Author Guidelines

1. Format

  1. Font of the manuscript: Calisto MT with 1 spacing.
  2. The manuscript length range is approximately 3,000 - 6,000 words includes attachments 
  3. Cover should mentions title, author’s name, affiliation, country of author, and email. Article submission should include the latest curriculum vitae.
  4. All pages are numbered sequentially (including references and attachments). Footnotes, headers, and footers are not for author's name or title of the article, but for additional information of the text.
  5. The manuscript must follow Article's template of the manuscript. Templates for authors can be downloaded here.

2. Article Structure

1. Title

The title must be brief, clear, maximum of 14 words. The font is using: Calisto MT  size 13, in bold, and in center text.

2. Author's name, email address, institution, and country

The author's name (without academic degree), email address, name of institution, and country are written under the article title. When the script is written by a team, the editor only deals with first author, or correspondence author.

3. Abstract

This section contains main issues, research objectives, methods/approaches, and research results. The abstract is presented at the beginning of the manuscript and the presentation is approximately 150 to 250 words. The abstract is approximately followed by keywords 3 to 5 words.

4. Introduction

This section describes the background of issues as well as the urgency and rationalization of the research. This section also describes the aims and contributions of research and the organization of the article. The introduction is limited to a maximum of 10 paragraphs.

5. Research methods.

This section describes the research design, scope or object (population and sample), data collection techniques, operational definition of research variables, and analytical techniques. Add the flow of the research method applied.

6. Results and Discussion.

This section presents research analysis results. Tables, graphs (figures), and/or charts can be added to research analysis. The discussion section is describing data processing results, interpreting the findings logically, and linking with the relevant referral sources.

7. Conclusion

The conclusion contains a brief summary of the research results and discussion which answers the research objectives.

3. Tables and Figures

Tables are typed with single line spacing, with the initial and end horizontal line (table subtitle), without vertical line. Tables are numbered sequentially from one.  Figures must be prepared in printable form and in black and white. The source of table and figure should be listed.

 

4. Citation

Citation text is written by mentioning the author's last name and year of publication.

Example Quotation:

  1. Journal Article Sources:
    Savage, C., & Ikoma, S. (2025). Access to civics content and evidence-based instructional approaches in U.S. schools. Large-Scale Assessments in Education, 13(1), 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40536-025-00257-8
    Stacey, K. (2010). The View of Mathematical Literacy in Indonesia. Journal on Mathematics Education (IndoMS-JME), 2 (2), 1-24. Palembang: IndoMS.

  2. Book Sources:
    Sofiasyari, I. (2020). Sosiologi dan Antropologi. Tangerang: Academic Publishers.
    Sofiasyari, I., Arianty, R., & Saepullah, D. (2021). Pengantar Penelitian Pendidikan. Terjemahan oleh Arief Furchan. (1982). Surabaya: Usaha Nasional

  3. Thesis and Dissertation Sources:
    Arya. (2022). Pengembangan Bahan Ajar untuk Meningkatkan Berpikir Kritis dan Berpikir Kreatif Siswa Sekolah Dasar. Published Dissertation. Tangerang: Universitas Pamulang.
    Joko, R.C.I. (2012). Pengembangan Bahan Ajar untuk Meningkatkan Berpikir Kritis Siswa Kelas III Sekolah Dasar (SD). Unpublished Thesis. Tangerang: Universitas Pamulang.

5. References

The reference list must be arranged alphabetically without numbering and should not be categorized or separated based on the type of source (books, online sources, or others).

The article must include a minimum of 15 references derived from journal articles, books, or other sources published. The reference composition must consist of 80% journal articles published within the last 5 years and 20% textbooks or other sources published within the last 10 years. References must follow the guidelines of the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th Edition and be prepared using citation management software such as Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero. All references must comply with the established citation format.

 6. Online Submitting Manuscript Guidelines

The manuscript text must be submitted by one of two systems (second procedure will be preferred):

  1. Submitting document should be done by Online Submission System in the R-Disa: Jurnal Riset Pendidikan Dasar portal HERE.
  2. First, the author should register as an author or reviewer (checking role as author or reviewer) in the “Register” or HERE.
  3. After registration completed, log in as an author, click in “New Submission”. The article submits stage consist five stages, such as:  (1). Start, (2). Upload Submission, (3). Enter Metadata, (4). Upload Supplementary Files, (5). Confirmation.
  4. In the “Start” column, chose Journal Section (Full Article), check all the checklists.
  5. In the “Upload Submission” Columns, upload the manuscript files at MSWord format in this column.
  6. In the “Enter Metadata” columns, fill out all the author data and affiliation. Following the Journal Title, Abstract and Indexing Keywords.
  7. In the “Upload Supplementary Files” columns, allowed to upload supplementary data file or the statement letter or other else.
  8. In the “Confirmation” columns, if all the data that you enter were right, then click “Finish Submission”.
  9. If the author has difficulties in the submitting process via online system, please contact Jurnal Cakrawala Pendas Editorial team at rdisa@unpam.ac.id.

 

7. Review Method

Articles which have passed in the initial review by editor will be sent to one or two reviewers (reviewers will not know the author's name and vice versa). The blind review results produce the following statement :

  1. Accept Submission.
  2. Revision Required (as recommended by peer reviewers and board of editor).
  3. Resubmit For Review (as recommended by peer reviewers and board of editor).
  4. Decline Submission.