Focus and Scope

Jambura Geo Education Journal (JGEJ) publishes high-quality empirical and theoretical studies at the intersection of geography education and human/social geography, with particular emphasis on spatial literacy, spatial thinking, place-based learning, and socio-spatial issues relevant to education and society.

The journal welcomes manuscripts that make a clear contribution to the advancement of geography as a field of teaching, learning, and socio-spatial inquiry. Priority is given to studies that demonstrate a strong geographical perspective, especially those that examine how spatial concepts, place relations, human-environment interactions, and socio-spatial processes are taught, learned, or interpreted in educational and community contexts.

The journal particularly welcomes manuscripts on:

• Geography teaching and learning at primary, secondary, and higher education levels
• Curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, and instructional design in geography education
• Spatial thinking, spatial literacy, and geographic reasoning in educational practice
• Environmental, disaster, sustainability, and citizenship education in geography learning
• Field-based, place-based, and inquiry-based learning in geography

• GIS, remote sensing, digital mapping, and geospatial media for teaching and learning
• Innovative learning resources and digital platforms for geography education
• Technology-enhanced strategies to strengthen students’ spatial understanding and inquiry skills

• Socio-spatial dynamics of communities, inequality, mobility, and place
• Urban and rural change, land-use transformation, and community-environment relations
• Cultural geography, identity, territoriality, and everyday spatial practices
• Tourism, geotourism, and destination studies when analyzed through explicit geographical or socio-spatial perspectives

• Teaching social and environmental issues through geographical approaches
• Geography education for understanding spatial injustice, inclusion, gender, and sustainability
• Studies from developing countries and the Global South that strengthen the international relevance of geography education and socio-spatial scholarship

Manuscripts are expected to:

• demonstrate a clear geographical framework or spatial perspective;
• contribute to geography education, human/social geography, or their intersection;
• show conceptual, methodological, or practical significance for researchers, educators, and practitioners.

The journal does not prioritize manuscripts that:

• Focus primarily on law, management, communication, or general social issues without a clear geographical or spatial framework;
• Discuss tourism, development, or community issues only descriptively, without geographical analysis; 
• Address education in general without direct relevance to geography learning, spatial thinking, or geospatial practice.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

• The research article submitted to this online journal will be peer-reviewed by at least 2 (two) reviewers.  We use a double-blind peer-review process. The decision is made based on the evaluation reports from the reviewers. Whenever necessary, we ask a third reviewer to evaluate the paper.
• Following the journal peer-reviewing process, the accepted research articles will be available online (free download). Editors will make the final decision on article acceptance based on the reviewers' comments. This journal uses English as the language.
• The decision made for the article results from the Editorial Board's agreement based on the suggestions proposed by the reviewer(s) and the double-blind review process.
• Plagiarism scanning will be conducted with the help of anti-plagiarism software.
• All articles published on Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.

Publication Frequency

The Journal of Jambura Geo Education Journal (JGEJ) is scheduled to be published biannually, in March and September, with two issues per year. It is published electronically through the journal's website (http://ejurnal.ung.ac.id/index.php/jgej). Each issue will consist of a minimum of five titles and articles, all of which will be assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

Open Access Policy

This journal provides direct open access to its content with the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. It is an Open Access journal, meaning all content is freely available without charge to users or their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This aligns with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of Open Access

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...

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Publication Ethics

Jambura Geo Education Journal (JGEJ)  is a peer-reviewed journal published by Geography Education Study Program, FMIPA UNG. This journal is available in print and online and highly respects the publication ethic and avoids any type of plagiarism. This statement explains the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the editor in chief, the editorial board, the peer-reviewers­­­­­ and the publisher (Geography Education Study Program, FMIPA UNG). This statement is based on COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication. The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal of JGEJ 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 author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society.

Geography Education Study Program, FMIPA UNG as publisher of JGEJ takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing seriously and we recognize our ethical behavior 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, Geography Education Study Program and Editorial Board will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful and necessary.

Publication decisions. The editor of the Jambura Geo Education Journal is 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 work with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair play. The editor at any time evaluate 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 Editors

The editor is 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. The 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.

