Author Guidelines

Signifikan: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi (Journal of Economics)

Signifikan: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi (Journal of Economics) provides a forum for publishing original research articles, review articles, and novel technology news related to economic development in developing countries.

Research articles dealing with economic development in developing countries are particularly welcome. The journal encompasses research articles, original research reports, reviews, short communications, and scientific commentaries in economics.

All papers submitted to the journal should be written in good English. Authors for whom English is not their native language are encouraged to have their paper checked before submission for grammar and clarity. The work should not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. The official language of the manuscript to be published in Signifikan is English.

1. General Author Guidelines

All manuscripts must be submitted to the Signifikan Editorial Office by Online Submission at the E-Journal portal address: http://journal.uinjkt.ac.id/index.php/signifikan/user/register , where authors register as Author and/or are offered as Reviewer online. If authors have any problems with the online submission, please contact the Editorial Office at the following email: signifikan@apps.uinjkt.ac.id.

The following documents should accompany the manuscripts submitted through the online submission interface (as supplementary files):

  • Covering letter outlining the basic findings of the paper and its significance.

Three types of manuscripts are acceptable for publication: Original Research Articles, Review Articles, and Short Communication.

2. Manuscript Template

The manuscript should be prepared according to the following author guidelines in the article template:

3. Reviewing of Manuscripts

Every submitted paper is independently reviewed by at least two peer-reviewers. The decision for publication, amendment, or rejection is based upon their reports/recommendations. If two or more reviewers consider a manuscript unsuitable for publication in this journal, a statement explaining the basis for the decision will be sent to the authors within three months of the submission date.

4. Revision of Manuscripts

Manuscripts sent back to the authors for revision should be returned to the editor without delay. Revised manuscripts can be sent to the editorial office through the Online Submission Interface (http://journal.uinjkt.ac.id/index.php/signifikan). Revised manuscripts returned later than three months will be considered as new submissions.

5. Editorial Office of Signifikan Journal

All correspondences should be sent to the following Editorial Office:

M. Nur Rianto Al Arif (Editor-in-Chief)

Editorial Office of Signifikan Journal, Faculty of Economic and Business, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta, Jl Ir. H. Juanda No. 95, Ciputat, South Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia 15412. Email: signifikan@uinjkt.ac.id

6. Structure of the Manuscript

A. The manuscripts represent academic research in the economics discipline.

B. Upon publication of the manuscript, the author should provide a letter stating that the manuscripts have never been, or are not under consideration to be, published in other journal publications.

C. Manuscript Structure

Title

The title should be brief, short, clear, and informative, reflecting the article content. The title length is a maximum of 12 words. Each word of the title should start with a capital letter.

Authors’ Names and Institutions

The authors’ names should be accompanied by the authors’ institutions and email addresses, without any academic titles and/or job titles. International collaboration is highly encouraged.

Abstract

The abstract should be a total of about 150 words maximum. The abstract should be a single paragraph and should follow the style of structured abstracts, but without headings: (a) Background – place the question addressed in a broad context; (b) Research objective – highlight the purpose of the study; (c) Method – describe briefly the main methods; (d) Results – summarize the article's main findings; and (e) Practical implications. The abstract should not contain references or non-standard / uncommon abbreviations.

Keywords

Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords. The keywords are the key concepts of the manuscript and will be used for indexing purposes. We recommend that the keywords are specific to the article, yet reasonably common within the subject discipline.

Introduction

The introduction should briefly place the study in a broad context and highlight why it is important. It should define the purpose of the work and its significance, including specific hypotheses being tested. The current state of the research field should be reviewed carefully and key publications cited, including controversial and diverging hypotheses when necessary. The introduction describes a brief background of the research, the research gap, state of the art, and objective(s). It should be written efficiently, supported by references, and without numbering and/or pointers.

Methods

This section describes the tools of analysis along with the data and their sources. They should be described with sufficient detail to allow others to replicate and build on published results. New methods and protocols should be described in detail, while well-established methods can be briefly described and appropriately cited.

Result and Discussion

This section explains the results of the study. Data should be presented in Tables or Figures when feasible. There should be no duplication of data in Tables and Figures. The discussion should be consistent and should interpret the results clearly and concisely, explaining their significance, supported with suitable literature. The discussion should show relevance between the results and the field of investigation and/or hypotheses.

Conclusions

This section concludes and, if any, provides policy implications of the study. There should be no citations in the conclusion section.

References

Double-check that references are in the correct format. Only those papers that are cited in the text are to be included in the references section. Sources not referenced in the text must be omitted. This section lists only the papers, books, or other types of publications referred to in the manuscript. References should be from the last 10-year publications, with a minimum of 80% from journals (especially internationally recognized journals). References should be listed alphabetically by the author(s)’ last name(s) and the year of publication. This journal uses APA 6th edition style. We strongly suggest authors use reference management software such as Mendeley, Zotero, etc., to prepare citations and the list of references.

