Editorial Policies

Aims and Scope

The Journal of Instructional Mathematics (JIM) is an international, open-access, and peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research and review articles in the field of mathematics education. The peer review ensures rigorous evaluation, upholding scientific integrity and ethical standards, before the article is published. The journal is dedicated to exploring mathematics education (theory, practice, and cultural perspectives) around the world by providing a platform for researchers, scientists, and academics to publish their research findings and share their knowledge with the broader scientific community. JIM welcomes submissions of articles on topics including:
 
(1)  Mathematics topics in educational curricula, are essential components that encompass various mathematical concepts, packaged to develop 21st-century skills, taught within formal educational settings. This may include context about why studying mathematics is important in education, both for students' cognitive development and practical skills in everyday life. Also conducted a review of mathematics curricula from various levels of education (for example, elementary, middle, and high school), and analyzed the structure and content of these curricula. This may include a curriculum map, learning standards, and the main focus of each level. Also covers specific math topics included in the curriculum, such as algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, statistics, and probability. Also discusses special emphases or changing trends in mathematics curricula. Also includes the instructional objectives of each mathematics topic included in the curriculum. Also discusses effective teaching methods for specific mathematics topics, as well as evaluation strategies used to measure students' understanding and their progress in the curriculum. It also includes how mathematics topics in the curriculum contribute to broader educational goals, such as developing critical thinking skills, problem solving, and mastery of technology. Also provides recommendations for improvements or further development of the mathematics curriculum, such as alignment with international standards, improvements to teaching, or the addition of relevant topics.
 
(2)  Mathematics education in cultural context, is the study of how mathematical learning and teaching are influenced by the cultural beliefs, practices, and norms within a specific society or community. It may address how culture influences the way people view and learn mathematics. It also covers the different ways in which mathematics is taught, understood, and applied in various cultures. Also identify cultural barriers that students may face when learning mathematics such as language differences, cultural concepts that conflict with mathematical concepts, or cultural norms that influence attitudes towards mathematics. Also develop a more inclusive approach to mathematics learning, which takes into account the cultural diversity of students. It is also about how to improve student mathematics achievement by creating a culturally relevant and responsive learning environment. It is also about how to help students develop life skills that are relevant to their cultural context.
 
(3)  Ways of learning mathematics, refers to the diverse methods, approaches, and strategies employed by individuals to acquire mathematical knowledge and skills. It's about how people acquire, comprehend, and utilize mathematical knowledge. It also encompasses the identification and analysis of various strategies individuals use to learn mathematics. It considers individual factors such as intelligence, learning styles, and motivation in understanding how people learn mathematics. It also explores how the learning context, including the classroom environment, teaching methods, and instructional materials, influences how people comprehend mathematics. It develops more effective learning strategies, including the development of responsive curricula, the use of diverse teaching methods, and the provision of additional support for students with different learning styles. It also supports the development of evidence-based research and educational practices in mathematics education, focusing on effective ways people learn mathematics.
 
(4)  Systemic process in mathematical activity, refers to the structured and interconnected series of steps or procedures involved in engaging with mathematical tasks, problems, or investigations, and how the interaction between various elements and factors influences the course of the mathematical process. This encompasses the organization, sequencing, and integration of mathematical thinking and actions within a systematic framework. It also involves understanding how individuals or groups interact with mathematical material, how they solve problems, construct new knowledge, and apply mathematical skills in everyday contexts. It focuses on how the mathematical process begins, evolves, and is completed by individuals or groups. It recognizes that the mathematical process is not solely dependent on individuals or their mathematical skills but is also influenced by external factors. It also considers how the specific context of mathematical activities, whether in the classroom, research environment, or everyday life, affects the mathematical processes that occur.
 
(5)  Error analysis in mathematics performance, involves the examination and investigation of mistakes, misconceptions, or inaccuracies made by individuals when solving mathematical problems or engaging in mathematical activities. It is to identify patterns of errors, understand underlying causes, and develop strategies for improvement in mathematical proficiency. These errors may include misunderstandings of mathematical concepts, mistakes in calculation procedures, or errors in applying specific mathematical rules. It also involves tracing factors that may lead to these errors, such as misconceptions of concepts, lack of computational skills, or confusion about given instructions. Furthermore, it seeks common error patterns among individuals or groups and explores the implications of these errors on the understanding of mathematical concepts and overall mathematical performance. It is also to develop effective correction strategies to help individuals avoid or rectify these errors.

