Frequently Asked Questions

This page provides concise answers to frequently asked questions about Jurnal Desain. For detailed requirements, please consult the relevant journal policies linked below.

1. What is the current accreditation status of Jurnal Desain?

Jurnal Desain is nationally accredited at Rank 3 (SINTA 3) under Decree No. 295/C/C3/KPT/2026, covering Volume 12, Number 2 (2025) through Volume 17, Number 1 (2030).

The journal is indexed, abstracted, or discoverable through scholarly databases and services including DOAJ, SINTA, GarUDA, Crossref, Dimensions, BASE, Indonesia OneSearch, Scilit, WorldCat, and Google Scholar. For the current list and relevant links, see Abstracting and Indexing.

2. How often is Jurnal Desain published?

Jurnal Desain is published quarterly, with scheduled issues in September, December, March, and June. Manuscripts are processed throughout the year.

The journal implements an Issue in Progress model, under which accepted and publication-ready articles may be published progressively within a scheduled issue. An issue may remain open while additional articles complete the required editorial and production procedures. Actual publication dates are recorded accurately and are not backdated. See the Publication Frequency policy.

3. What types of manuscripts does Jurnal Desain accept?

The journal primarily considers the following types of original scholarly work:

  • Original Empirical Research Articles;
  • Design Studies and Practice-Based Research; and
  • Conceptual or Theoretical Studies Based on an Original Research Object, such as a defined corpus, case, artefact, practice, or visual/material phenomenon.

Eligible manuscripts must present an identifiable research object or evidence base, a defensible research approach, substantive analysis, and an original scholarly contribution relevant to design, visual art, visual communication, visual culture, architecture, or related fields.

Technical architectural research may be considered when it makes a substantive contribution to architectural design. Purely technical building-engineering studies without a clear design contribution fall outside the journal's scope.

The journal does not accept stand-alone Systematic Literature Reviews (SLR), narrative, scoping or integrative reviews, bibliometric studies, or comparable review-only manuscripts whose main contribution is limited to summarising or mapping existing publications without an original empirical or object-based investigation. See Focus and Scope.

4. How do I submit a manuscript?

Manuscripts must be submitted through the Jurnal Desain OJS submission system. Before submitting, authors should:

  • read the Focus and Scope and Author Guidelines;
  • prepare the manuscript using the current official Article Template;
  • complete the Submission Preparation Checklist;
  • upload the completed and signed Author Integrity Declaration as a supporting submission file;
  • ensure that information for all authors and other required manuscript metadata is complete and accurate in OJS; and
  • review the journal's applicable ethics, AI, and publication-charge policies.

Authors must register or log in to OJS to submit and track a manuscript. The official template and declaration form are accessible through the journal's author-information pages.

5. Is there a manuscript submission fee?

No. The Article Submission Charge (ASC) is IDR 0. There is no charge for submitting a manuscript or undergoing Initial Editorial Assessment.

6. What is the Article Processing Charge?

Effective from Volume 14, Number 1 (scheduled for September 2026), the standard Article Processing Charge (APC) is IDR 1,000,000 per accepted article.

The APC applies only after a manuscript has formally received an Accepted editorial decision and is subject to the journal's applicable waiver arrangements. Payment does not influence peer-review recommendations, acceptance, or editorial decisions. See the Publication Charges Policy.

7. Does Jurnal Desain provide an APC waiver?

Yes. A 100% APC waiver is available when all authors are affiliated with institutions outside Indonesia. If one or more authors are affiliated with an institution in Indonesia, the manuscript is not eligible for this waiver under the stated policy.

Waiver eligibility does not influence the scholarly assessment, editorial decision, or publication priority. See the Publication Charges Policy.

8. How long does the editorial and peer-review process take?

Under the Regular Review pathway, the overall period from initial submission to online publication is typically estimated at 3–5 months, although complex submissions or additional review rounds may extend the process, in some cases to approximately six months. These are indicative processing periods, not guarantees.

For each regular peer-reviewer assignment, the invited peer reviewer is normally expected to accept or decline the invitation within 7 calendar days. Where necessary, up to 7 additional calendar days may be allowed, giving a maximum response window of 14 calendar days from the original invitation. An automated reminder may be sent three days after the Response Due Date when the corresponding OJS function is enabled.

The Review Due Date remains 28 calendar days from the initial invitation, including the response period. Accepting an invitation later does not automatically extend that deadline. The time needed to obtain two completed reviews and issue an editorial decision may vary. See Peer Review Process.

9. How many peer reviewers evaluate each manuscript?

Manuscripts proceeding to external peer review are normally assessed by two independent qualified peer reviewers through a double-blind peer-review process, in which authors and peer reviewers are not informed of one another's identities.

Peer-reviewer recommendations are advisory. The Section Editor assesses the reports and any revisions and advises the Editor-in-Chief, who retains responsibility for the final editorial decision. See Peer Reviewer Guidelines.

10. Does Jurnal Desain provide Fast-Track Review?

Yes. Eligible authors may apply for optional Fast-Track Review, subject to editorial approval, availability, and applicable quota.

