The Journal of Regional Economics Indonesia (JREI) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing scholarly and practical insights into regional economic development. JREI emphasizes rigorous empirical, theoretical, and policy-oriented research that addresses contemporary challenges in development economics. Our scope encompasses interdisciplinary studies with a strong regional focus, structured around the following themes:

1. Regional Finance and Fiscal Policy

• Tax systems, levies, and revenue optimization.
• Intergovernmental transfers, fiscal decentralization, and regional financial independence.
• Public financial management, GRDP analysis, and fiscal sustainability.

2. Banking and Regional Monetary Economics

• Banking performance, third-party fund dynamics, and financial inclusion.
• Monetary policy impacts, credit accessibility, and digital banking innovations.

3. Human Resource Development and Labor Economics

• Labor force participation, minimum wage policies, and poverty alleviation.
• Education, skills development, and digital literacy in MSMEs.

4. Regional/Spatial Economics and Planning

• Spatial disparities, infrastructure development, and urbanization.
• Regional planning, rural-urban linkages, and smart city initiatives.

5. Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

• Digital transformation, innovation, and performance gaps.
• Access to finance, policy frameworks, and sustainability in MSMEs.

6. Local Governance and Institutional Economics

• Village-owned enterprises (BUMDes), SAK EMKM implementation, and accountability.
• Decentralization, public-private partnerships, and institutional reforms.

7. Sustainable Development and Environmental Economics

• Resource management, green economy, and climate-resilient policies.
• Environmental governance and sustainable regional growth strategies.

8. Econometric and Quantitative Methods in Regional Analysis

• Panel data analysis, macroeconomic modeling, and impact evaluation.
• Advanced statistical methods for regional policy assessment.

Key Features:

• Interdisciplinary Approach: Integrates economics with public policy, environmental studies, and governance.
• Methodological Diversity: Welcomes case studies, econometric analyses, mixed methods, and literature reviews.
• Policy Relevance: Prioritizes studies offering actionable insights for policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders.
• Global and Local Perspectives: Balances Indonesia-specific issues with globally applicable frameworks.

Journal History

The Journal of Regional Economics Indonesia (JREI) was established in 2020 by the Development Economics Study Program at the University of Merdeka Malang (Unmer Malang) as a multidisciplinary platform to address regional economic challenges in Indonesia. Since its inception, JREI has been committed to fostering academic excellence and evidence-based policymaking through rigorous, peer-reviewed research.

Key Milestones

• 2020: Launched with a biannual publication schedule (February and August).
• 2020–2025: Consistently indexed in SINTA 5(Indonesia’s national journal accreditation system), beginning with Volume 1, No. 2 (2020) through Volume 6, No. 1 (2025).

Author Fees

The Journal of Regional Economics Indonesia (JREI) applies the following fees to support the costs of peer review, editorial processes, and open-access publication:

1. Fast-Track Review: 500,000.00 IDR (Indonesian Rupiah)
   • Expedited peer review and editorial decision within 4 weeks of submission.
2. Article Publication Fee: 300,000.00 IDR (Indonesian Rupiah)
   • Charged only upon manuscript acceptance to cover costs of copyediting, typesetting, indexing, and digital archiving.

Screening for Plagiarism

In this publication, the Journal of Regional Economics Indonesia strongly opposes plagiarism because of its own abilities. The Journal of Regional Economics Indonesia is committed to blocking plagiarism, including self-plagiarism.

The author must ensure that the author has written the original work fully, if the author has used the work and / or words of others who have been quoted correctly, and if found indications of plagiarism (above 25%) in the text, then the Journal of Regional Economics Indonesia automatically has the right to reject the manuscript. The Journal of Regional Economics Indonesia strongly recommends, too, an important part of the manuscript before it is published. The author also appreciates writing in the Journal of Regional Economics Indonesia of publications, duplicates, or excessive fraud.

Before the author submits the manuscript to the Journal of Regional Economics Indonesia at least to examine the use of plagiarism. When submitting articles published for authenticity checks, the Journal of Regional Economics Indonesia recommends the use of Turnitin, Scanner from http://turnitin.com/. Before using Turnitin Plagiarism for the first time, we strongly recommend that the writer read the instructions for using this plagiarism detector. The plagiarism detection system for the Journal of Regional Economics Indonesia uses and is affiliated with Turnitin.

