Announcements

  • Crossmark Implementation and Strengthening Epistemic’s Publication Standards under the New National Accreditation Framework

    2026-09-15

    Epistemic: Scientific Thinking and Literacy has begun implementing Crossmark, a service provided by Crossref that enables readers to verify the current status of published articles and identify post-publication updates. All articles published from 1 January 2027 onward will fully implement Crossmark, including the official “Check for updates” button on both article webpages and PDF files. Articles published before this date will be progressively integrated into Crossmark on the article webpage only, while the original PDF files will remain unchanged. Further information is available in the Crossmark and Post-Publication Update Policy.

    As part of the journal’s continuing development, Epistemic will also introduce further updates to its editorial and publication policies, journal website, manuscript template, author guidelines, editorial documents, and other supporting procedures in the near future. These updates are intended to align the journal’s management and publishing practices with the latest Indonesian national scientific journal accreditation framework under Permendiktisaintek Number 9 of 2026 and Kepdirjen Saintek Number 374/DST/D.D1/HM.01.01/2026, as well as current good practices in scholarly publishing.

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  • Updates to Publication Ethics, Generative AI Policy, and Peer Review Process

    2026-07-04

    Epistemic: Scientific Thinking and Literacy has updated its Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement, Generative Artificial Intelligence Utilization Policy, and Peer Review Process to strengthen transparency, accountability, confidentiality, editorial independence, peer-review integrity, authorship responsibility, protection of the integrity of the scholarly record, and clarity of the editorial workflow from manuscript submission to publication. These updates include more detailed explanations of the responsibilities of Editors, Reviewers, authors, and the Epistemic Editorial Team; guidance on authorship disputes and authorship changes; procedures for complaints, appeals, allegations of publication ethics violations, Correction, Erratum, Corrigendum, Expression of Concern, manuscript withdrawal, article retraction, article removal, article replacement, post-publication changes; and clarification that administrative, review-related, technical, or production-related fees are regulated under Epistemic’s Publication Fees Policy and do not influence editorial decisions.

    Epistemic has also updated the explanation of its Peer Review Process to be more detailed and comprehensive, including the six editorial stages: Submission, Initial Check, Peer Review, Final Check, Editing & Proofreading, and Publication; the implementation of a double-blind peer review system; assessment by at least two independent Reviewers; manuscript assessment criteria; confidentiality of the review process; management of conflicts of interest; and provisions regarding authors’ suggestions of potential Reviewers. In addition, Epistemic has clarified the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence or Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI), AI-assisted technologies, and language-assistance tools. Authors are required to disclose the use of such tools in the manuscript; AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors; and AI must not be used to replace scholarly judgment or to manipulate data, images, citations, or references. Reviewers and Editors may use AI only for limited supportive purposes while maintaining confidentiality, privacy, peer-review integrity, editorial independence, and human accountability.

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  • Epistemic LoA Verification

    2026-06-07

    In response to the increasing circulation of fake Letters of Acceptance (LoA) in various scientific journals, the management of Epistemic: Scientific Thinking and Literacy provides an online LoA verification system as a preventive measure to maintain document authenticity, improve editorial service transparency, and help authors, institutions, and related parties ensure that the LoA being used has been officially issued by Epistemic by scanning the QR Code provided on the LoA or by visiting the following link: https://journal.edupartnerpublishing.co.id/index.php/epistemic/LoA.

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