Author Guidelines
Carefully read the submission guidelines as follows:
A. General Requirements
The minimum standard requirements of IJGC must be:
- Manuscripts written in the English Language
- Writing at least 8 pages long and no more than 25 pages. Editors evaluate if the manuscript more than 25 page
- The use of a tool such as Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote or for reference management and formatting, and choose Vancouver Style.
- The paper begins with the manuscript title, author name, Author Affiliation, Address followed by an abstract written all 150-200 Words.
- If Indonesia language manuscript, then the abstract must be written in the language of Indonesia and English language of good and right. If the article United Kingdom, then the language abstract should be written in the language English.
- Manuscript with the Online Submission System at https://journal.scitechgrup.com/index.php/ijgc/about/submissions .
- Make sure that your paper is prepared using the IJGC template.
- Notification of acceptance: within 30 (thirty) days after the date of the manuscript is sent.
B. Structure of The Manuscript
- Introduction
The introduction should briefly place the study in a broad context and highlight why it is important. It should define the purpose of the work and its significance. The current state of the research field should be reviewed carefully and key publications cited. Please highlight controversial and diverging hypotheses when necessary. Finally, briefly mention the main aim of the work and highlight the principal conclusions. As far as possible, please keep the introduction comprehensible to scientists outside your particular field of research. References should be numbered in order of appearance and indicated by a numeral or numerals in square brackets, e.g., (author name et al, 2021) or (author name et al., 2021; author name et al., 2022). See the end of the document for further details on references. (Times New Roman, 12)
- Methods
Methods should be described with sufficient details to allow others to replicate and build on published results. Please note that publication of your manuscript implicates that you must make all materials, data, computer code, and protocols associated with the publication available to readers. Please disclose at the submission stage any restrictions on the availability of materials or information. New methods and protocols should be described in detail while well-established methods can be briefly described and appropriately cited.
Research manuscripts reporting large datasets that are deposited in a publicly available database should specify where the data have been deposited and provide the relevant accession numbers. If the accession numbers have not yet been obtained at the time of submission, please state that they will be provided during review. They must be provided prior to publication.
Interventionary studies involving animals or humans, and other studies require ethical approval must list the authority that provided approval and the corresponding ethical approval code.
- Results and Discussion
This section may be divided by subheadings. It should provide a concise and precise description of the experimental results, their interpretation as well as the experimental conclusions that can be drawn.
3.1. Subsection Discussion
3.1.1. Sub-subsection Discussion
All figures and tables should be cited in the main text as Figure 1, Table 1, etc.
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Figure 1. This is a figure, Schemes follow the same formatting. If there are multiple panels, they should be listed as: (a) Description of what is contained in the first panel; (b) Description of what is contained in the second panel. Figures should be placed in the main text near to the first time they are cited. A caption on a single line should be centered.
Table 1. This is a table. Tables should be placed in the main text near to the first time they are cited.
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Conclusions
This section is mandatory, to be added to the manuscript even if the discussion is unusually long or complex. This section is mandatory, to be added to the manuscript even if the discussion is unusually long or complex. This section is mandatory, to be added to the manuscript even if the discussion is unusually long or complex. This section is mandatory, to be added to the manuscript even if the discussion is unusually long or complex. This section is mandatory, to be added to the manuscript even if the discussion is unusually long or complex.
Funding
Please add: “This research received no external funding” or “This research was funded by NAME OF FUNDER, grant number XXX”. Check carefully that the details given are accurate and use the standard spelling of funding agency names at https://search.crossref.org/funding, any errors may affect your future funding.
Acknowledgments
In this section you can acknowledge any support given which is not covered by the author contribution or funding sections. This may include administrative and technical support, or donations in kind (e.g., materials used for experiments).
Conflicts of Interest
Declare conflicts of interest or state “The authors declare no conflict of interest.” Authors must identify and declare any personal circumstances or interest that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of reported research results. Any role of the funders in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results must be declared in this section. If there is no role, please state “The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results”.
References
Write a reference list alphabetically and chronologically. The bibliography is a list of references/non-bibliography, so it must contain all the sources referred to in the text, and does not need to contain sources that are not referenced. The reference list contains everything referred to in the text that comes from that source; (a) relevant, (b) at least 80% up to date (last 10 years), and (c) at least 80% primary. Writing references refers to the American Psychological Association (APA) 6Ed and uses the Mendeley application. We recommend preparing references with a bibliographic software package (e.g., Mendeley) to avoid typing errors and duplicate references. Citations and references in additional files are permitted, as long as they appear in the reference list here.
In-Text Citations
- Format: References should be cited in the text using author(s) last name followed by the publication year in parentheses.
- Example: (Smith, 2020)
- Multiple Authors: When a work has two authors, cite both names every time the reference occurs in the text. When a work has three or more authors, cite only the first author followed by "et al."
- Example: (Smith & Jones, 2019), (Brown et al., 2021)
- Direct Quotes: For direct quotes, include the page number as well.
- Example: (Smith, 2020, p. 23)
Reference List
- Order: List references in alphabetical order by the surname of the first author followed by the initials of the author's given name(s).
- Multiple Works by the Same Author: When multiple works by the same author are cited, list them in chronological order starting with the earliest publication.
- Journal Articles:
- Format: Author(s). (Year). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, volume number(issue number), page range. DOI/URL (if available)
- Example: Smith, J. A., & Jones, M. B. (2019). The impact of climate change on marine ecosystems. Marine Biology, 45(3), 123-134. https://doi.org/10.1234/marinebio.2019.03
- Books:
- Format: Author(s). (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
- Example: Brown, L. R. (2021). Understanding psychology. Psychology Press.
- Book Chapters:
- Format: Author(s). (Year). Title of the chapter. In Editor(s) (Ed(s).), Title of the book (pp. page range). Publisher.
- Example: Green, T. H. (2020). Cognitive development in adolescence. In R. Black & S. White (Eds.), Advances in child psychology (pp. 45-67). Academic Press.
- Websites:
- Format: Author(s). (Year, Month Date). Title of the webpage. Website name. URL
- Example: National Institute of Mental Health. (2021, March 15). Anxiety disorders. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders
Formatting
- Font: Use a readable font, such as Times New Roman, 12 pt.
- Spacing: Double-space all references.
- Hanging Indent: Use a hanging indent for each reference (the first line of the reference is flush left, and subsequent lines are indented).
Additional Notes
- Ensure all references cited in the text are included in the reference list and vice versa.
- Verify that URLs and DOIs are correct and accessible.
- Supplementary files may contain citations and references, but they must also be listed in the main reference list.
For any specific queries or further clarifications, please refer to the latest edition of the APA Publication Manual or contact the editorial office.