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Author Guidelines
The manuscripts
The manuscript should be an original research paper that sufficiently contributes novelty to social science education. Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by using the JSCE: Journal of Society and Continuing Education online submission procedure. The corresponding author should also provide a statement that the manuscript is not concurrently being under consideration for publication elsewhere. The Editors will ignore submissions that do not follow these procedures.
Structure of the manuscripts
- Title. The title should be clear and informative and not more than 14 words.
- Author's names and institutions. The author's names should be accompanied by the author's institutions and email addresses, without any academic title. For a joint paper, one of the authors should be notified of the corresponding author.
- Abstract, keywords, and MRBM classification numbers. The abstract should be less than 150 words. Please provide the abstract in both English and Indonesian versions. The keywords should be 3 to 5 words or phrases.
- Introduction. This section explains the background of the study, a review of the previous research in the area, and the aims of the manuscripts. Importantly it should also show the significance and novelty of the research.
- Methods. This section describes the appropriate analysis tools, data, and sources.
- Results and Discussion. This section explains the results of the study. It should be presented clearly and concisely. The author (s) should explore the work's novelty or contribution to social science education.
- Conclusion. This section concludes and provides policy implications, if any, of the study. The conclusion(s) should be in the same order as the ones discussed in the body of the manuscript.
- References. This section lists only the papers, books, or other types of publications referred to in the body of the manuscript.
General Writing Format
- The manuscript is prepared in an A4 paper, single-sided, and single-line spacing format. A new paragraph should start with five characters from the left margin, using an 11-size, Times-new-Romans font type.
- The manuscript is written in proper English.
- The manuscript should be between 10 to 15 (4000-7000 words) pages long.
- The top and bottom margins are 1,5 inches.
- The title is written using capital letters only at the first word or special name (example: location name), 14 font size, and center position.
- Subtitles are written using capital letters only at the first word or special name, 11 font size, starting from the left margin.
- Sub of subtitles, if any, are written using capital letters only at the first word or special name. They should be started from the left margin.
- Sub of subtitles, if any, are written using capital letters only at the beginning of each word except for connecting words, all in italics. They should be started from the left margin.
- References should be those of the last ten years' publication (>80%), except for key references (80%). Referring to any textbook should be minimized (<20%).
Specific Writing Format
- Equations and formulas should be numbered as (1), (2)...etc. appearing to their right.
- Estimation results from a software package are not allowed to be directly presented in the paper. They should be presented in summary tables.
Tables and Figures
Tables and figures should be presented as follows:
- The name of tables and figures should follow a numbering system (Arabic numbering system). The title of the tables and figures are placed at the top and the bottom, respectively.
- The tables and figures should provide the source of information, if any, at the bottom.
- Any table should contain only the heading and contents. The table contains row lines only without column lines. Note(s) and source(s) should be included underneath the table where appropriate.
Acknowledgment
Acknowledgment, if any, should be written as the footnote of the manuscript's title.
Subjects and Authors Index
The authors should provide an index of the subject, namely the specific terms in the manuscript. The authors should also provide the index of authors, namely the key authors of papers referred to in the manuscript. Please write the family name followed by the given name.
Citation
Citation in the text body should be written using the family name and years of publication. Example:
- Hill (2001) suggests that the objective of depreciation is...
- Inflation targeting would be sufficient (McCain, 1982).
- The definition of contagion is ... (Wagner, 1976; Rhonda, 2009).
- The Authors are recommended to use Mendeley Reference software.
References
The manuscript is expected to involve approximately 20-25 primary and up-to-date references to assert high-quality contributions to knowledge development. Citations and references must strictly follow the APA (American Psychological Association) style. References should include only works that are cited within the text of the manuscript. Consulting the APA style manual (http://www.apastyle.org/pubmanual.html) is strongly recommended for completing manuscript submissions.
Manuscript Template
The manuscript should be prepared according to the following MS Word template:
How to send the manuscript
- The manuscript in Microsoft word should be sent to the editor by clicking the Online Submission tab on our Website.
- A brief bio containing full name, academic title, institution, telephone, mobile number, and others should be written in the data fields when registering online in the website submission.
Final Decision
Taking into account the results of the peer-reviewing process, the decision as to the acceptability of each manuscript for publication will be notified to the author(s) through the website system in the following alternative conclusions:
a. Accepted without revision, or
b. Accepted with minor revision, or
c. Accepted with major revision, or
d. Rejected.
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 submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which are found in About the Journal and the article. All submitted manuscripts have to be written by referring to the APA style and already using the TEMPLATE.
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed journal section, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
Copyright Notice
The Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that if accepted for publication, copyright publishing of the article shall be assigned to JSCE: Journal of Society and Continuing Education.
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