Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

Authors must prepare manuscripts in accordance with the official Socratika: Journal of Progressive Education and Social Inquiry article template and the journal’s editorial policies. Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal’s focus and scope, formatting requirements, or submission requirements may be returned during the initial editorial screening.

1. General Requirements

1. Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration by another journal.

2. Manuscripts must be relevant to the Focus and Scope of Socratika.

3. Manuscripts must be submitted in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx) using the official Socratika article template.

4. Manuscripts may be written in Indonesian or English using clear and appropriate academic language.

5. Complete author information must be entered accurately in the submission metadata, including full name, institutional affiliation, country, and corresponding author email.

6. To support the double-blind peer-review process, the manuscript file submitted for review should not contain author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, or other information that may reveal the authors’ identities.

7. Submission of a manuscript indicates that all listed authors have approved the manuscript and agreed to its submission to Socratika.

2. Accepted Article Types

Socratika accepts:

• Original Research Articles

• Conceptual Papers

• Systematic Literature Reviews

• Critical and Interdisciplinary Studies

All manuscripts must demonstrate a clear scholarly contribution and relevance to the journal’s focus and scope.

3. Manuscript Structure

Title

The title should be concise, informative, specific, and accurately represent the content of the manuscript.

Author Information

Full names, institutional affiliations, country, corresponding author email, and ORCID where available must be entered in the submission metadata.

Abstract

The abstract must be written in English and should contain approximately 150–250 words. It should briefly present the background, purpose, method, principal findings, and conclusion of the study.

Keywords

Provide three to five keywords that accurately represent the main content of the manuscript.

Introduction

The Introduction should present the research background, relevant previous studies, research gap, novelty or scholarly contribution, research problem, and objective of the study.

Method

The Method section should clearly describe the research design, participants or data sources, instruments, data-collection procedures, data-analysis techniques, and ethical procedures where applicable.

For literature reviews or conceptual studies, authors should clearly explain the procedures used to identify, select, analyse, and synthesise relevant sources.

Results

The Results section should present the findings clearly, systematically, and objectively. Tables and figures may be included where necessary.

Discussion

The Discussion should interpret the findings, relate them to relevant theories and previous research, and explain the scholarly contribution and implications of the study.

Conclusion

The Conclusion should provide a concise synthesis of the principal findings and their significance. Relevant implications or recommendations may also be included.

References

The reference list must contain only sources cited in the manuscript.

4. Formatting, Tables, and Figures

1. Font, spacing, margins, headings, and page layout must follow the official Socratika article template.

2. Tables and figures must be numbered consecutively and referred to in the main text.

3. Tables must remain editable and should not be submitted as screenshots.

4. Figures must have sufficient resolution and readability.

5. Authors are responsible for providing proper attribution and obtaining permission for copyrighted materials where required.

5. Citations and References

1. Citations and references must follow APA Style, 7th edition.

2. Authors are strongly encouraged to use a reference-management application such as Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote.

3. Every source cited in the manuscript must appear in the reference list, and every reference-list entry must be cited in the manuscript.

4. DOIs should be provided whenever available.

5. Authors are encouraged to use relevant, credible, peer-reviewed, and reasonably recent scholarly sources.

6. Citation manipulation, unnecessary self-citation, and inappropriate citation practices are not permitted.

6. Similarity Screening and Research Ethics

All submitted manuscripts are subject to similarity screening using Turnitin or another appropriate similarity-detection tool as part of the journal’s editorial assessment.

Similarity reports are evaluated contextually. No single similarity percentage is used as the sole basis for an editorial decision.

Authors must ensure that quoted, paraphrased, and adapted materials are properly cited.

Research involving human participants, personal data, vulnerable populations, or animals must comply with applicable ethical standards. Ethical approval and informed consent must be disclosed when required.

Suspected plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship, or other publication misconduct will be handled in accordance with Socratika’s Publication Ethics.

7. Data Availability

Authors should make research data and supporting materials available where ethically and legally permissible.

When data cannot be shared because of privacy, confidentiality, ethical, legal, contractual, or intellectual-property restrictions, the reason should be stated where relevant.

Authors remain responsible for the accuracy and integrity of the data and analyses reported in their manuscripts.

8. Artificial Intelligence Disclosure

Authors must disclose any substantive use of generative AI or AI-assisted tools in conducting the research or preparing the manuscript.

AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, citations, and ethical compliance of all submitted content.

Routine use of software for spelling, grammar, formatting, reference management, or basic language correction does not normally require disclosure.

Further provisions are available in Socratika’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy.

9. Copyright, Licensing, and Article Processing Charge

Authors retain copyright in articles published in Socratika.

Published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Further information is available in the journal’s Copyright and Licensing Policy.

Socratika does not charge submission, editorial screening, or peer-review fees. The standard Article Processing Charge (APC) is IDR 500,000 per accepted article and is requested only after the manuscript has been officially accepted for publication.

Eligible authors may apply for an APC waiver in accordance with the journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) Policy.

Payment or waiver status does not influence peer review or editorial decisions.

10. Submission and Editorial Notice

Manuscripts that pass the initial editorial screening are evaluated through a double-blind peer-review process by at least two independent reviewers.

Authors whose manuscripts require revision must submit a revised manuscript and clearly address the comments provided by editors and reviewers.

Manuscripts derived from theses, dissertations, conferences, seminars, or other academic works must disclose their origin when relevant.

Manuscripts that do not comply with these Author Guidelines, the official Socratika article template, the journal’s Focus and Scope, or applicable publication ethics requirements may be returned to the authors for correction before further processing.

Submission of a manuscript does not guarantee acceptance for publication.