Acknowledgement 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 behaviour 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 behaviour and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement 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.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest. All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other 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 authors obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

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Prof. Dr. Sunarty Eraku, S.Pd, M.Pd

Editor-in-Chief,

Jambura Geo Education Journal

Indexing

Articles published in Jambura Geo Education Journal (JGEJ) have appeared in the following indexes:

1. SINTA

2. DOAJ 

3. Crossref

4. Garuda 

5. Google Scholar  

6. ROAD

7. WorldCat

8. Dimensions

9. Moraref

10. BASE

11. Asian Science Citation Index

12. Semantic Sholar

Plagiarism Policy

Jambura Geo Education Journal (JGEJ) Editorial board recognizes that plagiarism is not acceptable and therefore establishes the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) upon identification of plagiarism/similarities in articles submitted for publication in JGEJ. JGEJ will use Turnitin's originality checking software as the tool in detecting similarities of texts in article manuscripts and the final version of articles ready for publication. A maximum of 20 % of similarities is allowed for the submitted papers. Should we find more than 20 % of the similarity index, the article will be returned to the author for correction and re-submission.

Definition:

Plagiarism involves the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work."

Policy:

Papers must be original, unpublished, and not pending publication elsewhere. Any material taken verbatim from another source needs to be clearly identified as different from the present original text by (1) indentation, (2) use of quotation marks, and (3) identification of the source.

Any text of an amount exceeding fair use standards (herein defined as more than two or three sentences or the equivalent thereof) or any graphic material reproduced from another source requires permission from the copyright holder and, if feasible, the original author(s) and also requires identification of the source; e.g., previous publication.

When plagiarism is identified, the Editor in Chief responsible for the review of this paper and will agree on measures according to the extent of plagiarism detected in the paper in agreement with the following guidelines:

Level of Plagiarism
Minor Plagiarism
A small sentence or short paragraph of another manuscript is plagiarized without any significant data or ideas taken from the other papers or publications.
Punishment: A warning is given to the authors and a request to change the manuscript and properly cite the original sources.

Intermediate Plagiarism
A significant data, paragraph, or sentence of an article is plagiarized without proper citation to the original source.
Punishment: The submitted article is automatically rejected.

Severe Plagiarism
A large portion of an article is plagiarized that involves many aspects such as reproducing original results (data, formulation, equation, law, statement, etc.), ideas, and methods presented in other publications.
Punishment: The paper is automatically rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles to the journal. 

Scopus Citedness

1.  Nurfitri, I., Utaya, S., & Utomo, D. H. (2025). Sustainable Tourism Management Strategy at Punaga Beach: A SWOT and AHP Approach for Environmental, Socio-Economic, and Cultural Sustainability. Jambura Geo Education Journal, 6(1), 37–47. Cited 1 time
Cited by:

o   Adilla Widyawati, S., & Amin, C. (2025). Harnessing Internal and External Potentials for Sustainable Tourist Village Development: A Case Study from Selo District, Central Java. E3S Web of Conferences, 652, 01004.
Scopus Article

2. Sahudra, T. M., Kenedi, A. K., Racmatsyah, R., Hamimah, H., & Handrianto, C. (2024). The Importance of Elementary Teacher Understanding: A Study of Perceptions of Disaster Education Models in Indonesia. Jambura Geo Education Journal, 5(1), 44–53.
Cited by:

o   Hendratno, N. I., Yasin, F. N., Wibowo, A. H., & Ghofur, A. (2025). Students' comprehensions ability on a digital storybook: A quasi-experiment research with Fry readability analysis. International Journal of Language Education, 9(1), 114-131. Scopus Article

o   Al Sarihi, A., & Mason, M. (Eds.). (2025). Climate policy and politics in the Middle East: Environmental, economic and political challenges. Bloomsbury Publishing. Scopus Article

o   Dzermansky, M., Snopek, L., & Drabikova, D. (2024). Modernisation of Fire Protection Education in Elementary Schools. Fire, 7(10), 337.
Scopus Article

3. Rianti, N. S., Utaya, S., Purwanto, P., & Shrestha, R. P. (2024). Uncovering The Effectiveness of the Project-Based Learning Model and Ecological Intelligence: Impact on Environmental Problem-Solving Ability in Senior High School. Jambura Geo Education Journal, 5(1), 33–43.
Cited by:

o   Azis, D., Suhendro, Nailan Sadida, A., Asyifa SP, A., & Widodo, S. (2025). GLЀH for Ecology Intelligence: A Sustainable Lifestyle Practice at School. E3S Web of Conferences, 652, 07002.

