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General standards
Language Editing
EcoBank requires that submitted manuscripts meet international standards in English to be considered for publication. Articles are usually published in English.
For authors who would like their manuscript to receive language editing or proofing to improve the clarity of the manuscript and help highlight their research, EcoBank recommends the language-editing services provided by the internal or external partners (contact Principal of the EcoBank for further information).
Note that sending your manuscript for language editing does not imply or guarantee that it will be accepted for publication by the EcoBank. Editorial decisions on the scientific content of a manuscript are independent of whether it has received language editing or proofing by the partner services, or other services.
Language Style
The default language style at EcoBank is in American English. If you prefer your article to be formatted in British English, please specify this on your manuscript on the first page.
Article length / word count
Articles should be between less than 8000 words in length. This includes all text, for example, the abstract, references, all text in tables, and figures and appendices.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
There are a few simple ways to maximize your article's discoverability. Follow the steps below to improve the search results of your article:
- Include a few of your article's keywords in the title of the article;
- Do not use long article titles;
- Pick 3 to 5 keywords using a mix of generic and more specific terms on the article subject(s);
- Use the maximum amount of keywords in the first 2 sentences of the abstract;
- Use some of the keywords in level 1 headings.
Title
The title is written in uppercase letters, consists of 16 (sixteen) words, at the beginning of the word using uppercase letters, left-aligned, and uses Times New Roman font at the top of the page. The title should be concise, not use implicit terms and, where possible, be a statement of the main results or conclusions presented in the manuscript. Abbreviations should be avoided in titles. Witty or creative titles may be used, but only if they are relevant and appropriate for the size. Consider whether a title intended to be thought-provoking could be misinterpreted as offensive or alarming. In extreme cases, the editor may veto a title and propose an alternative.
Authors and Affiliations
All names are listed together and separated by commas. Provide exact and correct author names as these will be indexed in official archives. Affiliations should be keyed to the author's name with superscript numbers and be listed as follows: Institut/University/Organisation, Country (without detailed address information such as city zip codes or street names).
Example: Sekolah Tinggi Ekonomi Syariah Manna Wa Salwa Tanah Datar, Indonesia.
The Corresponding Author(s) should be marked with superscript. Provide the exact contact email address of the corresponding author(s) in a separate section below the affiliation.
Headings and Sub-headings
Capitalize on headings and capitalize each word of subheadings. Headings need to be defined in Times New Roman, 14, bold and subheadings defined in Times New Roman, 11, bold.
Abstract
The abstract describes the research objectives, research methods and techniques as well as the discussion and novelty results of the research. As a primary objective, the abstract should make the general significance and conceptual progress of the work clearly accessible to a wide readership. In the abstract, minimize the use of abbreviations and do not cite references. It should be no more than 250 words long, written in English.
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- Background of study
- Aims and scope of the paper
- Methods
- Summary of result or findings
- Conclusions
Keywords
All article types: you may provide up to 5 keywords; at least 3 are mandatory.
Text
The body text is in 11 points normal Times new Roman. New paragraphs will be separated with a single empty line. The entire document should be single-spaced and should contain page and line numbers in order to facilitate the review process. The World Psychology recommended manuscript written using MS-Word 97-2003.
Nomenclature
The use of abbreviations should be kept to a minimum. Non-standard abbreviations should be avoided unless they appear at least four times, and defined upon first use in the main text. Consider also giving a list of non-standard abbreviations at the end, immediately before the Acknowledgments.
Sections
Your manuscript is organized by headings and subheadings.
For Original Research Articles, it is recommended to organize your manuscript in the following sections:
Introduction
The introduction is a little different from the short and concise abstract. The reader needs to know the background to your research and, most importantly, why your research is important in this context. What critical question does your research address? Why should the reader be interested?
The purpose of the Introduction is to stimulate the reader's interest and to provide pertinent background information necessary to understand the rest of the paper. You must summarize the problem to be addressed, give background on the subject, discuss previous research on the topic, and explain exactly what the paper will address, why, and how. A good thing to avoid is making your introduction into a minireview. There is a huge amount of literature out there, but as a scientist, you should be able to pick out the things that are most relevant to your work and explain why. This shows an editor/reviewer/reader that you really understand your area of research and that you can get straight to the most important issues.
Keep your Introduction to be very concise, well structured, and inclusive of all the information needed to follow the development of your findings. Do not over-burden the reader by making the introduction too long. Get to the key parts other paper sooner rather than later.
Tips:
- Begin the Introduction by providing a concise background account of the problem studied.
- State the objective of the investigation. Your research objective is the most important part of the introduction.
- Establish the significance of your work: Why was there a need to conduct the study?
- Introduce the reader to the pertinent literature. Do not give a full history of the topic. Only quote previous work having a direct bearing on the present problem. (State of the art, relevant research to justify the novelty of the manuscript.)
- State the gap analysis or novelty statement.
- Clearly state your hypothesis, the variables investigated, and concisely summarize the methods used.
- Define any abbreviations or specialized/regional terms.
Be concise and aware of who will be reading your manuscript and make sure the Introduction is directed to that audience. Move from general to specific; from the problem in the real world to the literature to your research. Lastly, please avoid making a subsection in the Introduction.
