Author Guidelines

Essential requirements: English or Indonesian manuscript; bilingual English–Indonesian abstracts (100–200 words each); 3–5 English keywords; IEEE numeric referencing; official manuscript template; double-anonymous peer review; and an APC of IDR 400,000 for accepted articles, with no fast-track or extra page fee.

01Journal Scope and Manuscript Types

Manuscripts must contribute to educational technology, learning innovation, or applied digital technologies for education. Research in artificial intelligence, computing, data science, or information systems is considered when its educational problem, application, and scholarly contribution are explicit.

The journal considers the following article categories, as described in its Manuscript Types policy:

• Original Research Articles: original empirical, theoretical, or evaluative studies with clearly reported methods and findings.
• Review Articles: systematic or scoping reviews, meta-analyses, or critical research syntheses with transparent review methods.
• Design and Development Research Articles: development and systematic evaluation of learning media, educational systems, instructional models, or other technology-enhanced learning innovations.
• Methodological and Technical Research Articles: novel or substantially improved models, algorithms, methods, or technical approaches with demonstrable relevance to an educational problem.

A paper is not considered within scope solely because it uses a digital tool or software application. Submissions must explain their educational significance and provide research evidence appropriate to the study design.

02Language, Titles, Abstracts, and Keywords

The journal accepts manuscripts written in English or Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia). The manuscript must use clear, scholarly language, and terminology should be consistent throughout. English-language titles and abstracts are required for international discoverability.

• Article title: concise, accurate, informative, and free of unnecessary abbreviations. For Indonesian-language papers, authors must also provide an accurate English translation of the title for journal metadata.
• Bilingual abstracts: provide one abstract in English and one in Indonesian, each 100–200 words. For English-language manuscripts, place the English abstract first; for Indonesian-language manuscripts, place the Indonesian abstract first.
• Abstract contents: briefly state the context/problem, objective, methods, principal findings (including relevant quantitative results), contribution, and conclusion. Do not include references, tables, or unexplained abbreviations.
• Keywords: provide 3–5 informative keywords or short phrases in English, separated as specified in the journal template. Indonesian equivalents may be added where required by the production template.

Authors are responsible for the accuracy and meaning of both abstract versions. Automated translation must be reviewed by a competent human author.

03Manuscript Template, File Format, and Length

Prepare the submission using the current Intellect manuscript template published through the journal website. The manuscript should be submitted as an editable Microsoft Word file (.docx preferred; other editable formats may be accepted if supported by the submission system). Use A4 paper and follow the template for margins, section styles, spacing, and page layout.

• The legacy Intellect title specification uses Book Antiqua, 15 pt, bold, centred, with major words capitalised. If the currently downloadable template differs, follow the approved current template; the editorial office will standardise the published layout.
• As an editorial guide, original research papers are ordinarily about 10–20 pages, including references; longer manuscripts may be considered when the study design and scholarly content justify the length. This is not an automatic rejection threshold.
• Do not include large raw datasets, unnecessary screenshots, lengthy code listings, or appendices in the main paper when they can be supplied as supplementary files.
• No additional per-page charge is imposed. The journal applies a single APC of IDR 400,000 per accepted article under its published Author Fees policy.

The final article PDF may include publisher-generated front matter, article history, DOI, page numbers, and licence information. Authors should not attempt to recreate those production elements manually in the blinded review file.

04Author Information and Double-Anonymous Review

Enter the complete and accurate names of all authors, their institutional affiliations, country, and corresponding author email address in the OJS submission metadata. ORCID iDs are strongly encouraged. Do not include academic titles or job positions as part of an author’s name.

To support the journal’s double-anonymous peer-review process, the main manuscript prepared for review must not reveal author identities. Remove names, affiliations, acknowledgements, identifying file properties where feasible, and wording that unnecessarily discloses the research team. Provide identifying details through OJS metadata or a separate title page if requested by the editorial office. Author details are restored during production after acceptance.

The authorship list and order must be agreed upon before submission. Any proposed change must follow the journal’s Authorship Criteria policy.

05Required Structure of Research Articles

Original research and design/development papers should normally follow the section order below. Headings may be adapted for systematic reviews and methodological articles where this improves reporting without removing essential information.

Introduction

Describe the educational context and problem, relevant current research, the limitations or gap in previous work, and the study objective or research questions. Compare representative related studies critically; do not merely list them. Explain the novelty and expected educational contribution.

Method

Report the study design and procedures in sufficient detail for evaluation and reasonable replication. As applicable, describe the setting, participants and sampling, instruments and their validation, datasets, data collection, development framework, algorithms or system architecture, evaluation design, ethical approval or exemption, and analytical procedures.

Results and Discussion

Present findings in a logical sequence, using appropriately numbered tables and figures. Distinguish measured results from interpretation. Discuss how the findings answer the research questions, how they compare with previous studies, their implications for learning or educational practice, and the limitations of the evidence. Results and Discussion may be combined, consistent with the journal’s published article layout.

Conclusion

Summarise the principal findings and original contribution in relation to the stated objective. Explain appropriate practical or theoretical implications, acknowledge important limitations, and identify justified directions for future research. Do not simply repeat the abstract.