o   Ayerbe López, J., & Perales Palacios, F. J. (2025). ABP frente a una metodología convencional: incidencia sobre la conciencia ambiental. Enseñanza de Las Ciencias. Revista de Investigación y Experiencias Didácticas, 43(2), 81–102.
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4.     Ardiansyah, A. I., Putra, A. K., & Nikitina, N. (2024). Investigating Problem-Based Learning Model’s Impact on Student’s Critical Thinking Skills in Environmental Conservation Context. Jambura Geo Education Journal, 5(2), 87–103. Cited 1 time

• o    Omeh, C. B., Ayanwale, M. A., Mnguni, L. E., & Olelewe, C. J. (2025). Fostering programming skill and critical thinking through AI-assisted PBL integration. Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 14(1), 22.  Scopus Article

5.     Winowatan, W. J., Widjaja, H. R., Harianto, E., Nursalam, L. O., Mandalia, S., Djabbar, I., & Ridwan, M. (2024). Use of Local Culinary to Support Marine Tourism on Mampie Beach Polewali Mandar, Indonesia. Jambura Geo Education Journal, 5(1), 67–77. Cited 1 time
Cited by:

o   Talukder, M. B., Muhsina, K., & Kumar, S. (2025). Collaborative Partnership for Sustainable Development of Culinary Tourism in Bangladesh. In Digital Disruption in Hospitality, Sustainable Hospitality (pp. 229–250). Emerald Publishing Limited.
Scopus Article

6. Findayani, A., Hayati, R., Amrullah, M. F., & Rahman, A.-U. (2024). Towards a Resilient City: Analyzing Semarang Preparedness in Facing Disaster Related to Climate Change, Indonesia. Jambura Geo Education Journal, 5(1), 54–66.
Cited by:

o   Uddin, M. B., Antriyandarti, E., & Rahayu, W. (2025). Climate Change Adaptation of Fishermen on the North Coast of Java Island: Case Study in Pati District. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1518(1), 012005.
Scopus Article

7.     Azmi, H. N., Wijaya, H. B., Wijaya, M. I. H., Novandaya, Z., & Basram, N. F. (2024). Study of Youth Participation in Development Based on Regional Spatial Profile: Case Study of Urban and Rural Villages in Temanggung, Indonesia. Jambura Geo Education Journal, 5(1). Cited 1 time

o    Rusliyadi, M., & Chen, Y. H. (2024). The Impacts of Agricultural Digital Technologies to the Youth Generations for Food Security and Rural Development (pp. 275–302). Scopus Article

8. Findayani, A., Hayati, R., Amrullah, M. F., & Rahman, A.-U. (2024). Towards a Resilient City: Analyzing Semarang Preparedness in Facing Disaster Related to Climate Change, Indonesia. Jambura Geo Education Journal, 5(1), 54–66. Cited 1 time

o    Aprijanto, Prijambodo, T., Wibawa, B., Fithor, A., Santoso, M. A., Irfani, M., Cholishoh, E., Murtiaji, C., Ariyanto, D., & Sukmana, C. I. (2025). Innovative strategies for tidal flood protection: a systematic literature review on spatial management in coastal city (case study: Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia). Marine Systems & Ocean Technology, 20(1), 9. Scopus Article

9.     Sejati, A. E., Nasarudin, Karim, A. T. A., Sugiarto, A., Harianto, E., & Sarwan. (2023). Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Hasil Belajar Geografi secara Daring: Studi Siswa SMA Negeri 1 Samaturu, Sulawesi Tenggara. Jambura Geo Education Journal, 4(1), 68–76. Cited 1 time

o    Putri, F. M., Juandi, D., & Sohibun, S. (2024). Analysis of prospective teachers’ mathematical concept understanding ability in view of learning styles. 030003. Scopus Article

