Manuscript Type

Communications accept two types of manuscripts. Please choose the type that best fits your work and use the matching template (see Manuscript Templates).

1. Original Research Article
5,000–8,000 words
Single-anonymous review
Two files
Reports original empirical research, qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods, that makes a clear contribution to citizenship studies and civic education.
  • Structure: Introduction (with a required Theoretical framework or Conceptual framework subheading), Method, Results and Discussion, Conclusion
  • Abstract: Abstract should be strictly within 150 words, covering purpose, design/method, findings, and originality/value
  • References: More than 15, at least 80% from peer-reviewed journals published in the last 10 years
  • Ethics: Ethics approval and informed consent for research with human participants
2. Systematic Literature Review
5,000–8,000 words
PRISMA 2020
Sinle-anonymous review
Two files + checklist
Synthesises existing research on a clearly defined question using a transparent, replicable method. Narrative overviews without a systematic method are not accepted.
  • Structure: Introduction (with Theoretical/Conceptual framework), Method (protocol and registration, eligibility criteria, search strategy, selection, quality appraisal, synthesis), Results, Discussion, Conclusion
  • Title: Must identify the article as a systematic literature review
  • Abstract: Abstract should be strictly within 150 word, following PRISMA 2020 for Abstracts
  • Required: PRISMA flow diagram in the text; completed PRISMA 2020 checklist as a supplementary file
 
Not accepted. Manuscripts outside the journal’s scope; purely descriptive reports without theoretical framing or analysis; narrative literature reviews without a systematic method; opinion pieces; and work already published or under review elsewhere.
 
All manuscripts Requirement
Language Indonesia, English, British spelling
Referencing APA 7th edition
Similarity Maximum 20% overall, with no single match above 1%
Generative AI Any use must be declared; AI cannot be an author