About the Journal

Management Office

The Office of Research and Extension of Samar State University serves as the secretariat of JSS. The Vice President of Research and Extension serve as the head of the secretariat. The secretariat includes but not limited to the Director of Publication, the Director for Research, and two other researchers from the university.

Peer Review Process

A double-blind review process is followed. Each manuscript submitted to the JSS is reviewed by at least two referees. Referees are selected by the editor based on qualifications and the ability to provide a timely review.

Publication Frequency

The JSS is published on an annual basis. Special publications within a year may be produced if there will be sufficient materials and contributors. There shall be an online publication (this site) as well as a printed form. There will be charges to be asked from those who want a printed form of the journal to cover the cost of printing and binding as well as freight services.

JSS Copyright Ownership

To protect the interest of JSS, its authors and their employers/funders shall own the copyrights of all copyrightable material, including the individual contributions contained therein to facilitate the appropriate re-use of the said material by others.

To enable the publisher to fully utilize the paper for the benefit of the JSS, the publisher requests the copyright holder to assign to JSS all rights under copyright that may exist in the above work, any associated written or multimedia components, or other enhancements accompanying work. The referenced patent/utility model is not covered by this transfer. To protect the copyright of the journal, authors must sign a copyright transfer form with their manuscripts submitted to the Journal secretariat. The transfer of copyright will grant JSS unlimited worldwide, irrevocable permission to use, distribute, publish, license, exhibit, record, digitize, broadcast, reproduce and archive, in any format or medium.

All submitted manuscripts must be accompanied by a copyright form signed by all authors that the article is original, is not under consideration by another journal, has not previously been published elsewhere, and its content has not been anticipated by any previous publication.

The undersigned hereby claims that the work and presentation are original and that he/she is the author of the Materials included in the manuscript. Permission to use work of others such as text passages, figures, data or other materials have been acquired. The undersigned also has obtained all third-party permissions (if necessary) and consents to grant the license above and has provided copies of such permissions and consents to JSS. 

For jointly authored Works, all joint authors should sign, or one of the authors should sign as the authorized agents for others. 

Scope

Original articles, reviews, and commentaries are welcome to the JSS. More specifically, papers focusing on these are welcome:

  • Socio-cultural context and experiences
  • Samar History
  • Local technology and economic activities
  • Endemic resources

The review process

Papers sent on to peer - reviewers will be assigned to one of JSS Editors with expertise in the relevant field. Papers are double-blind peer-reviewed. The paper will be sent to a statistical reviewer if necessary. Once papers have been reviewed, the reviewers’ comments are sent to the Editor, who will then make a preliminary decision on the paper. At this stage, based on the feedback from reviewers, manuscripts can be accepted, rejected, or revisions can be recommended.

Authors can typically expect a first decision within 1-2 weeks of submission, depending on reviewer availability. We ask that authors refrain from contacting the Editorial Office to enquire about the status of their papers within this time.

Most papers need to be returned to authors for them to attend to specific issues raised by the reviewers. This is standard practice to ensure the quality of material published in JSS. If revisions are recommended, authors are notified by email and will be sent as much feedback as possible from reviewers and the Editor. The authors will then be asked to submit a revised paper within three months of the decision, but we do encourage authors to revise and return their papers without unnecessary delay. Papers that have extensive revisions recommended will be sent out for further review (usually by the same reviewers) on their resubmission.

Criteria for Acceptance

In accepting work for publication, the editors and reviewers give special weight to readability and interest value for a wide readership. All papers are reviewed by at least two expert referees as well as an editor. The editors’ decision is final.

 Criteria for Withdrawal

JSS management respects the reviewers’ time. So, authors are advised to decide on withdrawal within five days of submission for any reason. JSS management will mark it as rejected paper if you withdraw after five days because the review process begins within five days.

Submission of revised manuscript

When revising your manuscript, taking into account the reviewers’ and Editor’s feedback, please highlight all changed text using a red font. Please do not use tracked changes as they can make manuscripts difficult to follow. The manuscript template can be downloaded through the link provided in this text. In case the author finds it difficult to encode their papers using the said template, you can opt to use the simplified template which can be downloaded.

Electronic Submission

For you to be able to submit a paper for publication, you are required to register as an author. Follow the instructions in the submission process.

Time Table of Review Process 

Any communication sent to the authors shall be responded to within five days; otherwise submitted manuscript will be moved to reject publication status due to no communication from the author. The editors’ decision is final. All papers shall be submitted in Journal format as Microsoft Windows Word document. A PDF format will not be accepted.

The length of the review process depends on the reviewers. The shortest review process for an almost perfect journal paper is one month. Other papers may reach one year, but in no case will it be more than one year and a half.

Queries

For other concerns, you are encouraged to mail the journal managers through jss@ssu.edu.ph. The email can also be used for paper submissions.