Author Guidelines

AUTHOR GUIDELINES FOR

JURNAL PENELITIAN KEBIJAKAN PENDIDIKAN

THE LATEST VERSION, 2025

 

WRITING GUIDELINES

Manuscripts may be written in either Indonesian or English. Manuscripts in Indonesian should follow proper grammar and sentence structure in accordance with the rules of punctuation and spelling set forth in the Enhanced Indonesian Spelling System (EYD), 5th Edition, published by the Language Development Agency, Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education. Manuscripts in English should adhere to international academic English standards and conventions.

Manuscripts should be typed with 1.15 spacing on A4-sized paper using Calibri font size 12, with a minimum of 6000 words and a maximum of 8,000 words. The accepted file format is a Microsoft Word document (extension: .doc/.docx).

The language used in tables or graphs must match the manuscript’s language. Tables should not be submitted as images to facilitate editing and should avoid vertical lines, using only horizontal lines at the top and bottom. Paragraphs that describe the table should not merely repeat the information in the table but should include analysis to support it.

The manuscript has not been published in other media, is not being processed in different journals, and does not contain elements of plagiarism. The editorial team uses Turnitin to check plagiarism with a tolerance limit of 15%.

 

OUTLINE

The manuscript should consist of the following five components: (i) title, (ii) author(s) name(s), (iii) abstract and keywords, (iv) content, and (v) references.

Title

The title should reflect the content of the manuscript, be concise (no more than 14 words), informative, specific, and engaging. The title should not begin with the words study, research, analysis, or development. The title should be followed by the full name(s) of the author(s), institutional affiliation(s), and one active email address for correspondence. If there is more than one author, the primary author's name should appear first.

Abstract and Keywords

The abstract should be written as a single structured paragraph (not as bullet points or equations), containing the objectives, methodology, novelty, findings, conclusions, and policy recommendations of the study or development. It should not include subheadings, footnotes, or citations. Acronyms may be used if accompanied by their definitions, unless commonly known. It also should describe the essence of the entire writing. The length should range between 150-200 words (use 1.0 space and font size 11).

Keywords should consist of five standard terms or phrases that reflect the article’s concepts and content. They should be listed in order of relevance, separated by semicolons, written in lowercase, and not abbreviated.

Content

This journal focuses on research and development related to educational policy formulation, analysis, evaluation, and the impact of established policies.

Introduction

The introduction should provide background and context for the educational policy research, including a literature review to identify discourse, research gaps, and novelty, synthesized from at least 10 reputable journal references within the last 10 years. Classic references (more than 10 years old) can be used as long as they are relevant to the study, but should not exceed 20% of the references used. The introduction section also contains the problem statement, research purpose, and urgency of the research, as well as the results to be achieved. This section ends with the research framework and is about 25 percent of the manuscript length.

Research Methods

This section should detail the research approach, variables, data sources, population, sample, research period, location, and rationale for each element, along with data collection, processing, analysis techniques, and research limitations. This section is about 10 percent long.

Research Findings

This section should present research findings aligned with the study's objectives, including data interpretation and relevant presentations through tables, graphs, or qualitative data excerpts. If the research has more than one objective, the results should be presented consistently according to each research question and objective.

The data can be presented in the form of relevant tables, graphs, or qualitative data quotes (interviews, FGDs, observations, document studies). This section is about 20 percent of the manuscript’s length.

Discussion

The discussion should analyze and interpret the findings to address research objectives, incorporating relevant theories and references, ensuring consistency with each research question and objective. This section is about 30 percent of the manuscript’s length.

Conclusion and Policy Recommendation

The conclusion should directly address the research objectives, derived from the discussion data, and consistent with the research problems and objectives. The conclusion can generate new findings (which may take the form of theories, postulates, principles, methods, models, prototypes, or the equivalent) that are expressed accurately and in-depth.

Policy recommendations should be based on research findings and conclusions, providing actionable inputs for education policymakers, especially within the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, and contextualized within national or global education policy frameworks. Policy recommendations are not normative but need to be more operational/technical, logical, and applicable, for example: including policy options, units/institutions/actors that need to act on it, and the reasonings.

The conclusion and policy recommendations are in the form of narration in separate paragraphs, not in the form of points or numbering. This section is about 15 percent of the length of the entire manuscript.

Acknowledgment

Acknowledgments are optional; however, if the research was funded or sponsored, this section must include information about the funding sponsor and express gratitude accordingly.

Reference List

The reference list should adhere to the American Psychological Association (APA) Style 7th edition, utilizing the Mendeley application, and include a minimum of 15 references from primary and secondary sources, predominantly from reputable local and international journals published within the last 10 years. Classic references (older than 10 years) may be used as long as they are relevant to the study, but should not exceed 20% of the references used.

All cited references or source materials must be included in the reference list. Conversely, references or materials not cited in the manuscript should not appear in the reference list.