Submissions

Author Guidelines

General Author Guidelines

1. All manuscripts submitted to the journal should be written in good English. Authors for whom English is not their native language are encouraged to check the grammar and clarity of the paper before submission. The manuscript has never been published or is not in the process of being submitted for publication to other media. It does not contain elements of plagiarism. 
2. The Manuscript may take the form of research, case studies, or literary studies.
3. The length of the submitted paper is 10-12 pages. The paper must use at least 25 references published in the last 10 years, 80% of which are primary references/journal articles, and most of which are international references.
4. The author should register as an author. The guide to registering and submitting the paper is at home.
5. The Manuscript will be published in Journal Factor M after being double blind review by peer reviewers.
6. The journal will sanction the author and their institution if in the middle of the peer-review process, the author wants to withdraw the manuscript of the article. (a) To the author, the penalty is not being allowed to publish articles for six periods. (b) For institutions, the penalty is not being allowed to publish articles for two periods. Also, their previously published articles will be removed from our online system.
7. The acceptable level of similarity index for the text of an article checked without references, tables, figures, and exhibits is 25% or less. Journal Factor M uses Turnitin to scan papers to detect plagiarism.
8. The Manuscript should be prepared according to the author guidelines and Template. The writing template can be downloaded in Journal Factor M Template 2024.
9. The following documents should accompany the manuscripts submitted online through the online submission interface (as supplementary files and letters to editor):

Statement of Originality

Author Agreement

Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

Structure of the manuscripts

1. Title. The title should be short, bright, and informative but does not exceed 15 words. It has to be pinpointed with the issues discussed. The article title does not contain any uncommon abbreviations. The main ideas should be written first and followed then by their explanations.
2. Author’s names and institutions. The author's name should be accompanied by the author's institution, institution's address, and email address, without any academic titles or job titles.
3. Abstract. Abstracts are written in Bahasa Indonesia and English. The abstract is made in one paragraph and between 150-200 words, which consists of the background, objective, research methods (design, subject/sample, instruments, data analysis), results, conclusions, contributions, and keywords (3-5 phrases).
4. Introduction. The introduction must contain (shortly and consecutively) a general background and a literature review (state of the art), the main research problems, and the research method. In the introduction, the research of previous persons related to it and the difference with the study conducted must be written. In the final part of the introduction, the purpose/research question and novelty of the article writing should be stated.
5. Method. The method describes the type of research, population and sample or research subject, instruments, procedures for conducting research, data collection techniques, and data analysis techniques.
6. Result and Discussion. This part consists of the research results and how they are discussed. The results obtained from the research have to be supported by sufficient data. The research results and the discovery must be the answers or the research hypothesis stated previously in the introduction part. The discussion should cover the following components: How do your results relate to the original question or objectives outlined in the Introduction section (what/how)? Do you provide an interpretation scientifically for each of your results or findings presented (why)? Are your results consistent with what other investigators have reported (what else)? Or are there any differences?
7. Conclusion. The conclusion should answer the objectives of the research and research discoveries. The concluding remark should not only repeat the results and discussions or abstract. You should also suggest future research and point out those that are underway.
8. References. The literature listed in the references contains only the sources referenced or included in the article, using at least 15 references published in the last ten years, 80% of references are primary references/journal articles and use Reference Manager Applications like EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, etc. Writing techniques bibliography, using the system, cites the American Psychological Association 6th edition.
9. References. We recommended preparing the references with a bibliography software package to avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references, such as Mendeley, EndNote, ReferenceManager, or Zotero. Include the digital object identifier (DOI) for all references where available. Order the reference list entries alphabetically by author. All references must be in the body of the article and vice versa. The source referred to in the body of the article must be in the reference section. The references used are at least 20, consisting of a minimum of 80% from journal articles and the rest from other references. References must be up-to-date, at least the last five years, except for the fundamental theories required in writing articles. Authors must also input all references in the Open Journal System (OJS) Journal Factor M when submitting articles. Reference writing and citation follow the rules of the APA Style, 7 version.