Check the scope. Neo Civic Education: Media Kajian Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan publishes research on Pancasila and civic education, citizenship, and related fields. See Focus and Scope and Types of Manuscript.

Read the policies. Publication Ethics, Authorship, Conflict of Interest, Generative AI, and Plagiarism apply to every submission.

Originality. The manuscript is unpublished and not under review elsewhere. Disclose any earlier version (a thesis, a conference paper, or a preprint). Every manuscript is screened for similarity.

Language. Manuscripts are written in English.

Double-blind review. Authors and reviewers do not know each other’s identities. You therefore prepare two versions of the manuscript: one with author details and one anonymous (section 06).

Download the templates from the Manuscript Template page. [Upload the two template files for each type and link them on that page.]

1. Read the guidance in the blue boxes, follow it, then delete the boxes.
2. Replace every placeholder in [square brackets] with your own text and remove the highlighting.
3. Keep the built-in styles: Heading 1, Heading 2, and Heading 3 for headings and Normal for body text. Do not change fonts, margins, or spacing by hand.
4. Write in English and cite in APA 7th edition (sections 11 and 12).
5. Complete every end-matter statement (section 09).
6. Save the file with author details first, then make the anonymous copy as described in section 06.

Because review is double-blind, every submission has two versions of the same manuscript. The text, tables, figures, and references are identical; only the identifying information differs.

Title block: manuscript with author details

Title block: anonymous manuscript

How to make the anonymous version

1. Save a copy of the file with author details and name it Anonymous_[short title].docx.
2. Delete names, affiliations, emails, ORCID iDs, and the corresponding-author note from the title block.
3. Delete Acknowledgements, Funding, and Author Contributions; mask the ethics committee name.
4. Mask self-citations: in the text, write (Author, 2024) instead of your name; in the reference list, write Author. (2024). [Details withheld for review]. Place it alphabetically under “A”.
5. Remove other clues: the name of your own institution as a research site where it reveals the authors (write “a public university in eastern Indonesia”), project names, and links to your own profiles or data repositories (write “[link withheld for review]”).
6. Accept all tracked changes and delete all comments.
7. Clear the file properties: in Word, File > Info > Check for Issues > Inspect Document, then remove Document Properties and Personal Information.
8. Save as .docx and check the result with File > Info before uploading.

After the Conclusion and before the References, complete every statement, even if the answer is “none”. They follow COPE transparency practices.

The corresponding author also completes the Author Declaration Form for all authors.

Tables

• Number tables in the order they are cited (“Table 1 shows…”) and place each after its first mention.
• Above the table: Table 1 in bold on one line, and the title in Italic Title Case on the next line.
• Use editable Word tables with horizontal lines only; no images of tables, no shading, no vertical lines.
• Below the table: notes and the source, for example Note. Data processed by the authors (2026).

Figures

• Charts, diagrams, models, flowcharts (including PRISMA), maps, and photographs are figures. Number and title them as for tables, above the figure.
• Insert figures in line with text, centred, at 300 dpi or more (JPG, PNG, or TIFF), readable in greyscale, with text inside in English and at least 8 pt.
• Obtain written permission for reproduced figures and consent for photographs of identifiable people. Do not show the same data in a table and a figure.

• Quotations of fewer than 40 words go in double quotation marks; 40 words or more go in an indented block without quotation marks, with the citation after the final full stop.
• Every citation appears in the reference list, and every reference is cited.

• Title the section References. List entries alphabetically by the surname of the first author, with a 0.5 in (1.27 cm) hanging indent and the same line spacing as the text.
• List up to 20 authors; for 21 or more, give the first 19, an ellipsis (…), and the last author.
• Italicise book titles, journal names, and volume numbers. Use sentence case for article and book titles, and title case for journal names.
• Give the DOI as a full link (https://doi.org/…) whenever one exists; give a URL only when there is no DOI. Do not write “Retrieved from”.
• For non-English works, give the original title followed by an English translation in square brackets.
• Use a reference manager (for example Mendeley or Zotero) with the APA 7th edition style.

Examples

Submission steps

1. Register or log in, and add your ORCID iD to your profile.
2. Start a new submission in Online Submission and choose the section.
3. Upload the anonymous manuscript as Article Text, and the manuscript with author details, the Author Declaration Form, and any other files as separate components.
4. Enter the title, abstract, keywords, and the metadata (name, affiliation, country, email, ORCID) of all authors in the order of the manuscript.
5. Write any message to the editor in Comments for the Editor, confirm the checklist, and finish the submission. Keep the submission ID.

• ☐ The manuscript is within the scope and uses the correct template, with its built-in styles; all blue boxes and placeholders are deleted.
• ☐ It is in English, within the length limit, with one spelling convention.
• ☐ Title, abstract (200–250 words), and 3–5 keywords follow section 07.
• ☐ All end-matter statements are complete and placed in the correct version.
• ☐ Tables and figures follow section 10, with permissions where needed.
• ☐ Citations and references follow APA 7th edition, with DOIs; every reference is cited.
• ☐ The anonymous version has no names, affiliations, acknowledgements, funding details, or self-identifying citations, and its file properties are cleared.
• ☐ The version with author details has full names, affiliations, emails, and ORCID iDs.
• ☐ The Author Declaration Form is signed (and the PRISMA checklist is attached for a review).

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