AUTHOR GUIDELINES

  1. Manuscript accepted is written in English; and has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
  2. The manuscript must be in Word File Format, and sent to the journal system via online submission by creating account in this Open Journal System (OJS) [click REGISTER if you have not had any account yet; or click LOG IN if you have already had an account].
  3. All authors' names, affiliation of each author, and email of each author (if there are more than 1 authors), must be written completely in the metadata field. The primary contact (in the metadata) is the correspondence author's email (written in the submitted manuscript).
  4. The title of the manuscript:
    • does not exceed 14 words
    • should concisely and accurately reflect the subject matter
    • should be as brief as possible, informative, and represent the content of the manuscript
    • comprises the keywords of the topics studied
    • does not contain uncommon abbreviations, formulas, and referrals.
  5. Authors’ names are written below the tittle, followed by authors’ affiliation, and include the email address of the correspondent author.
  6. For abstract and keywords:
    • Abstract is composed in one paragraph, justified, single line-spaced, not exceed 225 words.
    • Abstract briefly and factually describes the importance of the research, research objectives, research method used, research subjects (participants/informans), data collection, data analysis, results, conclusion, and the contributions the article makes to theory and/or practice.
    • Avoid referrals and unusual abbreviations.
    • Under the abstract, keywords are written, in the form of 3 to 5 words/ phrases which are important, specific, and representative to the article, sorted alphabetically, and separated by commas (,).
  7. The length of the manuscript is approximately 7 to 18 pages (or between 5,000 to 7,000 words), written in A4 paper size, margins: top = left = right = bottom = 3 cm, one columns, justified, 1.15 lines-spaced, Times New Roman font size 12.
  8. The article structure are Introduction, Literature Review, Research Method, Findings and Discussion, Conclusions (and Suggestions), References, no need to use sub-sections unless they contain information that is very important for the research.
  9. The Introduction should consist of the background of the study, research contexts, research question(s) or research objective(s), the highlight of the novelty and the significance contribution with larger implication of the research.
  10. The Literature Review states the empirical or theoretical problem which is the basis of the research, the theory underlying the research, relevant previous research results, the similarity of the research with relevant previous research, the difference of the research from relevant previous research, the gaps that make this research important to carry out, and the research position on the development of science.
  11. Relevant previous research included in the Literature Review section, should be from the journals published in the last 7 years.
  12. The Research Method consists of description concerning the research design, data sources, research subjects (participants/informans), data collection, data collection instruments, and data analysis.
  13. In the Findings and Discussion, the authors describe the results of the data analysis to answer the research question(s) and their meanings seen from current theories and references of the area addressed. In this section, the author should also restates the novelty and the significance contribution of the research. Therefore, this section should deep enough to discuss the essential findings and brings new-insight.
  14. In Conclusions (and Suggestions), the authors conclude the article critically and logically based on the research findings by making generalization of the findings, and should also adequately explain the significant contributions of the research. In suggestion (if any), the authors describe their recommendation for further studies regarding their research implication.
  15. The 6th edition of APA style should be used in referencing, and writing format of quotations, therefore, authors should use a reference manager software (EndNote, or Mendeley, or Zotero).
  16. Only the primary sources written in the body of the article, all sources written in the body of the article must be listed in the references, and only the sources cited that are listed in the references.
  17. The minimum number of references is 20, with citations from journal should be at least 75% of the total references cited.
  18. First Author’s names and identities must be completely embedded in the form filled in by the corresponding author: email, affiliation, and country.
  19. Authors’ biography (in the column of Bio Statement) is written in the form of narration, including author's full name, educational qualification/information, the affiliation in which the author is currently working, research interest, and URLs that can show the research track record (Google Scholar, ORCID, Scopus, SINTA, and so on).
  20. All correspondences, information and decisions for the submitted manuscripts are conducted through email written in the manuscript and/or the emails used for the submission. The status of the manuscript can be checked in the OJS by logging in to the journal.
  21. If you have submission queries, please contact:
    • jelita_journal@stkipmb.ac.id
    • adecan212@gmail.com
    • bestchandra28@yahoo.com
    • sinta.stkipmb093010@gmail.com
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