Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktek dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi
Editorial Policies
Contents
- Philosophy of Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktek dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi
- Open Access Policy
- Who Can Submit?
- General Submission Rules
- Formatting Requirements
- Publication Frequency
- Copyright Notice and License
- Plagiarism Policy
- Post-Publication Discussions and Corrections
- Author Fees
- Target Readerships
- Complaints and Appeals
- Review Process
- Archiving Policy
- Allegations of Research Misconduct
- Author Guidelines
Philosophy of Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktek dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi
For more information, please see Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktek dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi Aims and Scope page.
Open Access Policy
This journal is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to users or / institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full-text articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or author. This is in accordance with Budapest Open Access Initiative.
Budapest Open Access Initiative
An old tradition and a new technology have converged to make possible an unprecedented public good. The old tradition is the willingness of scientists and scholars to publish the fruits of their research in scholarly journals without payment, for the sake of inquiry and knowledge. The new technology is the internet. The public good they make possible is the worldwide electronic distribution of peer-reviewed journal literature and completely free and unrestricted access to it by all scientists, scholars, teachers, students, and other curious minds. Removing access barriers to this literature will accelerate research, enrich education, share the learning of the rich with the poor and the poor with the rich, make this literature as useful as it can be, and lay the foundation for uniting humanity in a common intellectual conversation and quest for knowledge.
For various reasons, this kind of free and unrestricted online availability, which we will call open access, has so far been limited to small portions of the journal literature. But even in these limited collections, many different initiatives have shown that open access is economically feasible, that it gives readers extraordinary power to find and make use of relevant literature, and that it gives authors and their works vast and measurable new visibility, readership, and impact. To secure these benefits for all, we call on all interested institutions and individuals to help open up access to the rest of this literature and remove the barriers, especially the price barriers, that stand in the way. The more who join the effort to advance this cause, the sooner we will all enjoy the benefits of open access.
The literature that should be freely accessible online is that which scholars give to the world without expectation of payment. Primarily, this category encompasses their peer-reviewed journal articles, but it also includes any unreviewed preprints that they might wish to put online for comment or to alert colleagues to important research findings. There are many degrees and kinds of wider and easier access to this literature. By "open access" to this literature, we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. The only constraint on reproduction and distribution, and the only role for copyright in this domain, should be to give authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited.
While the peer-reviewed journal literature should be accessible online without cost to readers, it is not costless to produce. However, experiments show that the overall costs of providing open access to this literature are far lower than the costs of traditional forms of dissemination. With such an opportunity to save money and expand the scope of dissemination at the same time, there is today a strong incentive for professional associations, universities, libraries, foundations, and others to embrace open access as a means of advancing their missions. Achieving open access will require new cost recovery models and financing mechanisms, but the significantly lower overall cost of dissemination is a reason to be confident that the goal is attainable and not merely preferable or utopian.
To achieve open access to scholarly journal literature, we recommend two complementary strategies.
I. Self-Archiving: First, scholars need the tools and assistance to deposit their refereed journal articles in open electronic archives, a practice commonly called, self-archiving. When these archives conform to standards created by the Open Archives Initiative, then search engines and other tools can treat the separate archives as one. Users then need not know which archives exist or where they are located to find and make use of their contents.
II. Open-access Journals: Second, scholars need the means to launch a new generation of journals committed to open access, and to help existing journals that elect to make the transition to open access. Because journal articles should be disseminated as widely as possible, these new journals will no longer invoke copyright to restrict access to and use of the material they publish. Instead, they will use copyright and other tools to ensure permanent open access to all the articles they publish. Because price is a barrier to access, these new journals will not charge subscription or access fees and will turn to other methods for covering their expenses. There are many alternative sources of funds for this purpose, including the foundations and governments that fund research, the universities and laboratories that employ researchers, endowments set up by discipline or institution, friends of the cause of open access, profits from the sale of add-ons to the basic texts, funds freed up by the demise or cancellation of journals charging traditional subscription or access fees, or even contributions from the researchers themselves. There is no need to favour one of these solutions over the others for all disciplines or nations, and no need to stop looking for other, creative alternatives.
Open access to peer-reviewed journal literature is the goal. Self-archiving (I.) and a new generation of open-access journals (II.) are the ways to attain this goal. They are not only direct and effective means to this end, but they are within the reach of scholars themselves, immediately, and need not wait on changes brought about by markets or legislation. While we endorse the two strategies just outlined, we also encourage experimentation with further ways to make the transition from the present methods of dissemination to open access. Flexibility, experimentation, and adaptation to local circumstances are the best ways to assure that progress in diverse settings will be rapid, secure, and long-lived.
