The author instructions cover how to prepare a manuscript for submission as well as details on the kinds of articles that are accepted for publication. Under the "about" section, you may find further pertinent information about the journal's rules and the reviewing procedure. 

1. Original Research Article

Original Research Article full structure

Title: The title should be short, clear, and informative but does not exceed 20 words. It has to be pinpointed with the issues discussed. The article title does not contain any uncommon abbreviations. The main ideas should be written first and followed by explanations.

Abstract: The English-language abstract must be written in the past tense and should not exceed 300 words. The objectives, methods, findings, and importance of the subject should all be briefly described in the abstract. An original research article's unstructured abstract should be composed of six paragraphs without the labels Background, Aim, Setting, Methods, Results, Conclusion, and Contributions. The abstract's only marked heading is the latter.

• Background: Summarise the social value (importance, relevance) and scientific value (knowledge gap) that your study addresses (optional).
• Aim: State the overall aim of the study.
• Methods: Clearly express the basic design of the study, and name or briefly describe the methods used without going into excessive detail.
• Results: State the main findings.
• Conclusion: State your conclusion and any key implications or recommendations.
• Contribution: What key insights into the research results and its future function are revealed? How do these insights link to the focus and scope of the journal? It should be a concise statement of the primary contribution of the manuscript and how it fits within the journal's scope.

Do not cite references or use abbreviations excessively in the abstract.

Introduction: The introduction must contain your argument for the social and scientific value of the study, as well as the aim and objectives:

• Social value: The first part of the introduction should make a clear and logical argument for the importance or relevance of the study. Your argument should be supported by the use of evidence from the literature.
• Scientific value: The second part of the introduction should make a clear and logical argument for the originality of the study. This should include a summary of what is already known about the research question or specific topic and should clarify the knowledge gap that this study will address. Your argument should be supported by the use of evidence from the literature.
• Conceptual framework: In some research articles, it will also be important to describe the underlying theoretical basis for the research and how these theories are linked together in a conceptual framework. The theoretical evidence used to construct the conceptual framework should be referenced from the literature.
• Aim and objectives: The introduction should conclude with a clear summary of the aim and objectives of this study.

Research methods: This must address the following:

• Study design: An outline of the type of study design.
• Setting: A description of the setting for the study; for example, the type of community from which the participants came or the nature of the health system and services in which the study is conducted.
• Study population and sampling strategy: Describe the study population and any inclusion or exclusion criteria. Describe the intended sample size and your sample size calculation or justification. Describe the sampling strategy used. Describe in practical terms how this was implemented.
• Intervention (if appropriate): If there were intervention and comparison groups, describe the intervention in detail and what happened to the comparison groups.
• Data collection: Define the data collection tools that were used and their validity. Describe in practical terms how data were collected and any key issues involved, e.g., language barriers.
• Data analysis: Describe how data were captured, checked and cleaned. Describe the analysis process, for example, the statistical tests used or steps followed in qualitative data analysis.
• Ethical considerations: Approval must have been obtained for all studies from the author's institution or other relevant ethics committee and the institution’s name and permit numbers should be stated here.

Results: The results obtained from the research have to be supported by sufficient data. The research results and the discovery must be the answers or the research hypothesis stated previously in the introduction part.

Discussion: The discussion section should address the following four elements:

• Key findings: Summarise the key findings without reiterating details of the results.
• Discussion of key findings: Explain how the key findings relate to previous research or to existing knowledge, practice or policy.
• Strengths and limitations: Describe the strengths and limitations of your methods and what the reader should take into account when interpreting your results.
• Implications or recommendations: State the implications of your study or recommendations for future research (questions that remain unanswered), policy or practice. Make sure that the recommendations flow directly from your findings.

Conclusion: The conclusion should answer the objectives of the research and research discoveries. The concluding remark should not contain only the repetition of the results and discussions or abstract. You should also suggest future research and point out those that are underway.

Acknowledgements: In this section, you can acknowledge any support given, which is not covered by the author's contribution or funding sections. This may include administrative and technical support, or donations in kind (e.g., materials used for experiments).

References: The literature listed in the References contains only the sources referenced or included in the article. We recommend preparing the references with a bibliography software package, such as Mendeley, EndNote, Reference Manager or Zotero to avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references. Referral sources should provide 80% of journal articles, proceedings, or research results from the last five years. Writing techniques bibliography, using the system cites APA (American Psychological Association) Style and the 6th edition.

2. Book Reviews Article

Book review Article full structure (this structure is not organized into separate chapters but integrated into a coherent paragraph format)

Title: The title should be short, clear, and informative but does not exceed 20 words. It has to be pinpointed with the issues discussed. The article title does not contain any uncommon abbreviations. The main ideas should be written first and followed by explanations.

Introduction: The introduction must contain:

• Provide a brief introduction to the author, their background, and the relevance to the book's topic.
• Offer a concise description of the book's topic or theme and explain why it is important.

Content Description: This must address the following:

• Summarize the structure of the book: key chapters and the main focus of each section.
• Discuss the methodology, sources, and approaches used by the author.

Analysis and Evaluation: This section should address the following four elements:

• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the book.
• Comment on the book's contribution to the relevant field of knowledge.
• Critically analyze the arguments and findings of the author.
• Compare the work with other similar works in the field.

