Author Guidelines

General articles and research manuscripts

All manuscripts must be submitted to https://online-journal.unja.ac.id/ELEMENT/about/submissions or using email (element@unja.ac.id). 

Please note that ELEMENT uses a blind review process; therefore, writers must exclude authors’ names, institutions, and clues to the authors’ identities that exist within the manuscript.

Manuscript Criteria

The fitness of a manuscript for publication in ELEMENT is carefully reviewed based on each of the dimensions listed below.

  1. Significance/relevance to education
  2. Conceptual framework (connections to relevant constructs in literature)
  3. Methods/ appropriateness to questions, an adequate description of methods (including data collection and analysis), and rigor of methods
  4. Findings/conclusions are data-based
  5. Overall contribution to the field
  6. Writing style/composition/clarity

Manuscript General Format

Title, Abstract, Introduction, Literature Review/Theoretical/Conceptual Framework, Methods, Findings/Results, Discussion, Conclusion/Implications, References, Conflict of Interest, Acknowledgements,

Style

For writing and editorial style, authors must follow guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition, 2009). Authors should number all text pages. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/18/.

Abstract and keywords

All research manuscripts for ELEMENT must include an abstract and a few keywords. Abstracts describing the essence of the manuscript must be between 150 and 250 words. Authors should select keywords from the menu on the manuscript submission system so that readers may search for the article after it is published.

References and citation

References should be cited both in text and in the references list and should conform to the most recent APA 6th edition style guide. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/.

Tables and Figures

ELEMENT requires all tables and figures to conform to the most recent APA style guide. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/18/.

Professional Editing Services

Authors seeking assistance with English language editing and/or translation should contact element@unja.ac.id.

More than one author

Notice to Authors of Joint Works (articles with more than one author). This journal uses a contributor agreement that requires just one author (the Corresponding Author) to sign on behalf of all authors. Please identify the Corresponding Author for your work when submitting your manuscript for review to ELEMENT.

Conflict of interest

Please provide a conflict of interest statement. If there is no conflict of interest, state that. (It should be placed in a separate section after the conclusion and before the References).

Acknowledgment

Acknowledgment of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section after the References.

Appendices

Supplementary material should be collected in an Appendix (after references).