The Open Society Institute, the foundation network founded by philanthropist George Soros, is committed to providing initial help and funding to realize this goal. It will use its resources and influence to extend and promote institutional self-archiving, to launch new open-access journals, and to help an open-access journal system become economically self-sustaining. While the Open Society Institute's commitment and resources are substantial, this initiative is very much in need of other organizations to lend their effort and resources.
We invite governments, universities, libraries, journal editors, publishers, foundations, learned societies, professional associations, and individual scholars who share our vision to join us in the task of removing the barriers to open access and building a future in which research and education in every part of the world are that much more free to flourish.
February 14, 2002
Budapest, Hungary
Leslie Chan: Bioline International
Darius Cuplinskas: Director, Information Program, Open Society Institute
Michael Eisen: Public Library of Science
Fred Friend: Director Scholarly Communication, University College London
Yana Genova: Next Page Foundation
Jean-Claude Guédon: University of Montreal
Melissa Hagemann: Program Officer, Information Program, Open Society Institute
Stevan Harnad: Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Southampton, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Rick Johnson: Director, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
Rima Kupryte: Open Society Institute
Manfredi La Manna: Electronic Society for Social Scientists
István Rév: Open Society Institute, Open Society Archives
Monika Segbert: eIFL Project consultant
Sidnei de Souza: Informatics Director at CRIA, Bioline International
Peter Suber: Professor of Philosophy, Earlham College & The Free Online Scholarship Newsletter
Jan Velterop: Publisher, BioMed Central
Who Can Submit?
Anyone may submit an original article to be considered for publication in Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktek dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi provided he or she owns the copyright to the work being submitted or is authorized by the copyright owner or owners to submit the article. Authors are the initial owners of the copyrights to their works (an exception in the non-academic world to this might exist if the authors have, as a condition of employment, agreed to transfer copyright to their employer).
General Submission Rules
Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication. In addition, by submitting material to Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktek dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktek dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi. If you have concerns about the submission terms for Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktek dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi, please contact the editors.
Formatting Requirements
Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktek dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi has no general rules about the formatting of articles upon initial submission. There are, however, rules governing the formatting of the final submission. See Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines for details. Although bepress can provide limited technical support, it is ultimately the responsibility of the author to produce an electronic version of the article as a high-quality PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) file, or a Microsoft Word, WordPerfect or RTF file that can be converted to a PDF file.
It is understood that the current state of technology of Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) is such that there are no, and can be no, guarantees that documents in PDF will work perfectly with all possible hardware and software configurations that readers may have.
Publication Frequency
Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktik dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi published two times a year on:
- January
- June
- Paper submission date: Anytime
- Acceptance notification: hopefully in 2–3 months from the submission date
- Authors are allowed to archive their submitted article in an open access repository
- Authors are allowed to archive the final published article in an open access repository with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal
- Refer and/or quoting terms, words and/or sentences, data and/or information from a source without citing sources in the record citation and/or without stating the source adequately;
- Refer and/or quoting random terms, words and/or sentences, data and/or information from a source without citing a source in the record citation and/or without stating the source adequately;
- Using a source of ideas, opinions, views, or theory without stating the source adequately;
- Formulate the words and/or sentences themselves from the source of words and/or phrases, ideas, opinions, views, or theory without stating the source adequately;
- Submit a scientific paper produced and/or published by others as sources of scientific work without express adequately.
- Reprimand;
- Letter of warning;
- Revocation of the article;
- Cancellation of publication.
- Academics and Researchers
University faculty members, lecturers, and researchers specializing in geography, geography education, and environmental sciences.
Scholars conducting studies in spatial education, sustainability, and disaster education. - Geography Educators
School teachers and curriculum developers are involved in teaching geography at primary, secondary, and higher education levels.
Teacher educators and trainers focusing on innovative teaching and learning strategies in geography. - Education Policy Makers & Practitioners
Government agencies, policymakers, and educational organizations working to enhance geography literacy and education standards.
Curriculum developers and textbook authors seeking research-based approaches to geography instruction. - Students & Early-Career Scholars
Graduate and postgraduate students in geography and geography education programs.
Young researchers exploring theories and practices related to geography teaching and learning. - Professionals in Environmental and Spatial Studies
Experts in sustainability, environmental education, and spatial planning who integrate geographical concepts into real-world applications.
Organizations and NGOs are involved in disaster education, climate change awareness, and geographic literacy programs. - Editors first review the submitted manuscript, called the initial review by the editors. It will be desk-evaluate whether the submitted manuscript is suitable for the journal. Furthermore, the manuscript will be sent to at least two reviewers (Single-Blind Peer-Review).
