About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Focus: "Bisma The Journal of Counseling" is dedicated to advancing the field of counseling through rigorous research and scholarly discourse. The journal focuses on various aspects of counseling theory, practice, and education, with particular attention to innovative approaches, techniques, and interventions that enhance the well-being and development of individuals across different contexts. Emphasis is placed on empirical studies, evidence-based practices, and comprehensive reviews that contribute to the understanding and improvement of counseling processes and outcomes.

Scope: The scope of "Bisma The Journal of Counseling" encompasses a wide range of topics within the counseling discipline, including but not limited to:

Parental Influence and Adolescent Development:

Investigations into the impact of parental behaviors, such as verbal abuse, on the psychological and emotional development of adolescents, specifically focusing on self-concept formation.

Group Counseling Techniques:

Studies examining the efficacy of group counseling methods, such as cognitive restructuring and assertive techniques, in enhancing self-confidence and academic resilience among students.

Academic and Career Counseling:

Research on the challenges and strategies related to academic resilience and procrastination among students, particularly those balancing work and study.
Exploration of career counseling approaches, including solution-focused techniques, to bolster career decision-making self-efficacy.

Stress Management and Well-being:

Application of group counseling services to mitigate academic stress in high school students and promote overall well-being.
Evaluation of programs designed to enhance competencies, such as the Peace Competency Program for guidance and counseling teachers.

Behavioral Studies in Educational Settings:

Comparative studies on student behaviors, such as cyberloafing, during the learning process and its implications for educational outcomes.

Professional Development in Education:

Analysis of the experiences and resilience of pre-service teachers during their professional education, including the dynamics involved in becoming professional educators.
Implementation and effectiveness of strategies, like game engineering through group tutoring, aimed at developing essential work ethics among students.

By encompassing these diverse yet interconnected areas, "Bisma The Journal of Counseling" aims to provide a comprehensive platform for the dissemination of knowledge that supports the professional growth of counselors and the development of effective counseling practices. The journal encourages submissions that contribute to the theoretical foundations, practical applications, and innovative advancements in the counseling field.

Peer Review Process

BISMA is a double-blind peer-reviewed Journal. To ensure the integrity of the double-blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and both the reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review). Correspondence and all forms of published correction may also be peer-reviewed at the discretion of the editors. Typically, after a paper is submitted to this journal, a journal editor screens the manuscript and decides whether or not to send it for full peer review. Only after clearing the initial screening is the manuscript sent to one or more peer reviewers. Finally, journal editors or the journal’s editorial board consider the peer reviewers’ reports and make the final decision to accept or reject the manuscript for publication. In general, to be acceptable, a paper should represent an advance in understanding likely to influence thinking in the field (see Focus and Scope).

Reviewer selection is critical to the publication process, and we base our choice on many factors, including expertise, reputation, specific recommendations and our own previous experience of a reviewer's characteristics. For instance, we avoid using people who are slow, careless or do not provide reasoning for their views, whether harsh or lenient. We check with potential reviewers before sending them manuscripts to review. Reviewers reserve the right to reject the script if the script review didn't match to the fields/expertise. Reviewers should bear in mind that all correspondence in this journal contains confidential information, which should be treated as such.

BISMA Journal is committed to rapid editorial decisions and publication, and we believe that an efficient editorial process is a valuable service both to our authors and to the scientific community as a whole. We, therefore, ask reviewers to respond promptly within the number of weeks agreed. If reviewers anticipate a longer delay than previously expected, we ask them to let us know so that we can keep the authors informed and, where necessary, find alternatives. In general, we need 1 (one) month to inform you about the results. Totally, the review process for BISMA Journal estimated time-consuming up to 2 (two) months. For any general questions and comments about the peer-review process, the journal or its editorial policies that are not addressed here, we encourage you to contact us.

Publication Frequency

BISMA Journal of Counseling is published three times a year. The schedule for publishing are:
1. Issue Number 1 in May in each volume. Submission deadline March, 12th.

2. Issue Number 2 in September in each volume. Submission deadline July, 10th

3. Issue Number 2 in December in each volume. Submission deadline October, 10th.

The author who will submit the manuscript after deadline of submission will be process for next issue.

Open Access Policy

BISMA the Journal of Counseling is an open-access journal. In other words, this journal provides immediate open access to all articles on the principle that making research freely available to the public; It supports a greater global exchange of knowledge; and the invaluable way to maximize the visibility and impact of research. This means the journal it's free availability on the public Internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than that inseparable from gaining access to the Internet itself. The only constraint on reproduction and distribution and the only role for copyright in this domain should be to give authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited.

Status of Submission Manuscript

We are committed to prompt evaluation and publication of fully accepted papers in BISMA Journal. To maintain a high-quality publication, all submissions undergo a rigorous review process. Manuscripts judged to be of potential interest to our readership are sent for formal review, typically to two or three reviewers, but sometimes more if special advice is needed (for example on statistics or a particular technique).

The editors then make a decision based on the reviewers' advice, from among several possibilities: (1) Accept, with or without editorial revisions; (2) Invite the authors to revise their manuscript to address specific concerns before a final decision is reached; (3) Reject, but indicate to the authors that further work might justify a resubmission, and; (4) Reject outright, typically on grounds of specialist interest, lack of novelty, insufficient conceptual advance or major technical and/or interpretational problems.

