Focus and Scope
Focus and Scope
What the journal publishes.
The themes, topics, and article types of Jurnal Civics.
Policy update · effective from 2027
This revised Focus and Scope applies to manuscripts published from Volume 24, No. 1 (March 2027) onward. Articles published up to Volume 23 (2026) were selected under the previous scope.
01Focus▾
Jurnal Civics: Media Kajian Kewarganegaraan is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal of Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta. It publishes theoretical, empirical, and methodological work on citizenship studies and civic education, mainly in Indonesia and Southeast Asia and also globally.
The journal looks at citizenship as a status, an identity, and a practice, and at how education forms citizens. It welcomes work that:
— brings Indonesian and Global South perspectives into dialogue with international scholarship;
— engages critically with Western, Global South, and religious (including Islamic) perspectives on citizenship;
— links citizenship research to civic education practice and public policy;
— uses rigorous qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, or systematic review designs.
02Scope▾
The journal covers eight topic areas.
| Cultural diversity | Multicultural citizenship, minorities, religion, and indigenous peoples. |
| Gender equality and social justice | Gender, inclusion, human rights, and marginalised groups. |
| Education and learning for citizenship | Pancasila and civic education, pedagogy, teacher education, and digital and global citizenship. |
| Politics of citizenship | Participation, civil society, democratisation, migration, and statelessness. |
| Morals and civic virtue | Civic ethics, civility, tolerance, and responsibility. |
| Political education and literacy | Political socialisation, youth participation, and media and electoral literacy. |
| Law and citizen awareness | Constitutional awareness, legal literacy, and the rule of law. |
| National and global ideologies | Pancasila, nationalism, cosmopolitanism, and global citizenship. |
03Article types▾
| Original research article | 5,000–8,000 words. |
| Systematic literature review | Follows PRISMA 2020. |
| Book review | 1,000–1,500 words. |
See Types of Manuscript for details.
04Outside the scope▾
— Manuscripts that do not engage with citizenship or civic education.
— Purely descriptive reports without theory or analysis.
— Narrative reviews without a systematic method.
— Opinion pieces.
05Language and submission▾
All manuscripts are written in English and prepared in the journal’s manuscript template. Read the Author Guidelines before submitting.
