations of misconduct, correcting the scholarly record, and implementing appropriate publication ethics procedures.

All parties involved in the publication process are expected to comply with this policy and cooperate in resolving ethical concerns fairly and responsibly.

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