About the Journal

Resolusi: Jurnal Sosial Politik publishes original research, theoretical analysis, and scholarly commentary on social and political developments, with a particular interest in Indonesian and Southeast Asian politics, comparative politics, political communication, public policy, and international relations.

The journal welcomes interdisciplinary work that brings political science into dialogue with sociology, history, and public administration, provided submissions maintain analytical rigor and scholarly objectivity.

Resolusi is published twice a year but continuously, in January-June and July-December. 

In this case, authors can submit anytime the whole year. Manuscripts are processed on a rolling basis and assigned to the next available issue once the review and revision cycle is complete.

The journal provides immediate, full open access to all published content. No subscription, registration fee, or paywall applies to readers.

Articles are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, permitting reuse, distribution, and adaptation with appropriate credit to the original authors.

The journal accepts the following categories of manuscripts:

Original research articles — empirical or theoretical studies presenting new findings (at least 60% of each issue's content).

Conceptual and theoretical papers — critical engagement with existing theory or frameworks.

All submissions must be original, unpublished, and not under review elsewhere, including on blogs or preprint servers without disclosure.

All submissions undergo double-blind peer review by at least two reviewers with relevant expertise, drawn from the journal's Reviewer Board. Editors conduct an initial desk screening for scope fit, originality, and basic quality before external review begins.

Reviewers assess novelty, analytical depth, methodological soundness, and adequacy of primary-source engagement. Final decisions (accept, minor revision, major revision, reject) rest with the Editor-in-Chief based on reviewer recommendations.

In accordance with the 2026 accreditation guideline, reviewers are strictly prohibited from using generative AI tools when preparing their assessments, in order to preserve confidentiality and independent judgment.

The journal adheres to the ethical standards set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Editors, reviewers, and authors are each expected to uphold honesty, transparency, and fairness throughout the publication process.

Editors evaluate manuscripts solely on academic merit, without regard to authors' nationality, institution, gender, religion, or political affiliation. Confidentiality of submitted work is maintained throughout review.

Every submission is screened for textual similarity prior to review. Manuscripts exceeding the journal's similarity threshold are returned to authors or rejected outright, depending on severity.

Data fabrication, falsification, and image manipulation are treated as serious misconduct. Confirmed cases result in rejection or retraction and may be reported to the author's home institution.

Research involving human participants must demonstrate that informed consent was obtained and that participant confidentiality was protected. Where applicable, authors must submit evidence of Ethical Clearance from a recognized institutional review body alongside their manuscript.

The journal's primary scope rarely involves animal subjects; where relevant, authors must confirm compliance with applicable national and institutional animal-welfare standards.

Authors: The use of generative AI tools (e.g., large language models) to assist with drafting, translation, or language editing must be disclosed in the manuscript. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of all content, and AI tools may not be listed as authors.

Reviewers: Reviewers may not upload manuscripts to or use generative AI tools during the review process, in order to protect author confidentiality and preserve independent scholarly judgment.

Disclosure: Every published article carries an AI Usage Statement describing any generative AI involvement, alongside the author contribution statement and editorial history.

Authorship is limited to individuals who have made a substantive intellectual contribution to the conception, execution, or interpretation of the reported work, and who have approved the final manuscript.

All co-authors must be listed at submission with their institutional affiliation and email address. Changes to authorship after submission (addition, removal, or reordering) require written agreement from all listed authors and approval from the Editor-in-Chief. Every article includes a brief statement of individual author contributions.

Authors must disclose any financial, professional, or personal relationship that could be perceived to influence the reported research or its interpretation, including funding sources.

Editors and reviewers must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where a conflict of interest exists, such as a close collaboration or institutional affiliation with the author.

Authors retain full copyright to their published work without restriction. By submitting, authors grant the journal the right to publish the article and grant readers the right to reuse it under the terms of CC BY 4.0, provided appropriate credit is given.

Authors may deposit their published version in institutional or subject repositories immediately upon publication.

Resolusi is indexed in Crossref, SINTA, BASE, Google Scholar, and Scilit. Every article is assigned a DOI.

Published content is preserved through the journal's OJS platform and Crossref deposit and/or Zenodo, safeguarding continued access even in the event of future publishing changes.

The journal currently charges a submission fee or APC of Rp 300.000) Authors are required to pay before the review stage.

Should this policy change, any fee structure will be published on this page and on the submissions page.

Authors who disagree with an editorial decision may submit a written appeal to the Editor-in-Chief within 30 days of the decision, stating the specific grounds for reconsideration.

Appeals are evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief together with an editor not previously involved in the manuscript's review. The outcome of an appeal is final.

Concerns about editorial conduct, reviewer behavior, or suspected misconduct may be submitted in writing to the Editor-in-Chief or to the journal's technical support contacts listed under the Editorial Team.

All complaints are acknowledged and investigated in a manner proportionate to their severity, following COPE guidance where applicable, and complainants are informed of the outcome.

Authors wishing to withdraw a manuscript must submit a written request to the editorial office explaining the reason. Withdrawal requests during review are generally accommodated without penalty.

Withdrawal of an article after formal acceptance or publication is discouraged and handled case by case; where a published article must be removed, this follows a documented retraction process rather than silent deletion.

Manuscripts are accepted in Bahasa Indonesia or English. Abstracts must be provided in both Indonesian and English (or another foreign language) regardless of the manuscript's main language.

Authors publishing in a non-native language are encouraged to have their manuscript reviewed by a competent language editor prior to submission; the journal's Language Advisor supports this during the editorial process.

Resolusi: Jurnal Sosial Politik was first published in June 2018 by the Department of Political Science at Universitas Sains Al-Qur'an, Wonosobo, Central Java.

The journal has since transitioned to a fully online, DOI-registered publication on the OJS platform and held a SINTA 5 accreditation, with an established record of biannual publication.

The journal does not carry commercial advertising of any kind. No advertiser has influence over editorial decisions, article selection, or peer review outcomes.

Any institutional announcements (e.g., calls for papers, conference notices) are published separately under the journal's Announcements section and are clearly distinguished from editorial content.

Names and email addresses submitted to this journal's site are used exclusively for the stated purposes of the journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any third party.

Personal data collected during the submission and review process is retained only as long as necessary for editorial and archival purposes, consistent with applicable data protection principles.