Author Guidelines

The manuscripts

The manuscript should be an original research paper which sufficiently contributes novelty to Bulletin of Educational Management and Innovation (BEMI). Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by using the BEMI online submission procedure. The corresponding author should also provide a statement that the manuscript is not concurrently being under consideration for publication elsewhere. The Editors will ignore submissions that do not follow these procedures.

General Submission Guidelines

Authors submitting manuscripts to Bulletin of Educational Management and Innovation (BEMI) must comply with the following general requirements:

  • Manuscripts must be submitted online through the journal submission system (OJS).

  • Authors must ensure that the manuscript follows the official BEMI manuscript template.

  • The manuscript length must be 15–30 pages.

  • Articles may be written in English or Indonesian; however, authors are strongly encouraged to submit manuscripts in English to increase international readability and citation potential.

  • Authors are advised to ensure that the manuscript uses clear academic language and proper grammar. If necessary, authors may use professional language editing services before submission.

  • Citations and references must follow the APA (American Psychological Association) style.

  • Authors are encouraged to use a reference manager such as Mendeley, Zotero, or other similar tools.

Required Submission Files

Authors must upload two separate files during submission:

  1. Manuscript File (Main Article)

    • Prepared according to the BEMI manuscript template

    • Must not contain author identities

    • File format: Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx)

    • Template available here:  Download Manuscript Template

  2. Author Agreement

    • A declaration confirming the originality of the manuscript and the authors’ agreement with journal policies

    • Must be completed and signed by the corresponding author

    • File format: PDF (.pdf)

    • Form available here: ✍ Download Author Agreement Form

    • Submissions that do not follow the template or do not include all required files may be returned to the authors before entering the review process.

Structure of the manuscripts

  1. Title: The title should be clear, concise, informative, and accurately reflect the main focus of the study. 
  2. Author's names and institutions. The author's names should be accompanied by the author's institutions and email addresses, without any academic title. For a joint paper, one of the authors should be notified as the corresponding author.
  3. Abstract, keywords, The abstract should be less than 250 words. Please provide the abstract in both English and Indonesian versions. The abstract section should contain introduction/background, purpose, methode, result or Findings. The key words should be of 3 to 5 words or phrases.
  4. Introduction: The Introduction should clearly explain the research background, relevant theoretical and empirical context, research problem, and significance of the study. Authors should critically synthesize relevant previous studies to establish the theoretical foundation and identify a clear research gap. The novelty and contribution of the study should be explicitly demonstrated. For quantitative studies, the Introduction should explain the theoretical relationships among the variables and provide hypothesis development, where applicable. Subheadings such as Theoretical Foundation or Hypothesis Development may be used when necessary. The section should conclude with a clear statement of the research objectives.
  5. Methods: The Methods section should clearly describe the research design, research setting or context, population and sample or participants, sampling technique, research instruments, data collection procedures, and data analysis techniques, as applicable to the research design. Authors should provide sufficient methodological information to allow readers to assess the validity and reproducibility of the study. Ethical considerations should be reported where relevant.
  6. Results/Findings and Discussion. The Results and Discussion section should present the research findings clearly, systematically, and concisely. Results should be supported by appropriate tables, figures, or statistical evidence where necessary. The discussion should interpret the findings rather than merely restate the results. Authors should critically compare the findings with previous studies, explain similarities or differences, discuss the findings in relation to relevant theories, and explicitly highlight the novelty and contribution of the study to educational management and innovation.
  7. Conclusion: The Conclusion should directly address the research objectives and summarize the main findings of the study without repeating the Results and Discussion section. Authors should explain the theoretical and/or practical implications of the findings. Research limitations and recommendations for future research should also be presented where appropriate.
  8. References. The manuscript is expected to involve approximately 20-25 primary and up-to-date references to assert high quality contributions to the knowledge development. Citations and references must strictly follow the APA (American Psychological Association) style.  References should include only works that are cited within the text of the manuscript.  Consulting the APA style manual (http://www.apastyle.org/pubmanual.html) is strongly recommended for completing manuscript submissions. The Authors are recommended to use Mendeley Reference software.
     

General Writing Format

  1. The manuscript is prepared in a A4 paper, single-sided, and single line spacing format as in the template.
  2. The manuscript is written in proper English.
  3. The research article should contain title, author’s name(s), affiliation/institution, abstract, keywords, introduction, method, results and discussion, conclusion and suggestion, and references.
  4. The manuscript should be between 10 to 30 pages long.
  5. The title is written using capital letters only at first word or special name (example: location name), 14 font size, left position.
  6. References should be those of the last ten years publication (>80%), except for key references (80%). Referring to any textbook should be minimized (<20%).

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures should be presented as follows:

  1. The name of tables and figures should follow a numbering system. The title of the tables and figures are placed at the top and the bottom respectively.
  2. The tables and figures should provide the source of information, if any, at the bottom. 
  3. Any table should contain only the heading and contents. The table contains row lines only without column lines. Note(s) and source(s) should be included underneath the table where appropriate. 

References

The manuscript is expected to involve approximately 20-25 primary and up-to-date references to assert high quality contributions to the knowledge development. Citations and references must strictly follow the APA (American Psychological Association) style.  References should include only works that are cited within the text of the manuscript.  Consulting the APA style manual (http://www.apastyle.org/pubmanual.html) is strongly recommended for completing manuscript submissions. The Authors are recommended to use Mendeley Reference software

Manuscript Template

Manuscript should be prepared according to the following MS Word template (click here)

How to send the manuscript

  1. The manuscript in microsoft word should be sent to the editor by clicking Register tab on our Website.
  2. A brief bio that contains full name, academic title, institution, telephone, mobile number, and others should be written in the fields of data when registering online in the website submission.