Jurnal Penelitian Saintek

Type of Manuscript

Jurnal Penelitian Saintek (JPS) accepts two types of manuscript: the Original Research Article and the Systematic Literature Review. Each has its own structure, and the manuscript is assessed against the structure of the type chosen at submission. Both follow the general rules in the Author Guidelines.

☰ Summary

	Original Research Article	Systematic Literature Review
What it is	Reports new empirical, experimental, computational, or design findings.	Identifies, appraises, and synthesises existing studies on a defined question by an explicit, repeatable method.
Length	5,000–8,000 words	5,000–8,000 words
Abstract	200–250 words	200–250 words
Keywords	3–5	3–5
Core of the paper	Method, Results and Discussion	Review protocol, Findings, Synthesis
Template	Manuscript Template	Manuscript Template

1 · Original Research Article

A full report of original research in the sciences, engineering, or science education. It states a clear problem, describes the work in enough detail for another researcher to repeat it, presents the data, and shows what they add to existing knowledge.

Section	What it contains
Title, authors, abstract, keywords	As set out in the Author Guidelines.
Introduction	Background, a concise literature review, the research gap, and the objective or hypothesis.
Method	Design, materials or participants, instruments and equipment, procedures, data analysis, and ethical or safety measures, in repeatable detail.
Results and Discussion	Findings presented objectively, with adequate data, then interpreted against theory and prior studies, with the novelty and implications stated.
Conclusion	Answers the objective, states implications and limitations, and suggests future work.
End matter	Acknowledgements, Disclosure Statement, Funding, Data Availability, Ethics Approval, Author Contributions, Generative AI Declaration, References.

Suitable for: experiments, field and laboratory studies, simulations and computational work, instrument or method development, prototype design and testing, surveys, and classroom or development research in science and engineering education.

2 · Systematic Literature Review

A structured review that answers a specific question by collecting every relevant study in a documented way, appraising their quality, and synthesising the results. It is not a general overview or an annotated bibliography.

Section	What it contains
Title, authors, abstract, keywords	The title names the review type. The abstract states the question, sources, number of studies included, main findings, and implications.
Introduction	Background, the gap that justifies a review, and the review questions.
Review protocol	Databases and dates searched, search strings, inclusion and exclusion criteria, screening and selection (with a PRISMA flow diagram), quality appraisal, and data extraction and synthesis methods. A reader must be able to repeat the search.
Findings	The characteristics of the included studies, followed by results organised by review question or theme, with a summary table of the studies.
Synthesis and Discussion	What the studies show together, where they agree or conflict, the quality of the evidence, and the gaps they leave.
Conclusion	Answers the review questions, states implications and limitations of the review, and suggests directions for future research.
End matter	As for the Original Research Article.

Reported according to: the PRISMA 2020 statement, with the checklist and flow diagram supplied. Reviews must be registered or have a published protocol where the field expects it, and must cover recent literature.