Method
This journal only accepts research using quantitative methods. In the Methods section, you clearly explain how you conducted your research to: (1) allow the reader to evaluate the work done and (2) allow others to replicate your research. You should describe exactly what you did: what and how the experiments were run, what, how much, how often, where, when, and why equipment and materials were used. The key consideration is to ensure that sufficient detail is given to verify your findings and to allow replication of the study. You must maintain a balance between brevity (you can't explain every technical issue) and completeness (you must provide sufficient detail so that the reader knows what happened):
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- Define the population and the methods of sampling;
- Describe the instrumentation;
- Describe the procedures and if relevant, the time frame;
- Describe the analysis plan;
- Describe any approaches to ensure validity and reliability;
- Describe statistical tests and the comparisons made; ordinary statistical methods should be used without comment; advanced or unusual methods may require a literature citation, and;
- Describe the scope and/or limitations of the methodology you used.
Result and Discussion
The purpose of the Results and Discussion is to state your findings and make interpretations and/or opinions, explain the implications of your findings, and make suggestions for future research. Its main function is to answer the questions posed in the introduction, explain how the results support the answers and, how the answers fit in with existing knowledge on the topic. The Discussion is considered the heart of the paper and usually requires several writing attempts.
The discussion will always connect to the introduction by way of the research questions or hypotheses you posed and the literature you reviewed, but it does not simply repeat or rearrange the introduction; the discussion should always explain how your study has moved the reader's understanding of the research problem forward from where you left them at the end of the introduction.
To make your message clear, the discussion should be kept as short as possible while clearly and fully stating, supporting, explaining, and defending your answers and discussing other important and directly relevant issues. Care must be taken to provide commentary and not a reiteration of the results. Side issues should not be included, as these tend to obscure the message.
Tips:
- State the Major Findings of the Study;
- Explain the Meaning of the Findings and Why the Findings Are Important;
- Support the answers with the results. Explain how your results relate to expectations and to the literature, clearly stating why they are acceptable and how they are consistent or fit in with previously published knowledge on the topic;
- Relate the Findings to Those of Similar Studies;
- Consider Alternative Explanations of the Findings;
- Implications of the study;
- Acknowledge the Study's Limitations, and;
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Make Suggestions for Further Research.
It is easy to inflate the interpretation of the results. Be careful that your interpretation of the results does not go beyond what is supported by the data. The data are the data: nothing more, nothing less. Please avoid and makeover interpretation of the results, unwarranted speculation, inflating the importance of the findings, tangential issues or over-emphasize the impact of your research.
Work with Graphic:
Figures and tables are the most effective way to present results. Captions should be able to stand alone, such that the figures and tables are understandable without the need to read the entire manuscript. Besides that, the data represented should be easy to interpret.
Tips:
- The graphic should be simple, but informative;
- The use of color is encouraged;
- The graphic should uphold the standards of a scholarly, professional publication;
- The graphic must be entirely original, unpublished artwork created by one of the co-authors;
- The graphic should not include a photograph, drawing, or caricature of any person, living or deceased;
- Do not include postage stamps or currency from any country, or trademarked items (company logos, images, and products), and;
- Avoid choosing a graphic that already appears within the text of the manuscript.
To see the samples of table and figure, please download the template of the World Psychology Journal.
Last, please avoid making a subsection in Results and Discussion.
Conclusion
The conclusion is intended to help the reader understand why your research should matter to them after they have finished reading the paper. A conclusion is not merely a summary of the main topics covered or a re-statement of your research problem, but a synthesis of key points. It is important that the conclusion does not leave the questions unanswered.
Tips:
- State your conclusions clearly and concisely. Be brief and stick to the point;
- Explain why your study is important to the reader. You should instill in the reader a sense of relevance;
- Prove to the reader, and the scientific community, that your findings are worthy of note. This means setting your paper in the context of previous work. The implications of your findings should be discussed within a realistic framework, and;
Acknowledgments
This is a short text to acknowledge the contributions of specific colleagues, institutions, or agencies that aided the efforts of the authors.
References
Minimum references for the last 5 years for articles, the number of references is at least 15 references, at least 75% of the articles are references, it is recommended that the article be indexed by Scopus, especially Indonesian article references are at least indexed by Sinta 3, articles outside Indonesia are preferably indexed by Scopus. All in-text citations must be in the reference list and vice versa. References should only include published or accepted articles. Datasets that have been saved to an online repository should be included in the reference list, including version and unique identifier if available. For accepted but unpublished work, use “in press” instead of page numbers. Unpublished data, submitted manuscripts, or personal communications should be cited in the text only, for article types that allow such inclusion. Personal communications should be documented with a letter of permission In-text citations should be referred to according to the first author's surname, followed by the year. For works by 2 authors, include the surname of both authors, followed by the year. For works written by more than 2 authors, include only the surname of the first author, followed by et al. and year. For help, please use reference management (Mendeley or Zotero) and use the American Psychological Association 7th Edition format which can be found here. Where possible, provide a retrieved link for each reference.