Author's Guidelines

  1. Articles accepted in Jurnal Sosial-Politika are articles that: (1) are original, (2) have not been published in other publishing media, and (3) have relevance to the needs of the teaching and learning process in the fields of social science and political science.  Articles can be the result of research or theoretical studies.
  2. Authors must be registered as AUTHOR in OJS and only upload articles via https://jsp.fisip-unmul.ac.id/
  3. Articles are written in Indonesian or English. The manuscript is typed using Microsoft Word program on A4 size. The length of it is about 5000 - 8000 words using Calibri 11 pt font and typed with 1.15 spacing on A4 pages.
  4. Articles should be written in the format specified below:
    1. Title. The title should describe the content of the article. The word count ranges from 8 to 16 words (Calibri 14, bold, sentence case, and single space).
    2. Author's Name. This section consists of the author's name, email and affiliation. Authors' names are written without academic titles (Calibri 11).
    3. Abstract. The abstract is written in English with a word count ranging from 150 to 250 words including keywords. The abstract contains a statement of the problem to be discussed, research objectives, research methods, approaches or theories used and research results (Calibri 11, single space).
    4. Keywords: Keywords are words or phrases that represent the main topic or main idea of the research. Keywords range from three (3) to five (5) words (Calibri 11, single space).
    5. Introduction. This section contains a description of the background of the paper including the research question and research objectives. For conceptual articles, this section contains a description of the context of the problem and the author's main argument against the problem/topic raised. The introduction also includes a literature review of the issues raised (Calibri 11, space 1.15).
    6. Research Methods. This section contains a description of the research design, data sources, data collection techniques, and data analysis techniques. For conceptual articles, this section does not need to be included (Calibri 11, space 1.15).
    7. Result and Discussion. The discussion section contains findings and discussion. The findings section contains analysis based on the research questions posed. The discussion section contains an understanding of the findings and a dialog of the findings with theory or other-related research. For conceptual articles, this section contains a description of the analysis, including the author's argumentation, the logic offered by the author, and criticism from the author. This section must contain the author's position on the topic raised (Calibri 11, space 1.15).
    8. Conclusion. This section contains the answers to the research questions. This section should be written in paragraph form, not in points. For conceptual articles, this section contains a reaffirmation of the author's position. Just like research articles, this section should be written in paragraph form (Calibri 11, space 1.15).
    9. Reference. This section only contains reading sources cited in the article. Reading sources cited can include books, digital books, journals, conference articles, internet articles, newspaper articles, news or articles without the author's name, official documents, theses, dissertations, research reports, websites, and films or videos. The number of journals cited is at least 15 titles. No less than 60% of books and digital books used for reference are published in the last 10 years. Except for conceptual articles, it is allowed to cite books published more than the last 10 years. Jurnal Sosial-Politika uses American Psychological Association (APA) style and arranged from A to Z.
    10. Format of tables and figures. The font size for figures and tables is 10 pt. The table number and title are placed at the top center of the table, while the figure is placed below the center of the figure. The table format is Microsoft Word and it is not recommended to display the table in image format. It is recommended to use only horizontal lines for tables. The recommended image format is PNG/BMP to avoid too large file size.
  5.  All manuscripts will be reviewed anonymously by reviewers assigned by the editor according to their expertise. Authors are given the opportunity to revise the manuscript based on recommendations from the reviewers or the editor. The decision that the article is accepted or rejected will be informed to the author via email.
  6. The editor has the right to modify and correct the spelling, writing, and grammar of the published manuscript.
  7. The author is fully responsible for the quotation in the writing of manuscripts related to copyright with all legal consequences.

 

REFERENCE 

Book with single author

Reference:

Bryman, A. (2012). Social Research Methods (4th ed.). Oxford University Press.

In-text: (Bryman, 2012)

 

Book with two authors

Reference: 

Hood, C., & Lodge, M. (2006). The Politics of Public Service Bargains: Reward, Competency, Loyalty – and Blame. Oxford University Press.

In-text: (Hood & Lodge, 2006)

 

Book with three author or more

Reference:

Dwee, D., Dion, H. B., & Brown, I. S. (2012). Information behaviour concept: A basic introduction. University of Life Press.

In-text: (Dwee et al., 2012)

 

Chapter or Article in Edited Book

Reference:

Levi, M. (2009). Reconsiderations of Rational Choice in Comparative and Historical Analysis. In M.I. Lichbach & A.S. Zuckerman (Eds.), Comparative Politics. Rationality, Culture and Structure (pp. 117-133). Cambridge University Press.

In-text: (Levi, 2009)

 

Journal Article with DOI

Reference:

Yuniarti, et al. (2024). Management of Indonesia’s Boat People. Jurnal Sosial Humaniora, 15(2), 115-127. https://110.30997/jsh.v15i2.10067

In-text: (Yuniarti, 2024)

 

Journal Article with URL

Reference: 

Muda, B.D., Srijaya, I.W., & Wardi, I.N. (2025). Pemaknaan Girīndrawardhana-Lāncana Prasasti Kembangsore Berdasarkan Pendekatan Semiotika Pierce. Jurnal Ilmiah Wahana Pendidikan. 11(3.A):76-86. https://jurnal.peneliti.net/index.php/JIWP/article/view/9999/8029

In-text: (Muda, et al, 2025)

 

Newspapers article

Reference: 

Mahdawi, A. (2025, April 18). Why do Trump voters have no regrets? Because the people they hate are getting hurt more. The Guardian, pp.xx.

In-text: (Mahdawi, 2025)

 

Newspaper article with URL

Reference: 

Anwar, L.A., (2025, January 8). Apa yang Diperoleh Indonesia dengan Bergabung BRICS?. Kompas.id. https://www.kompas.id/artikel/apa-yang-diperoleh-indonesia-dengan-bergabung-dengan-brics

In-text: (Anwar, 2025)

 

Website

Reference:

UNEP. (n.d). Sustainable Blue Economy. Retrieved April 18, 2025 from https://www.unep.org/topics/ocean-seas-and-coasts/ecosystem-based-approaches/sustainable-blue-economy

In-text: (UNEP, n.d)

Reference:

Sustainable Blue Economy. (n.d.). UNEP. Retrieved April 18, 2025 from https://www.unep.org/topics/ocean-seas-and-coasts/ecosystem-based-approaches/sustainable-blue-economy

In-text: (Sustainable Blue Economy, n.d)

 

Book translation

Reference: 

Saint-Exupéry, A. d. (1970). The little prince (K. Woods, Trans.). Harcourt Brace & Co. (Original work published 1943)

In-text: (Saint-Exupéry, 1970) 

 

Unpublished Thesis/Dissertation

Reference:

Lee, R. (2020). Model of Blue Economy Development [Unpublished MPA thesis]. University of Simple.

In-text: (Lee, 2020)

 

Published Thesis/Dissertation

Reference:

Lee, R. (2020). Model of Blue Economy Development (Thesis). Simple University Press.

In-text: (Lee, 2020)