Focus and Scope

Sentris publish both opinion articles and research articles on International Relations Studies Methods and theme might be various as long as encompass following topics, there are:

International Politics and Security

Focuses on analyzing and understanding issues related to international politics and security. By the presence of anarchy within the international system, this field will discuss how state and non-state actors think and act, both rationally and strategically to achieve their interest by maximizing their capability and overcoming threats that come along. Other than that, this scope of study will revolve around the decision-making process of the state's foreign policy and conflict resolution in the arena of International Relations.

International Politics and Economy

TThe discussion of this study is related to politics and economy, moreover the problem within the business sector at national and international levels. Furthermore, this area will deep-dive into sustainable community-development programmes, such as financial programmes and planning.

International Organizations and Regime

This field will discuss more regarding the mechanisms of regime and international organizations. It revolves around how to strategically plan, conduct, monitor, and evaluate a programme within the arena of International Relations which aims to resolve various problems that occur in the society.

Politics, Media, and Transnational Society

This scope of study will examine the role of politics, media, and transnational society within International Relations. It discusses the utilization of technology advancement, diplomacy, and international communication. Specifically, how those can be carried out in solving global discourse and how all of them play a significant role in achieving the greater good.

 

Peer Review Process

Every writing which is sent to the editorial board will be double blind reviewed. The identity of the author will remain unknown to the reviewers, and the identity of the reviewers will also remain unknown to the readers. Writings will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Editorial boards also ensure that the writings are written according to the author guidelines. Editorial board will determine which writings are qualified to be reviewed by external reviewers. The journal does not charge for article submission, processing and publication.

 

Publication Frequency

JAnnually, Jurnal Sentris will publish two numbers of journals within one volume, precisely from March until May; and October until December. 

 

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

This journal expects the authors to read and understand our ethics policy before submitting the articles. This is in accordance with our commitment to the prevention of ethical misconduct, which we recognise to be a growing problem in academic and scientific publications. The Editorial Board will not tolerate any plagiarism from the submitted manuscripts and Turnitin plagiarism checker is used to check and evaluate the similarity index of each article. If editorial boards find any plagiarism from the manuscripts, the manuscripts will be suspended. Here are some detail actions passed by the Editorial board :

1. A similarity index above 30%: articles with similarity index above 30% will be rejected by Sentris due to poor paraphrasing if the author refuses and/or fails to revise the article.

2. A similarity index within 10-30%: articles with similarity index within 10-30% will be sent to the author for revision and improvement with a proper paraphrasing.

3. A similarity index below 10%: articles with similarity index below 10% will be accepted and proceed to the next process : review process.

Even though the articles in the second and third case will be accepted, there is still a need for a very careful revision of the article from the authors.