About the Journal

NYIMAK: Journal of Communication (p-ISSN: 2580-3803 | e-ISSN: 2580-3832) is a peer-reviewed, open-access international journal dedicated to publishing high-impact research within the broad field of communication studies. Launched in 2017, the journal is published biannually (March and September) by the Communication Studies Program, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Tangerang, Indonesia, in professional collaboration with the Ikatan Sarjana Komunikasi Indonesia (ISKI).

Prestigious Recognition & Accreditation

Reflecting its excellence in management and publication quality, NYIMAK has been officially accredited SINTA 2 (Rank 2) by the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia (Decision No. 225/E/KPT/2022). The journal is actively advancing its international standing to foster global academic exchange.

Aims and Scope

The journal serves as a premier intellectual platform for academics, researchers, and practitioners to analyze contemporary communicative phenomena and theoretical advancements. NYIMAK prioritizes rigorous empirical research articles, though high-quality conceptual reviews on urgent global communication issues are also welcomed.

Our scope includes, but is not limited to:

  • Digital Media & Critical Technology Culture: Social media dynamics, platform governance, digital inequalities, and human-computer interaction.
  • Strategic Communication & Public Relations: Corporate diplomacy, crisis management, image construction, and public interest communication.
  • Political Communication & Journalism: Media freedom, political campaigning, misinformation/disinformation frameworks, and investigative journalism.
  • Intercultural & Global Communication: Post-colonial communication, migration discourse, cross-cultural conflicts, and global media flows.

Rigorous Peer Review Process

To maintain the highest scholarly integrity, NYIMAK employs a strict Double-Blind Peer Review workflow. All submitted manuscripts undergo a meticulous Initial Review (Desk Evaluation) by the internal editorial board to check scope fit, formatting, and language quality. Manuscripts that pass this stage are forwarded to at least two independent external peer reviewers. The journal strictly adheres to COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) principles to prevent any form of plagiarism or academic misconduct.

Critical Pre-Submission Requirements

Starting from Volume 8 Issue 1 (2024), NYIMAK enforces strict international submission standards. Authors must carefully ensure the following prior to submission:

  • Language Proficiency: All manuscripts must be written in high-quality academic English. Authors are required to perform professional proofreading and attach a Proofreading Certificate as a supplementary file during submission.
  • Co-Authorship Policy: The journal does not accept single-authored papers. Manuscripts must be co-authored, reflecting collaborative research. Exceptions for single authors are exclusively reserved for invited prominent scholars with an outstanding research reputation in Communication Sciences.
  • Plagiarism & Formatting Check: Manuscripts must be strictly prepared using the official NYIMAK Template and comply with the Author Guidelines. A similarity check report (e.g., Turnitin) must be attached, ensuring low similarity thresholds.

Notice: Any manuscript that fails to meet the language requirements, strict formatting guidelines, or authorship criteria will be immediately rejected during the Initial Review stage without further evaluation.

Open Access Policy

As a staunch advocate for global open science, NYIMAK provides immediate, worldwide open access to its entire content under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. All published content is freely available without charge to individuals or institutions.

Online Submissions

To submit your manuscript or track your submission status, please use our secure online portal:

 

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Focus and Scope

Nyimak: Journal of Communication is an international, peer-reviewed academic journal published twice a year (March and September). The journal welcomes original articles, including research-based papers and theoretical perspectives, which undergo rigorous review by internal and external editors. All accepted papers are subject to a Double-Blind Peer Review process. Articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, ensuring open access and wide dissemination of research findings.

Nyimak: Journal of Communication is a peer-reviewed international journal dedicated to examining the transformative role of communication in shaping contemporary global and multicultural societies. The journal provides a high-level forum for research that bridges Communication Theory with Digital Innovation and Social Impact.

We prioritize interdisciplinary manuscripts that offer significant theoretical advancements or innovative practical solutions within four primary pillars:

  1. Digital Transformation & Media Dynamics: Research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in communication, social media algorithms, big data ethics, and the evolution of digital journalism.
  2. Political Communication & Public Legitimacy: Critical analysis of political discourse, digital activism, and the formation of public legitimacy in democratic and developing nations.
  3. Strategic & Intercultural Communication: Exploring media representation, crisis communication, and intercultural dialogue within diverse global contexts.
  4. Communication & Social Impact: Examining the intersection of communication with Global Health, Environmental Sustainability, and Regional Governance/Autonomy.

Global Mandate & Scientific Rigor: Nyimak invites contributions from academics worldwide. To meet our international standards, all submissions must demonstrate broader theoretical or practical implications that resonate beyond a single local context. While we welcome studies based on local or national data, the authors must discuss how their findings contribute to the global academic discourse. Purely descriptive studies of local events without a comparative or global framework will be discouraged.

 

Peer Review Process

 

Each article entered in the Nyimak journal will be sent to the editor's section through the Initial Review process. After that, the articles will be sent to peer reviewers to get the Double-Blind Peer Review Process. Then, the article will be returned to the author for revision. This process takes maximum 12 weeks. In each text, peer reviewers will be assessed from a substantial and technical aspect. Peer reviews have expertise in media texts and analysis in accordance with the scientific field.

 

Publication Frequency

 

Nyimak: Journal of Communication is published twice a year, in March (Issue 1) and September (Issue 2). More specifically, the process of publication schedule of Nyimak: Journal of Communication as follows:

• Article Submission

      Issue 1 (October - February)

      Issue 2 (April - July)

• Review Process Articles

Issue 1 (November - January)

Issue 2 (May - July)

• Revised article

Issue 1 (December - February)

Issue 2 (June - July)

 

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. All articles published Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.

Journal History

 

  1. 2017. The first edition of Nyimak: Journal of Communication is published in print and online. Articles published in this edition (Volume 1 Number 1) are published without a review process. Since the first publication, Nyimak: Journal of Communication has been listed on several national and international index.
  2. 2017. Articles published in Volume 1 Number 2 have gone through a review process by email. This edition was published in December, two months late than the scheduled publication (September). In this edition, we have submitted our articles to Crossref to have DOI. However, DOI on volume 1 was not detected, due to a change from https to http. 
  3. This journal publishes 12 articles in one volume
  4. 2018. The article publishing process has gone through a review process and there have been changes in the Author Guidelines (writing style).
  5. 2019. We have improved the quality of article writing. In the publication of Volume 3 Number 2, we have changed the Author Guidelines (writing style) based on advice of the assessor. We also changed the name of the journal based on the one registered at LIPI, from Nyimak (Journal of Communication) to Nyimak: Journal of Communication.
  6. This Journal