SASI is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing scholarly research on Customary Law as a dynamic and evolving field of legal study across societies and jurisdictions worldwide.

SASI welcomes contributions from scholars, researchers, legal practitioners, judges, policymakers, and other professionals worldwide whose research makes a substantive contribution to the study of Customary Law.

Yes. SASI welcomes research on Customary Law from any country, region, jurisdiction, or legal tradition. Research may focus on a particular customary legal system or community, a specific jurisdiction, comparative customary legal traditions, or broader theoretical and conceptual questions.

Since 2024, SASI has published four regular issues each year, in March, June, September, and December. Publication of an accepted article remains subject to completion of editorial, revision, final preparation, and production processes.

SASI's scope includes customary law principles, norms and institutions; legal pluralism; customary governance, justice and dispute resolution; customary law relating to land, natural resources and the environment; contemporary legal development; and comparative or interdisciplinary studies of customary law.

No. SASI does not restrict its research scope to Indonesia or any particular geographical region. Research from other countries and legal traditions is welcome when it makes a substantive contribution to the study of Customary Law and is relevant to the journal's scholarly readership.

No. A manuscript may examine Customary Law within a single jurisdiction or community. Comparative or international perspectives are welcomed where appropriate, but comparing multiple jurisdictions is not a publication requirement.

The current Submissions page identifies two accepted manuscript types: Original Research Articles and Conceptual Papers. Comparative research is an approach within Original Research Articles, not a separate manuscript type.

The Focus and Scope page mentions review articles, while the current Submissions page lists only Original Research Articles and Conceptual Papers. These pages are not fully consistent. Authors should contact the editorial office before submitting a review article.

Authors should prepare their manuscripts using the official SASI paper template and follow the current Author Guidelines before submission.

Yes. The submission checklist requires all listed authors to have read and approved the submitted version and to agree to its submission to SASI.

Depending on the research, authors must provide applicable declarations concerning ethical considerations and ethical clearance, conflicts of interest, funding, AI use, data availability, and other required author statements.

Where research involves human participants, personal data, interviews, institutional documents, or other activities requiring ethical approval, authors must obtain approval from the relevant ethics committee or authorized institution before conducting the research. Where required, the manuscript should identify the approving body and provide the approval number and year.

No. SASI's editorial screening checks that a manuscript is not simultaneously under consideration by another journal. Authors must not submit the same manuscript simultaneously to another journal.

Manuscripts are submitted through the journal's online submission system. Registration and login are required to submit a manuscript and check the status of current submissions.

The Managing Editor and/or editorial team checks the manuscript's fit with the Focus and Scope, compliance with Author Guidelines, academic structure and clarity, scholarly writing and citation, required components and declarations, publication ethics, simultaneous submission, and apparent serious plagiarism or misconduct.

The initial editorial screening is normally completed within two weeks after submission. This is the stated screening period, not a guarantee of the total time to an editorial decision or publication.

Yes. Manuscripts that pass initial editorial screening are checked using iThenticate and/or other appropriate similarity-checking methods. The similarity report is assessed by the editorial team; the percentage alone does not automatically determine whether plagiarism has occurred.

The Plagiarism Policy states a maximum similarity tolerance of 20%, excluding the bibliography. However, the percentage alone is not a determination of plagiarism. The editorial team also assesses the nature, location, source, citation, quotation, and context of the similarity.

SASI applies double-anonymous peer review. Authors' identities are not disclosed to reviewers, and reviewers' identities are not disclosed to authors.

Manuscripts processed up to Volume 32, Issue 3 are sent to two reviewers. Beginning with Volume 32, Issue 4 (December 2026), manuscripts will normally be evaluated by three independent reviewers.

The standard review period is three weeks after a reviewer accepts the review invitation. Actual processing time may vary due to reviewer availability, manuscript complexity, revisions, replacement reviewers, or other circumstances.

