A. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the Dialogue: Educational and Social Perspectives Online Journal System (OJS). Authors must register for an account before submitting a manuscript and should ensure that all author metadata are entered accurately during the submission process.

B. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

C. MANUSCRIPT FORMAT

Authors should follow the formatting specifications contained in the official Dialogue manuscript template. Unless otherwise specified in the template, manuscripts should be prepared in a clear and consistent academic format.

D. MANUSCRIPT STRUCTURE

For original research articles, manuscripts should generally be organized in the following order:

Review articles, conceptual papers, policy studies, and other manuscript types may use a structure appropriate to the nature of the study, provided that the organization is logical and clearly presented.

E. TITLE AND AUTHOR INFORMATION

The manuscript title should be specific, concise, informative, and representative of the main content of the research. Author names should be written without academic titles or professional degrees. The complete affiliations, institutional addresses, ORCID identifiers where available, and the e-mail address of the corresponding author should be entered accurately in the OJS metadata.

F. ABSTRACT

All manuscripts should provide an English abstract. For manuscripts written in Indonesian, authors are encouraged to provide both Indonesian and English abstracts. The abstract should not contain unnecessary citations, tables, figures, or undefined abbreviations.

G. KEYWORDS

Authors should provide 3–5 keywords that accurately represent the main concepts, variables, population, context, or field of the manuscript. Keywords should facilitate indexing and discoverability and should generally avoid unnecessarily repeating the words already used in the article title.

H. INTRODUCTION

The Introduction should establish the scientific and practical context of the study and clearly explain why the research is important.

The Introduction should not merely present a long collection of previous studies. Authors should critically synthesize the literature and demonstrate how the present study extends, challenges, or complements existing knowledge.

I. RESEARCH METHOD

The Research Method section must contain sufficient information to enable readers to understand how the study was conducted and to evaluate the reliability and validity of the research process.

Qualitative studies should clearly describe the research context, participant selection, data collection, analytical process, and procedures used to establish trustworthiness. Quantitative studies should describe the study design, variables, instruments, sampling procedures, statistical analyses, and relevant validity and reliability information. Mixed-methods studies should explain both components and how the data were integrated.

J. RESULTS

The Results section should present the principal findings clearly, systematically, and objectively. Tables, figures, quotations, statistics, themes, categories, or other forms of evidence may be used when appropriate. Authors should avoid unnecessary duplication of identical information in both the text and tables. Results should directly address the research objectives, questions, or hypotheses.

K. DISCUSSION

The Discussion should go beyond repeating the findings. Authors are expected to interpret, explain, and contextualize the significance of the results.

L. CONCLUSION

The Conclusion should provide a concise synthesis of the major findings in relation to the research objectives. It should highlight the principal contribution of the study and, where relevant, explain its educational, social, theoretical, practical, or policy implications. The conclusion should not merely repeat the Results and Discussion and should not introduce substantial new data that have not previously been presented. Recommendations for future research may be included when supported by the findings.

M. TABLES, FIGURES, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS

• Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively.
• Each table and figure must have a clear and informative caption.
• Tables and figures should be cited in the manuscript text.
• Figures must be clear and of sufficient quality for publication.
• Authors must obtain permission for copyrighted third-party figures, photographs, maps, or other materials.
• The source must be identified where a table or figure is adapted from another publication.
• Authors should ensure that images do not reveal confidential or personally identifiable information without appropriate permission.

N. REFERENCES AND CITATIONS

O. RESEARCH ETHICS

Research involving human participants must comply with relevant ethical principles and institutional or national requirements. Where applicable, authors should describe ethical approval, informed consent, confidentiality procedures, and protection of participant privacy. Studies involving children, students, vulnerable populations, or sensitive educational and social data require particular attention to informed consent, assent, confidentiality, and participant protection.

P. ORIGINALITY AND PLAGIARISM

Q. AUTHORSHIP AND CONTRIBUTORSHIP

Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made substantial scholarly contributions to the research and manuscript. All listed authors should approve the final version of the manuscript and agree to its submission. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all appropriate contributors are included and that individuals who do not meet authorship criteria are not listed as authors.

R. USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS

Artificial intelligence tools may be used responsibly to support manuscript preparation, language improvement, data analysis, or other legitimate research activities. However, AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, references, analysis, interpretation, and final content of the manuscript. Substantive use of generative AI should be disclosed in accordance with the journal's AI Tools Usage Policy. Authors must not use AI tools to fabricate data, citations, references, participants, results, images, or other research evidence.

S. PREPARATION FOR DOUBLE-BLIND PEER REVIEW

T. SUBMISSION PREPARATION CHECKLIST

U. INITIAL EDITORIAL SCREENING

All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial editorial assessment before being sent for peer review. The editorial team evaluates the manuscript's scope, originality, academic quality, methodological adequacy, ethical compliance, language, references, and conformity with the journal template. Manuscripts that fall outside the journal's scope, contain serious methodological deficiencies, do not comply with publication ethics, or substantially fail to follow the Author Guidelines may be returned for correction or declined without external peer review.

V. PEER REVIEW AND REVISION

Manuscripts that pass initial editorial screening will normally be evaluated through double-blind peer review by independent reviewers. Authors receiving a revision decision should carefully address all reviewer and editor comments. A revised manuscript should be accompanied, where requested, by a point-by-point response explaining how each comment has been addressed or providing a reasoned response when a suggestion has not been adopted. The final publication decision rests with the responsible Editor or Editor in Chief.