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Registration and login are required to submit items online and to check the status of current submissions. If you are new to this publishing system, please read this: About this publishing system and How to submit manuscript?.

Also, please make sure you have already read this following information and policies: Focus and scope, Peer review process, Authorship, Publication ethics, and Screening for plagiarism.

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Requirements

You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. The affiliation listed in the manuscript should be the institution where the research was conducted. If an author has moved to a new institution since completing the research, the new affiliation can be included in a manuscript note at the end of the paper. At this stage please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).

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Permissions

Please also ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere.

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Author Guidelines

General Guidelines

The manuscript text general guidelines are as follows:

  • The manuscript is the authentic research result that has not been published yet in other publication media or publishing houses.
  • The manuscript text ought to be written as this article template. The article is written on A4-sized papers (210x297 mm), with custom margins as follows: left 25 mm, right 20 mm, bottom 20 mm and top 30 mm, Time New Roman theme font, 12pt font size, and 1.5 line-spacing.
  • The manuscript is typed using Microsoft Word program on A4 paper, around 6,000-7,000 words including figures, tables and references.
  • The manuscript does not contain any plagiarism element. The editorial board will directly reject the text that indicates plagiarism. We use plagiarism software to check your manuscript.
  • The manuscript that has been written under the guidelines of Jurnal SIKAP (in MS Word format, use this article template) must be submitted through Online Submission System using Open Journal System (OJS) on the Jurnal SIKAP portal (http://ejournal.unwmataram.ac.id/sikap).
  • The manuscript article writing guidelines and template can be downloaded. The template and the guidelines of the article writing are available in MS Word (.doc) format.
  • The manuscript which is inappropriate with the Jurnal SIKAP writing guidelines will be returned to the author before the reviewing process.
  • The manuscript which is inappropriate with the Jurnal SIKAP writing guidelines will be returned to the author before the reviewing process.
  • The manuscript should contain several aspects of a scientific article as follows: (subtitles as the order), which are: (a) the title of the article, (b) the author’s name (no academic title), (c) the affiliated author’s address, (d) the author’s email (e) the abstract and the keywords, (f) the introduction, (g) the research method, (h) the research findings and discussion, (i) the conclusion, (j) acknowledgement, (k) the references.
  • The subtitles included in the discussion part (Introduction, Methods, Findings and Discussion, and Conclusion) should not be numbered. The subtitles are written in the bold and title case format. It uses the left text alignment without an underline. The next expanded subtitles should be written in the bold and sentence case format, It should use the left text alignment and the numbering format level two.
  • The words from uncommon or foreign languages are stated in Italic format. Each paragraph started 10mm from the left side border while there are no spaces among paragraphs. All numbers are written in Arabic numbering format, except for the new sentence.
  • The tables and pictures are placed in the text group after the referenced tables or pictures. Each picture must be given a caption and source (Figure Caption) below the picture and be numbered in Arabic numbering format followed by the picture title. Each table must be given a table title (Table Caption) and numbered in Arabic numbering format above the table followed by the table title and source below the table. The pictures attachment should be guaranteed that they can be printed well in black and white ink (font size, resolution and line space are clearly seen). The picture, the table, and the chart should be placed in the centre between text groups. If it has a bigger size, it can be placed in the centre of a page. The table should not contain vertical lines, while horizontal lines are allowed only for the important point.

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Manuscipt Body Text

The title of the manuscript: The title should be informative and be written both briefly and clearly. It cannot diverse multi interpretations. It has to be pinpoint with the issues that will be discussed. The beginning word is written in capital case and symmetrically. The article title does not contain any uncommon abbreviation. The main ideas should be written first and followed then by its explanations. The article title should be written within twelve words, 14pt-sized font, with the bold selection and in the center text format.

  • Abstract: The abstract has to be written within 250 words maximum and followed by with three to five keywords and arranged alphabetically. Abstract must contain reseach objectives, methods, result, conclusion and limitation (optional). Abstract written in 1 space line and 12 font size Times New Roman.
  • Introduction: The introduction must contain (sortly and consecutively) a general background and a literature review (state of the art) as the basic of the brand new research question, statements of the brand new scientific article, main research problems, and the hypothesis. In the final part of the introduction, the purpose of the article writing should be stated. They should be represented in the literature review to show the brand new of the scientific article.
  • Methods: The method explains how the research is conducted, including research design, data collection, research instrument and analytic methods. This part should be narated.
  • Findings and Discussion: This part consists of the research results and how they are discussed. The results obtained from the research have to be supported by sufficient data. The research results and the discovery must be the answers or the research hypothesis or research question stated previously in the introduction part.
  • Conclusion: This is the final part containing conclusions, limitations and recommendations. The conclusions will be the answers of the hypothesis or research question, the research purposes and the research discoveries. The conclusions should not contain only the repetition of the results and discussions. It should be the summary of the research results as the author expects in the research purposes or the hypothesis. Research limitations and recommendations contain deficiency in the research and suggestions associated with further ideas from the research.
  • Acknowledgement: Acknowledgements to those who support the research (sponsors and respondents). Families and supervisors are not allowed in this section.
  • References: All the references that used in the article must be listed in this part. In this part, all the used references must be taken from primary sources (scientific journals and the least number is 80% from all the references) that published in the last ten years.

