KULTURA

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Author Guidelines

The editor of Kultura welcomes article in social and humanities studies and the submissions should be in accordance with the following guidelines: 

1. Articles have not been published or accepted for any publication, or are being considered for publication elsewhere. In addition to the manuscript, a written statement should be attached which clarifies that the article is original and does not contain any elements of plagiarism.
2. Types of articles suitable for publication include the following; research reports (laboratory, field, archives), conceptual ideas, studies, theory applications. 
3. Articles are written in Indonesian, English (preferable), or Malay using academic language along with standard academic writing structure and composition. Manuscripts are typed 1 spaced in a quarto paper size (A4), between 4000-6000 words in length (excluding references, pictures, and tables).
4. Article should be in form of essay which includes:
• title (maximum 15 words),
• author’s name (without academic degree) with an e-mail address and institution’s name,
• abstract in English and Indonesian (150-200 words for each) which includes research problems, methods and results,
• key words in English and Indonesian (5 words),
• introduction (without subsection) which includes background, research gap, objectives, and literature reviews/theoretical construct (if needed) of the research. The introduction section  ends with an emphasis on items to be discussed,
  
• research methods
  
• discussion,
• conclusion, and
• references.
5. Reference list format is based on APA (American Psychological Association) style. It is recommended to use Mendeley Reference Management. Reference list should appear at the end of the article and includes only literatures actually cited in the manuscripts. References are ordered alphabetically and chronologically. When writing a reference list, please use the following conventions;
• Amir, M.S. (2010). Adat Minangkabau: Pola dan tujuan hidup orang Minang. Padang: PT Mutiara Sumber Widya. 
• Wardhaugh, R. (1986). An introduction to sociolinguistics. New York: Basil Blackwell.
  
6. To submit an article, please register. Fill the password by yourself. Do not forget to click "Author". After registration, click 'user home' and click 'new submission' at the end of author.
   
7. Articles should be submitted online in soft files using Microsoft Word. 
8. Authors will be sent notifications of the receipt of manuscripts and editorial decisions (whether the articles are accepted or not) by e-mail.

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.

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided. It is recommended to use Mendeley.
4. The text is single-spaced; font is based on the template; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Copyright Notice

All articles published by Kultura are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This permits anyone to copy, redistribute, remix, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited.

When published, the authors are agreed the copyright holder is the the journal, Kultura.

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