Journal of ICSAR 

ISSN (print): 2548-8619; ISSN (online): 2548-8600 

Volume 2 Number 1 January 2018 

INSTRUCTION TO AUTHORS 

Journal of ICSAR, is the right place for publishing papers in science education, especially in the field of 

Special Need Education. Research manuscript in the field of Special Need Education will be accepted for 

review. 

 

GUIDING PRINCIPLES 

An acceptable manuscript will meet the following general criteria: it reports a worthwhile contribution to 

science. The methodology used is explained with sufficient detail so that other capable scientists could repeat the 

experiments. Conclusions are supported by data, manuscripts is concise, well written, and understandable. 

 

MANUSCRIPT FORMAT 
Manuscripts should be uploaded to the system of the journal "Journal of ICSAR" and set in a standard format, 

Title, Author, Address and Email, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and 

Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement and References. Typed on A4 size plain paper, in columns, 1 

spacing, font Times New Roman 10 pt and should be given a line number. Margins on all four sides of 2 cm. 

 

MANUSCRIPT TITLE 
The title should be short and informative article. It should be written clearly and concisely and describes the 

contents of the study. written in Bold type, font Times New Roman 12 pt. 

 

AUTHORS 
The author should be written in 10 point font size, centered alignment, and without an academic degree. And 

email is written afterwards. 

 

ABSTRACT 
Abstracts must be integrated and consists of an introduction and objectives, methods, results, conclusions and 

suggestions. However, the abstract should be written as one paragraph with no header this. For this reason, 

references should be avoided. Also, non-standard or unusual abbreviations should be avoided, but it is essential 

they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself. The abstract should be written using 150 to 250 

words that do not contain references and are accompanied keywords. 

 
KEYWORDS 
The keywords should avoid public, plural and some concepts. Review these keywords will be used for indexing 

purposes. Keywords can not be more than 5 words or phrases in alphabetical order. 

 

INTRODUCTION 
Introduction is written after the abstract and keywords. This section presents the literature review which contain 

at least three ideas: 1. Background or Rational research. 2. Issues and insights plan problem solving, 3. 

Formulation of research objectives (and expectations about the benefits of research results) 

 

METHODS 

The methods includes lines of inquiry, sampling method, analytical methods along with literature sources, 

modification of the analysis if there is to be explained in detail, which used experimental design, and data 

analysis. 

 

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 
Result and discussion must be written in the same part. They should be presented continuously start from the 

main result to the supporting results and equipped with a discussion. Unit of measurement used should follow 

the prevailing international system. All figures and tables are placed separately at the end of  manuscript pages 

and should be active and editable by editor. 

 

 

 

 

 



Journal of ICSAR 

ISSN (print): 2548-8619; ISSN (online): 2548-8600 

Volume 2 Number 1 January 2018 

 

CONCLUSION 
Conclusion should be explained clearly. Suggestion placed after conclusion contains a recommendation on the 

research done or an input that can be used directly by consumer.  

 

REFERENCES 
All references mentioned in the references should be written using the American Psychological Association 

(APA) style and arranged from A to Z. The article has 10 new references or more and 80% of the journal. Most 

references are the main ones (last five years). 

 

Template file could be downloaded in the website: 

http://bit.ly/template_journal_of_icsar