Author Guideline

  1. Prior to submission, register and login as an author to the system.
  2. Articles have not been published or accepted for publication, or are being considered for publication elsewhere.
  3. Articles are composed in English with length of words are between 5000-8000 words including references, pictures, and tables, and in one column style.
  4. Articles are written in the format of Open Office, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect.
  5. Articles are typed on single space of A4 paper sized using margin 1 inchi for top, bottom, right and left using font Times New Roman 12.
  6. No header or footer is required. If needed, the author may use an endnote instead of footnote.
  7. Main headings of articles
    1. title: no more than 15 words, in sentence case, centered, 14 font size.
    2. author’s name (without any academic degree) with an e-mail address and institution’s name,
    3. abstract: must be between 150-200 words, consisting of the objective of research, research method, and main findings, and conclusion. along with three to five keywords.
    4. The introduction: involve the background of the study, previous related studies, research gaps, urgencies and significances of research, research contexts, literature review, and research objectives. Presented in the forms of paragraphs with the proportion of 15-20% of the whole article length.
    5. research method: description concerning the research design, research site and participants or documents, data collection, and data analysis with the proportion of 10-15% of the total article length and in a unified form or using subheadings
    6. Findings and Discussion: description of 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. The proportion of this section is 40-60% of the total article length.
    7. the conclusion: The answers of the research objectives
    8. recommendation
    9. list of references
  8. Citation
    1. Quotation, citations, tables, figures, and references must comply with the APA citation style.
    2. 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.
    3. In-text reference is done using bracket (last name and year of publication) e.g. (John, 2022). When the sources are cited verbatim, page number is included (p. 78 or pp. 78-89).
    4. The sources cited should at least 80% come from those published in the last 5 years. The sources cited are primary sources in the forms of reputable journal articles (strongly recommended), books, and research reports, including theses and dissertations. Citations from journal should be at least 80% of the total references cited.
  9. Plagiarism and Similarity Check
    All manuscripts will be checked for similarity using Turnitin prior to the review process. The maximum similarity index allowed is 20%, and no more than 2% from a single source. Manuscripts exceeding this threshold will be returned to the author for revision or directly rejected.
  10. After submission, authors MUST confirm their submission through WhatsApp at 085784246144 or email at [email protected] to ensure a smooth editorial process