- Reviewers' comments are then sent to the corresponding author for necessary actions and responses. Afterwards, the editorial team meeting suggested the final decision on the revised manuscript by the authors.
- Finally, the Editor will send the final decision to the corresponding author.
- The accepted manuscript then continued to the copyediting and layout editing process to prepare the camera-ready paper.
Copyright Notice and License
Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktik dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi allows readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to its articles' full texts and allows readers to use them for any other lawful purpose. The journal allows the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions. Finally, the journal allows the author(s) to retain publishing rights without restrictions
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Generic License.
Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism Includes But is Not Limited to:
Prevention
Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktik dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi will ensure that every published article will not exceed 20% similarity score. Plagiarism screening will be conducted by Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktik dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi using Turnitin and Plagiarism Checker X
Sanctions
Post-Publication Discussions and Corrections
Based on COPE's core practices and WAME's guidelines, this journal emphasizes constructive post-publication discussions and corrections to maintain the scholarly record's accuracy and integrity. The key elements of this policy include:
Post-publication Comments:
Readers and authors are encouraged to engage in constructive discussions about published articles via the journal's online discussion forum or other designated platforms.
Corrections:
If post-publication errors are identified that affect the article's interpretation or understanding, the journal will issue corrections to maintain the scholarly record's integrity.
Corrections will be made transparently, with clear indications of what was changed and why.
Retractions:
Retractions may be necessary when errors compromise the research's validity or ethical standards.
Retractions will be conducted transparently, following COPE's guidelines, with clear explanations provided.
Expressions of Concern:
If there are concerns about an article's integrity but the evidence is inconclusive, an expression of concern may be issued while investigations continue.
Author Fees
This journal charges the following author fees.
Article Submission: 0.00 (IDR)
Authors are not required to pay an Article Submission Fee.
Fast-Track Review: 750,000.00 (IDR)
With the payment of this fee, the review, editorial decision, and author notification on this manuscript is guaranteed to take place within 4 weeks.
Paying a fast-track processing fee does not guarantee or increase the chances of acceptance of the article. If you want to use fast-track review service, kindly reach us through betty.masruroh@um.ac.id.
Article Publication: 2,000,000.00 (IDR) / 150 (USD)
If the paper is accepted for publication, you will be asked to pay an Article Publication Fee to cover publications costs.
The fee covers DOI registration for each paper.
However, The Article Publication Fee will not apply for a paper with authors from three different countries or more.
Waiver Policy
If you do not have funds to pay such fees, you will have an opportunity to waive each fee. We do not want fees to prevent the publication of worthy work.
The author should declare that he/she asks for a waiver in the comments to the Editor box during their submission.
Refund Policy
The fast-track and/or article publication fee is not refundable under any circumstance.
The fast-track review fee is also not refundable if the paper is rejected.
Target Readerships
Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktik dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi is intended for a broad audience interested in the advancement of geography education and research. The journal welcomes contributions from scholars, educators, and professionals who are engaged in teaching, research, and application of geographical knowledge. The primary target readership includes:
This journal fosters interdisciplinary dialogue between geography and education by providing insights into theoretical advancements, research findings, and best practices in teaching and learning geography.
Complaints and Appeals
General Concerns or Complaints
If you have any concerns or complaints regarding publication in this journal, please email jpg.journal@um.ac.id. Note that we do not oversee or comment on editorial decisions for any of our journals.
We strive to acknowledge receipt of your email within five business days. Our Research Integrity and Inclusion Manager will then investigate according to COPE guidelines, ensuring proper procedures have been followed. This includes reviewing the submission history and correspondence between the author, editor, and reviewers.
You will be informed of the investigation's outcome in writing. While we aim to resolve issues as quickly as possible, typically within six weeks, some investigations may take longer due to the complexity of the issue, availability of data, involvement of multiple authors and papers, or participation of external parties like the author's institution.
To ensure due process, we kindly ask that you refrain from public commentary until the investigation concludes.
If you wish to further pursue your complaint, you may contact COPE directly. More information is available on the COPE website: Facilitation and Integrity Subcommittee | COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics.
Complaints about Our Publications
All concerns regarding our published content are investigated confidentially and in line with COPE guidelines, regardless of the complainant's status or identity. Often, an internal review is conducted to decide if a full investigation is necessary. Any investigation will be conducted in collaboration with the author and the Journal Editor.
We strive to maintain the complainant's anonymity as much as possible, though certain complaints may inadvertently reveal their identity. Once an investigation is concluded and appropriate action is determined, we will inform the complainant. However, to maintain confidentiality, we cannot provide regular updates during the investigation.
