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Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

Manuscripts must be written in English or Indonesian. Manuscripts will be reviewed by the editorial board. The main text of the manuscript must be submitted as a Word document (.doc) or a Rich Text Format (.rtf) file. Manuscripts should be at least 5,000 words, neatly typed in a single column on A4 paper, using Times New Roman 12-point font. Manuscripts should contain original work and have the potential to contribute significantly to scientific progress.

Manuscripts should contain the following sections in this order:

a. Title

The title of the article in English should describe the main content of the manuscript, be informative, concise, and concise (only 12-15 words), and should not contain formulas.

b. Author's Name

Full name, excluding academic titles and positions, should be written in capital letters. Manuscripts written by a group should include complete contact details.

c. Affiliation Name for Each Author

The author's name must be accompanied by the full affiliation address, postal code, telephone number, and email address.

d. Abstract

Written briefly in English in one paragraph of 150-200 words, containing the background, research objectives, methodology, results, conclusions, and contribution of the research to science.

e. Keywords

Written in English in 3-5 words or groups of words, arranged alphabetically.

f. Introduction

Explain the background, problem, and significance of the research, a brief literature review directly related to the research or previous findings that need to be developed, and conclude with a paragraph on the research objectives. A balance must be maintained between the purely theoretical and applied aspects of the subject. The introduction is presented in a paragraph of approximately 1,000 words.

g. Methods

Ensure that the work is replicable according to the details provided. This contains clearly presented technical information about the research. Therefore, readers can conduct research based on the techniques presented. Specifications of materials and equipment are required. The study approach or procedure, along with data analysis methods, must be presented.

h. Results and Discussion

Well-designed tables and/or figures should be a key feature of this section, as they convey key observations to the reader. Any information presented in tables and figures should not be repeated in the text, but the text should focus on the importance of the main findings of the study. Generally, a journal paper will contain three to seven figures and tables. The same data cannot be presented in tables and figures. The research results are discussed to address the research problem, objectives, and hypotheses. It is strongly recommended that the discussion focus on why and how the research findings occurred and the extent to which they can be applied to other relevant problems.

i. Conclusion

Conclusions should be drawn based on the research findings, the stated concerns, and the research objectives. The conclusion should be presented in a single paragraph without any numerical expression. Explain the contribution of your research to science.

j. Acknowledgements

Contributors not listed as authors should be acknowledged, and their specific contributions should be described. All funding sources for the work should be acknowledged; both the research funder and the grant number (if any) should be provided for each funding source.

k. References

The manuscript should be written using standard citation applications (Mendeley/Endnote/Zotero). The APA (American Psychological Association) referencing style is mandatory. References should be listed alphabetically in the reference list. Approximately 80% of the references for the literature review should be from recent journals published within the last 10 years, but the remaining 20% may be cited from research reports and/or articles.

Copyright Notice

Authors agree to transfer copyright of the article to the journal upon publication. The journal then retains copyright for the published version of the article.

All published articles are available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction, and adaptation in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

This open license ensures that the content remains freely accessible and reusable in accordance with open access principles.

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 text is single-spaced; uses a 11-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.
3. The submission file is in compatible Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
4. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
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

The copyright of the received article shall be assigned to the journal as the publisher of the journal. The intended copyright includes the right to publish the article in various forms (including reprints). The journal maintains the publishing rights to the published articles.

Authors are permitted to disseminate published articles by sharing the link/DOI of the article at the journal. Authors are allowed to use their articles for any legal purposes deemed necessary without written permission from the journal with an acknowledgment of initial publication to this journal.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Author Fees

This journal charges the following author fees.

Article Submission: 0.00 (USD)