Section Policies

Original research

Open Submissions                        Indexed                           Peer-Reviewed

Review article

Open Submissions                        Indexed                           Peer-Reviewed

Peer Review Process

The editorial process at Journal of Instructional Mathematics follows the model developed by the Public Knowledge Project. Every submitted article is independently reviewed by reviewers. The review process conducted by the   Blind Review Process. Articles sent to Journal of Instructional Mathematics will pass two stages of review, namely pre-review and substance review. Article pre-review was carried out by the editor to see the suitability of the article with the focus and scope of the journal as well as the style of confinement. The duration of the pre-review is between 0-4 weeks. At least two reviewers conducted substance review in a single-blind manner. The duration of the review is between 1-8 weeks. The decision for publication, amendment, or rejection is based upon their reports/recommendations. This peer review process will ensure that all manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Instructional Mathematics are evaluated based on the highest standards of scientific integrity and ethical conduct and that only the highest quality research is published. After being reviewed, there will be four kinds of editor decision based on the reviewers’ recommendation: 

Accept Submission The manuscript would be suitable for publication in its current form (after copy-editing and proofreading).
Revisions Required The manuscript could be suitable for publication after the author(s) have responded to the reviewer's comments and made changes where appropriate. These changes could include referencing another work or a rewrite of a few sections. The submission will be accepted after minor changes have been made. Articles sent back to the author for revisions must be returned to the editor without delay. Revised articles returned more than 3 weeks will be considered as new shipments. Revised articles can be sent to the editor via the Online Submission Interface.
Resubmit for Review The manuscript could be suitable for publication after the author(s) have responded to the reviewer's comments and made changes where necessary. These changes could include redoing experiments or a substantial rewrite of several sections. The submission needs to be re-worked, but with significant changes, may be accepted. It will require a second round of review, however. The reviewer can request a review after the author has revised the article.
Resubmit elsewhere The manuscript is not suitable for the journal it was submitted to, but the content is good and could be suitable for a different journal.
Decline Submission The manuscript is not suitable and it should not be considered further. The submission will not be published in the journal.

The decision to accept an article to be published in the authority of the Editor's in Chief based on recommendations from reviewers. Articles that have been declared accepted and have been layout will be published in the In Progress number in the next number before the regular number is published according to the schedule so that it can be indexed and citable immediately.
Plagiarism detection of articles in this journal is carried out by using Plagiarism Checker-X Pro and Mendeley as a Tool Reference Manager.

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.

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Journal of Instructional Mathematics is a peer-reviewed journal, available online and published two times a year. This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the chief editor, the Editorial Board, the peer-reviewer­­­­­s and the publisher. This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. The Publishing system can be seen here
 
Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication
The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed Journal of Instructional Mathematics is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is, therefore, important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher, and the society.  
Mathematics Education Program as the publisher of Journal of Instructional Mathematics takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing seriously and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint, or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. 
 
Publication decisions
The editor of the Journal of Instructional Mathematics is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.
 
Fair play
An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
 
Confidentiality
The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
 
Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.
 
Duties  of Reviewers
Contribution to Editorial Decisions Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.
Promptness Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.
Confidentiality Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
Standards of Objectivity Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
Acknowledgment of Sources Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.


Duties of Authors
Reporting standards Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
Originality and Plagiarism The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
Acknowledgment of Sources Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
Authorship of the Paper Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
Fundamental errors in published works When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Retraction

The papers published in the Journal of Instructional Mathematics will be considered to retract in the publication if: 
  1. They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g., data fabrication) or honest error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error).
  2. the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper crossreferencing, permission or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication).
  3. it constitutes plagiarism.
  4. it reports unethical research.
The mechanism of retraction follows the Retraction Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which can be accessed at here (click).

Withdrawal of Manuscripts

The author is not allowed to withdraw submitted manuscripts, because the withdrawal is a waste of valuable resources that editors and referees spent a great deal of time processing submitted manuscripts, money, and works invested by the publisher. If the author still requests withdrawal of his/her manuscript when the manuscript is still in the peer-reviewing process, the author will be punished with paying IDR 250.000 per manuscript, as a withdrawal penalty to the publisher. However, it is unethical to withdraw a submitted manuscript from one journal if accepted by another journal. The withdrawal of the manuscript after the manuscript is accepted for publication, the author will be punished by paying IDR 500.000 per manuscript. Withdrawal of the manuscript is only allowed after the withdrawal penalty has been fully paid to the Publisher. If the author doesn't agree to pay the penalty, the author and his/her affiliation will be blacklisted for publication in this journal.

Publication Frequency

Journal of Instructional Mathematics published twice a year, in May and November.

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...

Plagiarism Checker

Each manuscript published undergoes a plagiarism checking process at least twice with Plagiarism Checker X-Pro software. The first checking process occurs during the submission stage, after the Author(s) submit their article but before it is sent to reviewers. The second checking process takes place during the copyediting stage, after the article is declared accepted for publication.
The text will be processed to send to peer-reviewers after plagiarism scans show results at most 20%. If the results are between 20% and 23%, then the Author(s) will be asked to paraphrase the sentences in the article. However, if the results exceed 23%, then the article will be declined.

References Management

All submitted papers in Journal of Instructional Mathematics are suggested using Reference management applications such as Mendeley, Zotero or EndNote.

Licensing (Creative Commons)

Journal of Instructional Mathematics (JIM) uses a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA) or an equivalent license as the optimal license for the publication, distribution, use, and reuse of scholarly works. This license permits anyone to compose, repair, and make derivative creations even for commercial purposes, as long as appropriate credit and proper acknowledgment to the original publication from JIM is made to allow users to trace back to the original manuscript and author. Readers are also granted full access to read and download the published manuscripts, reprint, and distribute the manuscript in any medium or format.