10.    Habibah, K., Putra, A. K., Nilsson, S., & Vielhaber, C. (2023). Digital Estuaries: Exploring the Pedagogical Benefits of Virtual Reality Media in Geography and Spatial Analysis. Jambura Geo Education Journal, 4(2), 189–200. Cited 1 time

o    de Castro, D. B., Ducart, D. F., de Sena, Í. S., de Lima Picanço, J., da Silva, C. H., & da Mota, G. S. (2026). Virtual Reality in Geoscience: An Overview (pp. 20–38). Scopus Article

o    Darejeh, A., & Mashayekh, S. (2025). How the Metaverse and Brain Computer Interfaces Can Revolutionise the Education Industry. In Futureshock (pp. 76–98). CRC Press. Scopus Article

o    lo Iacono, L., López, A., & Visintin, E. P. (2024). Testing the Effectiveness of an Ecomedia Literacy Environmental Education Lesson. Social Sciences, 13(12), 645. Scopus Article

11.   Marlina, Mkumbachi, R. L., Mane, A., & Daud, L. R. (2023). Environmental Care Character Education Based On Local Wisdom For Marine Resource Management. Jambura Geo Education Journal, 4(2), 199–207.
Cited by:

o   Lestari, N., & Suyanto, S. (2024). A systematic literature review about local wisdom and sustainability: Contribution and recommendation to science education. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 20(2), 1–19.
Scopus Article

12.   Ikhsan, M., & Haris, H. (2022). Ekowisata Rammang-Rammang Sebagai Laboratorium Pembelajaran Kontekstual Geografi Di Kabupaten Maros. Jambura Geo Education Journal, 3(2), 43–51.
Cited by:

o   Fitriani, R., Dwi Febriyani, S., Pratama, G., Andika, K., Aprilla, R., Nurfajrina, R., Stivani Suherman, D., & Fitra Ritonga, A. (2023). The Influence Of Maritime Education Through Project Based Learning-A Review. In S. J., J. G.M., R. M.V., Y. T., & P. H. (Eds.), BIO Web of Conferences (Vol. 79). EDP Sciences.
Scopus Article

13.   Winowatan, W. J., Widjaja, H. R., Harianto, E., Nursalam, L. O., Mandalia, S., Djabbar, I., & Ridwan, M. (2024). Use of Local Culinary to Support Marine Tourism on Mampie Beach Polewali Mandar, Indonesia. Jambura Geo Education Journal, 5(1), 67–77.  Cited 1 time

o    Talukder, M. B., Muhsina, K., & Kumar, S. (2025). Collaborative Partnership for Sustainable Development of Culinary Tourism in Bangladesh. In Digital Disruption in Hospitality, Sustainable Hospitality (pp. 229–250). Emerald Publishing Limited.  Scopus article

14.   Mayzarah, E. M., & Batmomolin, P. S. M. (2021). Kesiapsiagaan Masyarakat Terhadap Bencana Tsunami Di Kelurahan Pasir Putih, Manokwari. Jambura Geo Education Journal, 2(1), 7–14.
Cited by:

o   Utariningsih, W., Novalia, V., & Saifullah, T. (2023). Mitigation and community preparedness in anticipating tsunami disasters in Muara Batu, Aceh. Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 15(1).
Scopus Article

15.   Hasriyanti, H., & Hendra, H. (2021). Diversifikasi Pekerjaan Sebagai Strategi Bertahan Hidup Rumah Tangga Nelayan Di Galesong Utara. Jambura Geo Education Journal, 2(2), 63–69.
Cited by:

o   Antriyandarti, E., Madina, A. P., & Ramadani, A. R. (2023). Working Fishermen, Environment, Survival Strategies and Profit-Sharing System: A Case Study at Sadeng Beach. In H. H. (Ed.), IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 1275, Issue 1). Institute of Physics.

o   Fauziyah, E., Awang, S. A., Suryanto, P., & Achmad, B. (2024). Inequality and Poverty of Privately Owned Forests Farmers in Rural Areas of Indonesia. Forest Science and Technology, 1–14.
Scopus Article

16.   Kobi, W., & Hendra, H. (2020). Kajian Geografi Ekonomi: Studi Kasus Kondisi Sosial Ekonomi Masyarakat Suku Bajo Di Popayato, Gorontalo. JAMBURA GEO EDUCATION JOURNAL, 1(1), 16–25.
Cited by:

o   Fyka, S. A., Batoa, H., Limi, M. A., Syarni, P., & Karlina, A. (2023). Strategy analysis to realize food security of Bajo fishers in Wangi - Wangi District during the covid 19 pandemic. In M. H., R. A.R., M. null, A. A.S., H. G., R. M., R. A., H. A.S.R., R. N.D., A. M.A., H. S.H., Y. D.S., A. A.F., K. I., & K. null (Eds.), AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2596). American Institute of Physics Inc.
Scopus Article

