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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The manuscript has not been published previously and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word or RTF document file format.
  • The manuscript follows the latest APA Style guidelines and complies with the journal template.
  • The manuscript complies with the Author Guidelines, and formatting requirements of Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
  • All figures, tables, and images are of high resolution, properly labeled, cited in-text, and placed according to the journal’s formatting rules.
  • All co-authors have approved the submission, and there is no conflict of interest related to the article.
  • The reference list is complete, up-to-date, and accessible online by including the DOI and/or URL. The cited sources are prioritized from primary sources and reputable international journals, with a minimum of 30 articles from reputable journals.
  • AI-assisted tools, if used, have been disclosed in accordance with the journal's AI Policy.
  • The manuscript complies with the journal's Editorial Policy and presents original empirical research.
  • All authors have approved the submitted version.

Author Guidelines

The General Guidelines

  1. Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi only considers original empirical research articles that have not been published previously and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  2. The length of the manuscript is approximately 7,000–8,000 words (approximately 10–15 pages using the journal template) including title, author(s)' identity, abstract, tables, figures, references, and acknowledgement
  3. The manuscript should be written in A-4 paper size; single space, font: Times New Roman (TNR) 11; written in 2 columns except the abstract (single column); Title TNR 14;  Authors are strongly encouraged to prepare their manuscripts using the official journal template, which can be downloaded here.
  4. Any images, graphs, and tables are presented in the following arrangement:
    • Figures, tables, and images should be of high resolution, clearly labeled, cited within the text, and prepared in a format suitable for publication.
    • Image, graph, and table size should meet the journal page set up.
    • Images and graphs are adjustable to be printed on white paper and black ink.
    • All of these should be numbered and referred to the text.
  1. The citation and references are referred to American Psychological Association (APA) style. The author is strongly recommended to use Reference Manager applications (Mendeley, Zotero, Endnote, RefWorks, etc) to facilitate referencing
  2. The manuscript must be written in English, prepared in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) format, and submitted through the journal's online submission system.
  3. Manuscripts accepted for publication are subject to an Article Processing Charge (APC) of IDR 2,750,000, consisting of IDR 2,000,000 for the APC and IDR 750,000 for professional proofreading services. Accepted articles will proceed to copyediting, proofreading, and publication after the APC has been paid in full.

 

The Guidelines for Constructing Article

Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order:

Title
The title of the manuscript should be clear and representative (reflecting the content of the whole manuscript, the employed method, or the raised issue understudy). Besides, The title should be concise, informative, accurately reflect the content of the manuscript, and include important keywords.

Author identities

To ensure the integrity of the double-blind peer-review process, authors must not include any identifying information in the submitted manuscript. All author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, funding information that may reveal the authors' identities, and other identifying details should be removed from the manuscript and replaced with:

Anonymous
(Author information has been omitted for the purpose of double-blind peer review.)

During the online submission process, the corresponding author must provide complete metadata for all authors in the submission system, including:

  • Full name
  • Institutional affiliation
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • ORCID iD (if available)
  • A brief biography (Bio Statement)

The Bio Statement should briefly include the author's full name, highest academic qualification, current institutional affiliation, research interests, and current position. Authors are strongly encouraged to provide their ORCID iD to improve author identification and interoperability with scholarly publishing systems.

Abstract

An abstract of 200–250 words is required for all submitted manuscripts. The abstract should be written as a single paragraph and must be able to stand alone without requiring readers to consult the full manuscript.

The abstract should clearly and concisely present:

  • the background or research problem;
  • the research objective(s);
  • the research method, including the research design, participants or sample, instruments, data collection procedures, and data analysis techniques;
  • the principal findings; and
  • the main conclusion, highlighting the scientific contribution or practical implications of the study where appropriate.

The abstract should accurately reflect the overall content of the manuscript and provide sufficient information for readers to understand the purpose, methodology, findings, and significance of the study.

Authors should avoid citations, tables, figures, equations, footnotes, and undefined abbreviations in the abstract. If abbreviations are necessary, they should be defined at their first occurrence.

Keywords

Each manuscript must include 3–6 keywords immediately below the abstract.

Keywords should accurately represent the main concepts of the manuscript, facilitate indexing and retrieval, and improve the discoverability of the article in scholarly databases. Authors are encouraged to avoid overly general terms and to use specific keywords relevant to the study.

