AUTHOR GUIDELINES

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

  1. Article manuscripts are written in Indonesian and submitted online through the Journal of Banking & Finance website. Submission of article manuscripts is free of charge. Authors must log in first.
  2. Manuscript articles consist of 6000-10,000 words and have at least 10-15 pages including figures and tables, without appendices. Manuscript files must be in Microsoft Office format (.doc/.docx). The paper should be A4 (21cm x 29.7cm) using 2.5 cm inner margins and 2 cm top, bottom and outer margins.
  3. Title, Abstract and keywords are written in Indonesian and English
  • The title of the manuscript is no more than 15 words, with the provisions of title case format, small caps, centered, bold, using Times New Roman (TNR) font type, size 16, space 1.
  • Abstract does not contain figures or tables, in justified format, using Times New Roman (TNR) font type, size 11, space 1, not exceeding 250 words.
  • Keywords consist of 3-5 words/phrases, separated using commas, in justified format, using Times New Roman (TNR) font type, size 10, space 1.
  1. Manuscript Content
  • The main text of the article manuscript must be written in a two-column format with a colom spacing size of 1 cm, justified, using Times New Roman (TNR) font type, size 11, first line indent 5 mm, 1 space.
  • Consists of: Introduction, Research Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, followed by Acknowledgment and References. 
  1. Introduction: Contains the substance of the article according to its topic and purpose, especially the reasons for both the theoretical and empirical background of writing the manuscript. Present theoretical concepts, ideas, and previous research findings, useful as a comparison and also strengthen, enrich and sharpen the discussion, analysis, and interpretation. The presentation should be in a coherent chronological order. There should be a correlation between the logic of the first and subsequent paragraphs.
  2. Hypothesis Development (if any): A supposition or explanation (theoretical and empirical) that is tentatively accepted to interpret a particular event or phenomenon, and to provide guidance for further investigation. A hypothesis may prove to be true or false and must be justified. If it remains unrefuted by facts, it can be verified or corroborated.
  3. Research Methods: Research methods contain information about the research approach, research design, population and sample, data (type and source), data collection techniques, and data analysis techniques (analysis model).
  4. Results and Discussion: Results are presented systemically, the narrative in the results contains information extracted from the data; the discussion explains a firm interpretation of the results, to answer the research objectives and hypotheses (if any). There needs to be a developmental argument by linking results, theories, and opinions, including comparative results from previous studies. It is important to state the possible contribution of the results to the development of science.
  5. Conclusions: The conclusion interprets the results and discussion of the research to make it more comprehensive.

Heading can only be made up to 3 levels. 

  • Heading 1: title case, small caps, left aligned, bold, using Times New Roman (TNR) font type, size 14, 1 space, using Roman numbering with periods.
  • Heading 2: title case, left aligned, bold, using Times New Roman (TNR) font type, size 11, 1 space, using numbering with capital letters followed by a period.
  • Heading 3: title case, left aligned, italic, using Times New Roman (TNR) font type, size 11, 1 space, using numbering with numbers followed by closing brackets.

Heading 4 is not accepted in writing article manuscripts.

  1. Figures and tables must be in black and white; if they are in other colors, it must be ensured that they are clearly legible when printed in black and white. Figures and tables must be clearly legible and made in a size that is proportional to the whole page. Figure titles and table titles must be numbered, using TNR font size 9 with a space of 1. To facilitate the arrangement of article appearance/layout, please include images or tables in .tif/.jpg/.jpeg format in a separate folder.
  2. Mathematical equations are clearly written, use the numbering sequence, and are equipped with the necessary information.
  • Manuscript articles do not use page numbers including headers and footers.
  1. All hypertext links and section bookmarks will be removed from the manuscript. If your article refers to an email address or URL, you must type the email address or URL in full.
  2. Citations and references are written using Mendeley, Zotero and Endnote reference management.

References

  1. References are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the cited author. TNR 12 font, 1 space, 6pt bottom space. The format of writing references follows APA Style6th
  2. Wikipedia, personal blogs / personal blogs such as blogspot, or unscientific websites are not allowed to be used as references to articles.
  3. The main reference should be at least 20 references and 80% of the references should be scientific articles.
  4. References must use the latest sources for at least the last 10 years.
  5. In detail, the procedures for writing article manuscripts can be downloaded on the template provided.

The editorial board is authorized to reject the manuscript based on the reasons stated by the peer reviewers and make the necessary changes or adjustments related to the use of language without changing the substance of the article.  Editing of the content of the manuscript will first be consulted with the author.