Author Guidelines

The Editorial Board of FORUM welcomes article submissions that adhere to the following guidelines:

1. Article Types

We accept manuscripts in the following categories:

  • Research Reports
  • Conceptual Studies
  • Theory Applications

 2. General Guidelines

  • Submitted articles must be original and unpublished.
  • Manuscripts should be between 4,000 and 8,000 words, including references, tables, and figures.
  • Articles must be typed on A4-sized paper (21 x 29.7 cm), single-spaced, using Times New Roman, 12 pt font.
  • Set margins to 3 cm on the top and left sides, and 2 cm on the right and bottom.
  • Articles may be written in English or Indonesian.
  • The similarity index (checked via plagiarism detection software) must not exceed 20%.
  • All references and citations should use footnotes.

 3. Title

  • The title must reflect the philosophical or theological perspective(s) applied in the discussion.
  • It should be written in English or Indonesian and consist of a maximum of 15 words (excluding prepositions).
  • Subheadings are not allowed.
  • The title should be formatted in Times New Roman, 14 pt, bold, centered, with only the first letter of each word capitalized, except for prepositions.

 4. Author’s Name and Institution

  • Author names must be written in full, without academic titles or positions.
  • The complete name of the institution should be included.
  • Only one email - that of the corresponding author - will be listed as the contact person.

5. Abstract

  • The abstract must be written in two languages: Indonesian and English.
  • It should contain 100 - 200 words.
  • Include 4 - 5 keywords, with each keyword or phrase separated by a semicolon (;).

6. Introduction

  • The Introduction should include the research background, a discussion of how the work relates to existing studies in similar themes, and the theoretical framework employed.
  • It should conclude with a clear statement of the issues to be discussed.
  • The Introduction must not exceed 3 pages.

7. Research Method

  • This section should provide a systematic and detailed description of the research methods used for data collection and problem analysis.

8. Results and Discussion

  • This section must present the analysis, synthesis, and author’s arguments based on the research findings.
  • Authors should build clear and structured arguments to demonstrate their points.
  • Discussion of each aspect of the issue is welcomed, and authors may add sub-sections as needed.
  • A separate literature review section is not necessary.

9. Conclusion

  • The Conclusion must clearly state the answers to the research questions, reassert the main arguments, and provide a critical reflection on the overall issues discussed in the manuscript.

10. References

  • References must follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition (full notes).
  • All cited references should be listed in a Bibliography at the end of the manuscript, arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
  • Authors are strongly encouraged to use reference management tools such as Mendeley.
  • It is also recommended to use Grammarly for language editing and a plagiarism checker such as Turnitin.

11. Authorship

By submitting a manuscript, authors confirm that:

  • The manuscript is original and unpublished.
  • It is not under consideration elsewhere.
  • It will not be withdrawn during the review process.
  • It complies with the journal’s Publication Ethics Policy, which can be accessed [here].

 12. Manuscript Template

  • Authors can access and download the manuscript template [here].

 

DETAILED REFERENCE GUIDE

I. BOOK

Footnotes

  1. Katie Kitamura, A Separation (New York: Riverhead Books, 2017), 25.
  2. Sharon Sassler and Amanda Jayne Miller, Cohabitation Nation: Gender, Class, and the Remaking of Relationships (Oakland: University of California Press, 2017), 114.

Shortened footnotes

  1. Kitamura, Separation, 91–92.
  2. Sassler and Miller, Cohabitation Nation, 205.

Bibliography Entries (In Alphabetica Order)

Kitamura, Katie. A Separation. New York: Riverhead Books, 2017.

Sassler, Sharon, and Amanda Jayne Miller. Cohabitation Nation: Gender, Class, and the Remaking of Relationships. Oakland: University of California Press, 2017.

II. CHAPTER OR OTHER PART OF AN EDITED BOOK
In a note, cite specific pages. In the bibliography, include the page range for the chapter or part.

Footnotes

  1. Mary Rowlandson, “The Narrative of My Captivity,” in The Making of the American Essay, ed. John D’Agata (Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016), 19–20.

Shortened footnote

  1. Rowlandson, “Captivity,” 48.

Bibliography Entry

Rowlandson, Mary. “The Narrative of My Captivity.” In The Making of the American Essay, edited by John D’Agata, 19–56. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016.

