Author Guidelines
The Submission Stage
The paper should be submitted by the author Online Submission. The content of the article should not be submitted simultaneously to another journal.
How to prepare a manuscript
There is no general limitation of the overall size nor the number of figures or the level of details considered to be necessary. However, the appropriate length of a manuscript depends on the information presented in the paper. A manuscript should consist of the following content:
Title
The title should be simple, concise, and informative with only the first word capitalized. A shortened version of the title consisting of a maximum of 100 characters (including spaces) for running headers should also be provided.
Author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s)
A list of all authors, as well as corresponding addresses, and e-mail addresses should be provided. Each address should be preceded by a numerical superscript corresponding to the same superscript after the name of the author concerned. Addresses should contain all information necessary for effective mail delivery. E-mail should also be provided to speed up communication between readers and authors. This information will be published unless the authors request otherwise.
Abstract
An abstract should accompany each manuscript; it should be completely self-consistent (i.e., with no figure, table, equation, or reference citations), not exceeding 250 words, and written as a single paragraph.
Keywords : Written in English 3-5 words or groups of words, written alphabetically.
Main body of the paper
The body of the paper must range between 15-20 pages, written in MS word. It could be divided into sections. Sections should be bold. Subsections should be italic. Whichever spelling you choose (British or American English) please be consistent throughout. Use hyphens consistently and avoid unnecessary ones.
The words “section(s)”, “equation(s)”, “figure(s)” and “reference(s)” are abbreviated as “sect(s).”, “fig(s).”, “eq(s).” and “ref(s).” unless they are the first word of a sentence. The word “table” is always written in full. Latin expressions, such as, e.g., i.e., et al., versus (vs.) should be set in italic. All terms or titles in Arabic should be transliterated by following the Library of Congress guide. The name of a person should not be transliterated.
Introduction
Explaining the background, problems, and importance of research, a brief literature review that relates directly to research or previous findings that need to be developed, and ended with a paragraph of research purposes. A balance must be kept between the pure and applied aspects of the subject. The introduction is presented in the form of paragraphs of approximately 1000 words.
Methods
Explaining the background, problems, and importance of research, a brief literature review that relates directly to research or previous findings that need to be developed, and ended with a paragraph on research purposes. A balance must be kept between the pure and applied aspects of the subject. The introduction is presented in the form of paragraphs of approximately 1000 words.
Conclusion
The conclusion should be withdrawn on the basis of research findings, formulated concerns, and research purposes. The conclusion is presented in one paragraph without a numerical form of expression. Explain your research contributions to science.
Acknowledgment
Contributors who are not mentioned as authors should be acknowledged, and their
particular contributions should be described. All sources of funding for the work must be acknowledged, both the research funder and the grant number (if applicable) should be given for each source of funds
Reference
Manuscripts are written by using a standard citation application (Mendeley). APA (American Psychological Association) reference style is required. Citing an article written by two authors, both authors should be mentioned, however, for three and more authors only the first author is mentioned followed by et al., for example, Rahayu & Sudarsono (2015), Subekti et al. (2014). A series of references should be presented in ascending date order (Retnoningsih et al., 2005; Indriyanti et al., 2007; Rahayuningsih, 2010). Different publications with the same author(s) and year will be presented separately, as follows 2013a, 2013b. References of unpublished data and personal communication should not appear in the list but should be cited in the text only (e.g., Rifai MA 2015, pers. com. (personal communication); Indriyanti DR 2014, unpublished data). In the reference list, the references should be listed in alphabetical order. More or less 80% of references for literature reviews should be the recent (up to date) journals published in the last 10 years, but the rest of 20 % of references can be cited from research reports and or articles.
Other
Footnotes
Footnotes to the text material, which should be kept to a minimum, and which should be indicated by numerical superscripts: 1, 2, 3, etc. They should be placed at the foot of the relevant page.
The proof correction stage
Once proofs are ready, an e-mail will inform the authors and attach it in pdf format. Authors are asked to carefully check the proofs. They should keep in mind that the aim of proofreading is to correct errors that may have occurred during the production. Therefore they should particularly check the completeness of text, equation breaks, figures, tables, and references.
Only essential corrections are accepted.
The author has the final responsibility for the corrections. Corrections should be returned within 48 hours and can be sent back either as a detailed list by e-mail (quoting the location of the amendment with page, columns, and line number). Please do not alter the PDF proof file, add annotations or send back an amended manuscript file. As soon as the proofs are returned, the paper will be corrected and posted for online publication.