Focus and Scope

Jurnal Teknik Mesin UPGRIS NISSIN:  This journal is under publishment of the Mechanical Engineering Department, Universitas PGRI Semarang. It is a scientific journal focusing on Energy, Manufacturing, Material, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Robotics and Software Simulation. It provides a publishing platform for scientists and academicians to share, publish, and discuss all aspects of the latest outstanding development in the field of Mechanical Engineering.

It encompasses the engineering of energy, mechanical, materials, manufacturing, mechatronics, robotics and software simulation but it is not limited to scopes. Those are allowed to discuss on the following scope:

• Energy: Energy Conversion, Energy Conservation, Renewable Energy, Energy Technology, Energy Management, Energy Review, Biogas, Pyrolysis, Gasification, Nuclear Energy, Energy Potentials, Waste to Energy. 

• Material: Material Science, Ceramic, Composite, Polymer,  Micro and Nano Engineering, Powder Metallurgy, Natural Resources.

• Mechanical: Applied Mechanics, Automotive, Tribology, Biomechanics, Dynamic and Vibration, Mechanical System Design.
  
  

• Mechatronics: Modeling, identification and control of mechatronic systems; motion and vibration control; micro/nano systems and devices; automotive systems; biomedical mechatronic systems; and advanced manufacturing equipment and processes.
  
  

• Robotics: Modeling, control, learning and system issues related to: autonomous vehicles and robots, legged robots, soft robots, field robots, industrial robots, medical robots; human-robot interaction; teleoperation; haptics; and multi-robot systems.
  
  
• Software Simulation: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Finite Element Method (FEM).

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

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Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

The research article submitted to Jurnal NISSIN will be blind peer-reviewed. The accepted research articles will be available online following the journal blind peer-reviewing process. The language used in this journal is the Indonesia language and the English language.

Publication Frequency

Jurnal NISIN is a periodical scientific journal published by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universitas PGRI Semarang (UPGRIS) twice a year in April and Oktober.

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.

This journal is open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge 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

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Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Publication Ethics

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal reflects the work quality of its author(s) with his/her or their pertaining institution(s). Therefore, it is important for a peer-reviewed journal to have an ethical standard for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author(s), the journal editors, the peer reviewers, and the publisher. Jurnal NISSIN is committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint, and/or other commercial revenues have no impact nor influence editorial decisions. In addition, the Jurnal NISSIN will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers should this be necessary to the editors.

Duties of the Editors

The Jurnal NISSIN editors are responsible for deciding as to which of the articles submitted should be reviewed and published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such a decision. The editor-in-chief must seriously prevent libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. An editor should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual contents without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the author(s).

Editors and any editorial staff must not disclose any information on a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author(s), reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisors, and the publisher, as appropriate. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without a written consent of the author(s). Privileged information or ideas obtained through a peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantages.

Editors should recuse themselves from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest. Editors should require all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication. An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, in conjunction with the publisher (or society). Every reported act of unethical publishing behavior must be looked into, even if it is discovered years after publication.

Duties of the Reviewers

A peer review assists the editor-in-chief in making an editorial decision and editorial communications with the author(s). Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review research reported in a manuscript, or knows that its prompt review will be impossible, should notify the editor-in-chief and excuse himself/herself from the review process. Any manuscript received for review must be treated as a confidential document.

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author(s) is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by relevant citations. A reviewer should also call to the editor-in-chief's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which he/she has personal knowledge. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without an expressed written consent of the author(s). Privileged information or ideas obtained through a peer review must be kept confidential and not utilized for personal advantages. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest.

Duties of the Authors

Authors of a report of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as objective discussion on its significance. Data and citations should be represented accurately in the paper. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable. Plagiarism takes many forms, from using another’s paper as the author’s own paper to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another’s paper (without attribution), or claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is intolerable.

An author should not in general publish a manuscript 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. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source(s). Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study, and seen and approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its submission for publication.

All authors should disclose in their manuscripts any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest. 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 Jurnal NISSIN's editor-in-chief and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

For more detailed information, visit http://publicationethics.org/

Plagiarism

According to Regulation No. 7/2010 of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Indonesia, “Plagiarism is the intentional and unintentional practice of obtaining or trying to obtain credit or value from a scientific work without stating the source appropriately and adequately.” Another definition from the Oxford American Dictionary in Clabaugh (2001), is that “Plagiarism is to take and use another person’s ideas or writing or inventions as one’s own.” The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary explains the word "plagiarize" as “stealing and passing off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own, using (another's production) without crediting the source, committing literary theft, presenting as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.” Plagiarism manifests itself in a variety of forms, including (adopted from ACM with some modification):

• Verbatim copying, near-verbatim copying, or purposely paraphrasing portions of another author's paper;
• Copying elements of another author's paper, such as equations or illustrations that are not common knowledge, or copying or purposely paraphrasing sentences without citing the source;
• Verbatim copying of portions of another author's paper, while citing but not clearly differentiating what text has been copied (e.g., not applying quotation marks correctly) and/or not citing the source correctly.

