The journal of social and management is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal. Every paper submitted to the Social and Management Journal for publication is subject to peer review. A peer review in this journal is an evaluation of a paper submitted by two or more individuals who have similar competence to the author. It aims to determine the feasibility of academic papers to be published. The peer review method is used to maintain quality standards and give credibility to the paper. Peer review in the Indonesian Impression Journal takes place in 9 steps with the following description.

1. Paper Submission

Corresponding authors or submitting papers to journals. This is done through an online system supported by the Open Journal System (OJS). However, to make it easier for the author, temporarily also accept submissions of papers via email.

2. Editorial Office Assessment

Submitted papers are assessed in advance by the editor of the Journal. Social journals and management. Editor checks whether it fits the focus and scope of the Journal. The composition and arrangement of the paper is evaluated against the journal's Author Guidelines to ensure it includes the necessary sections and style of language. In addition, an assessment of the minimum quality required of a paper for publication begins at this step, including an assessment of whether there are major methodological weaknesses. Any submitted papers that pass this step will be checked by Turnitin for plagiarism prior to review by reviewers.

3. Assessment by Editor in Chief

The Editor in Chief checks whether the paper is appropriate for the journal, is original, interesting and significant enough for publication. Otherwise, the paper may be rejected without further review.

4. Invitation for Reviewers

The handling editor sends invitations to individuals he or she believes will be appropriate reviewers (also known as referees) based on expertise, proximity of research interests, and no consideration of conflicts of interest. The peer review process in Social and Management Journals involves a community of experts in narrowly defined social science fields, ranging from management, economics, culture, law and religion who are qualified and able to conduct fairly balanced reviews. Impartiality is also maintained by the double-blind peer review used in this journal. That said, the reviewer does not know the identity of the author, otherwise the author does not know the identity of the reviewer. Papers are sent to reviewers anonymously.

5. Response to Invitation

Potential reviewers consider the invitation to be against their own expertise, conflict of interest, and availability. They then decide to accept or reject. In the invitation letter, the editor may ask the potential reviewer for suggestions from an alternative reviewer, when he or she refuses to review.

6. Review is Conducted

The reviewers allocate time to read the paper several times. The first read is used to form an initial impression of the work. If major problems are found at this stage, the reviewers may feel comfortable rejecting the paper without further work. Otherwise, they will read the paper several more times, taking notes so as to build a detailed point-by-point review. The review is then submitted to the journal, with a recommendation to accept, or reject it, or else with a request for revision (usually flagged as either major or minor) before it is reconsidered.

7. Journal Evaluates the Reviews

The Editor-in-Chief and handling editor consider all the returned reviews before making an overall decision. If the reviews differ widely between both reviewers, the handling editor may invite an additional reviewer so as to obtain an extra opinion before making a decision.

8. The Decision is Communicated

The editor sends a decision email to the author including any relevant reviewer comments. Reviewer comments is sent anonymously to the corresponding author to take the necessary actions and responses. At this point, reviewers are also be sent an email or letter letting them know the outcome of their review.

9. Final Steps

If accepted, the paper is sent to copy-editing. If the article is rejected or sent back to the author for either major or minor revision, the handling editor will include constructive comments from the reviewers to help the author improve the article. The author should make corrections and revise the paper per the reviewers' comments and instructions.

After revision has been made, the author should resubmit the revised paper to the editor.

If the paper was sent back for revision, the reviewers should expect to receive the revised version, unless they have opted out of further participation. However, where only minor changes were requested this follow-up review might be done by the handling editor.

If the editor is happy with the revised paper, it is considered to be accepted. Leveraging the feedback from the peer review process, the Editor will make the final publication decision. The review process will take approximately 1 week to 4 weeks. The category of decisions includes, The accepted papers will be published online and all are freely available as downloadable pdf files.