Submissions

1. General Requirements

• Submitted manuscripts must report original research in the field of education, emphasizing innovation and aligning with the Focus and Scope of Jurnal Inovasi dan Riset Pendidikan (JIRP).

• Manuscripts must be original, previously unpublished, and not currently under review or submitted to another journal.

• Manuscripts must be written in either Indonesian or English using proper academic language and grammar.

• Manuscripts must be submitted through the JIRP Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. Submissions sent via email will not be processed.

• All manuscripts must undergo a text similarity check, with a maximum acceptable similarity index of 20%.

2. Types of Articles

JIRP welcomes scholarly articles covering various types of educational research, including:

• Quantitative research.

• Qualitative research.

• Mixed-methods research.

• Classroom action research.

• Research and development (R&D).

• Systematic literature reviews employing clear and systematic methodologies.

3. Manuscript Formatting

• Manuscript length: 8–15 pages, using A4 paper, 1.15 line spacing, Times New Roman 12 pt font, and margins of 3 cm on the left and top and 2.5 cm on the right and bottom. Authors must use the official JIRP manuscript template.

• Title: Concise, informative, and representative of the research content, with a maximum of 15 words. The title must be provided in both Indonesian and English.

• Author information: Include the full names of all authors without academic titles, institutional affiliations, and the corresponding author's email address. ORCID identifiers should be provided if available.

• Abstract: Must be written in both Indonesian and English, with each abstract containing 150–250 words and covering the research objectives, methods, results, and conclusions.

• Keywords: Include 3–5 words or phrases that represent the main topics of the research.

4. Structure of Research Articles

Research articles must follow the structure outlined below:

1. Introduction: Presents the research background, identifies the research gap, explains the novelty or innovative contribution of the study, and states the research objectives.

2. Methods: Describes the research design, participants or research subjects, instruments, research procedures, and data collection and analysis techniques.

3. Results and Discussion: Presents the research findings systematically and discusses them in relation to relevant theories, concepts, and previous research.

4. Conclusion: Summarizes the findings in relation to the research objectives, highlights the implications of the study, and provides recommendations for future research and educational practices.

5. Acknowledgments and Funding Statement: Included where applicable, acknowledging individuals or institutions that contributed to the research and disclosing relevant funding sources.

6. References: Lists all sources cited in the manuscript in accordance with the referencing style required by JIRP.

5. Tables, Figures, and References

• All tables and figures must be numbered, provided with clear titles or captions, and explicitly cited in the manuscript text.

• In-text citations and reference lists must follow the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition style.

• Authors are encouraged to use reference management software such as Mendeley, Zotero, or equivalent applications to organize citations and references.

• Each manuscript must include at least 20 references, with a minimum of 80% consisting of scholarly journal articles published within the last 10 years.

6. Ethics and Declarations

• Authors must comply with all publication ethics requirements and policies established in the JIRP Publication Ethics guidelines.

• Research involving human participants, particularly students, must adhere to applicable research ethics principles and obtain informed consent from participants, parents or legal guardians, and relevant authorities, as appropriate.

• The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in the writing or preparation of manuscripts must be transparently disclosed in accordance with the journal's AI policy. AI tools cannot be listed as authors of scholarly articles.

7. Editorial and Acceptance Process

All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial editorial screening to assess their relevance to the journal's focus and scope, administrative completeness, and compliance with basic publication requirements. Manuscripts that meet these requirements proceed to a peer-review process conducted by at least two reviewers with expertise relevant to the subject matter of the submission.

Based on the editorial assessment and reviewers' recommendations, the editorial decision may be one of the following:

• Accept: The manuscript is accepted for publication without substantial revisions.

• Minor Revision: The manuscript requires minor corrections or improvements before acceptance.

• Major Revision: The manuscript requires substantial revisions and may be subject to further review.

• Reject: The manuscript does not meet the publication standards or criteria of JIRP.

Authors are required to revise their manuscripts in accordance with the reviewers' comments and recommendations and resubmit the revised version within the timeframe specified by the editor.