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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 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).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; 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.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Before preparing and submitting article manuscripts, please note that author(s) are discouraged from withdrawing submitted papers after they are in the publication process (review, copyedit, layout, etc.). During that time, the Journal of Sport and Community Engagement (JSCE) had spent valuable resources, in addition to the time spent on the process.

Journal of Sport and Community Engagement (JSCE) accepts the following types of papers:

  1. Research Articles (up to ~5000 words, including references, notes, and captions, or ~5 printed pages) are expected to present a major advance. Research Articles include an abstract, an introduction, up to six figures or tables, sections with brief subheadings, and upwards of 20 references. Materials and Methods should typically be included in the supplementary materials, which should also contain information necessary to support the paper's conclusions.
  2. Reports (up to 5000 words including references, notes, and captions or ~3 printed pages) present important new research results of broad significance. Reports should include an abstract, an introductory paragraph, up to four figures or tables, and about 30 references. Materials and Methods should usually be included in supplementary materials, which should also include information needed to support the paper's conclusions
  3. Reviews (up to 3500 words including references, notes, and captions) describe new developments of interdisciplinary significance and highlight future directions. They include an abstract, an introduction that outlines the main theme, brief subheadings, and an outline of important unresolved questions. A maximum of 40 references is suggested. Most Reviews are solicited by the editors, but unsolicited submissions may also be considered.

The Manuscript General Guidelines

The manuscript text's general guidelines are as follows:

  1. The manuscript presents authentic research results that have not been previously published in other media or by other publishing houses.
  2. Manuscript accepted standard written in English;
  3. The manuscript text is thought to be written in this article template. The article is written on A4-size paper (210 x 297 mm), with custom margins as follows: left 2.8 cm, right 2.8 cm, bottom 3 cm, and top 1.75 cm. The theme font is Times New Roman, in 11pt font size, with 1.5 line spacing.
  4. The manuscript is typed using the Microsoft Word program on A4 paper, comprising approximately 3,000-5,000 words, including figures, tables, and references.
  5. The manuscript does not contain any plagiarism elements. The editorial board will directly reject the text that indicates plagiarism. We use plagiarism software to check your manuscript.
  6. The manuscript consists of five main sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and Suggestions, and References.
  7. The title of the article should be as short as possible and should represent the content of the manuscript.
  8. Author names are written under the title, followed by author affiliation and e-mail address;
  9. Abstract written in Indonesian and English. Abstract not exceeding 200 words, write a narrative that consists of goals/objectives, methods, and findings of the research/writing;
  10. Keywords: words or phrases that are important, specific, or representative for articles and consisting of 3-6 words;
  11. The manuscript must be written in the following template;

The Guidelines for the Manuscript Body Text

The title of the manuscript should be informative and written both briefly and clearly. It cannot have diverse multi-interpretations. It needs to be pinpointed in relation to the issues that will be discussed. The beginning word is written in capital case and symmetrically. The article title does not contain any uncommon abbreviations. The main ideas should be written first and followed by their explanations. The article title should be written in 20 words or fewer, in 16pt-sized font, with bold selection and centered text format.

Author Details and Authorship: All contributing authors’ names should be added, and their names arranged in the correct order for publication. A correct email address should be supplied only by the corresponding author. The full name of each author must be present in the exact format they should appear for publication, including or excluding any middle names or initials as required. The affiliation of each contributing author should be correct on their individual author name.

The criteria of authorship are as follows; Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; Final approval of the version to be published; Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Abstract: The abstract should be written within a maximum of 200 words and followed by three to five keywords, arranged alphabetically. The abstract must contain the research objectives, methods, results, conclusion, and limitations (optional). Authors should provide appropriate and short keywords that encapsulate the principal topics of the paper, 3-6 phrases. Abstract written in 1 space line and 11 font size Arial.

Introduction: The introduction must contain (sortly and consecutively) a general background and a literature review (state of the art) as the basis of the brand new research question, statements of the brand new scientific article, main research problems, and the hypothesis. In the final part of the introduction, the purpose of the article should be stated. They should be represented in the literature review to demonstrate the novelty of the scientific article.

Methods: The methods section explains how the research is conducted, including the research design, data collection, research instrument, and analytical methods. This part should be narrated.