Citation in Text

Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa).

D. The authors should provide an index of the subject, namely the specific terms in the manuscript. The authors should also provide an index of authors, namely the key authors of papers referred to in the manuscript. Please write the family name followed by the given name.

E. Estimation results from a software package are not allowed to be directly presented in the paper. They should be presented in equations with the appropriate estimation results.

F. Table format should contain only heading and contents. Please provide the top and bottom lines, along with the line(s) that separate the heading and the contents. Example:

Table 1. The Growth of Third Party Fund, Financing, and Asset (Billion rupiahs)

  2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014*
Fundraising 52.271 76.036 115.415 147.512 174.018 186.608
Financing 46.886 68.181 102.655 147.505 179.284 187.886
Asset 66.090 97.519 145.467 195.018 229.557 244.197

Source: Islamic banking statistics, Bank of Indonesia

G. The manuscript is prepared on A4 paper, single-sided, and single-spaced. A new paragraph should start 5 characters from the left margin, using 12 pt Garamond font.

H. The manuscript should be no more than 25 pages long.

I. The top and bottom margins are 1 inch.

J. The title is written in capital letters, 12 pt font size, and centered.

K. Subtitles are written in capital letters, starting from the left margin.

L. Sub-subtitles are written using capital letters only at the beginning of each word (except connecting words) and start from the left margin.

M. References should be from publications in the last ten years unless they are key references.

N. Citations in the text body should be written using the family name and year of publication. Example:

  1. Al Arif (2011) suggests that the objective of depreciation...
  2. According to Agosin & Machado (1867), there is a relationship between...
  3. To improve efficiency (Alfaro & Charlton, 2007).

O. Tables and figures should be presented as follows:

  1. The names of tables and figures should follow a numbering system (Arabic numerals). The names of the tables and figures are placed at the top and bottom parts of the tables, respectively.
  2. Tables and figures should provide the source of information, if any, at the bottom part of both.

P. References should be written in alphabetical order, without numbering, using the following criteria:

For books:

Greene, W. H. (2012). Econometric Analysis (7th ed.). New York: Pearson Education.

For book chapters:

Bahl, R. (2000). How to Design a Fiscal Decentralization. In Sahid, Y. (Ed.), Local Dynamics in an Era of Globalization (pp. 25–26). London: Oxford University Press.

For journal papers:

Fatima, S. T. (2016). Productivity Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Turkish Micro-level Data. The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 25(3), 291–324.

For conference proceedings:

Kwon, D. B. (2009). Human capital and its measurement. In Proceedings from The 3rd OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge, and Policy. Busan: OECD World Forum.

Q. A brief CV that records full name, academic title, institution, telephone, fax, and mobile number should accompany the manuscript.

7. Guideline for Online Submission

The author should first register as Author and/or be offered as a Reviewer through the following address: http://journal.uinjkt.ac.id/index.php/signifikan/user/register

The author should fill in the form as detailed as possible, where the starred fields must be completed. After all required fields are filled, the Author clicks the Register button to proceed. Then, the Author is directed to the online author submission interface and should click on New Submission. In the Start a New Submission section, click Click here: to go to step one of the five-step submission process. The five steps are:

  1. Step 1 – Starting the Submission: Select the appropriate section of the journal, i.e. Original Research Articles, Review Article, or Short Communication. Then, the author must check-mark the submission checklist.
  2. Step 2 – Uploading the Submission: To upload a manuscript, click Browse on the Upload submission file item, choose the manuscript document file, then click Upload.
  3. Step 3 – Entering Submission’s Metadata: Enter detailed authors’ metadata, including the corresponding author. Then, upload the manuscript title and abstract by copying and pasting in the appropriate text boxes, including keywords.
  4. Step 4 – Uploading Supplementary Files: Upload supplementary files including the Covering/Submission Letter and Signed Copyright Transfer Agreement Form. Click Browse, choose the files, then click Upload.
  5. Step 5 – Confirming the Submission: The author should perform a final check of the uploaded manuscript documents. To submit the manuscript to Signifikan, click Finish Submission after verifying that all documents are correct. The corresponding author or principal contact will receive an acknowledgment by email and will be able to view the submission’s progress through the editorial process by logging in to the journal website.

After submission, the Authors will receive a confirmation email. Authors can track the submission status at any time by logging in to the online submission interface, including the status of the manuscript review and editorial process.

8. Author Fee (Page Charge)

Signifikan: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi is an open-access journal. There is no submission fee for articles submitted to Signifikan. Authors may pay a publication fee to cover publication costs. Readers can read and download any full-text articles free of charge.

9. User Rights

All articles published Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. We are continuously working with our author communities to select the best license options, currently defined for this journal as:

Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)