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Author Guidelines

Review of Applied Accounting Research (RAAR) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto. It aims at providing timely and critical insights on applied and accounting issues, serving as a space for ideas dissemination among academics, professionals, research scholars, and graduate students. The scope ranges from literature review, contemporary issue, to other areas related to accounting research. RAAR receives research papers and scholarly articles submission throughout the year for publication in February and October in a year. Potential authors of RAAR highly encourage to go through this author guideline and the publication ethics before proceeding with their submission.

General requirements and points to note

1. Any manuscript submitted to RAAR should not have been published elsewhere, or sent to other journals, or be under another publisher’s consideration until there is a notification from RAAR.
2. All the business of this journal is conducted through the websites http://jurnalnasional.ump.ac.id/index.php/RAAR/ and the editorial team will only communicate to the corresponding author, considered as the representative of the authors of the submitted work.
3. All manuscripts submitted to RAAR will be reviewed anonymously by peer-reviewers who have expertise on the issue or perspective of the manuscript.
4. Plagiarism issues may arise when the author, after using another person’s work, claims to be the source of the material. However, similarities might happen due to inappropriate citation or in a case where the paraphrase was not well stated. To avoid any plagiarism issues, we suggest to authors to screen their papers using plagiarism screening tools such as Turnitin or Grammarly Premium. RAAR will not proceed with the submission subject to this issue and will return it to be fixed and resubmitted. RAAR might also reject it without further consideration if it notices that it was done intentionally (see plagiarism policy for further information).

Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

1. Articles in RAAR are published in English (British English and American English) consistently throughout the text. Please, be sure to write clearly and use correct punctuation. We recommend that non-native speakers have their manuscripts proofread.
2. The length of an article should be 15-25 pages of A4 or 8000 words. It should be sent in an editable version as a Microsoft Word (.Doc or .Docx) or Rich Text Format (.Rtf) and use standard typography (Times New Roman, 1.5 spacing, 12 pt. Organize titles and subtitles using a clear hierarchy. Please do not use more than three levels of headlines. Avoid the use of bullet points or numerated explanations.
3. The title of the article should clearly describe the article. Type in brief and informative words. Use uppercase to the initial letter of the main words only with no longer than 14 words.
4. The abstract should be a concise paragraph with no more than 200 words written in two languages (Indonesia and English) if possible. It should include a brief description of the paper, methodology, and a summary of key findings with 3-6 keywords. Keywords represent the field of expertise of the author, novelty, issues, and the tools of analysis.
5. The introduction delivers the background of the issue and helps the reader to get into the context of the article. In this section, the author must state the writing objectives and the novelty of the article.
6. Literature Review should compare and evaluate preceding works on the subject so that the author’s article will be novel and unique.
7. Methods of Research inform how the research was conducted and what data collection or analysis methods were used.
8. Result and Analyses elaborate on the data to make the work understood. Authors may use figures, tables, and diagrams to help them provide comprehensive explanations.
9. The conclusion contains a summary of the article and key findings.
10. Acknowledgment should be limited to providers of financial support and people who contributed directly in the making of the article or during the research.
11. Figures, Tables, Diagrams must-have titles and sources and provided in numerical order. Any tables or figures being published again after an initial publication must be clearly stated as an adapted or reprinted material.
12. Endnotes are allowed in this journal to clarify, compare, or give a critical contention that makes the analyses more advanced.

References is a list of referred sources arranged in the American Psychological Association (APA) style sixth edition as the example below shows and is presented alphabetically and chronologically. The editorial team recommends that authors use the reference manager tools such as Mendeley, Zotero, EndNotes, and etc. They should prioritize recent research, going for books of the last 10 years and journal articles of the last five years in conjunction with other relevant primary sources. 

In-text citation:

... (Cox, Dunne, & Booth, 2001).

... Cox, Dunne, and Booth (2001) ...

Journal article

Cox, M., Dunne, T., & Booth, K. (2001). Empires, systems and states: Great transformations in international politics. Review of International Studies, 27(5), 1-15. DOI:10.1017/S0260210501008002

Magazine article

Rose, G. (2019, March). The New Nationalism. Foreign Affairs, 98(2). Retrieved from https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2019-02-12/new-nationalism

Newspaper article

Wirasenjaya, A. M., & Herningtyas, R. (2013, July 17). ‘ASEAN way’ at the crossroads. The Jakarta Post. Retrieved from https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/07/17/asean-way-crossroads.html

Books

Kristol, I. (1983). Reflection of a Neoconservative: Looking Back, Looking Ahead. New York: Free Press.

Structure of the Article

Tables, Figures and Graphic

Table 1. Title...................

Figure

Figure title is numbered and written at the bottom of the figure with the bold letters and centered, accompanied by the source (if any).

Figure 1. Ethical Decision Making Process

Source : Jones (1991) and Cohen and Bennie (2006)

Graphic

Guidelines to Online Submission

1. Register as an author at http://jurnalnasional.ump.ac.id/index.php/RAAR/ and fill the form as accurately as possible.
2. Log into your account and start a new submission. Follow the instructions correctly.
3. The statement of originality and conflict of interest should be uploaded as supplementary files.
4. Submit the work and observe to be sure it is done.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

RAAR: Review of Applied Accounting Research is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Author Fees

This journal charges the following author fees.

Article Submission: 0.00 (USD)

Fast-Track Review: 0.00 (USD)
With the payment of this fee, the review, editorial decision, and author notification on this manuscript is guaranteed to take place within 4 weeks.

Article Publication: 0.00 (USD)