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Humanika: Kajian Ilmiah Mata Kuliah Umum

 

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Humanika: Kajian Ilmiah Mata Kuliah Umum publishes original and theoretically grounded scholarly contributions addressing education, social sciences, religious studies, and interdisciplinary issues. Authors must select the manuscript type that best represents the purpose, methodology, and contribution of their work and follow the relevant structure and submission requirements.

01 Original Research Article

Length: 5,000–8,000 words, including references.
Review: Double-anonymous peer review.
Submission: An anonymised manuscript and a separate title page.

Original Research Articles report empirical investigations using qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods approaches. The manuscript must present a clear research problem, a rigorous methodological approach, evidence-based findings, and a meaningful contribution to knowledge within the scope of Humanika.

Recommended structure:

• Introduction: Research context, problem formulation, relevant literature, research gap, objectives, and originality.
• Method: Research design, participants or data sources, instruments or procedures, data collection, and analytical techniques.
• Findings: Empirical results presented clearly through narrative descriptions, tables, figures, or other appropriate evidence.
• Discussion: Interpretation of findings in relation to relevant theories, previous studies, and their scholarly implications.
• Conclusion: Main conclusions, contributions, limitations, and implications for further research or practice.
• References: Complete references for all works cited in the manuscript.

Abstract: 150–200 words in English, presented in separate single paragraphs. Each abstract should summarise the background, objective, method, principal findings, and conclusion.

Keywords: 3–5 relevant terms in each language.

02 Review and Conceptual Article

Length: 5,000–8,000 words, including references.
Review: Double-anonymous peer review.
Submission: An anonymised manuscript and a separate title page.

This category covers scholarly articles that critically synthesise existing literature, develop theoretical arguments, or construct conceptual frameworks relevant to Humanika's multidisciplinary scope. Manuscripts must demonstrate analytical depth, a clear intellectual contribution, and engagement with relevant scholarly literature.

Eligible approaches include:

• Systematic Literature Review: Synthesises studies addressing a clearly defined research question through a transparent, documented, and reproducible search, screening, and synthesis process. PRISMA 2020 should be followed where applicable to systematic reviews of relevant empirical evidence.
• Conceptual Article: Develops or critically examines theories, concepts, models, or conceptual frameworks through a structured argument and critical engagement with scholarly literature.

Recommended structure for systematic reviews:

• Introduction and review questions.
• Review method, including databases, search strategy, eligibility criteria, selection procedures, and synthesis approach.
• Results of the literature selection and evidence synthesis.
• Discussion of theoretical contributions, implications, and research gaps.
• Conclusion and references.

Recommended structure for conceptual articles:

• Introduction and identification of the conceptual problem.
• Theoretical foundation and critical review of relevant literature.
• Conceptual analysis, argument development, or framework construction.
• Discussion of the theoretical contribution and implications.
• Conclusion and references.

Abstract: 150–200 words in English. For systematic reviews, the abstract should describe the review objective, search and selection methods, synthesis, and principal conclusions. For conceptual articles, it should explain the conceptual problem, analytical approach, main argument, and contribution.

Keywords: 3–5 relevant terms in each language.

03 Requirements for All Manuscripts

Scope and originality. All submissions must be relevant to Humanika's focus and scope, offer a clear scholarly contribution, and constitute original work that has not been published previously or submitted simultaneously to another journal.

Language. Manuscripts may be written in English, subject to the journal's applicable editorial requirements. Authors must ensure that the language is clear, accurate, and appropriate for academic publication.

Length and formatting. Manuscripts should normally contain 5,000–8,000 words, including references, and be prepared in Microsoft Word using Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1.5 line spacing, and a single-column layout.

Title, abstract, and keywords. The title should be concise and informative and should not exceed 13 words. Each manuscript must include abstracts in English, each containing 150–200 words, together with 3–5 keywords in each language.

References. All citations and references must be consistent, accurate, and complete. Authors should follow the journal's current Author Guidelines and reference-format requirements, prioritising relevant, credible, and recent scholarly sources.

Peer review. Humanika applies double-blind review. Authors must provide an anonymised manuscript for reviewers and ensure that names, affiliations, acknowledgements, and other identifying information do not compromise anonymity in the review file. Author information should be supplied separately as required by OJS.

Research ethics. Research involving human participants must comply with applicable ethical requirements. Authors must report relevant ethical approval and informed consent where required by the nature of the research.

Similarity and publication ethics. Manuscripts must comply with Humanika's plagiarism, originality, authorship, and publication ethics policies. All sources must be appropriately acknowledged, and redundant or simultaneous submissions are not permitted.

Use of generative AI. Authors must follow the journal's applicable policy on AI-assisted writing and research. Authors remain responsible for the accuracy, originality, attribution, and integrity of the submitted work. AI tools must not be listed as authors.

04 Not Accepted

Humanika may decline manuscripts at the initial editorial screening stage when they fall into any of the following categories:

• Manuscripts that fall outside the journal's focus and scope.
• Work that has been published previously or is simultaneously under consideration by another journal.
• Purely descriptive reports that lack adequate scholarly analysis, theoretical grounding, or a meaningful contribution.
• Literature reviews that make no clear analytical contribution. Submissions claiming to be systematic reviews must provide a transparent and sufficiently reproducible review method.
• Conceptual essays that merely express opinions without a reasoned argument or engagement with relevant scholarship.
• Manuscripts that fail to meet the journal's essential submission, formatting, originality, or publication ethics requirements.

Manuscripts that do not meet the applicable requirements may be returned to authors for correction or rejected before peer review. Compliance with these requirements does not guarantee acceptance; all eligible submissions remain subject to editorial assessment and peer review.

 

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