Author Guidelines

The manuscript text general guidelines are as follows:

The manuscript is the authentic research result that has not been published yet in other publication media or publishing houses. The manuscript text ought to be written as this article template. The article is written on A4-sized papers (210x297 mm), with custom margins as follows: left 25 mm, right 20 mm, bottom 20 mm and top 30 mm, Palatino Linotype theme font, 12pt font size, and 1 line-spacing. The manuscript is typed using Microsoft Word program on A4 paper, around 6,000-7,000 words including figures, tables and references. The manuscript does not contain any plagiarism element. The editorial board will directly reject the text that indicates plagiarism. We use plagiarism software to check your manuscript.

The manuscript needs to be structured in such a way that every new sections begin on new pages.

  • Front Matter: title, authors, affiliations and contacts, abstract
  • Research Discussion: introduction, methods, results and discussion, conclusion
  • Back Matter: appendices or supplementary materials (if any), acknowledgment (if any), declaration of conflict of interest (if any), references

The Guidelines for the Manuscript Body Text

The title of the manuscript: The title should be informative and be written both briefly and clearly. It cannot diverse multi interpretations. It has to be pinpoint with the issues that will be discussed. The beginning word is written in capital case and symmetrically. The article title does not contain any uncommon abbreviation. The main ideas should be written first and followed then by its explanations. The article title should be written within twelve words, 18pt-sized font, with the bold selection and in the justify text format.

Abstract: The abstract has to be written within 250 words maximum and followed by with three to five keywords and arranged alphabetically. Abstract must contain reseach objectives, methodology, result, conclusion and limitation (optional). Abstract written in 1 space line and 9 font size Palatino Linotype.

Introduction: The introduction must contain (sortly and consecutively) a general background and a literature review (state of the art) as the basic of the brand new research question, statements of the brand new scientific article, main research problems, and the hypothesis. In the final part of the introduction, the purpose of the article writing should be stated. They should be represented in the literature review to show the brand new of the scientific article.

Methodology: The methodology explains how the research is conducted, including research design, data collection, research instrument and analytic methods. This part should be narated.

Results and Discussion: This part consists of the research results and how they are discussed. The results obtained from the research have to be supported by sufficient data. The research results and the discovery must be the answers or the research hypothesis or research question stated previously in the introduction part.

Conclusion: This is the final part containing conclusions, limitations and recommendations. The conclusions will be the answers of the hypothesis or research question, the research purposes and the research discoveries. The conclusions should not contain only the repetition of the results and discussions. It should be the summary of the research results as the author expects in the research purposes or the hypothesis. Research limitations and recommendations contain deficiency in the research and suggestions associated with further ideas from the research.

References: All the references that used in the article must be listed in this part. In this part, all the used references must be taken from primary sources (scientific journals and the least number is 80% from all the references) that published in the last ten years. Each article should has at least ten references.

The Guidelines for the Citations and References
All the served data or quotes in the article taken from the other author articles should attach the reference sources. The references should use a reference application management such as Mendeley, End Note, or Zotero. The writing format that used in this journals follows the format applied by APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Association).

The Online Submission Manuscript Guidelines
The manuscript text must be submitted by one of two systems (the submitted second procedure is more preferable):

  • The document submit by Online Submission System in the OJS portal of the journal relevant.
  • Firstly, the author should register as either an author or reviewer (checking role as author or reviewer) in the “Register” or HERE.
  • After the registration step is completed, log in as an author, click in “New Submission”. The article submission stage consists of five stages, such as: (1). Start, (2). Upload Submission, (3). Enter Metadata, (4). Upload Supplementary Files, (5). Confirmation.
  • In the “Start” column, chose Journal Section (Full Article), check all the checklists.
  • In the “Upload Submission” Columns, upload the manuscript files in MSWord format in this column.
  • In the “Enter Metadata” columns, fill in with all the author data and affiliation. Including the Journal Title, Abstract and Indexing Keywords.
  • In the “Upload Supplementary Files” columns, the author is allowed to upload supplementary files, the statement letter, or any other else.
  • In the “Confirmation” columns, if the data you entered are all correct already, then click “Finish Submission”.

Whenever authors have any problem with the online submission, they can please contact the Editorial Office through the following email: [email protected].