Appealing the Editorial Decision
Editors have wide discretion in deciding if a submission is suitable for their journal. Many submissions are declined without external review, often accompanied by a general rejection statement. Such decisions cannot be formally appealed.
However, if an author believes that the rejection did not follow journal policies and procedures, they may appeal by submitting a detailed, point-by-point response to the reviewer and editor's comments. The Editor will then review the peer review process. If the decision adheres to the editorial criteria, the Editor's rejection decision is final.
Appealing Corrective Action Taken Post Publication
When concerns are raised about a published article, the Editor will decide, following COPE guidelines, including those on retraction, whether the article needs to be retracted or if other corrective actions or notifications are necessary.
Authors can appeal this decision if new evidence affecting the initial decision emerges before the specified comment deadline. These appeals will be reviewed by the Editor and/or external scientific advisors. Decisions on appeals regarding retraction and expressions of concern are final.
Review Process
Archiving Policy
This journal utilizes the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Preservation Network (PN) Archiving Service to safeguard its published articles. Through this service, the journal ensures the secure and decentralized storage of digital copies, preserving them for future accessibility by readers and researchers.
Allegations of Research Misconduct
Research misconduct involves fabrication, falsification, citation manipulation, or plagiarism in conducting, reviewing, or reporting research and writing articles. When authors are found guilty of such misconduct or other serious irregularities in published articles, Editors must maintain the scientific record's accuracy and integrity.
In suspected misconduct cases, Editors and the Editorial Board will follow COPE's best practices to resolve the complaint and address the issue fairly. This includes an investigation by the Editors. Manuscripts found to contain misconduct will be rejected. If a published paper is found to have misconduct, a retraction will be issued and linked to the original article.
The first step is to validate the allegation and assess if it aligns with the definition of research misconduct. This initial step also includes determining if the complainants have any conflicts of interest.
If there is a possibility of scientific misconduct or significant research irregularities, the allegations are shared with the corresponding author, who is asked to provide a detailed response on behalf of all co-authors. After evaluating the response, further review and expert involvement (e.g., statistical reviewers) may be necessary. If it appears unlikely that misconduct occurred, clarifications, additional analyses, or corrections published as letters to the editor, along with a correction notice, may suffice.
Institutions are expected to conduct thorough investigations of scientific misconduct allegations. Authors, journals, and institutions must ensure the scientific record's accuracy. By appropriately addressing concerns about scientific misconduct and taking necessary actions, such as corrections, retractions with replacement, and retractions, Jurnal Pembelajaran, Bimbingan, dan Pengelolaan Pendidikan will uphold the scientific record's validity and integrity.
Author Guidelines
All manuscripts shall be written in good English. The length of the submitted paper is at least 8 pages and no more than 12 pages (including references). Use a reference tool such as Mendeley, End Note, or Zotero for reference management and formatting, and choose APA 6th edition.
Manuscripts submitted to this journal should follow the heading below.
1. Title
This is your opportunity to attract the reader’s attention. Remember that readers are the potential authors who will cite your article. Identify the main issue of the paper. Begin with the subject of the paper. The title should be accurate, unambiguous, specific, and complete. Do not contain infrequently used abbreviations. Number of words in the title is no more than 20 words.
2. Authors' name and affiliation
Write Author(s) names without titles and professional positions such as Prof, Dr, Production Manager, etc. Do not abbreviate your last/family name. Always give your First and Last names. If you have one word name such as Laksana, write Laksana Laksana. Write clear affiliation of all Authors. Affiliation includes: the name of the university, address, and country. Please indicate the Corresponding Author (include email address) behind the name.
3. Abstract
The abstract should be clear, concise, and descriptive. This abstract should provide a brief introduction to the problem, and objective of the paper, followed by a statement regarding the methodology and a brief summary of results. The abstract should end with a comment on the significance of the results or a brief conclusion. An abstract should stand alone, which means that no citation in the abstract.
4. Keywords
A maximum of 5 keywords separated by a semicolon (;), crucial to the appropriate indexing of the papers, are to be given.
5. Introduction
The Introduction ought to give readers the background data required to know your study and the reasons why you conducted your experiments. The Introduction ought to answer the question: what question/problem was studied? Please don't write a literature review in your Introduction, however, do cite reviews wherever readers will realize a lot of data if they need it. Whereas writing the background, make certain your citations are relevant, well-balanced, and current (not older than ten years). Once you have provided background material and expressed the matter or question for your study, tell the reader the aim of your study. Typically, the explanation is to fill a niche within the information or to answer an antecedent unrequited question. The ultimate factor to incorporate at the top of your Introduction could be a clear and precise statement of your study aims.
