Author Guidelines

Submitting manuscript using Online Submission System at for Unnes Civic Education Journal

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Guidelines for Writing Article and template can be downloaded at the following address:

Template and Guideline for Writing Article in MS Word (.doc): here

The instruction on submitting manuscripts online can be seen in Guidelines for Online Submission below. Manuscript does not comply with the writing instructions forUnnes Civic Education Journal will be returned to the author before being reviewed.

Manuscript must consist of the following scientific article components (subheadings in sequence), i.e.: (a) Article Title, (b) Author's Name (without title), (c) Authorâ€™s Affiliate Address, (d) Abstract and Keyword, (e) Introduction, (f) Research Methods, (g) Results and Discussion, (h) Conclusion, (i) Acknowledgment, and (j) References.

Manuscript can be made in Indonesian or English with a maximum of 25 pages including figures and tables. Manuscript should be written according to this article template in a ready-to-print form (Camera ready). The article should be typed with A4 (210 x 297 mm), left margin of 25 mm, right margin of 20 mm, bottom margin of 20 mm, and top margin of 30 mm. Manuscript should be written using Cambria, 12-point font size (except article title, author's name and abstract title), single-spacing, and two-column format (except article title, author's name, and abstract). The distance between columns in this article is 10 mm.

Foreign words or terms are used in italics. Author is expected to avoid using foreign terms for Indonesian article. The new paragraph is written 10 mm from the left margin, and there is no space between paragraphs. All numbers are written using Arabic numerals, except at the beginning of a sentence.

Table and Figure are placed in a group of texts after the table or figure is referenced. Each figure should be given a title (Figure Caption) and placed at the bottom of the figure. It is numbered using Arabic numerals and followed by the figure title. Each table should be given a title (Table Caption). It is numbered using Arabic numerals at the top of the table and followed by the table title. Figure is able to be printed clearly (font size, resolution, and line size). Figure and table and diagram/schema should be placed according to column between a group of texts or in the middle of the page if it is too large. Table should not contain vertical lines, meanwhile horizontal lines are allowed for the important ones.

Guidelines for Writing the Contents of an Article

Article Title: Article title should be written briefly and clearly. It shows exactly the issue to be discussed and should not create misinterpretations. Article title is written in capital letters symmetrically and does not contain unusual abbreviations. Express the main idea of a new article and followed by another explanation.

Introduction: Introduction consists of (in sequence) general background, state of the art as the basis for the scientific novelty statement of the article, scientific novelty statement, and research problem or hypothesis. In the end, introduction should mention the purpose of article review. Literature review is not allowed in the scientific article format, so it is replaced by the state of the art to prove the novelty of the article.

Research Methods: Method is implemented to solve problems, including analytical method. The method used to solve the research problems is described in this section.

Results and Discussion: This section consists of results and discussion. Every result should be supported by sufficient data. Then, result should be able to answer the research question or hypothesis stated earlier in the introduction.

Conclusion: Conclusion states the answer of the hypothesis and/or research objective or scientific finding. Conclusion is not the repetition of findings and discussion, but it is the summary of findings as expected in the objective or hypothesis. If necessary, conclusion can also be ended with the next idea to be implemented to the study.

Acknowledgment: Acknowledgment are primarily addressed to research funders or donors. Acknowledgment can also be dedicated to people who contribute in the study.

References: All references used in the article should be listed in the References section. References should contain reference literature originating from primary sources (scientific journals at least 80% of the entire references) published in the last 10 (ten) years. Each article contains at least 10 (ten) references. It is better to write the reference system in the article and in the references section using the reference management programs such as Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero, or others.

Guidelines for Writing Citation/Reference in an Article

Author should write the sources when (s)he uses data or cites statements from other literatures. Reference or citation is indicated by writing author's name and year (Irwan and Salim, 1998). If there are more than two authors, only the first author's name is written and followed by "et al". (Bezuidenhout et al., 2009; Roeva, 2012). Everything cited in the article should be listed in the References section, and vice versa, everything written in the References should be existed in the article (Wang et al., 2011).

All references used in the article should be listed in the References section. References should contain reference literature originating from primary sources (scientific journals at least 80% of the entire references) published in the last 10 (ten) years. Each article contains at least 10 (ten) references.

Guidelines for Writing References

It is better to write References using the reference management programs such as Mendeley. The writing format used in Unnes Civic Education Journal is APA Style..