Author Guidelines

    1. Articles submitted to the Journal should normally be between 4000 to 7,000 words or between 10-17 pages with single space and should be accompanied by an abstract of not more than 300 words, containing the importance of the topic, the gap between theory and practice or between reality and expectation, or lacks studies, objectives of the present study, method, findings, and conclusion.
    2. On the abstract, explicitly write in bold: Introduction, objective of the papers, method, findings, and conclusion. 
    3. The Journal operates a peer review process and promotes blind reviewing. To facilitate this process, author’s names (without academic titles), institutional affiliations, and the email address of the corresponding author should appear only on a detachable cover sheet.
    4. Contributor(s) should include a short CV describing his/her/their current position and activities in not more than 80 words.
    5. Articles should be written in English in single space, using Cambria, font size 11, top and left margin 3 cm, bottom and right margin 2.54 cm, printed in Letters.
    6. Insert a header on even page indicating name of the Journal, Volume, Number, month, and year, and page number of the publication. On odd page, insert the year of publication and author'(s) name.
    7. Write the main body of the article in 1 column,  use a first-line indent of 1 cm, but no indent for the first paragraph right after the main title and the first paragraph after the subheadings.
    8. The title should be less than 12 words, capitalized, centered, and with a font size12.
    9. The introduction should be presented in the form of paragraphs, not pointers, with a proportion of 15-20% of the whole article's length.
    10. The method section consists of a description concerning the research design, data sources, data collection, and data analysis with a proportion of  10-15% of the total article length, all presented in the form of paragraphs.
    11. The findings and discussion section consist of a description of the results of the data analysis to answer the research question(s) and their meanings are seen from current theories and references of the area addressed. The proportion of this section is 40-60% of the total article length.
    12. The conclusion section consists of the summary, and restatement of the main findings.
    13. Use only horizontal lines when using tables. Put the table number and the title of the table on top of it.
    14. 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.
    15. The sources cited should have at least 80% come from those published in the last 10 years. The sources cited are primary sources in the form of journal articles, books, and research reports, including theses and dissertations. Citations from the journal should be at least 80% of the total references cited.
    16. Citation is done using brackets (last name and year of publication). When the sources are cited verbatim, the page number is included (p. 78 or pp. 78-89).
    17. Proofs will be sent to the author for correction and should be returned to loquela.smarteducenter@gmail.com by the deadline given.

ORGANIZATION OF THE RESEARCH-BASED ARTICLES CONSISTS OF:

    1. Title provided that: a) the title is the formulation of a brief discussion of content, compact, and clear. May use the title of creativity and attract readers (maximum 14 words). b) the title is written in English and Indonesian. c) the title is typed in bold, and use capital letters for each beginning of a word, except for conjunctions and prepositions.
    2. Abstract is written in English and Indonesian. An abstract is the essence of the subject of the whole article. Abstract written in one paragraph within one space, with a maximum length of 160 words. Abstract presented briefly and clearly, it must contain five (5) elements, namely: a) Reasons for the selection of topics or the importance of the research topic, b) the aims of the research, c) research methods, d) finding of the results, and e) state of the art, distinction or novelty
    3. Keywords contain basic words in the study and can be drawn from the research variables, characteristics of the subjects, and the theory of the referenced (five words or combinations of words, written in alphabetical order).
    4. Introduction consisting of a description of research problems, aims, a summary of the theoretical framework related to the inquired issues, relevant previous research, methods, research findings, gap analysis, and novelty. The introduction must be presented in a narrative form.
    5. Results show exposure data analysis, consisting of qualitative or quantitative data. Results are presented sequentially or integrated.
    6. Discussion contains an explanation of the results of research associated with the results of previous studies, critically analyzed and linked to relevant recent literature.
    7. Conclusions and suggestions ansansweredom the research objectives are written concisely, clearly, and compactly on the results of research and discussion.
    8. Bibliography contains reference sources written alphabetically and chronologically, Referral sources are published literature in the last 10 years (especially of the journal). Referral preferred are the primary sources in the form of books, and reports (including dissertations or research articles in scientific journals and magazines. It is suggested to use Mendeley or Zotero as a reference manager for styling the citations and the bibliography by using the APA Style manual of reference style