To cite an edited book as a whole, list the editor(s) first.

Footnote 

  1. John D’Agata, ed., The Making of the American Essay (Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016), 19–20.

Shortened footnote

  1. D’Agata, American Essay, 48.

Bibliography Entry

D’Agata, John, ed. The Making of the American Essay. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016.

III. TRANSLATED BOOK

Footnote

  1. Jhumpa Lahiri, In Other Words, trans. Ann Goldstein (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016), 146.

Shortened footnote

  1. Lahiri, In Other Words, 184.

Bibliography Entry

Lahiri, Jhumpa. In Other Words. Translated by Ann Goldstein. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

IV. E-BOOK

For books consulted online, include a URL or the name of the database. For other types of e- books, name the format. If no fixed page numbers are available, cite a section title or a chapter or other number in the notes or, if possible, track down a version with fixed page numbers.

Footnotes

  1. Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, trans. Constance Garnett, ed. William Allan Neilson (New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1917), 444, https://archive.org/details/crimepunishment00dostuoft.
  2. Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the American Meal (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001), 88, ProQuest Ebrary.
  3. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (New York: Penguin Classics, 2007), chap. 3, Kindle.

Shortened footnotes

  1. Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, 504–5.
  2. Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, 100.
  3. Austen, Pride and Prejudice, chap. 14.

Bibliography Entries (In Alphabetica Order)

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Penguin Classics, 2007. Kindle. Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Translated by Constance Garnett, edited by William Allan Neilson. New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1917. https://archive.org/details/crimepunishment00dostuoft.

Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the American Meal. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. ProQuest Ebrary.

V. THESIS OR DISSERTATION

Footnote

  1. Guadalupe Navarro-Garcia, “Integrating Social Justice Values in Educational Leadership: A Study of African American and Black University Presidents” (PhD diss., University of California, Los Angeles, 2016), 44, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.

Shortened footnote

  1. Navarro-Garcia, “Social Justice Values,” 125–26.

Bibliography Entry

Navarro-Garcia, Guadalupe. “Integrating Social Justice Values in Educational Leadership: A Study of African American and Black University Presidents.” PhD diss., University of California, Los Angeles, 2016. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.

VI. JOURNAL ARTICLE
In a note, cite specific page numbers. In the bibliography, include the page range for the whole article. For articles consulted online, include a URL or the name of the database. Many journal articles list a DOI (Digital Object Identifier). A DOI forms a permanent URL that begins https://doi.org/. This URL is preferable to the URL that appears in your browser’s address bar.

Footnotes

  1. Ashley Hope Pérez, “Material Morality and the Logic of Degrees in Diderot’s Le neveu de Rameau,” Modern Philology 114, no. 4 (May 2017): 874, https://doi.org/10.1086/689836.
  2. Shao-Hsun Keng, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem, “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978–2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality,” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 9–10, https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.
  3. Peter LaSalle, “Conundrum: A Story about Reading,” New England Review 38, no. 1 (2017): 95, Project MUSE.

Shortened footnotes

  1. Pérez, “Material Morality,” 880–81.
  2. Keng, Lin, and Orazem, “Expanding College Access,” 23.
  3. LaSalle, “Conundrum,” 101.

Bibliography Entries (In Alphabetica Order)

Keng, Shao-Hsun, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem. “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978–2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality.” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.

LaSalle, Peter. “Conundrum: A Story about Reading.” New England Review 38, no. 1 (2017): 95–109. Project MUSE.

Pérez, Ashley Hope. “Material Morality and the Logic of Degrees in Diderot’s Le neveu de Rameau.” Modern Philology 114, no. 4 (May 2017): 872–98. https://doi.org/10.1086/689836.

Journal articles often list many authors, especially in the sciences. If there are four or more authors, list up to ten in the bibliography; in a note, list only the first, followed by et al. (“and others”). For more than ten authors (not shown here), list the first seven in the bibliography, followed by et al.

Footnote

  1. Jesse N. Weber et al., “Resist Globally, Infect Locally: A Transcontinental Test of Adaptation by Stickleback and Their Tapeworm Parasite,” American Naturalist 189, no. 1 (January 2017): 45, https://doi.org/10.1086/689597.

Shortened footnote

  1. Weber et al., “Resist Globally,” 48–49.

Bibliography Entry

Weber, Jesse N., Martin Kalbe, Kum Chuan Shim, Noémie I. Erin, Natalie C. Steinel, Lei Ma, and Daniel I. Bolnick. “Resist Globally, Infect Locally: A Transcontinental Test of Adaptation by Stickleback and Their Tapeworm Parasite.” American Naturalist 189, no. 1 (January 2017): 43–57. https://doi.org/10.1086/689597.

VII. NEWS OF MAGAZINE
Articles from newspapers or news sites, magazines, blogs, and the like are cited similarly. Page numbers, if any, can be cited in a note but are omitted from a bibliography entry. If you consulted the article online, include a URL or the name of the database.

Footnotes

  1. Farhad Manjoo, “Snap Makes a Bet on the Cultural Supremacy of the Camera,” New York Times, March 8, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/technology/snap-makes-a- bet-on-the-cultural-supremacy-of-the-camera.html.
  2. Erin Anderssen, “Through the Eyes of Generation Z,” Globe and Mail (Toronto), June 25, 2016, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/through-the-eyes-of-generation- z/article30571914/.
  3. Rob Pegoraro, “Apple’s iPhone Is Sleek, Smart and Simple,” Washington Post, July 5, 2007, LexisNexis Academic.
  4. Vinson Cunningham, “You Don’t Understand: John McWhorter Makes His Case for Black English,” New Yorker, May 15, 2017, 85.
  5. Dara Lind, “Moving to Canada, Explained,” Vox, September 15, 2016, http://www.vox.com/2016/5/9/11608830/move-to-canada-how. 

    Shortened footnotes
  1. Manjoo, “Snap.”
  2. Anderssen, “Generation Z.”
  3. Pegoraro, “Apple’s iPhone.”
  4. Cunningham, “Black English,” 86.
  5. Lind, “Moving to Canada.”

Bibliography Entries (In Alphabetica Order)

Anderssen, Erin. “Through the Eyes of Generation Z.” Globe and Mail (Toronto), June 25, 2016. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/through-the-eyes-of-generation- z/article30571914/.

Cunningham, Vinson. “You Don’t Understand: John McWhorter Makes His Case for Black English.” New Yorker, May 15, 2017.

Lind, Dara. “Moving to Canada, Explained.” Vox, September 15, 2016. http://www.vox.com/2016/5/9/11608830/move-to-canada-how.

Manjoo, Farhad. “Snap Makes a Bet on the Cultural Supremacy of the Camera.” New York Times, March 8, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/technology/snap-makes-a- bet-on-the-cultural-supremacy-of-the-camera.html.

Pegoraro, Rob. “Apple’s iPhone Is Sleek, Smart and Simple.” Washington Post, July 5, 2007. LexisNexis Academic.

Readers’ comments are cited in the text or in a note but omitted from a bibliography.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES

Authors must submit their manuscripts to FORUM through the following procedure:

  1. Manuscripts should be submitted via the Online Submission System on the FORUM e-journal portal [here].
  2. Authors must first register as an author by selecting the "Author" role in the Register section, or directly [here].
  3. After completing the registration, log in as an author and click "New Submission". The submission process consists of five steps: (1) Start, (2) Upload Submission, (3) Enter Metadata, (4) Upload Supplementary Files, and (5) Confirmation.
  1. In the Start section, select "Article" as the Journal Section and check all required items.
  2. In the Upload Submission section, upload the manuscript file in the required format.
  3. In the Enter Metadata section, fill in all required information including author data, affiliations, manuscript title, abstract, and keywords.
  4. In the Confirmation section, carefully review all submitted information, then click "Finish Submission".

SUBMISSION PREPARATION CHECKLIST

Before submitting a manuscript, authors must confirm compliance with the following requirements. Submissions that do not meet these guidelines may be returned to the authors for revision:

  1. The submission file is in Microsoft Word (DOCX) format.
  2. URLs for references have been provided where available.
  3. The text is single-spaced, uses Times New Roman, 12 pt, employs italics rather than underlining (except for URLs), and all figures/tables are embedded in the text at appropriate points.
  4. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements as outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  5. Instructions for ensuring a blind peer review have been followed.

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  • Article Submission Fee: IDR 0.00
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