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Author Guidelines

Please read carefully to this author guidelines:

  • Before submitting, please register and log in to the system as an author. If the author is willing, apart from the choice of being an author, the writer can also choose the option of being a reviewer and reader.

  • Manuscripts must be submitted via the journal's system. Submissions sent by email will not be accepted.
  • The manuscript must be submitted in English and in one of the following formats: doc., docx., or rtf.
  • The main headings should include ABSTRACT, INTRODUCTION, METHOD, RESULTS, DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, and REFERENCES. Authors may use subheadings under these main headings. If needed, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and APPENDIX sections may also be included.
  • The title should be no more than 15 words.
  • The abstract should have a word count of 200-250 words and should include the study's background, the paper's purpose, the research methodology, the main findings or results, and the conclusion. After the abstract, include three to five keywords.
  • The INTRODUCTION section should comprise the study's background, research contexts, literature review, and research objectives.
  • The INTRODUCTION should be structured as paragraphs, comprising approximately 15-20% of the total length of the paper.
  • The METHODS section includes an in-depth explanation of the research design, research site, participants or materials, data collection, and data analysis. It often comprises 10-15% of the total paper length.
  • The methods section can be in a unified form or using subheadings.
  • The RESULTS AND DISCUSSION section encompasses the outcomes of system testing, the analysis of data, the response to research questions, and the examination of results in relation to prior research results. The section should take up a proportion ranging from 40% to 60% of the overall paper.
  • The CONCLUSION section consists of the summary and restatement of the main findings.
  • REFERENCES use IEEE referencing style ( example: [1], [2,3], [4-6]). It is recommended to use reference management software such as Mendeley, Endnote, Zotero etc.
  • Every source cited in the body of the article should appear in the reference, and all sources appearing in the reference should be cited in the body of the article.
  • At least 80% of the sources referenced should be from publications that have been published within the past 5 years. The mentioned sources consist of primary sources such as respected journal articles (highly recommended), books, and research reports, which may include theses and dissertations. The proportion of journal citations should constitute a minimum of 80% of the overall references referenced.
  • All forms of communication between the authors and the journal is via jmai@upi.edu, dikyzak@upi.edu. Communication to other emails will not be considered.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to 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.

  1. 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).
  2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
 

Copyright Notice

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC-BY-SA 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access)

 

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