Self-plagiarism is a related issue. Self-plagiarism is defined as “The verbatim or near-verbatim reuse of significant portions of one's own copyrighted work without citing the original source.” Self-plagiarism does not apply to publications based on the author's own previously copyrighted work (e.g., appearing in conference proceedings) where an explicit reference is made to the prior publication. Such reuse does not require quotation marks to delineate the reused text but does require that the source be cited.

All authors are deemed to be individually and collectively responsible for the content of papers published by Jurnal NISSIN. Therefore, it is the responsibility of each author to ensure that papers submitted to Jurnal 'NISSIN attain the highest ethical standards with respect to plagiarism.

Plagiarism Sanctions (Adopted from ACM with Modification)

When plagiarism has been found to have occurred, Jurnal NISSIN will take the actions listed below as determined by the type of plagiarism. Unless determined otherwise during the investigation, all authors are deemed to be individually and collectively responsible for the content of a plagiarizing paper.

1. Verbatim copying, near-verbatim copying, or purposely paraphrasing sentences of another author's paper and/or, copying elements of another author's paper (such as non-common knowledge illustrations and equations) without citing the source and without clearly delineating (e.g., in quotation marks) the source material.

• The authors will be asked to write a formal letter of apology to the authors of the plagiarized paper, including an admission of plagiarism.
• If the paper has appeared in print, Jurnal NISSIN will post a Notice of Plagiarism based on the investigation, on the Jurnal NISSIN Digital Library's citation page of the plagiarizing paper and will remove access to the full text. The paper itself will be kept in the database in case of future legal actions.
• If the paper is under submission, the paper can be automatically rejected by the Editor-in-Chief or the Program Chair without further revisions. In addition, a letter of warning will be sent by the Editor-in-Chief or the Program Chair to the authors with a copy of the Jurnal NISSIN Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism

1. Verbatim copying of portions of another author's paper, while citing but not clearly differentiating what text has been copied (e.g., not applying quotation marks correctly) and/or not citing the source correctly.

• The authors will be asked to write a formal letter of apology to the authors of the plagiarized paper, including an admission of plagiarism.
• If the paper is under submission, at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief or Program Chair, the paper can either be automatically rejected without future review or a revision will be required that clearly and correctly cites the previous work. In addition, a letter of warning will be sent by the Editor-in-Chief or the Program Chair to the authors with a copy of the Jurnal NISSIN Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism.

1. Self-plagiarism or redundant, duplicative publication (verbatim or near-verbatim reuse of significant portions of one's own copyrighted work in subsequent papers, where the authors have not disclosed in the subsequent paper the previous publication).

• If the paper has appeared in print, Jurnal NISSIN will post a Notice of Self Plagiarism or a Notice of Redundant Publication based on the investigation on the Jurnal NISSIN Digital Library's citation page of the self plagiarizing paper.
• If the paper is under submission and, at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief or Program Chair, the paper can either be automatically rejected without a future review or a revision will be required that includes a citation to and discussion of the previous paper. In addition, a letter of warning will be sent by the Editor-in-Chief or the Program Chair to the authors with a copy of the Jurnal NISSIN Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism.

Sources:

• Claubaugh, G.K. & Rozycki, E.G. (2001).
• Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan Nasional Nomor 17 Tahun 2010 tentang Pencegahan dan Penanggulangan Plagiat di Perguruan Tinggi
• The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Screening for Plagiarism

Papers submitted to Jurnal NISSIN will be screened and checked for plagiarism by using plagiarism detection tools, but an author should check it too before submitted.

Author Guidelines

Carefully read the submission guidelines as follows:

A. General Requirements

The minimum standard requirements of Jurnal NISSIN must be

1. Written in Indonesia Language or English with Microsoft word 2003-2019.
2. The length of the submitted paper is at least 5 pages and no more than 10 pages. The Editor will evaluate if the papers are needing more pages than 25 pages. The paper use times arial 10 pt and 1 space (exclude: title, abstract, reference, table/picture captions, and citations which use 1 space each).
3. Use of a tool such as Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote for reference management and formatting, and choose APA (Seventh Edition) style.
4. Make sure that your paper is prepared using the paper template and Copyright Transfer Form when if it accepted.

B. Structure of The Manuscript

The manuscript must be prepared and suggested present follow the structure:

1. Title. The title of the paper is maximal 4 lines, without Acronym or abbreviation, arial bold 14 pt, center side.
2. Abstract. The Abstract has a maximum of 200-250 words; No citation; State in the abstract a primary objective, aims research, methodology, main outcomes and results, and the conclusions.
3. Section structure. Authors are suggested to present their articles in the section structure: Introduction - The Proposed Method/Algorithm (optional) - Materials and Method - Results and Discussion – Conclusion.
4. References. Expect a minimum of 10 references for the last 5 years (experimental) and minimum references of 25 for review paper, primarily with a minimum of 80 % to journal papers, and choose APA (Sevent Edition) style for reference management and formatting.