Results and Discussion: Write results in a logical sequence. Results with important findings should be presented first. When presenting results in a table or figure, do not repeat all that content in the text. Present only the summary of the text. Describe only new and important aspects of the study. Do not repeat all information from the results section or any section above. Present limitations of the study. Write the issues that are new or unsolved, for future research. This section consists of the information on what/How the presented data were produced; no raw data should be present in the article. The produced data are presented in tables or figures with an explanation of the results/findings from the work. The section will also need to address connections between findings and basic concepts or hypotheses made earlier. Authors should also express whether any arguments were needed relating to other works by other researchers. Write implications made by the work related to theoretical or applications.

Conclusion: This section presents the final part, which includes conclusions, limitations, and recommendations. The conclusions will be the answers to the hypothesis or research question, the research purposes, and the research discoveries. The conclusions should not contain only the repetition of the results and discussions. It should be the summary of the research results as the author expects in the research purposes or the hypothesis. Research limitations and recommendations outline deficiencies in the research and provide suggestions for further ideas to explore.

Acknowledgement: Acknowledgements to those who support the research (sponsors and respondents). Families and supervisors are not allowed in this section.

References: All the references used in the article must be listed in this part. In this part, all the used references must be taken from primary sources (scientific journals and at least number is 70% of all the references) that were published in the last ten years.

The Guidelines for the Citations and References

All the data or quotes in the article taken from the other author's articles should be attached to the reference sources. The references should use a reference application management such as Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero. The writing format used in the Journal of Sport and Community Engagement (JSCE) follows the format outlined in the APA 6th Edition (American Psychological Association). For example:

Article journal:
Araujo, G. De, Gobatto, F. M., Papoti, M., Camargo, B., & Gobatto, C. (2014). Anaerobic and Aerobic Performances in Elite Basketball Players. Journal of Human Kinetics, 42, 137–147. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2014-0068
Hoffmann, J. J., Reed, J. P., Leiting, K., Chiang, C. Y., & Stone, M. H. (2014). Repeated sprints, high-intensity interval training, small-sided games: Theory and application to field sports. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 9(2), 352–357. https://doi.org/10.1123/IJSPP.2013-0189

Book:
Maksum, A. (2008). Metodologi Penelitian. Surabaya: Univesity Press.
Coker, C. A. (2017). Motor learning and control for practitioners. New York: Routledge.

Proceedings:

Nurkholis, M. (2015). Kontribusi Pendidikan Jasmani dalamMenciptakan SDM yang Berdaya Saing di Era Global. Prosiding.  Seminar Nasional Olahraga UNY Yogyakarta; 192-201.

Figures

All Figures (charts, diagrams, line drawings, web pages/screenshots, and photographic images) should be submitted in electronic form. All Figures should be of high quality, legible and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Graphics may be supplied in color to facilitate their appearance on the online database. Figures created in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel should be supplied in their native formats. Electronic figures created in other applications should be copied from the origination software and pasted into MS Word template document. Photographic images should be inserted in the main body of the article and of high quality.

Tables

Tables should be typed and included in the main body of the article. The position of tables should be inserted in the text as close to the point of reference as possible. Ensure that any superscripts or asterisks are shown next to the relevant items and have corresponding explanations displayed as footnotes to the table, figure or plate.

The Online Submission Manuscript Guidelines

The manuscript text must be submitted by one of two systems (the Second procedure is more preferable):

  1. The document should submitted by Online Submission System in the Journal of Sport and Community Engagement (JSCE)website.
  2. Firstly, the author should register as either an author or reviewer (checking role as author or reviewer) in the “Register”.
  3. After the registration step is completed, log in as an author, click in “New Submission”. The article submission stage consists of five stages, such as:  (1). Start, (2). Upload Submission, (3). Enter Metadata, (4). Upload Supplementary Files, (5). Confirmation.
  4. In the “Start” column, choose Journal Section (nearby Volume and Issue will publish), check all the checklists.
  5. In the “Upload Submission” Columns, upload the manuscript files in MSWord format in this column.
  6. In the “Enter Metadata” columns, fill in with all the author data and affiliation. Including the Journal Title, Abstract, Keywords, and References.
  7. In the “Upload Supplementary Files” column, the author is allowed to upload supplementary files, the statement letter, or anything else.
  8. In the “Confirmation” columns, if the data you entered is all correct already, then click “Finish Submission”.
  9. If the author has difficulties in the submission process through the online system, please contact the Journal of Sport and Community Engagement (JSCE) editorial team at sadmin@sciencemovement.id

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