- The manuscript must be written in academic English.
- The length of the manuscript is 4000-7000 words (not including references).
- Prepare your manuscript using the manuscript template.
- The manuscript has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The manuscript file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, document file format (don't use another format like PDF).
- How to submit?
Read Make Submission - What files need to be attached?
Main file:
- Manuscript (*.docx), max. 2MB in size
Supplementary files:
- Cover Letter (*.pdf), max. 2MB in size [Template]
- Similarity Check Report by Turnitin (*.pdf), max. 25% of similarity index
- Acknowledgement and Declarations (*.pdf), max. 2MB in size [Template]
- Supplementary file (if any/optional: high resolution of figure, table, chart, etc.)
- TITLE. This is your opportunity to attract the reader’s attention. Remember that readers are the potential authors who will cite your article. Identify the main issue of the paper. Begin with the subject of the paper. The title should be accurate, unambiguous, specific, and complete. Do not contain infrequently used abbreviations.
- AUTHOR INFORMATION. Write author(s) names without titles and professional positions such as Prof. Dr. John Dewey, etc. Do not abbreviate your last/family name. Always give your first and last names. If you have a one-word name such as Sugiyono, write Sugiyono Sugiyono. Write clear affiliations for all authors. Affiliation includes the name of the department/unit (faculty), the name of the university, the address, and the country. Please indicate the corresponding author (include email address) behind the name. Author addresses are superscripted by numerals and centered over both columns of manuscripts.
- ABSTRACT. The length of the abstract is 200-300; no citation; state in the abstract a primary objective, methodology, main outcomes and results, and the conclusions.
- SECTION STRUCTURE. Authors are suggested to present their manuscript in the section structure with IMRaD style: Introduction - Method - Results and Discussion – Conclusion
- Conflicts of Interest. Declare conflicts of interest or state, “The authors declare no conflict of interest." Authors must identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of reported research results. Any role of the funding sponsors in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results must be declared in this section. If there is no role, please state, “The founding sponsors had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; and in the decision to publish the results.”
- REFERENCES. Expect a minimum of 15 references, with at least 80% of them being journal papers. Ensure that your references are formatted using the APA 6th edition style. Using reference manager applications like Mendeley or Zotero, etc. is mandatory.
References
All references referred to in the article text must be registered in the References section and must be written in American Psychological Association (APA) Seventh Edition style. The reference should contain sources, both primary and secondary sources. For referral purposes, the editor recommended to the author using a reference management application program such as Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero, or others.
The citation is required to be written down for the reference section. The citation is written in Bodynote and in American Psychological Association (APA) Seventh Edition style. The text by means of the last of the author's name, year, and page number (i.e. Smelser, 1962, p. 22). Notes (Endnotes) are allowed to be written in annotations on archives and captions that may not be accommodated in the text.
An article or book with more than one author should be written with (&) punctuation (Johnson & Laura, 2009, p. 10), and two authors then it should be written by the first author's name followed by "et al." All references in the text must be registered in the reference section, and vice versa; all written in the references should be referred to in the text (Ritzer, et al., 2008, p. 110).
The reference list format is according to the American Psychological Association (APA) Seventh Edition style. The reference list should appear at the end of the article and includes only literature actually cited in the manuscripts. References are ordered alphabetically and chronologically. We strongly recommend authors use reference tools, such as Mendeley or Zotero, etc. Herewith are some of the APA-based reference format structures:
- Printed book: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
- Online book / e-book: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the book. Publisher. URL or
https://doi.org/xxxxx - Journal article (print): Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the article. Journal Title, Volume(Issue), xx–xx.
- Journal article (online): Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the article. Journal Title, Volume(Issue), xx–xx. https://doi.org/xxxxx or URL
- Website article: Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the webpage/article. Website Name. URL
- Website article without author: Title of the webpage/article. (Year, Month Day). Website Name. URL
- Newspaper article (print): Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article. Newspaper Title, p. x. / pp. xx–xx.
- Newspaper article (online): Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article. Newspaper Title. URL
- Magazine article (print): Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article. Magazine Title, xx–xx.
- Encyclopedia entry: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of entry. In Title of encyclopedia (Vol. x, pp. xx–xx). Publisher.
- Archival document: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of document [Description of material]. Collection Name, Archive/Repository, Location.
C. Manuscript Preparation Checklist
Authors must check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect format.
- To ensure the paper conforms to the standard of the manuscript template, Please download the paper template in *.docx
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which are found in About the Journal.
- The length of the submitted paper is between 4000 and 7000 words, not including references.
- The references had been formatted in APA 6th edition style using Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote.
