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Author Guidelines

Submission & Manuscript Preparation

Author Guidelines

Authors intending to submit manuscripts to Silatene: Jurnal Sosial & Humaniora are expected to carefully follow the journal's manuscript preparation, academic integrity, formatting, structural, citation, and submission requirements described below.

Before Submission

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscript is original, academically sound, appropriately formatted, ethically prepared, and consistent with the Focus and Scope of Silatene: Jurnal Sosial & Humaniora before submission through the journal's Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.

01. General Requirements

1. Originality
  • Manuscripts must be original and must not have been previously published in another journal, book, proceeding, website, or other publication medium.
  • Manuscripts must be free from plagiarism. Authors are required to submit a Turnitin or other similarity report showing a similarity index of 20% or less.
  • Authors must include a statement of originality confirming that the manuscript is original and is not under simultaneous consideration by another publication.
2. Scope

Silatene: Jurnal Sosial & Humaniora welcomes scholarly manuscripts including:

  • empirical research using quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-method approaches;
  • theoretical and conceptual studies;
  • critical and scholarly literature reviews; and
  • policy analyses relevant to the social sciences and humanities.
3. Language and Article Length
  • Manuscripts may be written in English or Indonesian.
  • Articles should contain a minimum of 12 pages, including references, tables, figures, and appendices where applicable.

02. Formatting Rules

Paper Size A4
Margins Top: 3 cm
Bottom: 3 cm
Left: 3 cm
Right: 3 cm
Font Times New Roman, 12 pt, 1.0 line spacing
Article Title Indonesian title: maximum 12 words.
English title: maximum 10 words.
Use Title Case and bold formatting according to the journal template.

03. Article Structure

1. Title and Author Information

The manuscript should provide the article title, author name(s), institutional affiliation(s), and author email address(es) according to the journal template.

2. Abstract
  • Abstracts should be provided in Indonesian and English.
  • Maximum length: 250 words.
  • The abstract should concisely describe the Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
  • Provide 3–5 keywords relevant to the manuscript.
3. Introduction
  • explain the research background and academic problem;
  • identify the research gap or unresolved scholarly issue;
  • integrate relevant previous literature into the introduction rather than presenting it solely as a disconnected literature review section;
  • clearly state the research objectives; and
  • explain the academic contribution of the study to the relevant fields of social sciences and humanities.
4. Methods
  • clearly explain the research design, including qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, or other appropriate approaches;
  • describe data sources and research participants or units of analysis where applicable;
  • explain data collection techniques; and
  • describe data analysis procedures and relevant methodological considerations.
5. Results & Discussion
  • present research findings clearly and systematically;
  • tables and figures should be relevant, readable, and appropriately numbered;
  • image-based figures should use high-resolution .jpg or .png formats;
  • critically discuss findings by relating them to relevant theories, concepts, and previous research.
6. Conclusion & Recommendations
  • summarize the principal findings of the research;
  • explain theoretical, practical, social, or policy implications where applicable; and
  • provide appropriate recommendations or directions for future research.
7. References
  • References should follow APA 7th Edition or Chicago Style.
  • Manuscripts should contain a minimum of 18 references.
  • Approximately 80% of references should preferably consist of relevant scholarly journal articles, while books, institutional publications, official websites, and other academically credible sources may comprise up to approximately 20%.

04. Special Requirements

Citations

Manuscripts must include at least two relevant references from Silatene Journal. References should be academically relevant to the topic and appropriately integrated into the manuscript.

Tables and Figures
  • Tables and figures must be numbered sequentially and provided with clear descriptive titles, for example: Table 1. Respondent Demographics.
  • Sources should be provided below tables or figures where applicable.
Plagiarism and Similarity

The maximum permitted similarity index is 20%. Similarity reports may be evaluated editorially to determine whether identified similarities constitute acceptable quotations, references, methodological language, or inappropriate textual overlap.

05. Submission Process

  1. Prepare the manuscript according to the journal template and save the final document in .docx format.
  2. Submit the manuscript electronically through the journal's Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.
  3. Submitted manuscripts undergo initial editorial screening before proceeding to the double-blind peer-review process.
  4. Authors will receive editorial communication regarding revision, acceptance, rejection, or other necessary actions through the OJS platform and/or registered email address.

Manuscript Workflow

STAGE 01 Preparation STAGE 02 Submission STAGE 03 Screening STAGE 04 Peer Review STAGE 05 Decision
Notes for Authors

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  • All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
  • Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.

Privacy Statement

 
 

Silatene: Jurnal Sosial & Humaniora is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and security of personal information collected through its journal website and Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. Personal information provided by authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and other registered users will be used only for legitimate scholarly publishing, editorial, administrative, communication, indexing, preservation, and journal management purposes.

Privacy Principle

Names, email addresses, institutional affiliations, ORCID identifiers, professional information, correspondence details, and other personal information entered into this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of the journal.

Such information will not be sold, rented, or used for unrelated commercial purposes.

01. Use of Personal Information

Personal information may be processed for activities directly related to scholarly publishing and journal administration, including:

  • manuscript submission and management;
  • editorial communication;
  • peer-review administration;
  • publication production and proofreading;
  • author identification and attribution;
  • metadata preparation and management;
  • indexing and scholarly discovery;
  • digital preservation and archiving;
  • maintenance of the academic and publication record.

