Jurnal Sistem Komputer (SISKOM) (E-ISSN: 2798-2513) is an accredited, peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published by LPPM STMIK Indonesia Banda Aceh in collaboration with the Computer System Study Program. Officially accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology as SINTA 5, the journal is published quarterly in February, May, August, and November. All published manuscripts are permanently archived and assigned a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

Jurnal Sistem Komputer (SISKOM) is dedicated to advancing high-impact theoretical discoveries, hardware prototyping, empirical experimentations, and comprehensive reviews across computer systems engineering, hardware architectures, embedded electronics, and cyber-physical networks. The journal bridges fundamental computational hardware logic with applied cybernetics, serving as an authoritative forum for computer engineers, embedded systems architects, roboticists, and hardware instrumentation specialists.

All published articles are assigned a permanent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) via Crossref, ensuring permanent electronic discoverability, metadata persistence, and validated citation tracking across international indexing engines.

The journal invites original, high-quality submissions encompassing, but not limited to, the following engineering clusters:

• Embedded Systems, Firmware Engineering & Cyber-Physical Systems: System-on-Chip (SoC) architectures, Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS), microcontroller-based instrumentation, hardware-software co-design, ultra-low-power embedded firmware, and energy-harvesting hardware design.
• Internet of Things (IoT), Sensor Networks & Edge Intelligence: Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), smart telemetry systems, edge computing gateways, TinyML (embedded machine learning), LPWAN protocols (LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, Zigbee), and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
• Robotics, Intelligent Control Systems & Autonomous Vehicles: Autonomous mobile robots (AMR), kinematic and dynamic robot modeling, robotic manipulators, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), smart sensory feedback, adaptive PID/fuzzy logic/neural controllers, and PLC/SCADA industrial automation.
• Computer Architecture, VLSI Design & Hardware Security: Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC), Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) synthesis, RISC-V computing architectures, hardware cryptographic accelerators, side-channel attack countermeasures, physical unclonable functions (PUF), and hardware Trojan detection.
• Digital Signal Processing & Embedded Computer Vision: Real-time digital signal processing (DSP), sensory data fusion (LiDAR, Radar, IMU, ultrasonic), hardware-accelerated computer vision, acoustic signal recognition, and biomedical embedded instrumentation.
• Computer Networking, Telecommunication Hardware & SDR: Software-Defined Radio (SDR), optical and wireless physical-layer communication, network processor hardware, vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANET), hardware testbeds for 5G/6G communication, and hardware router architecture.
• Biomedical Electronics, Wearable Tech & Assistive Cybernetics: Biosensors, intelligent prosthetic devices, wearable physiological monitors, assistive rehabilitation electronics, and bio-signal acquisition circuits.

Submitted manuscripts must represent original, unpublished research not currently under evaluation elsewhere. All manuscripts undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process administered by independent referees with established academic credentials in computer systems and hardware engineering.

SISKOM is committed to an efficient and high-quality peer review cycle. On average, authors can expect a first decision within 7 days, a peer review period of 14 days, a total submission-to-acceptance timeframe of approximately 28 days, and online publication within 7 days of acceptance. SISKOM operates in strict adherence to best practices established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Every published article explicitly displays its chronological publication milestones (Received, Revised, Accepted, and Published dates).

SISKOM periodically publishes Special Issues focusing on breakthrough developments in hardware cybernetics, semiconductor innovation, or select cutting-edge computing symposiums. Special Issues are guest-edited by distinguished experts and undergo identical double-blind peer review rigor as regular issues.

Proposals for Special Issues should encompass:

• A detailed outline of the proposed hardware/computer system theme;
• Strategic relevance to international trends in embedded engineering and IoT;
• Guest Editorial team credentials, institutional affiliations, and Scopus/ORCID profiles;
• A structured publication timeline covering manuscript call-for-papers, review intervals, and final galley production.

Proposals may be submitted via the Contact Us page.

SISKOM acknowledges the constructive assistance provided by Artificial Intelligence tools in scholarly writing while preserving academic transparency. The following principles apply to all submissions:

• Mandatory Disclosure: Authors must declare in a designated statement prior to References whether AI-assisted software (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot, Grammarly AI) was utilized during drafting or linguistic refining.
• Non-Authorship of AI: Conforming to COPE standards, AI models cannot be credited as authors or co-authors since non-human software cannot assume legal or ethical accountability for experimental hardware findings.
• Data Authenticity & Integrity: Authors remain solely responsible for the authenticity of schematic circuit diagrams, firmware source codes, hardware testbed measurements, and experimental datasets.
• Appropriate Application: AI usage is restricted to proofreading, grammar adjustment, and stylistic enhancements. Circuit designs, microarchitectures, laboratory measurements, and engineering conclusions must represent authentic human research.

This policy operates in strict alignment with guidelines formulated by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Jurnal Sistem Komputer (SISKOM) is published four times a year (quarterly) — February, May, August, and November. Each issue compiles peer-reviewed research papers and hardware prototypes highlighting practical engineering viability and theoretical depth. Submission capacities per issue are scheduled to maintain editorial scrutiny and reviewer diligence. Authors are advised to monitor the latest Announcements for upcoming call-for-papers deadlines.

