Peer Review Process

Journal of Research in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have not been published already, nor are they under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere. All incoming manuscripts will be initially evaluated and edited to uniformity of formats, terms, and other writing procedures. 

Contributions to the Journal of Research in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will be subjected to a double-blind review process by reviewers at the discretion of the Editorial Board and papers accepted may be subject to editorial revision. Decisions regarding acceptability will be made based on the quality of science, the contribution of the work to the field, the suitability of the work for the Journal, and the presentation of the manuscript. Contributions submitted by the Journal's Editors and Editorial Board members are subject to the same peer review standards as papers submitted by all other authors. We aim to present authors with an initial decision regarding the acceptability of submitted papers within ten weeks of receipt of the manuscript.

Publication Frequency

Journal of Research in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is published in June and December every year. The article is accepted at any time via the online Register. Articles submitted from April until October

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.

Plagiarism Policy

Papers submitted to JRPPS will be screened for plagiarism using Turnitin plagiarism detection tools. JRPPS will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Before submitting articles to reviewers, those are first checked for similarity/plagiarism tools, by a member of the editorial team. The papers submitted to JRPPS must have a similarity level of less than 25%.

Plagiarism is the exposing of another person’s thoughts or words as though they were your own, without permission, credit, or acknowledgment, or because of failing to cite the sources properly. Plagiarism can take diverse forms, from literal copying to paraphrasing the work of another. To properly judge whether an author has plagiarized, we emphasize the following possible situations:

• An author can copy another author’s work- by copying word by word, in whole or in part, without permission, acknowledging or citing the source. This practice can be identified by comparing the source and the manuscript/work that is suspected of plagiarism.

• Substantial copying implies for an author to reproduce a substantial part of another author, without permission, acknowledgment, or citation. The substantial term can be understood both in terms of quality and quantity, being often used in the context of Intellectual property. Quality refers to the relative value of the copied text in proportion to the work as a whole.

• Paraphrasing involves taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and crafting them into new sentences within the writing. This practice becomes unethical when the author does not properly cite or does not acknowledge the original work/author. This form of plagiarism is the more difficult form to be identified.

Journal History

Journal of Research in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, an official journal of the Pharmacy Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta, is a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to disseminating original research works.