* Please note that the Journal of Regional Economics Indonesia is affiliated with Turnitin. *

The article has not been published in other media and does not contain plagiarism. Preferably the author must use reference management software, for example for Mendeley. Bibliography and reference system for the Journal of Regional Economics Indonesia using Mendeley and Turnitin.

Review Guideline and Process

Peer Review Process

The research article submitted to this online journal will be peer-reviewed by at least 2 (two) reviewers. The accepted research articles will be available online following the journal peer-reviewing process. The languages used in this journal are English and Indonesian.

Review Guidelines

General

1. Give a mark on the wrong part or part that needs to be changed
2. Give a mark on the right side of the wrong line or line that needs to be changed

Detail

1. Title: Effectiveness, Specification, and clarity
2. Abstract: Complete and describe the essence  of the article
3. Keywords: Describing the essential concept of the article
4. Introduction: Up-to-date, originality, relevance of the Topic, compatibility of the important reason for the research object
5. Research Method: Has to emphasize procedure and data analysis for empirical study
6. Result: Analysis accurateness
7. Findings: Up-to-date findings, relevance to the interrelated researchers, and the scientific contribution effect of finding /idea to the development of science
8. Conclusion: Logical, valid, brief, and clear
9. Suggestion: For practical action, development of new theory, and next/advanced research
10. Picture/Table: Center located, Not cutted, Good quality to view, Picture/table title, Referred with a capital letter
11. Bibliography: The degree of up-to-date and the reference to primary book sources. Rules: minimum 80% of the journals or the interrelated scientific researchers, above 2019 (year); the number of book sources is a minimum of 10; minimum of 80% in the text/material of art.

Full Review Process of Manuscript

1. Writing: Is the manuscript easy to follow, that is, has a logical progression and evident organization?
2. Is the manuscript concise and understandable? Any parts that should be reduced,
3. Eliminated/expanded/added?
4. Note if there are major problems with mechanics: grammar, punctuation, spelling. (If there are just a few places that aren’t worded well or correctly, make a note to tell the author the specific places. If there are consistent problems throughout, only select an example or two if need be- don’t try and edit the whole thing).
5. Abbreviations: Used judiciously and are composed such that the reader won’t have trouble remembering what an abbreviation represents.
6. Follows style, format, and other rules of the journal.
7. Citations are provided when providing evidence-based information from outside sources.

Categories Decision

• Publish   : No Need Revision
• Minor     : Revision can be done by the Editor-In-Chief or those who help
• Major     : Revision can only be done by the author
• Rejected : Unproperly scientific or too many

Revision Guidelines

The paper that has received the results of the review is expected to be immediately revised to adjust the suggestions and questions that exist in the review results. The author is given no later than 15 days to revise his paper, counted since the submission of the review results. If at that time the author does not upload the revised paper, then the paper will not be refused to be published (reject). Renewal time extensions can be obtained following strong demand and reason. The revised paper is further uploaded through JREI website and also sent via email to [email protected] Following the provisions of the revised paper in Journal of Cakrawala Hukum:

1. When a reviewer gives a comment on a paper (in the comment box), the writer is asked to directly reply to that comment box. The answer from the author can be Information that has been revised or reason/argumentation if the author is not willing to revise for some reason (please can be submitted in the comments field already available briefly and details).

2. Revised on paper or additional material/sentence please block yellow highlighter.

3. After the revision is complete, the revised paper file is named after the revised paper and uploaded on the Journal website of JREI. The editor will receive only one post-revision paper. Revisions to comments from the second reviewer and additional sentences were also made on the post-revision paper marked with a green highlighter.

4. Attached sample of the revision process paper in JREI to facilitate the revision process by the author.

Ethics Statement

Our ethic statements are based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Publication decisions
The editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published.
The editor 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 editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair play
An 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.

Acknowledgment 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 behavior and are unacceptable.

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 behavior and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgment 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 in 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 author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Publication Frequency

Jurnal Pariwisata is published twice a year in February and August.

Abstracting and Indexing

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Publication System

This journal uses Open Journal Systems 2.4.8.5, which is open source journal management and publishing software developed, supported, and freely distributed by the Public Knowledge Project under the GNU General Public License.