Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

Journal Political Science & Governance Journal is published by Indo Global Mandiri University, as a source of information and communication for academics, and observers of Government Science, Political Science, Regional Government and Politics, Public Policy. The published papers are the result of research, reflection, and actual critical studies to themes of government, social, and political science. All papers are peer reviewed by at least two referees. Scope of the Journal of Political Science & Governance Published three times a year (January, May and October) and was first published for the print edition in October 2016.

General guidelines

  1. The manuscript must be original, no plagiarism, and has never been published nor under consideration in other scientific journal.

  2. Articles are written by a program Microsoft Word or another apps to the top, A4 size paper, page margins: top 3 cm, left 3 cm, bottom 2.5 cm, and right 2.5 cm, typed with 1,5 density spacing, font Cambria 12, text format in two column.

  3.  Please submit your manuscript file as a Microsoft Word extension Document (DOC) or Rich Text Format (RTF), with our journal template (template JPP)

  4. Abstract should be written in Bahasa and English, content of the manuscript can be written in Indonesian or English.

  5. For submission, please login and submit your manuscript through the link Online Submission: http://ejournal.uigm.ac.id/index.php/PDP/user/register

  6. For January issue, we accept submission from October to November, and editing and revision process is scheduled in Desember. For Mei issue is from November to Maret  and editing and revision process is scheduled in April. For November issue is from Maret to July and Editing and revision process is scheduled in September.

  7. The manuscript can be accepted without repair, refurbishment accepted, or rejected, and a rejected article is not returned unless requested by the author.

  8. The length of the scientific manuscripts shall not exceed 4000 words or approximately 10-12 pages, in which the included drawings, graphs or tables (if any) are present.

  9. The terms in a foreign language or regional language in the text are written in italic.

Body Of Manuscript 

In general, the structure of scientific articles research results and non-research scientific articles are relatively the same. In the non-research article there is no method part. The structure of the research articles consists of 10 main sections: (1) Title (2) Ownership Line; (3) Abstract; (4) Keywords; (5) Introduction; (6) Research Methods; (7) Results and Discussion; (8) Conclusion; (9) Acknowledgments and (10) References. The structure of non-research scientific articles is divided into 9 main sections namely: (1) Title; (2) Ownership Line; (3) Abstract; (4) Keywords; (5) Introduction; (6) Discussion; (7) Conclusion; (8) References. Each section is given an explanation as follows.

 a. Title 

  1. The title should be concise and informative, no more than 13 words, including the liaison and capital letters at the beginning of each word except the liaison. In order for the title to be short and succinct in 13 words, avoid connecting words and mentioning objects, places or research materials in great detail. 
  2. The title contains the key words of the topic under study. Times New Roman  14 font type and bold, with single line spacing.
  3. Title in Indonesian or English, in accordance with the language used in the manuscript. Avoid using abbreviations, formulas and references.

b) Ownership lines (authorship lines)

    1. The ownership line consists of two parts, namely author names and author institutional affiliation.
    2. Student affiliation follows the place where the student is studying.
    3. The names of the authors should be those who actually participate in the planning, execution, analysis of results, discussion, and report writing and academic / functional or bachelor degree positions not included, Cambria 12 fonts, row 1 space.
    4. The name of the institution is listed in full to the country's name, written under the author's name along with the postal address, email and facsimile (if any) for correspondence purposes, Cambria  12 fonts, with 1 spaced line spacing.
    5. If the author is more than one person and comes from a different institution, then all addresses are listed by marking a small letter superscript behind the author's name in sequence.
    6. The name of the correspondence author is marked with an asterisk (*).
    7. Times New Roman font 12.

c) Abstract

  1. Abstract is written in summary and factual, covering research objectives, research methods, results and conclusions.
  2. The abstract is written in one paragraph; written in two languages (Indonesian and English); abstract lengths ranging from 150 - 200 words.
  3. Avoid unusual referrals and use of abbreviations.
  4. Times New Roman  12 type font, with single line spacing.

d) Keywords

  1. Keywords consist of 3 to 5 words and / or word groups.
  2. Written in order of urgency of the word.
  3. Between keywords separated by semi colon (;).
  4. Avoid many connecting words (and, with, that and others).
  5. Times New Roman   12 letter type, with single line spacing.

e) Introduction

  1. Avoid the sub-sub in the introduction.
  2. Introduction should contain the background of problems, problems and research objectives.
  3. Percentage of page length between 10-15% of the total length of a manuscript.
  4. References are shown by writing the author's family name / last name and year of issue, without page number.
  5. The theoretical basis is displayed in complete, concise, and completely relevant sentences for the purpose of writing scientific articles.
  6. The manuscript is written with a density of single line spacing, Times New Roman 12
f) CONCLUSION
  1. The conclusion should be the answer to the research question, and expressed not in statistical sentences.
  2. Written along one paragraph in essay form, not in numerical form.
  3. The manuscript is written with a density of single line spacing, Times New Roman 12

g) References

General provision of bibliography:

  1. The references listed in the bibliography are only those references that are actually quoted in the manuscript.
  2. For the research articles, the references are referenced from about 40% of textbooks and 60% of scientific journal articles.
  3. Updates of referenced scientific journals shall be considered, at least as a result of relevant publications in the last 10 years.
  4. The bibliography is arranged alphabetically in alphabetical order of the author's name.
  5. Author's name: the name shown is the final name (surname) of the author followed by the initial (and middle name) abbreviation if any). If the author is more than one person, then the way of writing is the same.
  6. The writing of the reference title begins with a capital letter on each syllable, except for the conjunctive word.
  7. APA Style
  8. Any writing of the name, year, title of the article and so on ends with a period (.) Before the next word continues. Special writing volume (number) journal is given a colon (:) without spacing.
  9. The manuscript is written with a density of single line spacing, Times New Roman 12
  10. Examples of writing can be seen in the explanation of each type of literature worth mentioning.