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Author Guidelines
1. Type of Paper
The type of manuscript is accepted only in the form of research paper and review paper (limited), and has not been published in any media. Text size minimum 6000-8000 words.
2. Manuscript Format
The article is written in English ESSAY form with the file extension Docx (Microsoft Word) or RTF and use the reference as follows:
- Margin: Left and Up (2.5 cm), Right and Buttom (2.5 cm)
- Paper Size: A4 (21 cm x 29.7 cm)
- Font: Century Gothic
- Font Size: 10 pt
- Spacing: 1
Writing on the title and sub-section of the article should follow the following guidelines:
Heading 1 (UPPERCASE, left aligned, bold)
Heading 2 (Capitalize Each Word, left aligned, bold)
Heading 3 (Capitalize Each Word, left aligned, bold and italic)
3. Manuscript Structures
The research paper uses the following structure:
Title; authors’ Identity (first line: a name without a title. The second row: departments and university. The third line: the full address of the agency. The fourth line: email address and mobile number. Abstract (150-200 words, and five keywords); 1. Introduction (1.1. Problem Statement, 1.2. Related Research, 1.3. Research Objective); 2. Theoretical Framework; 3. Method; 4. Results; 5. Discussion; 6. Conclusion; Limitation; Recommendation; Acknowledgement; Conflict of Interest; and References (Loading reference referred only).
4. References
Recommended using Reference Manager apps such as Mendeley, EndNote, or Microsoft Word Citation. The citation refers to American Psychological Association (APA 7th) style, and all references should be sourced from current International reputable journals.
Research Ethics
In conducting research, author or contributor are required to comply the ethical code by respecting the three basic principles, which are: (1) explanation and approval; (2) privacy and confidentiality; and (3) protection from danger; and also by referring to the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Code of Ethics or the similar ones.
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.
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 submitting author hereby warrants that the submission is original and that she/he is the author of the submission together with the named co-authors; to the extend the submission incorporates text passages, figures, data or other material from the work of others, the submitting author has obtained any necessary permission.
The submission file is in Microsoft Word or RTF document file format.
IMPORTANT! When entering the submission's metadata on the journal website (Step 3 of the submission), name ALL authors of the paper. For more than one, use the "Add Author" button. Take care of the order of the authors. First of all, enter the first author. This is not only an annoying formality. If you don't give all authors, they won't be listed in various indexing services and won't appear in the TOC of the printed version!
In the next step, fill in the "Affiliation" field, even if it is not marked by an asterisk. Please give the complete postal address of your Institute (This is important for research databases).
The text is written in English and meets this journal's formatting requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines or Paper Template.
The manuscript uses all references from reputable international journals (Scopus indexed or web of science).
Copyright Notice
- The journal holds the copyright for each article published with work licensed simultaneously under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, which allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the authorship and early publication of the work in this journal.
- Authors must agree to the copyright transfer agreement by checking the Copyright Notice column at the initial stage when submitting the article.
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Author Fees
This journal charges the following author fees.
Publication Fee: 0.00 (USD)
There are no Article Submission Charges for All Authors.
Article Processing Charges (APCs):
*For Author(s) from Outside of Indonesia: Free of Charge
*For Author(s) from Indonesia:
Paper submitted in Indonesian IDR 750.000
Paper submitted in English IDR 500.000
Waiver Policy:
We greatly appreciate the interest in the publication of high-quality article writers. Therefore, we do not want the costs to be a barrier to the process of publishing high-quality articles, especially for the authors who have difficulty in paying the publication fees. We apply a policy to free the author from publication fees with the following conditions: (1) the article submitted is of high quality and has a contribution in the field of study based on the assessment of the editorial board; (2) articles are written in good English; (3) the author makes a proposal for a fee waiver addressed to the editor via e-mail mimbar.sd [at] upi.edu.