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Author Guidelines

GEMA PUBLICA JOURNAL

Submitted manuscripts should report recent research conducted within the last five years, whether undertaken individually or collaboratively. Articles may be written in either Indonesian or English. Authors must also comply with the following requirements.

1. Manuscript Preparation

The manuscript should be approximately 10 to 15 quarto-size pages in length and formatted with 1.15 line spacing. The manuscript must be prepared using WordPerfect or Microsoft Word. Authors should use 12-point Cambria font throughout the manuscript.

2. Manuscript Structure

Research Articles

Research articles should be organised as follows:

1. Title

2. Author’s name without academic titles. The author’s institutional affiliation should be provided in a footnote on the first page.

3. Abstracts in Indonesian and English. Each abstract should not exceed 200 words and should be followed by three to five keywords.

4. Introduction. This section should present the research problem, research objectives, and a concise review of the theoretical literature relevant to the research topic. The introduction should be written in a coherent narrative form.

5. Research Method. This section should describe the research design, population and sample, data collection procedures, instrument development, and data analysis techniques. The information should be presented narratively.

6. Results

7. Discussion

8. Conclusion. This section should contain the conclusions and recommendations derived from the study.

9. References

Conceptual Articles

Conceptual or non-research articles should be organised as follows:

1. Title

2. Author’s name and institutional affiliation

3. Abstract and keywords

4. Introduction

5. Discussion

6. Conclusion

7. References

The requirements concerning the title, author information, abstract, keywords, and references are the same as those applied to research articles.

3. Titles and Headings

The article title should use uppercase and lowercase letters, be presented in bold type, and be aligned to the left. Section headings should use uppercase and lowercase letters and be presented in bold type. Subsection headings should use uppercase and lowercase letters and be presented in italics.

4. Quotations and Citations

Direct quotations of 40 words or fewer should be incorporated into the main text and enclosed in quotation marks. Direct quotations exceeding 40 words should be presented as block quotations, indented from both the left and right margins, and formatted using single spacing.

Paraphrased or indirect quotations should be incorporated into the main text without quotation marks. All direct and indirect quotations must include the author’s surname, year of publication, and relevant page number.

5. Tables and Figures

Tables, charts, and graphs should be prepared using WordPerfect or Microsoft Word. They should only be included when they contribute significantly to the reader’s understanding of the article. Information that can be communicated clearly through narrative explanation should not be presented in the form of tables, charts, or graphs.

6. Reference Style

The reference list should be arranged alphabetically by the authors’ surnames and formatted in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition.

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 text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
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.

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