Author Guidelines

Jurnal Sosial Humaniora dan Pendidikan (EDUCATION) welcomes original scholarly contributions that advance knowledge, research practices, and theoretical understanding in education, social sciences, and humanities. Authors are expected to comply with the journal's academic standards, publication ethics, and submission requirements throughout the editorial and publication process.

1. Aims and Scope Compliance

Submitted manuscripts must demonstrate a clear connection to EDUCATION's Aims and Scope, particularly in curriculum and pedagogy, educational technology, educational policy and management, inclusive education, educational psychology, and social or humanistic studies related to education.

Interdisciplinary research is welcomed when it provides a substantive contribution to educational knowledge, social understanding, or humanistic scholarship within the journal's scope.

Manuscripts addressing unrelated technical, commercial, or scientific topics without a clear connection to these fields may be declined during initial editorial screening.

2. Manuscript Eligibility and Scholarly Contribution

EDUCATION considers original empirical research, theoretical studies, and conceptual reviews employing quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods approaches.

Submitted manuscripts must:

  • Present original work that has not been published or submitted simultaneously to another journal.

  • Clearly identify the research problem, objectives, and scholarly contribution.

  • Demonstrate an appropriate theoretical foundation and methodological approach.

  • Provide sufficient evidence to support the findings, interpretations, and conclusions.

  • Acknowledge relevant research limitations and avoid unsupported generalizations.

  • Comply with the journal's research ethics and publication standards.

Studies reporting educational activities, classroom interventions, or community programs must provide systematic evaluation and scholarly analysis beyond descriptive activity reports.

3. Language and Academic Writing Standards

EDUCATION accepts manuscripts written in Indonesian or English. Authors must use clear academic language, consistent terminology, and appropriate scholarly expression.

Manuscripts must follow the journal's official template and the IMRaDC structure: Introduction, Methodology, Results and Discussion, and Conclusion.

An English abstract is required, as specified in the journal template.

Detailed requirements concerning manuscript length, typography, abstracts, tables, figures, citations, and references are provided in the Manuscript Preparation guidelines.

4. Authorship and Author Contributions

Authorship must be based on meaningful intellectual contributions to the research and manuscript preparation.

All listed authors must approve the submitted manuscript, agree on the authorship order, and accept responsibility for their respective contributions.

The corresponding author is responsible for communication with the editorial office, accurate submission metadata, and ensuring that all co-authors receive relevant editorial information.

Honorary authorship, guest authorship, and the inappropriate exclusion of eligible contributors are not permitted.

Further provisions concerning authorship responsibilities and contribution declarations are available in the journal's Authorship Criteria and CRediT Author Contribution Statement.

5. Originality and Publication Ethics

All manuscripts must represent original scholarly work and comply with EDUCATION's publication ethics standards.

Plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, undisclosed duplicate publication, citation manipulation, and other forms of research misconduct are prohibited.

Authors must appropriately acknowledge sources, accurately present research findings, and disclose relevant ethical concerns.

Textual similarity may be assessed during initial editorial screening. Similarity reports are evaluated in context and do not independently determine whether plagiarism has occurred.

Authors should consult the journal's Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement and Plagiarism Screening Policy for detailed requirements.

6. Research Ethics and Participant Protection

Research involving students, children, teachers, parents, community members, or other human participants must comply with applicable ethical and institutional requirements.

Authors are responsible for:

  • Obtaining informed consent and institutional authorization where required.

  • Obtaining parental or guardian permission and appropriate child assent when applicable.

  • Protecting participants' identities, privacy, and confidential information.

  • Avoiding coercion, discrimination, exploitation, or unnecessary risks.

  • Reporting ethical approval information when required by the research design or applicable regulations.

Research conducted within educational institutions must respect participants' voluntary involvement and must not improperly affect academic assessment or access to educational services.

Relevant ethical safeguards should be explained in the manuscript's methodology section.

7. References and Scholarly Foundations

EDUCATION requires APA Style, 7th Edition, for citations and references.

Authors must use credible, relevant, and academically appropriate sources that support the theoretical framework, methodology, analysis, and interpretation of research findings.

References should reflect relevant developments in the field, with appropriate consideration of recent studies and foundational literature.

Every in-text citation must correspond to a complete reference entry, and all listed references must be cited in the manuscript.

Authors are encouraged to use reference management software such as Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote.

Technical formatting instructions are available in Manuscript Preparation.

8. Required Declarations and Supporting Documentation

Authors must provide appropriate disclosures and supporting documents according to the characteristics of their research, including:

  • Conflict of interest declarations.

  • Research funding and institutional support information.

  • Author contribution statements when required.

  • Disclosure of substantive AI-assisted activities.

  • Ethical approval and informed consent information when applicable.

  • Permissions for copyrighted materials or sensitive research data where required.

Authors are responsible for the completeness, accuracy, and authenticity of all submitted information.

9. Manuscript Submission and Editorial Responsibilities

Authors must independently submit manuscripts through EDUCATION's official Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.

The corresponding author must ensure that all manuscript files, author details, and article metadata are accurate and complete.

During editorial evaluation, authors are expected to respond constructively to reviewer recommendations, submit revisions within the specified deadlines, and maintain professional communication.

The journal applies an initial editorial assessment, followed by peer review for manuscripts meeting preliminary requirements.

Editorial acceptance is based on scholarly merit and ethical compliance, independently of Article Processing Charge (APC) payments.

Submission procedures, review timelines, publication administration, and APC-related arrangements are explained in the Submission and Publication Process and Article Processing Charge (APC) policies.

10. Compliance with Journal Guidelines

Before submission, authors must carefully review the journal's Aims and Scope, Manuscript Preparation requirements, publication ethics policies, and official manuscript template.

Manuscripts that do not meet the journal's academic, ethical, or submission requirements may be returned for correction or declined during editorial screening.

EDUCATION is committed to promoting rigorous scholarship, responsible research practices, and the ethical dissemination of knowledge in education, social sciences, and humanities.