17.   Hasanah, R., & Ernawati, E. (2020). Introduction study: Construction of assessment instruments of geographic textbook content analysis based on kdp value. Jambura Geo Education Journal (JGEJ), 1(2), 47–54.
Cited by:

o   Suparman, M. A. (2021). Games Based Learning On Discrete Mathematics In The New Normal. Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, 27(SpecialIssue 2), 1–18.
Scopus Article

Generative AI Policies

These policies are established in response to the growing use of generative and AI-assisted technologies in research and are updated to reflect evolving best practices. They aim to ensure transparency and provide clear guidance for authors, reviewers, editors, and readers. Jambura Geo Education Journal will continue to monitor developments in this area and refine these policies as necessary.

For Authors—Use of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Tools

Jambura Geo Education Journal recognizes the potential benefits of generative AI and AI-assisted tools when used responsibly to support manuscript preparation, such as for language improvement, literature synthesis, and content organization. However, these tools must not replace human critical thinking, expertise, and scholarly judgment. Full human oversight is required at all stages.

Author Responsibility

Authors remain fully responsible and accountable for:

• Verifying the accuracy, integrity, and objectivity of all AI-generated content.

• Ensuring the manuscript reflects the authors’ original intellectual contribution.

• Maintaining data privacy, intellectual property, and ethical standards.

• Clearly disclosing the use of AI tools in an AI declaration statement upon submission.

Basic grammar, spelling, and punctuation checks do not require disclosure. Any AI use in the research process must be described in detail in the Methods section.

Responsible Use

Authors must ensure that AI tools:

• Protect the confidentiality of unpublished data and personal information.

• Do not obtain rights to authors’ materials beyond providing the service.

• Do not restrict the future publication of the manuscript.
  Authors are also responsible for checking factual errors and potential bias in AI outputs.

Authorship

AI tools must not be listed as authors or co-authors. Authorship is limited to humans who meet standard scholarly responsibility and accountability.

Figures, Images, and Artwork

The use of generative AI to create or alter images, figures, or graphical abstracts is not permitted. Limited technical adjustments (e.g., brightness or contrast) are allowed if they do not distort data.

AI use in image generation is only permitted when it is an explicit part of the research methodology and must be fully described in a reproducible manner in the Methods section.
The use of generative AI for cover art may be allowed only with prior editorial approval and full rights clearance.

For Reviewers – Use of Generative AI in the Peer Review Process

All manuscripts received for review must be treated as strictly confidential. Reviewers must not upload submitted manuscripts, reviewer reports, or any part of them into generative AI or AI-assisted tools, as this may violate confidentiality, intellectual property, and data privacy rights.

Peer review relies on human critical judgment and scholarly responsibility. Therefore, reviewers are not permitted to use generative AI or AI-assisted tools to evaluate the scientific content of a manuscript. The reviewer remains fully responsible and accountable for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the review report.

Authors may disclose the use of AI tools in manuscript preparation in a dedicated AI declaration section of the submitted paper. Reviewers should evaluate such disclosures as part of the editorial assessment.

Jambura Geo Education Journal may use editorially approved, secure AI-assisted systems for administrative purposes such as plagiarism screening, manuscript checks, and reviewer matching. These systems comply with data privacy, confidentiality, and ethical standards.

For Editors – Use of Generative AI in the Editorial Process

All submitted manuscripts and all related editorial communications must be treated as strictly confidential. Editors must not upload manuscripts, decision letters, or any editorial correspondence into generative AI or AI-assisted tools, as this may violate confidentiality, intellectual property, and data privacy.

Editorial evaluation and decision-making require human judgment and responsibility. Therefore, editors are not permitted to use generative AI or AI-assisted tools to assist in scientific evaluation or editorial decisions. Editors remain fully responsible and accountable for the review process, editorial decisions, and all communications with authors.

Editors may refer to authors’ AI disclosure statements included in the manuscript. If a potential violation of AI policy by authors or reviewers is suspected, it must be reported to the publisher.

Jambura Geo Education Journal may employ secure, editor-approved AI-assisted systems for administrative purposes such as plagiarism checks, manuscript screening, and reviewer identification. These systems comply with data privacy, confidentiality, and ethical standards.