Author Guidelines
Read the Author Guidelines carefully as follows:
A. General Requirements
Manuscripts submitted to Marpokat Jurnal Pembdian Masyarakat must be research-based papers that have never been published or are being considered elsewhere.
Manuscripts must be in English or Indonesian. It must be typed in an MS Word document. format; use a 12-pt Time New Roman font; left, top margin 3 cm, and right, bottom margin 3 cm; Spacing is exactly 18 pt on A4 paper size; 13-18 pages long or 6000-9000 words.
The manuscript will be reviewed by the subject reviewer, while the editor has the right to edit the manuscript for format consistency without changing the substance.
Make sure the manuscript is prepared using the Article Template. Use the Online Submission Guide for access to Open Journal Systems (OJS).
Manuscripts must be submitted through OJS (Marpokat Community Service Journal). For confirmation, the Submission Checklist and Statement of Originality must be sent via email to the Journal Editor (jmarpokat@gmail.com)
Citations and references must follow the style of the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th Edition and use ZOTERO Reference Management Software (http://www.zotero.org) or MENDELEY (www.mendeley.com).
Manuscripts should be checked in terms of grammar, structure, spelling, etc. It is recommended to use Grammar Checker GRAMMARLY Software (http://app.grammarly.com).
B. Manuscript Structure
The article structure contains (a) Title; (b) Author Name, (c) Affiliation, (d) Email Address; (e) English Abstract and Indonesian Language Abstract; (f) Keywords; (g) INTRODUCTION (NO title); (h) RESEARCH METHODS; (i) RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; (j) CONCLUSION (and Recommendation); (k) Acknowledgments (if necessary); and (l) REFERENCES.
Title: the title of the article must be written in a simple, concise and informative form in a phrase or clause format (Capital, Bold, Middle, Time New Roman font 14, maximum 14 words)
Author's Name: Author's full name should be written without a title in Time New Roman 12-pt bold. The author prioritizes countries outside Indonesia
Affiliation: Affiliation (full name of university, and country) must be written below the name in Time New Roman 11-pt font.
Email address; The Corresponding Author's email address should be written under the affiliation in Time New Roman 10-pt font. (The Correspondent Author will handle correspondence at all stages of reference and publication, as well as post-publication; this responsibility includes answering any future questions about the paper's Methodology and Materials). Ensure that the email address provided and contact details are kept up to date by the Corresponding Author.
Abstract in English/Arabic and Indonesian: The abstract must be accompanied by each manuscript; it should be clear, descriptive, and give a brief description of the problem being studied. Also without pictures, tables, equations, or quotations), between 150 – 250 words and written as one paragraph in English with Times New Roman 10 single spaced letters. The abstract must include the research objectives, methodology, and findings. The abstract should end with a comment about the importance of the results or a summary of the conclusions.
INTRODUCTION: This section is to introduce your paper including research background, problems to be solved, and review of related findings consisting of 700 – 1000 words (1.5 – 2.5 pages) in Times New Roman font 12 spacing 1.5 spacing pt on A4 paper size, written without a title. The introduction should include key references to the appropriate work. It states a significant research contribution. The introduction must contain the research background, research context, literature review, and research objectives (at the end of the introduction). The introduction must explicitly state the research gap and demonstrate the scientific merit or novelty of the research. All introductions should be presented in paragraph form, not pointers.
RESEARCH METHOD This subtitle should contain a brief description of the research method; includes research design, research sources (population/sample/research participants, instruments used, data collection techniques, and data analysis) without subtitles, consisting of 1 – 2 paragraphs (150 – 300 words or 0.5 – 1 page). Written in Time New Roman 12 font with Line Spacing 1.5 pt.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: This section will present the findings of the study, followed by a discussion. It should be between 1500 – 4500 words (8 – 10 pages). The research findings are the elaboration of research results based on data analysis using qualitative and quantitative approaches. The findings section contains a description of the results of data analysis to answer research questions. Findings should summarize
(scientific) findings rather than providing data in great detail. Please highlight any differences between your results or findings and previous publications by other researchers. This section should be described in subsections with detailed descriptions of the findings. First Sub-Topic (Found 1): Authors should make the sub-topics bold and capitalize each word. Findings are an illustration of the results, and can be supplemented with charts, graphs, diagrams or tables; Second Sub Topic (Finding 2): Findings should summarize (scientific) findings rather than provide data in great detail. Please highlight any differences between your results or findings and previous publications by other researchers. This section should be described in subsections with detailed descriptions of the findings; Third Sub Topic (Discussion): This sub topic explains the relationship of your findings to theory and other research findings. This is not to repeat research findings or theory, but to elaborate on the results. The author(s) must demonstrate the novelty of this study compared to others.
CONCLUSION: This section is in the form of paragraphs consisting of 1 – 2 paragraphs (300 – 500 words or 0.5 – 1 page only). It should clearly show the findings. It also describes the advantages and disadvantages of your findings, and the possibilities for developing research.
Acknowledgments: If necessary, this sub-discussion must mention the involvement of other parties or institutions or other institutions in the research being conducted, it is sufficient to write it in 2-5 sentences.
REFERENCE: Every source cited in the body of the article must be listed in the Bibliography, and all sources listed in the Bibliography must be listed in the body of the article. References must be more up-to-date (published in the last 5-10 years). Primary sources cited in your paper are journal articles, proceedings, and research reports including theses and dissertations which can be accessed online (indicate DOI address/URL). Quotations from online journal articles at least 80% of the total references cited. References must be presented alphabetically and chronologically and set to Time New Roman 12-pt font, justified, with single-line spacing and a hanging indent. Check every reference to the original source (author name, volume, issue, year, DOI number). Please use the Reference Manager Application (ZOTERO/ MENDELEY) to manage references for your paper. Use other articles published in the same journal as models.
Subtitle System:
LEVEL ONE: ALL CAPITAL, BOLD, LEFT JUSTIFICATION
Level Two: Lowercase, Bold, Left Justification
Level three: Capital-lowercase, italics-bold, left justification