02. Public Scholarly Information

Information associated with published articles may become part of the public scholarly record.

Public scholarly metadata may include:
  • author names;
  • institutional affiliations;
  • ORCID identifiers;
  • article titles;
  • abstracts;
  • keywords;
  • references;
  • publication dates;
  • DOI and other persistent identifiers; and
  • other bibliographic and publication metadata.

Published scholarly metadata may be shared, harvested, indexed, linked, archived, or distributed through legitimate scholarly databases, repositories, libraries, discovery services, indexing systems, and academic information platforms in order to improve the visibility, accessibility, preservation, and dissemination of published research.

Confidential Information

Confidential account information, unpublished manuscripts, private editorial correspondence, passwords, and confidential peer-review information will not be treated as public scholarly metadata.

03. Confidentiality of Manuscripts and Peer Review

Submitted manuscripts are treated as confidential academic documents. Editors, editorial staff, reviewers, and other individuals involved in the editorial process must not disclose information concerning submitted manuscripts to unauthorized individuals.

Double-Blind Peer Review

Silatene: Jurnal Sosial & Humaniora applies a double-blind peer-review process. Reviewer identities and confidential review information will not normally be disclosed to authors or unauthorized third parties.

Confidential Use of Information

Information, arguments, data, or ideas obtained through confidential peer review must not be used for personal, professional, academic, commercial, or competitive advantage.

04. Personal Data Collected

Depending on the user's interaction with the journal platform, information collected may include:

  • name and academic title;
  • email address and contact information;
  • username and account information;
  • institutional affiliation;
  • country and professional information;
  • ORCID identifier;
  • areas of reviewing interest;
  • manuscript and authorship information;
  • editorial and peer-review correspondence; and
  • technical information necessary for the operation and security of the journal platform.

The journal seeks to collect only information reasonably necessary for scholarly publishing and journal administration.

05. Website Usage and Technical Information

The journal website and OJS platform may use cookies and standard technical information necessary for authentication, session management, website functionality, security, statistical analysis, and improvement of journal services.

Technical information may include:
  • browser type;
  • device information;
  • IP address;
  • access time;
  • website interaction and technical logs.

Such information may be processed automatically by the journal platform or hosting infrastructure for legitimate operational, security, analytical, and technical purposes and will not be used for unrelated commercial profiling.

06. Data Sharing

Personal information will not be disclosed to third parties except where reasonably necessary for legitimate scholarly publishing, editorial, technical, preservation, research-integrity, or legal purposes.

Information may be shared where necessary for:
  • scholarly publishing and journal administration;
  • editorial and peer-review activities;
  • publication and dissemination of scholarly metadata;
  • indexing and academic discovery;
  • digital preservation and archiving;
  • technical operation of the journal platform;
  • research-integrity investigations; or
  • compliance with applicable legal obligations.

Where external scholarly or technical services are used, only information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose should be shared.

07. Data Security

The journal takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, or inappropriate disclosure.

Restricted Access

Access to confidential editorial information is limited to authorized individuals who require such access for legitimate journal operations.

Account Responsibility

Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their account credentials and should not intentionally share passwords or unauthorized access to their journal account.

08. Data Retention

Information forming part of the published scholarly record may be retained permanently or for an extended period in order to maintain the integrity, continuity, discoverability, provenance, and citation history of academic publications.

Other personal information will be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for editorial, administrative, legal, ethical, operational, preservation, or scholarly publishing purposes.

09. Correction and Updating of Personal Information

Registered users may request correction or updating of inaccurate personal information associated with their journal account.

Published Scholarly Records

Requests concerning information already incorporated into a published scholarly record may be subject to limitations where continued retention is necessary to preserve authorship attribution, citation history, publication integrity, or other legitimate scholarly purposes.

10. Research Integrity and Legal Requirements

Relevant information may be retained, reviewed, or disclosed where necessary to investigate credible concerns involving research or publication misconduct.

  • plagiarism;
  • duplicate publication;
  • authorship disputes;
  • fabrication or falsification;
  • peer-review manipulation;
  • copyright infringement;
  • undisclosed conflicts of interest; or
  • other forms of research or publication misconduct.

Information may also be disclosed where required by applicable law, valid legal process, or an authorized institutional or regulatory investigation.

11. No Sale of Personal Information

Silatene: Jurnal Sosial & Humaniora does not sell personal information collected through the journal website or OJS platform to advertisers, data brokers, marketing organizations, or unrelated commercial entities.

12. Changes to This Privacy Statement

The journal may periodically update this Privacy Statement to reflect developments in scholarly publishing practices, journal infrastructure, data-protection requirements, legal obligations, preservation systems, indexing arrangements, or editorial policies. The most recent version published on the journal website will constitute the applicable Privacy Statement.

13. Privacy Contact

Questions or concerns regarding privacy and personal information associated with the journal may be directed to:

Silatene: Jurnal Sosial & Humaniora

Suwaib Amiruddin Foundation (SAF)

Email: silatena.saf@gmail.com

Website: https://jurnalsilatene.org/index.php/jsh

Privacy Commitment

Silatene: Jurnal Sosial & Humaniora is committed to balancing the openness and discoverability of scholarly communication with appropriate protection of privacy, confidentiality, data security, research integrity, and responsible handling of personal information.

 
 
 
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