SASI identifies four principal decisions: Accepted, as it is; Accepted by Minor Revisions; Accepted by Major Revisions; and Rejected. Reviewer recommendations are advisory; the final editorial decision remains the responsibility of the editorial team.

No. A major revision requires substantial changes. The revised manuscript may be reassessed by the editor and/or reviewers. A major revision does not automatically guarantee acceptance.

No. SASI does not offer or accept fast-track publication, accelerated peer review, expedited editorial decisions, priority handling, or guaranteed publication.

Authors who use AI or AI-assisted tools in preparing, analyzing, translating, generating, editing, or otherwise producing a manuscript or research output must comply with SASI's AI Tools Usage Policy and disclose the tool, purpose, and relevant part or stage of use. Authors remain fully responsible for the manuscript.

No. SASI's Author Guidelines state that AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors.

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and final content of the manuscript. AI-generated or AI-assisted output must be critically reviewed and verified by the authors.

Reviewers must not use AI or automated tools to process confidential manuscript content unless expressly authorized by the journal and consistent with applicable confidentiality and data-protection requirements. Reviewers must also protect manuscript confidentiality.

The editorial team evaluates allegations and may request an explanation, seek additional review, reject a submitted manuscript, or take post-publication action where warranted. Actions concerning published articles may include correction, expression of concern, retraction, withdrawal, removal, or replacement under the applicable policy.

Yes. The standard APC is IDR 2,000,000 (two million Indonesian Rupiah) per accepted article.

No. SASI does not charge for manuscript submission, initial editorial screening, peer review, revision, editorial decision, page charges, colour charges, mandatory language editing, or routine online publication. The APC is the only mandatory publication fee.

The APC is payable only after formal acceptance. Authors should not make payment at submission, during screening, or during peer review. Payment instructions are provided after the formal acceptance decision.

No. SASI's current Author Fees policy states that APC waivers and discounts are not provided. The standard APC applies to each accepted article.

No. Editorial decisions are based on academic quality, originality, scholarly merit, and the journal's policies. Payment has no influence on editorial evaluation, peer review, or acceptance.

The Author Fees policy states that once paid, the APC is non-refundable if the author later requests withdrawal, cancellation, or removal of the accepted manuscript, subject to the exception required by applicable law.

Yes. The full text of every published article is immediately and permanently available online without subscription fees, registration requirements, or embargo periods.

Articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License. Reuse must provide appropriate attribution and indicate changes where applicable.

SASI's Author Self-Archiving Policy permits deposit of preprints, postprints, and the publisher's version/PDF in the listed author homepage, non-commercial institutional or subject repositories, non-commercial repositories and social networks, and the journal repository website, subject to the policy's conditions.

When the article is published, the posted version should be updated with the full citation to the original SASI publication, including its DOI. The published version may be used for non-commercial scholarly purposes with full attribution under CC BY-NC 4.0.

SASI states that it participates in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) to support long-term preservation and continued accessibility of its scholarly record.

SASI publishes a reviewer list and explains that reviewers are selected based on relevant academic expertise, specialization, research experience, publication experience, and suitability for the manuscript. However, the currently reviewed public policies do not specify an open reviewer application procedure.

If you wish to express interest, contact the editorial office through the official contact page. This is a contact suggestion, not a published guarantee of reviewer appointment.

SASI's Peer Review Process describes reviewer selection in terms of relevant academic expertise and experience, field specialization, academic competence, scholarly experience, and research or publication experience. It does not state a universal minimum academic degree or minimum publication count in the reviewed policy.

Reviewers are expected to assess manuscripts objectively, independently, constructively, and within their competence; maintain confidentiality; disclose conflicts of interest; avoid using unpublished information for personal advantage; and notify the editorial team if they lack the expertise or cannot complete a review within the required timeframe.

The currently reviewed public SASI policies do not specify reviewer certificates, financial rewards, honoraria, or a formal reviewer recognition programme. Please contact the editorial office for any clarification.