About the Journal

Focus and Scope

This journal contains a review of the results of geophysical research and earth science that have been published, linked to theory, evaluation of research results, and or policy provisions, aimed at users including policymakers, practitioners, academics, extension workers, students, and general users the other. The discussion was carried out comprehensively and aimed at providing information about the development of geophysical technology and earth science in Worldwide, its uses, problems, and solutions. The scope of discussion covers the fields of science: Geophysics, Geology, Geomorphology, Geochemistry, Geotechnics, Hydrogeology,  Mining, Remote Sensing & GIS, Petrology, Sedimentology, Rock Mechanics, and Rock Physics.

Peer Review Process

The author(s) may suggest a maximum of 5 potential reviewers to review their manuscript (please include the following information, e.g. title, name, institution, postage address, and email address). Authors can also propose unwanted individuals/reviewer not to review their article (maximum 2 researchers with a reasonable explanation). Reviewers must have the Scopus-ID or Researcher-ID (Thomson Reuters) or recorded as a first author in this journal with (minimum) a master degree.

Reviewers may also be invited from journals published by major publishers such as Elsevier or Springer. They must, however, come from different institutions with authors; preferably originating from different countries. Reviewers must not be subject to a conflict of interest involving the author(s) or manuscript(s). Nevertheless, the editor is not obligated to use any reviewers suggested by the author(s).

All manuscripts submitted to JGE will be read and reviewed blindly (double blind peer review) by (a minimum of) 2 peer reviewers who are expert in their field. Manuscript Service Flow can be seen in this page. The Editor may assign the Reviewer(s) from the JGE peer reviewers, Author(s) suggestions, other researchers, and/or other JGE Editorial Member. The acceptance of an manuscripts depend on the novelty of the research, significance of the article, truth of the content, the degree of originality, the clarity of description, and the conformity with the objective of the journal.

Manuscript may be accepted without revision, minor revisions, major revision, or even rejected. The final decision of manuscript acceptance shall be made by the Editorial Board according to reviewer's critical comments. The results of reviewed articles by reviewers will be notified to the author via email. The author is given an opportunity to revise his article based on the reviewer's (and editor's) suggestion no later than 8 weeks after the email notification.

Publication Frequency

JGE (Jurnal Geofisika Eksplorasi) is a double blind peer-reviewed journal that is managed and published by Geophysical Department, Engineering Faculty Universitas Lampung. JGE is published periodically (three times a year) in March, July and November which each issue publish 6-7 articles.

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 on JGE are open access by following the Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.

Journal History

JGE (Journal of Exploration Geophysics) was first published in 2013 with a volume of 3 numbers published a year in print. Since 2014 the manager of JGE (Journal of Exploration Geophysics) is Rian Amukti and in 2018 changed to Rahmat Catur Wibowo. A new journal manager account was obtained in 2018, so that new journal management was improved in the middle of the year. The composition of the Editorial Team, Peer Review, Template and Writing Format changed in 2019.

Change of web address from http://journal.eng.unila.ac.id/index.php/geo to https://jge.eng.unila.ac.id/index.php/geoph caused by technical problems. The old web address is still active (but not use for publishing) and only used for the archieved.

In early 2020, editorial in chief has changed from Mr. Ahmad Zaenudin to Mr. Rahmat Catur Wibowo and editorial member too. In July 2020 template and cover has changed based on editorial advisor suggestion. The JGE 2021-v2 template is valid for the July 2021 edition.