About the Journal

Focus and Scope

JURNAL LAUT KHATULISTIWA publish original paper on wide range of topics in Marine Science aspect, including :

1. Marine Science

  • Oceanography
  • Marine Biology
  • Marine Chemistry
  • Marine Geology
  • Marine Meteorology
  • Marine Pollution and Bioremediation
  • Renewable Energy
  • Marine Biotechnology

2. Marine Environment

  • Marine and Coastal Ecology
  • Marine and Coastal Conservation
  • Marine and Coastal Ecotourism
  • Valuation of Marine and Coastal Resources
  • Marine and Coastal Resources Management
  • Disaster Mitigation and Climate Change Adaptation

3. Marine Technology

  • Marine Geographic Information System
  • Marine Instrumentation
  • Marine Remote Sensing
  • Marine Acoustics
  • Marine Modelling
  • Marine Ecological Engineering

4. Fisheries

  • Mariculture
  • Capture Fisheries
  • Processing of Marine Fishery Products

Peer Review Process

All  manuscripts submitted to JURNAL LAUT KHATULISTIWA will be read and reviewed  blindly  (double blind peer review) by (a minimum of) 2 peer reviewers who are expert in their field who work independently and professionally by upholding the ethical code of scientific publications as a reviewer. The peer-review process for Jurnal Laut Khatulistiwa is as follows:

  1. Reviewers scan and examine incoming articles to see whether they match their expertise in their field of science. Reviewers have the right to refuse if it is not in accordance with their expertise and competence, and the Section Editor can transfer it to another appropriate reviewer.
  2. Reviewers review articles based on the substance of the article (article quality) within a maximum period of 2 weeks from the time the article is received. If within this time period has not been completed, the reviewer must confirm this with the Editor in Chief.
  3. During the article review process, reviewers provide an assessment of the article manually via the review checklist form attached to the articles
  4. Reviewed articles are returned to the Section Editor.
  5. Reviewers provide decisions on the articles reviewed, including:
    * Accept submission (article accepted without revision)
    * Revisions required (the article needs to be revised by the author and returned to the reviewer)
    * Decline submission (article rejected)
  6. The final decision of manuscript acceptance shall be made by the Editorial Board according to reviewers"™ critical comments. The results of reviewed articles by reviewers will be notified to the author via email

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.

About Jurnal

Jurnal Laut Khatulistiwa is a peer-reviewed and open access journal that published by Marine Science Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Tanjungpura. The aim of Jurnal Laut Khatulistiwa is to publish exciting, empirical research, recent science development, and high-quality science that addresses fundamental questions in marine science. This journal published electronically (e-ISSN 2614-8005) and in print (p-ISSN 2614-6142) three times a year (February, July, and October).

Journal Laut Khatulistiwa publishes articles on wide range of scope in Marine Science, Marine Environment, Marine Technology, and Fisheries.

This journal is Nationally Accredited as a 5st Grade Scientific Journal (Sinta 5) decree No. 164/E/KPT/2021 on 27 December 2021 by Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, Indonesia.

Journal History

The first edition of JURNAL LAUT KHATULISTIWA, Volume 1 (Vol. 1) Issue Number 1 (No. 1), was published in February 2018. This volume consists of 3 issues and fiifthteen articles. Starting from Vol. 1, JURNAL LAUT KHATULISTIWA is published periodically three times a year: in February, July, and October. Each issue in the corresponding volume contains a minimum of five articles. Since the early development, JURNAL LAUT KHATULISTIWA published in two versions, i.e the printed version (ISSN: 2614-6142) and the electronic version (ISSN: 2614-8005). The electronic version was published from beginning to widen the dissemination of the journal. JURNAL LAUT KHATULISTIWA has also been putting serious effort to make it self recognized in national and international academic databases. As the results, since Vol. 1 No.1 JURNAL LAUT KHATULISTIWA is indexed by Google Scholar. Then on 2019, since Vol. 2 No. 1, other academic search engines, namely Garuda include JURNAL LAUT KHATULISTIWA in its database. To improve the reference-linking systems of the articles, since 2019, articles published in JURNAL LAUT KHATULISTIWA has a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI) from crossref. Furthermore, this journal is Nationally Accredited (SINTA 5) by Directorate General of Higher Education decree No. 164/E/KPT/2021 on 27 December 2021 by Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, Indonesia.