Author Guidelines

Manuscripts are submitted through the journal website after creating an account. Submissions by email or WhatsApp are not processed. Download the JOINMR article template first and prepare the manuscript exactly in that format.

1. Structure

Research article: Title — Authors and affiliations — Abstract — Keywords — Introduction — Method — Results and Discussion — Conclusion — Declaration — References.
Review article: Title — Authors and affiliations — Abstract — Keywords — Introduction — Discussion — Conclusion — Declaration — References.

2. Requirements for each part

Title: concise, specific, informative, and carrying the key finding; maximum 15 words. Indonesian-language manuscripts give the title in Indonesian and English; English manuscripts give the English title only. Titles are not set in all capitals. The research location is named only where it matters to the finding.
Authors and affiliations: names must be at least two words; an author with a one-word name repeats it in the first-name and last-name fields of the metadata. Surnames are not abbreviated to a single letter. No degrees or job titles. Affiliations are written in full: institution, city, country. The corresponding author's email is required and marked with an asterisk. Affiliation superscripts follow the number of institutions, not the number of authors; if all authors share one affiliation, no superscripts are needed. An ORCID is required for every author in the metadata.
Abstract: one paragraph, 150–250 words, covering purpose, method, main findings and conclusion. No citations, undefined abbreviations, figures or tables. Indonesian-language manuscripts provide the abstract in both Indonesian and English.
Keywords: three to five standard words or phrases reflecting the key concepts, separated by semicolons.
Introduction: must contain three elements — the state of the art of prior research, justification of novelty or an analysis of the research gap, and a clearly stated objective.
Method: design, population and sample or informants, sampling technique, instrument with its validity and reliability, data collection procedure, and analysis technique, described in enough detail for replication. Research involving humans or animals states the number and year of the ethical clearance.
Results and Discussion: findings in tables or figures, then interpreted and compared critically with current theory and research. Description of findings without interpretation and without comparison is scored low.
Conclusion: in paragraph form, not numbered; answers the research objective, states the key finding, and gives implications, limitations and suggestions for further research. No new discussion is introduced in the conclusion.

3. Required declarations

Before the reference list, every manuscript must carry four statements:

Artificial intelligence statement, following the AI Policy.
Author contributions, for example: AB designed the study and collected the data; CD analysed the data; EF drafted the manuscript; all authors approved the final version.
Funding statement, naming the funder and grant number, or stating that the research received no specific funding.
Conflict of interest statement, or a statement that none exists.

4. Format

A4 (21 cm × 29.7 cm), 3 cm margins on all four sides, single column.
Times New Roman 11 pt, single spacing, justified. Abstract and references 10 pt.
Length according to manuscript type on the Focus and Scope page.
Tables numbered consecutively with the caption above; figures with the caption below. Every table and figure must be referred to in the text. Tables must be editable, never screenshots, and must not break across pages. Figures must not be stretched or blurred; minimum 300 dpi.
Equations, symbols and abbreviations follow standard usage and are defined at first use.
Use the decimal comma in Indonesian text and the decimal point in English text, consistently.

5. References

APA 7th edition, prepared with a reference manager such as Mendeley or Zotero.
At least 15 references per article.
More than 80% primary sources: journal articles, conference proceedings, theses and dissertations, manuscripts and research monographs. General textbooks and news pages are not primary sources.
More than 80% published within the last ten years. Classic works may be used only as the source of the problem or as theoretical grounding, not as the main comparison for results and not as a basis for claiming novelty.
Every reference includes a DOI or URL where available.
All references must be cited in the text and all in-text citations must appear in the list. A mismatch between the two lowers the assessment of the article.

Examples:

Purwantoro, P., & Rohmah, R. A. (2026). The effect of electronic word of mouth on purchase decisions of MSME consumers. Journals of Indonesian Multidisciplinary Research, 5(1), 9–19. https://doi.org/10.61291/q49jff32

Dessler, G. (2020). Human resource management (16th ed.). Pearson.

6. Submission checklist

The manuscript is unpublished and not under review elsewhere.
The file is .doc or .docx and follows the JOINMR template.
Author identities have been removed from the text and the document properties, so the file can go straight to double-blind review.
Submission metadata is complete: each author's name in at least two words, affiliation as institution, city and country, email, and ORCID.
The reference list has been pasted into the References field of the submission form.
The manuscript contains all four required declarations.
At least 15 references, mostly primary and from the last ten years.
Similarity below 20%.