6. Method
A method is a part consists of the design of the research, subject, instrument, data collection procedure, and data analysis. This section provides the reader with all the small print of how you conducted your study. You ought to use subheadings to separate different methodologies. Afterwards, you ought to describe what you probably did in the past, describe new strategies in enough detail that another investigator will reproduce your experiment, and describe established strategies in short.
7. Results and Discussion
In the results section, merely state what you found, however, don't interpret the results or discuss their implications. Results ought to be bestowed in an exceedingly logical order. Generally, this may be so as of importance, not essentially the order within which the experiments were performed. Use the past to explain your results; but, discuss with figures and tables within the present. Do not duplicate knowledge among figures, tables, and text. A standard mistake is to re-state abundant of the info from a table within the text of the manuscript. Instead, use the text to summarize what the reader can realize within the table, or mention one or 2 of the foremost necessary knowledge points. It is sometimes easier to scan knowledge in an exceeding table than within the text. Your Discussion ought to answer the question: What do your results mean? In alternative words, the bulk of the Discussion associated Conclusions sections ought to be an interpretation of your results. You ought to discuss your conclusions so as of most to least necessary. Compare your results with those from alternative studies as recommended further experiments required to clarify your results. Discuss what your results might mean for researchers within the same field as you, researchers in alternative fields, and therefore the general public.
Table
Tables are sequentially numbered with the table title and number above the table. Tables should be centered in the column or on the page. Tables are referred in the text by the table number. eg: Table 1. Do not show vertical lines in the table. There is only horizontal lines should be shown within the table.
Figure
Figures are sequentially numbered commencing at 1 with the figure title and number below the figure as shown in Figure 1. Detailed recommendations for figures are as follows: (a) ensure that figures are clear and legible with typed letterings; (b) black & white or coloured figures are allowed; (c) hard copy illustrations should, preferably, be scanned and included in the electronic version of the submission in an appropriate format as follows: BMP; WMF; EPS; Microsoft Graph; Microsoft Draw.
Equations
Equations should be numbered serially within parentheses as shown in Equation (1). Equation should be prepared using MS Equation Editor (not in image format). The equation number is to be placed on the extreme right side.
Units, Abbreviations and Symbols
Metric units are preferred. Define abbreviations and symbols at the first time as they are introduced in the text.
8. Conclusion
In conclusion, state however your results extend the findings of previous studies. If your findings are preliminary, you must recommend future studies that require to be disbursed.
9. Acknowledgment (optional)
Recognize those who helped in the research, including individuals who have assisted you in your study: Advisors, Financial supporters, or may other supporters i.e. Proofreaders, Typists, and Suppliers who may have given materials.
10. Funding
Authors should state how the research and publication of their article was funded, by naming financially supporting bodies followed by any associated grant numbers in square brackets.
11. Author Contributions
Each author’s contributions must be clearly stated in the manuscript. Contributions may include, but are not limited to, conceptualization and study design, data collection and analysis, manuscript drafting and revision, supervision and validation, and funding acquisition. A typical statement should specify the roles of each author, for example: 'AB conceptualized the study and designed the methodology. CD and EF collected and analyzed the data. GH drafted the initial manuscript, while AB and CD provided substantial revisions. IJ supervised the research and validated the findings. KL secured funding for the research. All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.' Authors should ensure that their contributions are accurately reflected, and all listed authors must approve the final submission.
12. Conflict of Interest
This section is compulsory. A competing interest exists when professional judgment concerning the validity of research is influenced by a secondary interest, such as financial gain. We require that our authors reveal any possible conflicts of interest in their submitted manuscripts. If there is no conflict of interest, the author should state that "The author (s) declare (s) that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper."
Some of the information you choose to provide here may constitute your “sensitive personal data”.
13. Data Availability Statement
A data availability statement is compulsory for research articles and clinical trials. Here, authors must describe how readers can access the data underlying the findings of the study, giving links to online repositories, and providing deposition codes where applicable.
14. References
In this part, all the used references must be taken from primary sources (scientific journals at least 90% from all the references) that were published in the last ten years. Cite the main scientific publications on which your work is based. Cite only items that you have read. Do not inflate the manuscript with too many references. Avoid excessive self‐citations. Avoid excessive citations of publications from the same region. Citations of textbooks should be used very rarely and citations to web pages should be avoided. Check each reference against the original source (authors name, volume, issue, year, DOI Number). Please use Reference Manager Applications like Mendeley, End Note, Zotero, etc. Use other published articles in the same journal as models. Citation and Reference are written according to the APA 6th edition style. Each article should have at least 25 references.