Heading

The manuscript should use the heading styles provided in the official journal template. Heading levels should be formatted consistently as follows:

  1. HEADING ONE (UPPERCASE, Bold)
  2. Heading Two (Title Case, Bold)
  3. Heading Three (Title Case, Bold Italic)

Authors are encouraged to use the predefined Microsoft Word styles available in the journal template to ensure consistency throughout the manuscript.

Main text

  Introduction

The Introduction should establish a clear and logical foundation for the study by presenting the research background, rationale, significance, and research problem. Authors are expected to critically review relevant and recent literature to demonstrate the current state of knowledge, identify research gaps, and justify the necessity of the study.

The Introduction should clearly explain the novelty and scientific contribution of the research, describe the proposed approach or solution, and conclude with the research objectives and, where appropriate, the research questions or hypotheses. Operational definitions may be included only when necessary to clarify important concepts used in the study.
  Method

The Research Method section should describe the research procedures clearly and systematically to enable readers to understand how the study was conducted and to evaluate its scientific rigor.

Depending on the research design, this section should include:

  • research approach and design;
  • research setting;
  • participants or data sources;
  • sampling techniques;
  • research instruments;
  • data collection procedures;
  • instrument validity and reliability (where applicable);
  • data analysis techniques; and
  • ethical considerations (where applicable).

The methodological procedures should be presented in a logical and chronological order using the past tense and supported by relevant methodological references where appropriate.
  Results and Discussion

The Results and Discussion may be presented either as a single integrated section or as two separate subsections (Results and Discussion), depending on the nature of the study.

The Results should objectively present the research findings based on the analyzed data without repeating methodological procedures. Tables, figures, graphs, charts, and other visual materials should be included only when they improve the clarity of the findings.

The Discussion should critically interpret the findings by relating them to the research objectives, relevant theories, and previous studies. Authors are expected to explain the significance, novelty, theoretical contribution, practical implications, and possible explanations for unexpected findings where appropriate.

The presentation should follow the same sequence as the research objectives or research questions and conclude with a concise synthesis demonstrating how the findings contribute to the advancement of vocational education and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
  Conclusion

The Conclusion should clearly summarize the main findings in relation to the research objectives or research questions. Rather than merely repeating the results, it should emphasize the scientific contribution and significance of the study.

Where appropriate, authors are encouraged to briefly discuss the theoretical implications, practical implications, study limitations, and recommendations for future research. The Conclusion should be presented as a coherent narrative without citations, tables, or figures.
  Acknowledgments for the Funding and grant-awarding bodies (if any)
The funding or grant-awarding bodies is acknowledged in a separate paragraph. For a single agency grant: "This work was supported by the [Name of Funding Agency] under Grant [number xxxx].
  References

References must follow the American Psychological Association (APA) Style, 7th Edition.

Authors are strongly encouraged to use reference management software such as Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote, or RefWorks to ensure consistency and accuracy in citation and reference formatting.

References should:

  • consist primarily of recent and relevant scholarly sources;
  • prioritize articles published in reputable peer-reviewed journals;
  • include Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) whenever available;
  • ensure that every in-text citation appears in the reference list and vice versa.

Examples of reference formatting are provided in the journal template.
 

Appendices (if any, as appropriate)

Appendices should only be included when essential to support the understanding of the manuscript. Supplementary materials should be clearly labeled and referred to in the main text where appropriate.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi agree to the following terms:

  1. Copyright of the published article remains with the author(s).
  2. The author(s) grant Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi the right of first publication. The published work is simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license, which permits anyone to copy, distribute, reproduce, adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the work for any purpose, including commercial use, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the journal, a link to the license is provided, any changes made are clearly indicated, and any derivative works are distributed under the same license.
  3. Authors may enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published version of the work (e.g., depositing it in an institutional repository, personal website, or including it in a book), provided that the original publication in Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi is properly acknowledged.
  4. Authors are encouraged to deposit the published version of their article in institutional or other trusted repositories to maximize the visibility, accessibility, and impact of their research.

Copyright Agreement

Upon acceptance of the manuscript, the corresponding author will be required to complete and sign the Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi Publishing Agreement before the article proceeds to publication.

The Publishing Agreement Form can be downloaded here:

Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi Publishing Agreement

The signed agreement should be submitted electronically to the Editorial Office via email:

jpvokasi@uny.ac.id

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