Submissions

Author Guidelines

Please read these instructions carefully and adhere to them strictly. Doing so will help ensure an efficient and timely review and publication process for your paper. The editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with these guidelines.

Please note: Manuscripts may be rejected without external review if their content does not align with the journal's distinct scholarly aims or if, based on the editorial assessment, they are deemed unlikely to meet the publication standards.

Article

• To increase the publication quality of Jurnal Sosiologi Reflektif (JSR), started from October 2024, authors must follow some new regulations. JSR is published two editions annually in April and October, in which there are only selected articles will be published in each issue.
• All articles must be submitted to JSR editorial office by online submission at:  https://ejournal.uin-suka.ac.id/isoshum/sosiologireflektif/user/register where the author registers as author and/or offers as Reviewer. If authors have any problems with the online submission, don't hesitate to get in touch with JSR editorial office at the following e-mail: sosiologireflektif@uin-suka.ac.id
• Any articles submitted in this journal should be scientific (research articles or literature review), original, and have not been published and/or sent to any journal or media. The author should sign the statement letter that strengthens this issue by confirming the submission checklist.
• The article's content relates to the focus and scope of Jurnal Sosiologi Reflektif (JSR).
• The manuscript’s submission is written in English or Bahasa Indonesia, which fulfills the criteria of excellent and correct writing. If a manuscript is submitted in Indonesian, the author is required to translate the manuscript into English after completing the revision process and once the article is accepted for publication in JSR. The translation must be carried out by a certified professional translation agency. All translation costs shall be borne by the author.
• The article's length is around 5000 to 10.000 words with 1,5 space, typed in MS-Word, with font size 12 on A4 paper.
• Due to the double-blind review policy, the author must remove any trace of identification such as name(s) and e-mail address in the submitted manuscript file.
• The author submits the manuscript through the Jurnal Sosiologi Reflektif OJS portal.
• General structure of paper must follow these: 1. Title; 2. Abstract in English and Bahasa Indonesia; 3. 3-5 Keywords; 4. Introduction; 5. Methodology; 6. Result and Discussion; 7. Conclusion; and References.
• The title should be short and simple, 14 pt font-size, all in bold, capitalized each word, and centered.
• The abstract must be written in English and Bahasa Indonesia. The abstract and abstrak is written in one paragraph with single space and the maximum length is 250 words. The abstract and abstrak must be straightforward and contains four aspects of logical reasoning such as the research background, the objectives, methodology, and finding.
• Introduction:
  1. Your text is in 12pt font-size, 1.5 line-spacing; don’t add space before and/or after paragraph. It is much better to not format your text in a specific technique, instead, just leave it plain except that you really need to type certain words in a “special method”, or to emphasize certain word or words. Italic is a must in typing non-English word. However, if the manuscript in Bahasa Indonesia, italic is a must in typing non-Indonesian word.
  2. Please explore in more words the background of your paper and the current research position among other research on related themes. The author should discuss here as well your research’s relations with those of other researchers; literature review, especially on most relevant, newly academic works published in high reputation journals, is a must.
  3. To put it another way, please try to answer at least two questions: (1) why you believe that your research question is such an important to answer; and (2) how other scholars have or have not answered, or how you think your answer would be a contribution to the existing scholarship on the subject.
  4. A detailed description of the methods in doing the research is not necessary to write down in this section, but if you think you have to do so, you may mention it slightly in one or two sentences.
• Methodology:
  1. The research methods should elaborate on the method utilized in addressing the issues including the method of analysis. It should contain enough details allowing the reader to evaluate the appropriateness of methods as well as the reliability and validity of findings.
  2. In the methodology section, you are encouraged to explore the theoretical framework applied in your research. The framework should be rooted in sociology; however, JSR imposes no restrictions on the use of classical sociological theories, modern sociological theories, postcolonial approaches, or contemporary sociological perspectives. Furthermore, interdisciplinary social theories are also welcomed and may be elaborated upon. If your research does not employ a specific sociological theoretical framework, it is not necessary to include one in the methodology section.
• Result and Discussion:
  1. The author should explain the results of research (what was discovered) in detail. The research result and discussion section contain results of the research findings and their ensuing discussions.
  2. The findings acquired from the results of the conducted research should be written with the supplementary support of adequate data. The research results and findings should be able to resolve or provide explanations to the question stated in the introduction.
• Conclusion: It could be a final conclusion from your discussion and analysis, the limitations of your research, and your recommendations for further research project. In this section as well, you may give your acknowledgment for people and parties whose supports make your research possible.
• References: This section lists all the references cited in the text. Jurnal Sosiologi Reflektif uses The American Sociological Association 6th edition style. Citation and reference systems must use the Reference Management System such as Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero. It should include references obtained from primary sources (consisting of scientific journals amounting to 80% of the entire bibliography) that have been published in the last 10 (ten) years. Citation and reference systems must use the Reference Management System such as Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero. 
• Articles submitted should be written according to the https://ejournal.uin-suka.ac.id/isoshum/sosiologireflektif/about/submissions#authorGuidelines. The article template can be downloaded here: Template | Jurnal Sosiologi Reflektif.

Book Reviews

Book reviews will be edited by the JSR Book Review Editor:

Izak Y.M. Lattu, Ph.D.
UKSW Salatiga, Indonesia

Generally, there is no fixed structure for book reviews. However, a book review should at least include:

1. A summary of the book;
2. An evaluation of the book's strengths, with a critical analysis of its substantive aspects, where possible;
3. If the book addresses theoretical or methodological topics, contextualization would add significant value to the review.

Similar to research articles, book reviews will undergo a double-blind peer review process conducted by reviewers appointed by the Book Review Editor. Authors are required to revise their reviews based on the feedback provided by the reviewers.