Guidelines for Author

INSTRUCTION FOR AUTHORS

JKMP

Jurnal Komunikasi Pembangunan

(Revised Edition 2024)

For full instructions, please download the file at this LINK
Cover Letter can be downloaded HERE
The article's template can be downloaded HERE

GENERAL INFORMATION

  1. Manuscripts must be original, have not been published previously in any scientific journal, that manuscripts are not being submitted for publication elsewhere, and will not be submitted to any media during the review process, unless the authors have officially withdrawn the manuscripts from Jurnal KMP. Jurnal KMP uses a similarity check program to prevent any suspected plagiarism in the manuscripts.
  2. Cover Letter is an author statement form containing several conditions that the authors must comply with, who will submit their manuscript to Jurnal KMP.
  3. Jurnal KMP is published to communicate research results on improving human resources capacity in various fields in micro, messo as well as macro scopes. The researchers, bussiness actors, policy maker, academicians, extension workers, and those interested in developing sciences and practical aspects in human behaviour transformation
  4. The type of the article accepted by Jurnal KMP are as follows: (1) primary research results (original research), (2) systematic/literature review, and (3) theoretical thinking, book review, and obituary.
  5. Jurnal KMP accepts articles in Indonesia and English
  6. Jurnal KMP is published 2 times a year, that is in February, and July. The manuscripts, and Cover Letter should be submitted electronically through an online system: https://journal.ipb.ac.id/index.php/jurnalkmp/about/submissions

 

MANUSCRIPT FILE

  1. Manuscripts are written in Indonesian and English. Authors that submit article in English should consult the manuscript with an English editing service before submitting.
  2. Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word format.
  3. Manuscripts should be typed using Times New Roman fonts at 11 points.
  4. Manuscripts should be typed single spaced except for Title, Tables, Title of Graphs/Figures, and appendix typed single spaced. Manuscripts are prepared in A4 paper, margins on all four sides are 3 cm, and suggested length is about 5,000-7,000 words.
  5. Tables, Graphs, and Figures should be placed after the References of the manuscript.
  6. Manuscripts content should be arranged as the following order: Title, Name of the author(s) and their institutions, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results and discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgment (if any), References.

 

CONTENT OF MANUSCRIPTS

  1. Title. Title must be written in Bahasa Indonesia and English. It must be concise and express your research results.
  2. Name of author(s). Write down with first name followed by last name. If there are two authors or more, they must be separated by comma (,). For example: Nuraini Prasodjo, Annisa Utami Seminar, Hana Indriana.
  3. Name of institution(s). Name of institution must be included (not abbreviations), address, city, post-code, and country
  4. Abstract Abstract is written in English, with no more than 200 words. It must cover brief background, research purposes or research questions, methods, results, and conclusion.
  5. Keywords. Abstract must be accompanied with key words. Include three to five keywords related to your research.
  6. Length of the Article. Suggested lengths: 5,000-7,000 words
  7. Introduction. In the Introduction, the writer must describe clearly the state of the art (recent findings in the related research issue) which comes to the question being addressed, research questions, or research objectives, hypothesis (if any), and research significance.
  8. Methods. Explain your field methods in details, including explanation about objects/subjects of the research, sampling techniques (quantitative method) or determination of informants (qualitative method), number respondents/informants, data collecting instrument used, data collecting techniques that are carried out, and data analysis techniques.
  1. Findings and Discussion. Explain the findings thoroughly, accurately, systematically, and logically. Data visualization (table, matrix, picture, or diagram) must be presented and discussed clearly but briefly. In discussion, it is necessary to relate and describe the findings obtained and the basic concepts used or explained in the introduction and/or hypothesis. Discussion must include comparison with previous articles that are related to the topic being discussed. Discussion also needs to show the implications, in terms of theory and application.
  2. Explain the essence, the novelty, or the concept of thought of the findings. Recommendation is included in this part. Conclusion must not be expressed in pointers or numbers.
  3. Please state any institutions/organizations/people that you need to acknowledge. Some examples: affiliated institutions, funding bodies, grant numbers, who received the funding (if not the author, e.g. a supervisor), any associated fellowships
  4. Images and Tables. Images and tables are not included in the text. They must be put at last page of your article.
    1. Title for images and/or tables must be put above them on the left margin.
    2. Number of images and tables must be included in the body of the text, so that the journal management know where to put them.
    3. Images must be readable especially when they are enlarged. The file format of images is recommended to use TIFF, while for tables, the smallest size of letter is 9 pt.
    4. If the images used in the body of the text are taken from a book or a journal, the writer must inform the editor that

 

  1. Bibliography. Please use reference manager such as Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote. Use the American Psychological Association 7 citation style. The writer must quote at least 25 literatures with the following composition: >= 80% primary reference (journals) and >=80% reference of the last ten years. You are not allowed to quote from wikipedia, blogspot, or lecture assignments.
  1. Abbreviations/Terms/Symbols. The use of abbreviations is welcome as long as they are written completely at the beginning. Foreign terms must be in italics. Symbols must also be written clearly and distinguishably.
  2. Attachments are used when necessary to complete the text, such as questionnaires, rules of law, data analysis results, maps, and so on. Attachments are put after reference.