The Fast-Track Review service fee is IDR 500,000 per manuscript, separate from the standard APC. For each approved Fast-Track assignment, peer reviewers are normally given 3 calendar days to respond to the invitation and 7 calendar days for evaluation, with a target overall assignment window of 10 calendar days from the initial invitation per review round.

Fast-Track Review follows the same double-blind procedure, scholarly standards, ethical requirements, and editorial decision criteria as Regular Review. The expedited timeframe concerns the review assignment; it is not a guarantee of an acceptance decision or article publication within 10 days. See the Fast-Track Review Policy.

11. Does Fast-Track Review guarantee acceptance or an LoA within a specific period?

No. Fast-Track Review provides expedited processing, not guaranteed progression to external peer review, favourable recommendations, acceptance, publication in a particular issue, or issuance of a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) within a fixed period.

An LoA may be issued only after the manuscript has formally received an Accepted editorial decision. Fast-Track fees do not influence that decision.

12. When is a Letter of Acceptance issued?

A Letter of Acceptance (LoA) is issued only after an Accepted editorial decision has been formally recorded by the Editor-in-Chief.

An LoA is not issued during Initial Editorial Assessment, while required external reviews or substantive revisions remain incomplete, or while material research-integrity concerns remain unresolved. Acceptance and an LoA do not themselves constitute online publication. No fixed LoA issuance period is guaranteed.

13. How long do authors have to submit revisions?

Under the Regular Review pathway, authors are normally given 14 calendar days for Revisions Required and 28 calendar days for Resubmit for Review, calculated from the date of the editorial notification.

Where revisions are not received within the applicable deadline, the Editorial Office may issue up to two successive reminders, each granting an additional 7 calendar days. The second reminder includes a warning that continued non-submission or non-response may result in the submission being declined from further editorial processing.

Reasonable requests for exceptional extensions may be considered by the Editor-in-Chief. Author revision deadlines are separate from reviewer assignment periods.

14. What is the similarity requirement?

Jurnal Desain normally applies an overall similarity index below 20% as an editorial screening threshold. Similarity scores are assessed in context and do not, by themselves, establish either plagiarism or the absence of plagiarism.

Editors consider the source, concentration and nature of matching material, the adequacy of attribution, quotation and paraphrasing, text reuse, and other relevant research-integrity factors. A manuscript below the threshold may still raise plagiarism concerns, while a higher score does not automatically establish misconduct. See the Plagiarism and Similarity Screening Policy.

15. May authors use Artificial Intelligence when preparing a manuscript?

Authors may use AI-assisted technologies only in accordance with the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy. An Artificial Intelligence Use Statement is required in every manuscript, including an explicit statement when AI has not been used.

Any use must be disclosed as required by the policy. AI cannot be credited as an author or co-author. Human authors remain fully responsible for originality, accuracy, citations, research evidence, analysis, interpretation, and the final manuscript.

16. May peer reviewers use AI to review manuscripts?

No. Peer reviewers are prohibited from using generative AI or other AI-assisted systems to read, summarise, translate, analyse, evaluate, or formulate comments or recommendations about confidential submitted manuscripts.

Peer reviewers must not upload any unpublished manuscript content, figures, data, excerpts, or review materials to such systems. The assigned peer reviewer must carry out the scholarly assessment personally and independently. See the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy and Peer Reviewer Guidelines.

17. Is ethical approval required for every manuscript?

No. The need for formal ethical approval depends on the study design, participants, methods, data, and applicable institutional or legal requirements; it is not a universal requirement for all design research.

When formal approval is required, authors must report the approving ethics committee or competent body, approval or reference number, and year, together with relevant consent and participant-protection information as appropriate. When formal approval is not required but ethical safeguards need explanation, an accurate Ethical Compliance Statement should be included. An ethical statement may be omitted when genuinely inapplicable.

Authors must not claim an exemption contrary to an applicable requirement for authorised ethics review or determination. Supporting documentation may be requested by the Editorial Office where relevant. See the Author Guidelines.

18. Is a Data Availability Statement required?

Not for every manuscript. A Data Availability Statement (DAS) is optional and may be included where relevant to the study. The Editorial Office may request clarification or an appropriate statement when needed for research-integrity assessment or publication transparency.

Authors are not required to make confidential, restricted, copyrighted, sensitive, or otherwise protected materials publicly available. Where lawful and appropriate, repositories such as Figshare, the Open Science Framework (OSF), or Zenodo may be used, but repository deposit is not mandatory.

See the Research Data and Reproducibility Policy.

19. Can authors withdraw a manuscript?

Authors may request manuscript withdrawal for legitimate reasons by communicating with the Editorial Office. The request should identify the submission and explain the reason; when peer review has commenced, a reasoned written request is required.

Withdrawal takes effect only after written confirmation from the Editorial Office. Authors should not submit the manuscript elsewhere while it remains under consideration by Jurnal Desain. Requests involving unresolved research-integrity concerns may require additional verification in accordance with the journal's ethical procedures. See Publication Ethics and Research Integrity.

20. Where can I find the journal's policies and guidelines?

The About the Journal page provides the main navigation to editorial information, author resources, journal policies, and institutional information. Important documents include: