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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.
  • Penyerahan belum diterbitkan sebelumnya, atau sedang dalam pertimbangan jurnal lain (atau sebuah penjelasan belum disediakan dalam komentar kepada editor).
  • File naskah dalam format file dokumen OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, atau WordPerfect.
  • Ketika tersedia, URLs untuk referensi telah disediakan.
  • Teks 1 spasi; font 12; italic; tidak digaribawahi (kecuali alamat URL); dan semua ilustrasi, figur, dan tabel yang ditempatkan di dalam teks pada poin yang tepat, jangan di akhir.
  • Teks yang mematuhi persyaratan mengenai perpustakaan dan gaya bahasa digambarkan secara garis besar di Petunjuk Penulis, yang akan ditemukan dalam halaman Tentang Kami.
  • Jika penerimaan untuk bagian peer-review dari jurnal, instruksinya terdapat di Memastikan Reviewer Anonim telah diikuti.

Author Guidelines

MEDI KONS encompasses original research articles and review articles (not preferable). All manuscript shall be written in good Indonesian or good English. The submission should not been published, submitted for publication elsewhere, or extended version of previously published papers in conferences and/ or journals

1. Manuscript shall be submitted online via journal website on https://ejurnal.unisri.ac.id/index.php, The submission guidelines can be viewed it. If you encountered any difficulties, contact us thru medikons.bkunisri@gmail.com

2. Manuscript shall be formatted in one column using 11 pt Times New Roman font type, 1.5 space in the A4 paper, justify alignment in a maximum number of 16 pages. All manuscripts should be in Microsoft Word at least 2007 version.

3. The title should be accurate, unambiguous, specific, and complete. Do not contain infrequently-used abbreviations. The title must be written in title case and should be in 16 pt font size, center alignment, and maximum 20 words.

4. Author’s name shall be in 11 pts font size, centered alignment, and without an academic degree.

5. Correspondence’s address includes an email address, name, and address of correspondence’s affiliation or institution origin written in 10 pt font size and centered alignment.

6. The abstract should be written in both English and Indonesian in one paragraph consists of maximum 250 words. The abstract should explain the purpose, method, and the result of the research concisely. An abstract should stand alone, means that no citation in the abstract.

7. Keywords are any terms related to the general issue(s) of the articles and written maximumly 5 keywords, separated by semicolon (;)

8. Systematic for research article are:

  • Introduction is a part consists of a background of the study, literature review as a basis of the research issue, hypotheses, and the purpose of the study. This part shall be presented in the form of the paragraph.
  • Method is a part consists of the design of the research, subject, instrument, data collection procedure, and data analysis
  • The part of result exposes the findings obtained from research data which is related to the hypotheses. The results should summarize (scientific) findings rather than providing data in great detail.
  • The part of discussion explains the findings obtained from research data along with theory and similar research comparison. Make the discussion corresponding to the results, but do not reiterate the results. The following components should be covered in discussion: How do your results relate to the original question or objectives outlined in the Introduction section (what/how)? Do you provide interpretation scientifically for each of your results or findings presented (why)? Are your results consistent with what other investigators have reported (what else)? Or are there any differences?
  • Conclusion part answers the aforementioned hypotheses, research purpose, findings, and discussion as well as the expected suggestions for the future research. Conclusion shall be written in a paragraph. Do not repeat the Abstract, or just list experimental results.
  • Acknowledgment (Optional) Recognize those who helped in the research, especially funding supporter of your research. Include individuals who have assisted you in your study: Advisors, Financial supporters, or may another supporter, i.e. Proofreaders, Typists, and Suppliers, who may have given materials. Do not acknowledge one of the authors names.
  • References, all the references that 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 at least 80% from all the references) that published in the last ten years. Cite the main scientific publications on which your work is based. Citations of textbooks should be used very rarely and citations to web pages should be avoided. Avoid excessive self‐citations. Each article should has at least 15 references.

9. Systematic for review article are: title; author’s name; correspondence address, abstract, keywords, introduction; main discussion (could be divided into several sub-discussion); conclusion; acknowledgment (optional); references (should has at least 25 references).

10. Each title part shall be written in different types (all title part and subpart shall be written in bold or italic bold) and not in numbering format:

  • HEADING 1 (CAPITALIZED ALL FONT, BOLD, LEFT-ALIGNMENT, 11 pts)
  • Heading 2 (Title case, bold, left-alignment, 11 pts)
  • Heading 3 (Title case, italic bold, left-alignment, 11 pts)

11. Table: table shall be clearly identified using number and title above the table in bold font, 11 pt font, left alignment. The table shall be positioned in left-right alignment. The first letter in the table shall be capitalized, except phrases. Table’s data shall be written in single space, 10 pt font. The table shall be presented only in horizontal line and shall be mentioned in the paragraph.

12. Figure: Figure shall be presented in average to high resolution and identified using number and title above the table and written in bold font 11pt left alignment. Figure shall be mentioned in the paragraph.

13. Citation and Reference are written according to the APA (American Psychological Association) 6th edition style. The references shall be ordered based on alphabetical and chronological order. We recommend to use reference manager application such as Mendeley, End Note, or Zotero. Below are the example of References written according to the APA 6th edition style.

  • Sukardi, D. K. (1987). Bimbingan Karier di Sekolah-sekolah. Jakarta: Ghalia Indonesia.→Book
  • Winkel, W. S., & Hastuti, M. S. (2005). Bimbingan dan Konseling di Institusi Pendidikan. Media Abadi.→Book
  • Maher, B. A. (Ed.). (1964–1972). Progress in Experimental Personality Research (6 vols.). New York: Academic Press. →Book with editor(s)
  • Luria, A. R. (1969). The mind of a mnemonist (L. Solotaroff, Trans.). New York: Avon Books. (Original work published 1965) →Book : A Translation (writer: Luria, A. R., translator: L. Solotaroff)
  • Setyaputri, N. Y., Lasan, B. B., & Permatasari, D. (2016). Pengembangan Paket Pelatihan “Ground, Understand, Revise, Use (GURU)-Karier” untuk Meningkatkan Efikasi Diri Karier Calon Konselor. Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling, 1(4), 132-141. Retrieved from https://ejurnal.unisri.ac.id/index.php→Journal (online)
  • Shelly, D. R. (2010). Periodic, chaotic, and doubled earthquake recurrence intervals on the deep San Andreas fault. Science, 328(5984), 1385-1388.→journal (print)
  • Wilkinson, R. (1999). Sociology as a marketing feast. In M. Collis, L. Munro, & S. Russell (Eds.), Sociology for the New Millennium. Paper presented at The Australian Sociological Association, Monash University, Melbourne, 7-10 December (pp. 281-289). Churchill: Celts.→Proceeding
  • Makmara. T. (2009). Tuturan persuasif wiraniaga dalam Berbahasa Indonesia: Kajian etnografi komunikasi. (Unpublished master’s thesis) Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, Indonesia.→Thesis
  • United Arab Emirates architecture. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2010, from UAE Interact website: http://www.uaeinteract.com/ →Website (not preferable)
  • Menteri Perhubungan Republik Indonesia. (1992). Tiga Undang-Undang: Perkeretaapian, Lalu Lintas, dan Angkutan Jalan Penerbangan Tahun 1992. Jakarta. CV. Eko Jaya. →Goverment publication

14. All issues regarding permission of citation or software utilization during the process of paper or any issues regarding Intellectual Property Rights related to the author including its legal consequences will be the responsible of the author.

15. The Board is authorized make a necessary changes or adjustment related with language properties without altering the substance. Substance editing would be consulted with the author first.

 

Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

MEDI KONS: Jurnal Prodi Bimbingan dan Konseling UNISRI Surakarta, is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against any publication malpractices. The Editorial Team is responsible for, among others, preventing publication malpractice. Unethical behavior is unacceptable, and the MEDI KONS Journal does not tolerate plagiarism in any form. Authors who submitted articles: affirm that manuscript contents are original. Furthermore, the authors’ submission also implies that the manuscript has not been published previously in any language, either wholly or partly, and is not currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Editors, authors, and reviewers, within the MEDI KONS: Jurnal Prodi Bimbingan dan Konseling UNISRI Surakarta, are to be fully committed to good publication practice and accept the responsibility for fulfilling the following duties and responsibilities, as set by the COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors. As part of the Core Practices, COPE has written guidelines on the http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines.

Section A: Publication and authorship 

  1. All submitted papers are subject to a strict peer-review process by reviewers that are experts in the area of the particular manuscript.
  2. The review process is double-blind peer-review.
  3. The factors that are taken into account in review are relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability, and language.
  4. The possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.
  5. If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised submission will be accepted.
  6. Rejected articles will not be re-reviewed.
  7. The paper acceptance is constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
  8. No research can be included in more than one publication. 

Section B: Authors’ responsibilities

  1. Authors must certify that their manuscripts are their original work.
  2. Authors must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere.
  3. Authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere. 
  4. The authors must participate in the peer-review process. 
  5. Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.
  6. All Authors mentioned in the paper must have significantly contributed to the research.
  7. The authors must state that all data in the paper are real and authentic.
  8. The authors must notify the Editors of any conflicts of interest.
  9. The authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscript.
  10. Authors must report any errors they discover in their published paper to the Editors. 

Section C: Reviewers’ responsibilities

  1. Reviewers should keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information. 
  2. Reviews should be conducted objectively, with no personal criticism of the author.
  3. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
  4. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.
  5. Reviewers should also call to the Editor in Chief’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
  6. Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers. 

Section D: Editors’ responsibilities

  1. Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.
  2. Editors are responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication.
  3. Editors should always consider the needs of the authors and the readers when attempting to improve the publication.
  4. Editors should guarantee the quality of the papers and the integrity of the academic record.
  5. Editors should publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.
  6. Editors should have a clear picture of research funding sources.
  7. Editors should base their decisions solely one the papers’ importance, originality, clarity, and relevance to publication’s scope.
  8. Editors should not reverse their decisions nor overturn the ones of previous editors without serious reason. 
  9. Editors should preserve the anonymity of reviewers. 
  10. Editors should ensure that all research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
  11. Editors should only accept a paper when reasonably certain.
  12. Editors should act if they suspect misconduct, whether a paper is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.
  13. Editors should not reject papers based on suspicions; they should have proof of misconduct.
  14. Editors should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers, and board members.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors can separately make additional contractual arrangements for non-exclusive distribution published by the journal (e.g., publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are allowed and encouraged to send their work via online (e.g., in the institutional repositories or their website) after published by the journal.

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