Submissions

Author Guidelines

Thank you for choosing to submit your paper to us. These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your manuscripts can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly. Please take the time to read and follow them as closely as possible, as doing so will ensure your manuscripts matches the journal’s requirements. 

Authors who submit their work to the Jurnal Sosiologi must comply with the following guidelines.

1. The article has not yet been published elsewhere, original, research-based, unpublished, and not under review for possible publication in other journals.
2. Manuscripts must be prepared on A4 paper using Microsoft Word, with a length of 4,000-7,000 words using Times New Roman font size 12 pt and 1.15 spacing, and saved in .docx (Microsoft Word Document) or .rtf (Rich Text Format) format, unless otherwise specified in the template (please refer to the template for further instructions).
3. The article contains an abstrack, introduction, research method, result and discussion, conclusion and suggestions, references.
4. Title: It should be no more than 17 words long, and it should be clear, simple, and instructive. Abbreviations should be avoided whenever possible.
5. Author Name(s): The author(s)'s name(s) is or are written without any academic degrees, followed by the name of the author's institution, which is situated beneath the article's title. When the manuscript is written by more than one person, the editor only communicates with the principal author or the first author named. The main author's correspondence address or email must be included.
6. Abstract: Abstract is written in English and Bahasa, between 150-200 words in length, explaining the introduction, methods, results, and discussion.
7. Keywords: Keywords contain three to five words/phrases separated by semicolon and arranged by alphabetic.
8. Introduction: Introduction to the background, topic, and research questions or hypothesis should be presented first and foremost. This section can incorporate a literature review if one exists, that shows the research gap that the author(s) chooses to address. The research goals should be written at the end part of the introduction.
9. Research Method: The author(s) must explain the methods through which the research is conducted and the reasons by which they justify the application of such methods.
10. Results and Discussion: The discussion may consist of several sub-chapters that explore and delve into the research as they are presented within the context of the social world that is discussed within the manuscript.
11. Conclusion and Suggestions: The manuscript must end in conclusions that answer the problems addressed. The conclusion should be written with research-based appropriate facts to back it up. The study findings and results should be able to answer or explain the question(s) posed in the introduction. The responses to the hypothesis and/or study objectives, as well as the gathered findings, should be exemplified in the summary. Instead of repeating research findings and debates, the summary should offer a summary of research findings and findings as expected in the study objective or hypothesis. The suggestions should present issues that will be investigated further in regard to the research's conclusions.
12. References: All references cited in the article's content should be included in the bibliography section.5t should include references from primary sources published within the last 5 (five) years of the field, except for key literatures such as classical social theories. Scientific journal articles have to make up 80% of the references, followed by proceeding papers, books, monographs, speeches, publications of government policies, or other unpublished scientific findings (research reports, masters theses, and doctoral dissertations only) for the remaining 20%. When an unscientific work is cited, such as a YouTube video, or a podcast episode, or any of such medium, author(s) must provide sufficient reason for its use in the Research Methods, as well as Results and Discussion sections of their manuscript. All cited references should be prepared in reference format, using the American Psychological Association (APA) style 7^th edition, and sorted alphabetically. Ensure the accuracy of the citations, and make sure that every cited work is included in the References section. The editor will omit works that are not cited but are listed in the References.

    Usage of reference generators such as Mendeley, EndNote and Zotero is a must. 

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