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Artwork, Figures and other Graphics

For guidance on the preparation of the manuscript, including the formatting of figures and tables, please use the guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA). However, be aware that in the online submission form, figures and tables originally made outside of Microsoft (MS) Word should be uploaded to the system as separate files (as described below). Figures or tables made in MS Word should appear at the end of manuscript, following the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines:

  • Add a placeholder note in the running text (i.e., “[Insert Figure 1]”) indicating where, approximately, the figure or table should appear after typesetting.
  • Enter captions to be displayed with the Figure or Table (i.e., the title or a note) in the title of the figure or table.

Figures or Tables created outside of MS Word (i.e., TIFF, JPEG, JPG, EPS, PDF, Excel, PowerPoint) should be submitted separately under “File Upload” in the online submission system, one file for each Figure or Table:

  • Add a placeholder note in the running text (i.e., “[Insert Figure 1]”) indicating where, approximately, the Figure or Table should appear after typesetting.
  • For each figure or table that you separately upload, you should enter the caption or legend (text displayed with the image; usually a brief description) into the “Caption/Legend” textbox that appears in the online submission system.
  • Under “Link text” in the online submission system, type in the name of the file as you wrote it in the running text (i.e., “Figure 1”) so that when this text is found in your document, it will link to the selected file.

Please follow the guides (a) through (e) below on how to format your figure or table created outside of MS Word.

  1. Format: TIFF or JPEG are preferred. These are the common format for pictures (or figures) with no text or graphs. EPS is the preferred format for graphs and line art (retains quality when enlarging/zooming in).
  2. Resolution: Rasterized based files (i.e., .tiff or .jpeg extension) require a resolution of at least 300 dpi (dots per inch). Line art should be supplied with a minimum resolution of 800 dpi.
  3. Color: Figures supplied in color will appear in color online regardless of whether these illustrations are reproduced in color in the printed version. For specifically requested color reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Jurnal SIKAP (Solusi Ilmiah Kebijakan dan Administrasi Publik) after receipt of your accepted article.
  4. Dimension: Check that the artworks supplied match or exceed the dimensions of the journal. Images cannot be scaled up after origination.
  5. Fonts: The lettering used in the artwork should not vary too much in size and type (usually Arial as a default).

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Citation and References Style

Jurnal SIKAP (Solusi Ilmiah Kebijakan dan Administrasi Publik) adheres to the APA 7th Edition style. When formatting your references, please ensure you check the reference style. Here is the quick links to the APA 7th Citataion and Reference style.

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File type

The preferred format for your manuscript is Word (doc docx). Word template is available here.

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Copyright Notice

With the receipt of the article by the Jurnal SIKAP (Solusi Ilmiah Kebijakan dan Administrasi Publik) Editorial Board and the decision to be published, then the copyright regarding the article will be diverted to Jurnal SIKAP (Solusi Ilmiah Kebijakan dan Administrasi Publik

Program Studi Administrasi Publik (AP) Fakultas Ilmu Administrasi Universitas Nahdlatul Wathan Mataram as the publisher of Jurnal SIKAP (Solusi Ilmiah Kebijakan dan Administrasi Publik) hold the copyright regarding all the published articles in this journal.

Program Studi Administrasi Publik (AP) Fakultas Ilmu Administrasi Universitas Nahdlatul Wathan Mataram has the right to multiply and distribute the article and every author is not allowed to publish the same article that was published in this journal.

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Privacy Statement

All names and e-mail address that stated in this Journal portal specifically will be used for journal publication purpose and will be not used for other purpose or any irresponsible party.

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Author Fees

This journal charges the following author fees.

  • Article Submission: 0,00 (IDR)
    Authors are not required to pay an Article Submission Fee as part of the submission process to contribute to review costs.
  • Fast Track: 0,00 (IDR)
    Authors are not required to pay a Fast Track Fee as part of the submission process to contribute to review costs.
  • Article Publication: 0,00 (IDR)
    If this paper is accepted for online publication, you are not required to pay Article Publication Fee.

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