Editor in Chief will assign the manuscript to Managing Editor for further handling. The Managing Editor will request at least two scientists to review the research article manuscript. All manuscripts are subject to double-blind peer-review, both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process to meet standards of academic excellence. 

Reviewing process will consider novelty, originality, objectivity, method, scientific impact and conclusion. Reviewers' comments will be sent to the corresponding author for necessary actions and responses. The Editorial Board will evaluate the reviewer’s comment and then send the final decision regarding the submission to the corresponding author based on the reviewer's recommendation. Reviewers are selected based on their expertise and experience in relevant academic and professional fields. The journal maintains a diverse pool of national and international reviewers to ensure a high-quality and impartial evaluation.

Pancasila: Jurnal Keindonesiaan Journal Editorial Board, author, and reviewers shall use the electronic submission system for all journal communications and make appropriate use of Pancasila: Jurnal Keindonesiaan plagiarism screening using Turnitin Similarity Check (iThenticate). 

All submissions and review reports are treated as confidential. Reviewers are prohibited from sharing or using any information from the manuscripts for personal gain or other purposes. Reviewers are expected to provide constructive, unbiased, and timely feedback. They should declare any potential conflicts of interest and recuse themselves if necessary. Pancasila: Jurnal Keindonesiaan adheres to strict publication ethics, including prevention of plagiarism, data fabrication, and other unethical practices. Reviewers are required to uphold these standards in their evaluations.

Based on reviewer recommendations, the Editorial Board makes the final decision to accept, revise, or reject a manuscript. Authors are notified of the decision along with anonymized reviewer comments. The editor or editorial board considers the feedback provided by the peer reviewers and arrives at a decision. The following are the most common decisions:

• Accepted, as it is. The journal will publish the paper in its original form;
• Accepted by Minor Revisions, the journal will publish the paper and asks the author to make small corrections (let authors revised with stipulated time);
• Accepted by Major Revisions, the journal will publish the paper provided the authors make the changes suggested by the reviewers and/or editors (let authors revised with stipulated time);
• Resubmit (conditional rejection), the journal is willing to reconsider the paper in another round of decision making after the authors make major changes;
• Rejected (outright rejection), the journal will not publish the paper or reconsider it even if the authors make major revisions.