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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.
  • Articles have not been previously published in other journals.
  • The article manuscript file must be in the Microsoft Word document format according to the template.
  • Writing references and bibliography using reference management software such as Mendeley, EndNote, etc.
  • The format for writing the article manuscript is in accordance with the template

Author Guidelines

Read these guidelines in full before submitting. Manuscripts that do not follow them are returned for technical correction, which delays review.

Before you submit

  1. Confirm that the topic falls within the journal's Focus and Scope.
  2. Choose the manuscript type and download the matching template.
  3. Confirm that the manuscript is written in English and has been language-edited.
  4. Run a similarity check and confirm the result is at most 20% overall, with no single source above 3%.
  5. Prepare two files: an anonymised manuscript and a separate title page.
  6. Register an ORCID iD for the corresponding author.
  7. Confirm that every named author meets the journal's authorship criteria.

Files to upload

File Content
Main manuscript (anonymised) The complete manuscript with no author names, affiliations, emails, ORCID iDs, acknowledgements, or funding details anywhere in the text, headers, footers, or file metadata.
Title page (supplementary) Title; full names of all authors without academic titles; affiliations; email addresses; ORCID iDs; corresponding author; acknowledgements; funding; author contributions in CRediT terms; conflict of interest statement.
PRISMA checklist (SLR only) The completed PRISMA 2020 checklist.
Supplementary data (optional) Questionnaire, coding scheme, dataset, or other material supporting transparency.

Manuscript format

  • A4 paper, single column, margins of 3 cm on all sides, single spacing.
  • Times New Roman 12 pt for body text; title 14 pt bold, centred, maximum 20 words, upper case.
  • Section headings: Times New Roman 12 pt, bold, left-aligned, upper case. Sub-headings: 11 pt, bold, left-aligned.
  • Abstract of 150-250 words in one paragraph, followed by at least five keywords separated by semicolons.
  • Tables numbered consecutively with the caption above the table, no vertical rules, submitted as editable text and never as an image.
  • Figures numbered consecutively with the caption below the figure, of high resolution, and legible in greyscale.
  • Equations produced with the Word equation editor and numbered sequentially at the right margin.
  • Lists use letters at the first level and numerals at the second, indented 5 mm.

Citations and references

Use APA 7th edition throughout, managed with Mendeley or Zotero. Every in-text citation must appear in the reference list and every reference must be cited in the text. At least 80% of references must be primary literature published within the last ten years, and DOIs must be included where available. Minimum reference counts are 30 for original research and conceptual articles and 60 for systematic literature reviews.

Declarations required in the end matter

After the Conclusion and Limitation sections, include: Acknowledgement; Disclosure Statement; Funding; Data Availability Statement; Author Contributions in CRediT terms; Ethics Approval and Informed Consent; Use of Generative AI; Notes on Contributors. In the anonymised file, replace any of these that would reveal identity with "Details omitted for double-blind reviewing".

Submission

Submit through the journal's OJS site at journal.uny.ac.id/index.php/jim. Submissions by email are not processed. The corresponding author is responsible for communication with the journal and must confirm, at submission, that the manuscript is original, is not under review elsewhere, and has the agreement of all co-authors.

After acceptance

Authors receive proofs for checking and must return corrections within seven days; only typographical and factual corrections are accepted at this stage. The Article Processing Charge of IDR 500,000 becomes payable on acceptance. Articles are registered with Crossref and published open access under a Creative Commons licence, with copyright retained by the authors.

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