Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. Introduction

Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar (JIPSD) published in print (offline) since September 2010 by the Elementary School Teacher Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Jember. JIPSD began online publication in August 2021.

Published three times a year in February, June, and October. It contains articles based on research or critical analysis in the field of elementary school education.

2. Writing the Title, Name and Address of the Author

The title of the manuscript should be centered at the top of the first page. The author's name (without academic title) and affiliation address should be listed. Keywords should be arranged alphabetically, with three to five words.

Contributing authors should be listed first, followed by the second, third, and so on. Communication regarding article revisions and final decisions should be sent via email to contributing authors only. If there is more than one author, the second author's name should be placed next to the first, separated by a comma (,). If the author's name contains at least two words, the first name should not be abbreviated. If the author's name is only one word, it should be written as the original name. However, in the online version, the author's name will be written as two words, with the name repeated for metadata indexing purposes (Alfarisi, 2020).

3. General Provisions for Manuscripts

The general provisions for the manuscript are as follows:

1. Manuscripts must be authentic, unpublished research.
2. Manuscripts must not contain any plagiarism. The Editorial Board will immediately reject manuscripts suspected of plagiarism.
3. The submission is free of charge.  Publication fee is 500.000 idr.
4. Manuscripts written in accordance with the Limits journal's guidelines (using a template in Microsoft Word) must be submitted online using the Open Journal System (OJS) on the Limits Journal portal.
5. The template and article writing guidelines are available in Microsoft Word format and can be downloaded.
6. Online submission requirements can be found in the "Online Submission Requirements" section below.
7. Manuscripts that do not comply with the Limits journal's guidelines will be returned to the author before the review process.
8. Manuscripts must include several aspects of a scientific article, namely: (a) article title, (b) author's name (without title), (c) author's affiliation, (d) author's email address, (e) abstract and keywords, (f) introduction, (g) methods, (h) results and discussion, (i) conclusion, and (j) bibliography.
9. Subheadings within the discussion section (Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion, and Conclusions) should be numbered in Arabic, starting with one. Subheadings should not be written in bold.
10. Manuscripts should be five to fifteen pages long. Do not include page numbers.
    Submitted manuscripts must be camera-ready.
11. Articles should be written on A4 paper with the following margins: left 25 mm, right 20 mm, bottom 20 mm, and top 30 mm.
12. Article text should be in Times New Roman font, 12-point font, 1.5 spacing, and one column.
    Foreign language words should be italicized.
13. Each figure should be numbered, followed by a caption below the figure.
14. Each table should be numbered, followed by a caption above the table.
15. Each figure, table, and graph should be centered.
16. The heading on odd-numbered pages (starting on page 3) summarizes the paper title, while on even-numbered pages, the author's name should be capitalized. The font size should be 10-point, centered, with only the first word capitalized.

4. Provisions for the content section of the manuscript

Manuscript Title: The title should be informative and clearly written. It should not be open to different interpretations. The first letter should be capitalized and symmetrical. The article title should not contain uncommon abbreviations. The article title should be a maximum of twelve words, 0pt, and centered. The abstract should contain 150-200 words and be followed by three to five keywords.
Introduction: The introduction contains the background and/or urgency of the research. It also includes a literature review as a basis for the current research question, as well as a review of previous research relevant to the current study. The final section of the introduction states the purpose of the article.
Methods: The method section includes the method or approach used, procedures, instruments, data collection techniques, and data analysis techniques, as well as other matters related to the research method.
Results and Discussion: Research results can be described descriptively or presented in the form of graphs, tables, or diagrams. The discussion focuses on linking the data and analysis results to the research problem or objective. The discussion can also answer the question of why the facts found in the data were found.
Conclusions: Conclusions can be generalizations of findings related to the research problem or possible developments for further steps. Conclusions can be paragraphs, but are preferably bullet points with numbering or bullet points.
Bibliography: The bibliography should only contain all references cited in the manuscript. The bibliography should contain references from primary sources (scientific journals, comprising at least 60% of the total bibliography) published in the last ten years.

5. Terms for Citations and Bibliography

All data, phrases, or sentences in the article taken from other articles must be cited. To maintain consistency in citation and bibliography, use a reference manager application such as Mendeley, Zotero, or others. The citation and bibliography format used in Limits follows APA style.