SISKOM is an immediate and permanent Open Access journal. All published articles are immediately accessible online without financial barriers, registration barriers, or subscription paywalls. Readers and engineering practitioners are entitled to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full texts of all articles, adhering to the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) guidelines.

The journal maintains that making computer systems research accessible to the public supports widespread technological innovation, grassroots replication of open hardware, and maximized visibility for author contributions. For further details on open publishing models, visit the Public Knowledge Project.

SISKOM operates an author-pays Open Access model supported by an Article Processing Charge (APC). The fee directly covers independent peer review operations, Crossref DOI registration, layout typesetting, anti-plagiarism screening, and perpetual digital repository archiving.

For the latest schedule of fees, payment guidelines, institutional subsidies, and financial hardship waiver criteria, please refer to our dedicated Publication Fee page. Once a manuscript has been formally accepted and enters technical typesetting, paid APC fees are non-refundable.

All articles published in SISKOM receive a permanent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) administered through Crossref. The DOI guarantees persistent electronic linking, stable academic citation tracking, and unhindered interoperability across indexing engines.

Authors publishing in SISKOM retain complete copyright ownership of their articles, granting the journal right of first publication. All articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited.

SISKOM enforces a zero-tolerance policy against plagiarism, schematic fabrication, and duplicate publication. All submitted articles undergo comprehensive screening using iThenticate, Turnitin, and Copyleaks prior to external review.

SISKOM commits strictly to international publication ethics frameworks. We follow standards for author responsibility (CRediT taxonomy), reviewer integrity, editorial fairness, experimental validation, and formal retraction mechanisms. For extensive details, please review our dedicated Publication Ethics page.

Authors, reviewers, and editors must declare any prospective conflicts of interest—financial, institutional, or personal—that might influence manuscript review or publication:

• Authors: Must submit an explicit Conflict of Interest Statement prior to References disclosing hardware sponsorships, industrial research grants, or affirming their absence.
• Reviewers: Must decline reviewing manuscripts involving close colleagues, affiliated research centers, or competing commercial developers.
• Editors: Must recuse themselves from decisions regarding submissions in which they maintain competing institutional or personal stakes.

SISKOM strictly executes the COPE Retraction Guidelines:

• Corrigendum / Erratum: Issued when inadvertent typographical, calculation, or circuit schematic misprints require rectification without altering experimental conclusions.
• Retraction: Enacted when a published article contains fabricated laboratory readings, unreferenced plagiarism, or severe ethical violations. Retracted manuscripts remain visible in archives clearly watermarked "RETRACTED".
• Expression of Concern: Published when conclusive evidence regarding experimental misconduct is actively under editorial or institutional inquiry.

SISKOM ensures the long-term preservation and permanent open availability of all published work. The journal participates in distributed archiving architectures:

• LOCKSS — Empowering participating global libraries to harvest and preserve decentralized digital collections.
• CLOCKSS — Guaranteeing large-scale digital preservation across secure dark archives worldwide.
• PKP Preservation Network (PKP-PN) — Providing automated archival backup for OJS systems.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit the published version (Publisher's PDF) in institutional repositories, subject archives, and academic social networks.

• Founding & Periodic Publication (2021): Jurnal Sistem Komputer (SISKOM) commenced regular publication in 2021 under LPPM STMIK Indonesia Banda Aceh in collaboration with the Computer System Study Program, established as a scholarly medium focused on computer architecture, embedded hardware, and electronic systems engineering.
• Frequency Expansion to Quarterly (2026): In response to the accelerating volume of high-quality research submissions in embedded systems, IoT, and robotics, the journal officially expanded its publishing frequency in 2026 from biannual to quarterly (4 issues per year), appearing in February, May, August, and November.
• National Accreditation – Awarded SINTA 5 (April 7, 2026): On April 7, 2026, SISKOM was officially awarded SINTA 5 national accreditation pursuant to Decree No. 156/C/C3/KPT/2026 issued by the Director General of Research and Development of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology. This accreditation is valid retroactively from 2023 through 2028.
• OJS Infrastructure Upgrade (2026): The journal completed a comprehensive technical upgrade to the latest Open Journal Systems (OJS) version 3.4.0-10, significantly optimizing server stability, metadata management, anti-plagiarism integration, and author submission responsiveness.
• Harmonization of Standards & New Template Readiness (Target 2027): In accordance with national accreditation benchmarks (Decree No. 374/DST/D.D1/HM.01.01/2026) and global ethical publishing standards (COPE and CRediT taxonomy), an updated layout format and standardized template are formally scheduled for full implementation starting with Volume 7 in 2027. This step guarantees full genesis publication dating (Received, Revised, Accepted, Published), rigorous PDF-to-web metadata fidelity, and mandatory fourfold author declarations (AI disclosure, author contributions, funding, and conflicts of interest).