Focus and Scope

AGUNA: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi is a peer-reviewed journal organized and published by the Study Program of Communication Science, Faculty of Business and Social Science (FBIS), Universitas Amikom Purwokerto. Since 2020, it has been published electronically. This journal is scheduled for publication twice a year, in January and July.   AGUNA: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi is electronically published via the journal website https://ejournal.amikompurwokerto.ac.id/index.php/AGUNA/index)

AGUNA: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi is an open access journal focused on empirical and theoretical studies on Communication Science, open for manuscripts that have a focus on the following issues:

• Mass Communication
• Political Communication
• Intercultural Communication
• Marketing Communication
• Tourism Communication
• Health Communication
• Public Relations Strategy
• Media Relation Strategy
• Media Literacy
• Social Media and Sub-culture

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Peer Review Process

The submitted manuscript is first reviewed by an editor. It will be evaluated in the office to determine whether it is suitable for AGUNA’s focus and scope or has a major methodological flaw and a similarity score using Turnitin.

The manuscript will be sent to at least two anonymous reviewers (Double Blind Review). Reviewers' comments are then sent to the corresponding author for necessary actions and responses.

The suggested decision will be evaluated in an editorial board meeting. Afterwards, the editor will send the final decision to the corresponding author.

Publication Frequency

Januari dan Juli

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 Ethic and Malpractice Statement

AGUNA: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi only accepts original research articles and theoretical studies that have not been published elsewhere and are not in the process of being reviewed in other journals.  AGUNA: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi is committed to upholding ethical standards at all stages of the publication process. This ethical standard was adapted from the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The editorial office may use Turnitin software to compare submitted manuscripts with existing literature.

Ethics for Editors

• Editors are responsible for the material quality of articles received
• Editors guide reviewers and writers in the articles received
• Editors are responsible for the confidentiality of peer reviewers
• Editors adhere to the principle of justice or non-discrimination against all articles received.
• Editors must prepare guidelines for all members of the editorial board.
• Editors avoid conflicts of interest of all stakeholders involved during the publishing process.

Ethics for Authors

• Authors are responsible for plagiarism and copyright infringement or other intellectual property rights on the submitted text.
• Authors must ensure that articles submitted are not being considered or accepted for publication in another journal.
• The names of the authors show who researched and wrote the article.
• All authors must approve the submission of the article to the AGUNA: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi and give a mandate to the main author to sign the IPR form.
• If a fatal error occurs in an article published, the author must notify the editor or publisher to follow up.

Ethics for Reviewers

• Reviewers must act objectively and independently.
• Reviewers provide constructive input so that articles become worthy of publication.
• Reviewers immediately notify the editor if the article sent is indicative of plagiarism.
• During the publishing process, reviewers avoid conflicts of interest and confidentiality of an article.
• During the publishing process, reviewers must refer to AGUNA: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi guidelines.