Accepted Manuscripts

Authors will receive information for submitting a final copy of their manuscript upon acceptance from the Editor. Once the article has been finalized for print production, the corresponding author will receive an e-mail by Editor. Page proofs for review will be sent to the corresponding author via e-mail and/or Open Journal System (OJS).

Receipt of final PDF file upon publication

Upon publication of the journal, the corresponding author will be able to download a free PDF offprint of the article through the journal site. Information on the terms and conditions regarding the use of the final article PDF for the corresponding author and/or any co-authors is available on the site.

Corrections

In cases of serious errors that affect the article in a material way (but do not fully invalidate its results) or significantly impair the reader’s understanding or evaluation of the article BISMA Journal publishes a correction note that is linked to the published article. The published article will be left unchanged.

Retractions (expressions of concern)

If the Journal receives a complaint that any contribution to the Journal infringes the copyright or other intellectual property rights or contains material inaccuracies, libelous materials or otherwise unlawful materials, the Journal will investigate the complaint. The investigation may include a request that the parties involved substantiate their claims.

In accordance with the "Retraction Guidelines" by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), BISMA Journal will retract a published article if: (1) there is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g. data fabrication) or honest error (e.g. miscalculation); (2) the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission or justification (i.e. cases of redundant publication); (3) it constitutes plagiarism; (4) it reports unethical research, and; (5) An article is retracted by publishing a retraction notice that is linked to or replaces the retracted article. BISMA Journal will make any effort to clearly identify a retracted article as such. If an investigation is underway that might result in the retraction of an article BISMA Journal may choose to alert readers by publishing an expression of concern.

Copyright without restrictions

BISMA Journal allows the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions and will retain publishing rights without restrictions.

The submitted papers are assumed to contain no proprietary material unprotected by patent or patent application; responsibility for technical content and for protection of proprietary material rests solely with the author(s) and their organizations and is not the responsibility of the BISMA Journal. The main (first/corresponding) author is responsible for ensuring that the article has been seen and approved by all the other authors. It is the responsibility of the author to obtain all necessary copyright release permissions for the use of any copyrighted materials in the manuscript prior to the submission.

Policy on conflicts of interest

BISMA Journal will only publish articles after the author(s) have confirmed that they have disclosed all potential conflicts of interest.

Article Posting

BISMA journal routinely modifies our policies based on the demand and to respond to the needs of the scientific communities. They are mainly related with addition, deletion, rearrangement of author names in the authorship or uploading newer form of the article based on the editorial/reviewer’s comments. If there is any request to add, change, rearrange the name of the authors before publication of the article, it must be sent to the editor of the journal by the corresponding author with the reason behind such changes and a written confirmation of agreement from all other authors (hard copy or scanned image).

Similarity Check

Papers submitted to BISMA Journal of Counseling will be screened for plagiarism using Similarity Check plagiarism detection tools. BISMA Analysis will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism. Please using turnitin, Unplag.com and other software

Reference Management

We suggest the author of this journal using software MENDELEY, ZOTERO, or ENDNOTE for easy citation. References should be the most recent and pertinent literature available (about 5-10 years ago). Using literature (more than 10 years ago) may be allowed at least 25% of total references who used in the manuscript.

Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics of BISMA
This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in our journals, including the authors, the editors, the peer-reviewers and the publisher Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha in collaboration with Indonesian Counselor Association (IKI). This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Ethical BISMA or Journal Publication
The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed BISMA Journal is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the authors, the journal editors, the peer reviewers, the publisher, and the society.
Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha in collaboration with Indonesian Counselor Association (IKI) as the publisher of this Journal takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing extremely seriously and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. In addition, the Undiksha and Editorial Board will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful and necessary.

Publication decisions
The editors of the Bisma Journal are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair play
An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality
The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers
Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Promptness
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgment of Sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards
Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention
Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgment of Sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects
If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or another substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Article Processing Charges (APCs)

The amount of APCs is 2.000.000 (IDR). The APC, payable when only due once the author knows the manuscript is accepted by the editorial team and ready for publication. The APC is charged to either you or your funder, institution or employer. Authors can request that the invoice be sent to their institution or funder.

The sample of BISMA journal reprint is only available by special request. Please contact us for more information.

Waiver Policy

There is no waiver to the author who submits their articles in BISMA Journal. The Author is the same position in publication.

License

Bisma The Journal of Counseling is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

This journal is open access journal which means that all content is freely available to users or / institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full text articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or author. This is in accordance with Budapest Open Access Initiative.

Journal History

Bisma the Journal of counseling is a peer-reviewed, published by Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha in collaboration with Indonesian Counselor Association (IKI). The aim of this journal is to publish articles dedicated to all aspects of the latest outstanding developments in the field of counseling. Its scope is counseling in education, sections include research, assessment, supervision in counseling, sexual abuse, violence addition counseling, multi-cultural counseling, crisis intervention, trauma counseling, ITC in counseling, counseling career, spiritual counseling, marriage and family counseling, counseling and psychotherapy. It was first published on June 2017, and in Vol. 1, No. 2 December 2017 using ISSN.

Since volume 7 issue 1 of 2023 the Bisma journal has changed its template because it adapts to the theme and characteristics of the publisher.

The old template can be downloaded here