Submissions

Author Guidelines

BRIEF OVERVIEW

1. J.Miy accepts papers written in English or Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian Language)
2. Papers submitted must be original work and should not have been previously published or presented at another journals, conferences, symposiums or similar meetings.
3. Papers should be written in Indonesian or English, with A4 Paper size (210 x 297 mm) in DOC format, written in two columns
4. For a paper written in Bahasa Indonesia, the title should be written in both Bahasa Indonesia and English. For a paper written in English,  the title should be written only in English (US),  using Cambria theme font and 15 pt font size.
5. Abstract should be no more than 250 words (excluding abstract title, using Cambria theme font and 9 pt font size, italic type). For a paper written in Bahasa Indonesia, the abstract should be written in both Bahasa Indonesia and English. For a paper written in English, the abstract should be written only in English.
6. For both primary and co-authors, write credentials along with your full names, institutions and countries.
7. Papers' topic should conform to these following journal scopes.

PREPARATION

Papers must be written accoding to the requirements as follow:

1. The template is in Word 97–2003 Document for the PC, which provides authors with most of the formatting specifications needed for preparing electronic versions of their papers. 

2. Margins, column widths, line spacing, and type styles are built-in; examples of the type styles are provided throughout template document and are identified in bold type, within parentheses, following the example.

3. All manuscripts are using Cambria font style with different size for each part of the manuscript:

• Title                : 15 pt, single spacing, centre alignment
• Author            : 10 pt, single spacing, centre alignment, use Arabic number in superscript to link authors with their affiliations and countries
• Affiliation       : 9 pt, italic, centre spacing, centre alignment
• Abstract          : 9 pt, italic, single spacing, justified text
• Content           : 10 pt, single spacing, justified text, two-sided with 4.22 mm spacing between columns
• Figure label    : 10 pt, single spacing, center alignment, bottom of figures
• Table label     : 10 pt, single spacing, center alignment, on top of figures, no vertical lines

4. Margins’s length should be:

• Top       : 20 mm
• Left       : 14.32 mm
• Bottom : 40 mm
• Right     : 14.32 mm

5. Graphics should be at minimum 300 dpi, centered, with no border

6. The manuscripts should have minimum of 6 pages and maximum of 12 pages.

7. Main headings (Pendahuluan, Data dan Metodologi, Hasil dan Pembahasan, Kesimpulan, Pernyataan Konflik Kepentingan, Referensi) are typed in bold, 11 pt. Type all headings aligned left and lower case except the first letter of the first word or any proper name.

8. Sub-headings are typed in 10 pt, using multilevel numbering, aligned left and lower case except for the first letter of the first word or any proper name.

9. Article structure:

    1). Abstract

    Abstract should be written in English with the number of words are no more than 250 words. Abstract is summary of the contents of paper, covering the research problems and the main objectives of the study, the methods used, and the results of the research and the main conclusions.

    2). Pendahuluan (Introduction)

    Introduction section states the background of the problem, a brief literature review, the aims and objectives of the study.

    3). Data dan Metodologi (Data and Methods)

    This section explains in detail about the research, including the study area, data, and methodology of the study.

    4). Hasil dan Pembahasan (Result and Discussion)

    The results should be written clearly and concise. The discussion should describe the significance of the research results, not repeat them. Avoid using citations and excessive discussion of published literature.

    5). Kesimpulan (Conclusion)

    Conclusions contain the main points of the manuscripts. Conclusion should not repeat what has been written in abstract section, but discuss important results, application and development of the research conducted. This section should also show whether the research objectives can be achieved. Conclusions are written in paragraph, avoid using bulleted lists.

    6). Pernyataan Konflik Kepentingan (Conflict of Interest)

    Declare, if any, competing interests related to the paper

    7). Referensi (References)

    Cite the main scientific publications on which your work is based. Cite only items that you have read. Do not inflate the manuscript with too many references. Avoid excessive self‐citations. Avoid excessive citations of publications from the same region. Check each reference against the original source (authors name, volume, issue, year). Please use Reference Manager Applications such as EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, etc. Use American Psychological Association (APA) 7^th edition format. All publications cited in the text should be included as a list of references. Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa).

10. If the manuscripts contain equations, use Microsoft Equation Editor or MathType add-on. Numbering of the equations are written aligned right using Arabic number inside parentheses. Use this following size in Microsoft Equation Editor:

1. Full                                          : 10 pt
2. Subscript/Superscript         : 5 pt
3. Sub-subscript/superscript  : 3 pt
4. Symbol                                    : 16 pt
5. Sub-symbol                             : 10 pt

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 submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
4. The paper is written using provided Manuscript Template.
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.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

1. Reporting Standars: 
   Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.
2. Data Access and Retention: 
   Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
3. Originality and Plagiarism: The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out.
4. Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication: 
   An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication (except in the form of a conference abstract or as part of a published lecture or thesis for an academic qualification), and under consideration for publication elsewhere. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.
5. Acknowledgement of Sources: 
   Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
6. Authorship of the Paper: 
   Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
7. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: 
   All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
8. Fundamental errors in published works: 
   When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
9. Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects: 
   If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Duties of Editors

1. Fair Play: 
   An editor at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
2. Confidentiality: 
   The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
3. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: 
   Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.
4. Publication Decisions: 
   The editor board journal are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.
5. Review of Manuscripts: 
   Editor must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated by the editor for originality. The editor should organize and use peer review fairly and wisely. Editors should explain their peer review processes in the information for authors and also indicate which parts of the journal are peer reviewed. Editor should use appropriate peer reviewers for papers that are considered for publication by selecting people with sufficient expertise and avoiding those with conflicts of interest.

Duties of Reviewers

1. Contribution to Editorial Decisions:
   Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.
2. Promptness: 
   Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process
3. Standards of Objectivity: 
   Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
4. Confidentiality: 
   Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
5. Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: 
   Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
6. Acknowledgement of Sources: 
   Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.