Focus and Scope

Akta Agrosia is dedicated to researchers or academics who intent on publishing research, scientific thinking, or other scientific ideas.  The articles published in the Akta Agrosia are the author’s original works covering on Crop Production, Crop Physiology, Pest and Disease, Soil Science, Agronomy, Plant Genetics, Plant Breeding, Plant Biotechnology.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

The submitted manuscript is first reviewed by an editor. It will be evaluated in the office, whether it is suitable for our focus and scope or has a major methodological flaw. Each manuscript will be sent to at least two anonymous reviewers in Double Blind Review. In addition, author(s) can also propose the candidate of reviewers. Reviewers' comments are then sent to the corresponding author or necessary actions and responses and to the Editor. The suggested decision will be evaluated in an editorial board meeting. Judgement from the first reviewer will be main priority for editor to make decision, if there are only two reviewers. In case of three reviewers, decision will be made from at least two reviewers. Four weeks will be needed for reviewer to complete one round reviewing process.  Afterwards, the editor will send the final decision to the corresponding author. The typical period of time allowed for reviewing process is maximum 12 weeks.

Generally, the candidate of reviewers will be chosen based on their reputation in international publication number and quality. Next step, The Editor send the invitation letter for each candidate of reviewer. After the candidate of reviewer informed their availabilities for reviewing process, Editor create account for each reviewer and then send manuscript by OJS.

All reviewing process are in double blind peer review and managed by editor in the OJS.

Publication Frequency

The journal is published 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...

Screening for Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a serious problem and is very easy to avoid. Articles indicated that plagiarism is not permitted to be published in the Akta Agrosia. We use the Turnitin software for early detection of possible plagiarism. But still, if there are articles found plagiarized later, the right action will be taken in accordance with the publisher's guidelines on plagiarism. We will review articles that are suspected/claimed not to be in accordance with the publication ethics of Akta Agrosia publishers and that article may be withdrawn.