Academic and Practical Context

• Discuss the relevance of the book in the current academic and practical contexts.
• Explore the implications of the book’s findings and theories on current practices or future research.

Conclusion: Summarize the review’s evaluation, emphasizing the book's value and utility for the reader. Provide recommendations for specific readers or usage scenarios.

Acknowledgements: In this section, you can acknowledge any support given, which is not covered by the author's contribution or funding sections. This may include administrative and technical support, or donations in kind (e.g., materials used for experiments).

References: The literature listed in the References contains only the sources referenced or included in the article. We recommend preparing the references with a bibliography software package, such as Mendeley, EndNote, Reference Manager or Zotero to avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references. Writing techniques bibliography, using the system cites APA (American Psychological Association) Style and the 6th edition.

3. Policy Paper Guidelines

A Policy Paper in The Jurnal Sains Sosial dan Perilaku should be 4000-7000 words.  A policy paper must focus on a current policy issue, it is important to select an issue that meets the following criteria;

• The issue addressed should be a legitimate contemporary policy issue within which the current policy is discernible (if there is a current policy).
• There should be clear alternatives to the current policy (either already in existence or proposed).
• There must be sufficient data present to provide the target audience (i.e. the decision-maker) with information to decide on the policy proposal.

Abstract: concisely describe the content and scope of your paper and identify the objective(s), its methodology, and its findings, conclusions, or intended results. Do not exceed the abstract word limit of the journal to which you are submitting your article. Word limits vary from journal to journal and typically range from 100 to 150 words.

Keywords: Maximum 5 keywords. 

Introduction: state the objectives of your work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. Explicitly state the gap in the literature, which signifies the significance of your research.

The main portion of the paper should be dedicated to establishing the background and discussing the reasoning behind your policy recommendation. the researcher should include all of the basics from the executive summary but fully elaborate on each point that the paper is making. Some of the information included in the Proposal will also be included herein in a more detailed form.

include the current knowledge including substantive findings, as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to your topic. A literature review surveys books, scholarly articles, and any other sources relevant to a particular issue, area of research, or theory, and by so doing, provides a description, summary, and critical evaluation of these works in relation to the research problem being investigated.

Method: provide sufficient detail to allow your work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described.

Discussion: highlight the most significant results, but do not repeat what has been written in the Results section. The purpose of the discussion is to interpret and describe the significance of your findings in light of what was already known about the research problem being investigated and to explain any new understanding or insights that emerged as a result of your study of the problem. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate.

Conclusion: Conclusions should answer the objectives of the research. Tells how your work advances the field from the present state of knowledge. Without clear Conclusions, reviewers and readers will find it difficult to judge the work, and whether or not it merits publication in the journal. Do not repeat the Abstract, or just list experimental results. Provide a clear scientific justification for your work, and indicate possible applications and extensions. You should also suggest future experiments and/or point out those that are underway.

Recommendation: Clearly identify which option will be recommended and which options will be discounted and clearly lay out the argument for why that option is better than each of the others.

Implementation: Write a detailed recommendation for specific steps (if necessary) on how and when to implement the recommended policy option.  How detailed this is will depend upon your policy proposal.  For example, you might want to talk about how you will slowly back out of an existing policy in stages – or implement a new one in stages.

4. Reviews Articles

Structure of the article

• Title: Only the first letter of the first word must be capitalized.
• Abstract: 250-300 words;
• Keywords: At least three and not more than six, but not included in the title;
• Introduction: The Introduction should indicate the purpose of the research and briefly review the literature.
• Materials and Methods: This section should follow the Introduction and provide sufficient information to allow repetition of the experimental work.
• Results: This section should describe the outcome of the study. Data should be presented as concisely as possible and, if any, in the form of tables and figures, although very large tables should be avoided.
• Discussion: The discussion should be an interpretation of the results and their meaning with reference to other authors' work.
Note: Results may be accompanied by discussion in the same section or separately.

• Conclusion: The conclusion should answer the objectives of the research and research discoveries. The concluding remark should not contain only the repetition of the results and discussions or abstract. You should also suggest future research and point out those that are underway.
• Acknowledgment (optional): These should be as soon as possible. Any awards that require recognition must be mentioned.
• Declaration of interest: All authors should disclose any personal and/or financial relationships with other people or organizations that may improperly influence their paper. A conflict of interest statement should be provided in the manuscript file immediately before the References section. Case there are no Conflicts of Interest, so report "The authors declare no conflicts of interest".
• Funding: The names of the funding organizations should be written in full. If there was no financial aid, it should be reported that "This research did not receive any financial support".
• References: The reference list should include only works cited in the text and published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should be mentioned only in the text. Referral list entries must be alphabetized by the first author's surname of each article.

apply the guidelines located on Manuscript Template

Author Declaration Form (Mandatory Submission Document)

All authors must complete and submit the Author Information and Declaration Form as part of the manuscript submission process. This form includes the following confirmations:

• The manuscript has not been submitted to or is under review by another journal.
• All listed authors agree to follow the journal’s editorial and peer review process.
• All authors have read and accepted the journal’s copyright and author fee policies.

Download the form here: Author Declaration Form – JSSP (Word Format)

The completed form must be uploaded alongside the manuscript via the journal submission system or sent by email.