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AUTHOR GUIDELINES

  1. Articles written for AlphaMath journal include the results of research in Mathematics Education.
  2. The manuscript should be prepared according to the following author guidelines in the MS Word article template (download the MS Word article template here).
  3. Manuscripts are sent via the Open Journal System (OJS) at http://jurnalnasional.ump.ac.id/index.php/alphamath/about/submissions.
  4. Manuscripts sent are original works that have never been published, and the maximum similarity percentage is 25%.
  5. All authors in the article must be typed in OJS when filling out the "authors" menu in the article submission process.
  6. Articles are written in English with the title of each article section.
  7. The systematics of research articles are article title, author's name, institution/affiliation name, e-mail address, abstract, keywords, introduction, research methods, results and discussion, conclusions, and references.
  8. Article Titles: should not be more than 14 words, typed in the centre using Palatino Linotype in 14-point font size bold, and Capitalize Each Word.
  9. Author Identity: full name without academic title (if the author is more than one, then all authors' names are included along with the institution of origin and email of each author) using Palatino Linotype in 10-point font size bold. If a team writes the manuscript, the editor only deals with the primary author or the author whose name is listed first.
  10. Abstracts are written in English and Indonesian between 150-250 words, one space, Palatino Linotype, 10pt. Abstracts consist of objectives, methods, and research results that are clearly outlined. Abstracts contain aims, methods, and research results in one paragraph. 
  11. Keywords:  The keywords consist of 3-5 words separated using commas (,) and written sequentially according to the alphabet. The abstract and keywords inputted in OJS are in English.  
  12. The introduction contains at least the issues underlying the research, the response to the issue, previous studies, the research's novelty, and the research's aims. All sections in this introduction are integrated into the form of paragraphs without writing subtitles.
  13. The method contains a research design, procedures, data sources, instruments, data collection techniques, and data analysis techniques.
  14. Research results contain an explanation of the research results that the author has processed.
  15. The discussion contains a discussion of the research results that are described and analyzed in-depth in terms of how the research results have an impact and are linked to the theory or other research results so that the novelty of the research results can be seen.
  16. The conclusion contains research findings in answering research questions. Conclusions are described in paragraphs, not using numbering and bullets.
  17. Acknowledgements are given to anyone who contributes significantly to research, either in funding or conducting research.
  18. Reference sources of at least 20 references published in the last ten years. The references used are at least 80% of the articles in journals (national or international). Two of these references should be cited from the AlphaMath journal. Authors must also input all references used in OJS.
  19. Citation and bibliography using the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition style. It is recommended to use the Application of Mendeley.
  20. Editors review all manuscripts according to their area of expertise. The author is allowed to make improvements (revisions) to the manuscript based on recommendations or suggestions from the editor. Certainty of acceptance or rejection of the manuscript will be provided through OJS.
  21. Everything related to licensing the citation or using computer software to manufacture manuscripts made by the author. Anything that may have legal consequences will be the responsibility of the author.
  22. Authors whose articles are published will be charged a fee.
  23. Accepted articles are published in print version with p-ISSN 2477-409X and online in the Open Journal System (OJS) at http://jurnalnasional.ump.ac.id/index.php/alphamath/index, e-ISSN 2549-9084.

ISSN: 2549-9084