Declarations and References

Following the conclusion, provide acknowledgements where applicable; author contributions, funding, ethics and consent, data availability, competing interests, and AI-use statements; and an IEEE-formatted reference list. Authors should use the declaration headings specified by the current journal template.

06Additional Reporting Requirements by Study Design

• Design and development studies: identify the model or process used (for example, ADDIE, 4D, ASSURE, or design-based research), participants and expert validators, evaluation instruments, validation criteria, iterative changes, and evidence of usability, practicality, learning effectiveness, or other appropriate outcomes. Product screenshots alone are not sufficient evidence.
• Computational and AI-related studies: report dataset provenance and permissions, preprocessing, data partitions, model and baseline configurations, evaluation metrics, validation strategy, and limitations. Explain the contribution to a defined educational task, and avoid unsupported claims of generalisability.
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses: report review questions, search sources and search dates, search strategy, inclusion/exclusion criteria, screening, synthesis, and appraisal methods. Use PRISMA 2020 where applicable; scoping reviews should consider PRISMA-ScR.
• Qualitative and mixed-methods studies: describe sampling, data collection, analysis, trustworthiness or validity procedures, integration across methods when relevant, and protection of participants.

Reporting frameworks support completeness; authors remain responsible for choosing methods and reporting guidance appropriate to their research design.

07Tables, Figures, Equations, and Supplementary Material

• Tables: number consecutively as Table 1, Table 2, etc. Place a concise title above each table. All abbreviations, units, and source notes must be understandable.
• Figures: number consecutively as Figure 1, Figure 2, etc. Place the caption below each figure. Use legible text, adequate resolution, and an accessible explanation of the figure’s role in the research.
• Equations: use an editable equation tool where possible, number equations when referred to in the text, and define all variables and units at first use.
• Permissions and integrity: cite sources and obtain permission when necessary for reused materials. Alterations to research images, visualisations, and datasets must not misrepresent findings.
• Supplementary files: datasets, instruments, code, protocols, or multimedia files may be provided as permitted by the OJS submission workflow and data-protection requirements.

Every table and figure must be mentioned and interpreted in the text. Avoid duplicating the same information unnecessarily across prose, tables, and figures.

08Citations and Reference List — IEEE Style

Intellect uses the IEEE numeric citation style. Cite references using consecutive numbers in square brackets, in the order of first appearance, for example [1] or [2]–[4]. Each entry in the numbered reference list must correspond to a source actually cited in the manuscript.

• Reference quantity: a full original research article should normally contain at least 20 relevant references; approximately 30–40 well-selected references are encouraged where justified. Reviews and methodological studies should use the number required for a sufficiently comprehensive analysis.
• Source quality: prioritise peer-reviewed scholarly literature; as an editorial target, journal articles should normally constitute a substantial majority (approximately 80% where appropriate). Books, standards, datasets, proceedings, and official reports may be cited when directly relevant.
• Currency: give particular attention to relevant studies from the preceding five years, while retaining influential foundational work when necessary. Relevance and accuracy take precedence over a rigid age-based quota.
• Completeness: verify authors, publication year, title, journal or publisher, volume/issue, page or article number, and DOI or stable URL where available. Never invent missing metadata or leave editorial placeholders.
• Reference management: Mendeley is recommended; other citation tools may be used provided the final output follows IEEE style exactly.

The journal follows IEEE reference conventions; authors may consult the IEEE Editorial Style Manual and Reference Guide.

09Research Ethics, Participants, and Data Integrity

Research involving students, teachers, human participants, interviews, classroom observations, recordings, or identifiable educational data must follow applicable institutional ethics requirements. Authors should state the relevant ethics approval or exemption, informed consent or assent as appropriate, and procedures for protecting participants’ privacy.

For research involving minors, facial images, learning records, or other sensitive educational data, authors must explain the legal and ethical basis for collection and use, and must protect participant identities. Authors must report datasets, measurements, analyses, and results faithfully; data or images must not be fabricated, falsified, selectively altered, or misrepresented.

Where data cannot be shared publicly for privacy, confidentiality, intellectual-property, or institutional reasons, the data availability statement should explain the limitation and any appropriate route for controlled access.

10Author Contributions and Mandatory Declarations

All named authors must satisfy the journal’s Authorship Criteria and approve the final manuscript. An appropriate contribution statement should identify each author’s role; use of the CRediT taxonomy is encouraged.

Before the reference list, or at the location specified by the approved journal template, include the applicable declarations below. Provide truthful statements; where a requirement does not apply, explain this rather than inventing an approval, funding source, or dataset.

• Author Contributions: substantive roles in design, data collection, analysis, writing, critical revision, and approval.
• Funding: the names and grant identifiers of funding sources, or a statement that no specific external funding was received.
• Ethics Approval and Informed Consent: the relevant approval or exemption and consent arrangements for applicable studies.
• Data Availability: where supporting data, code, or materials can be accessed, and any justified restrictions.
• Conflict of Interest: disclosure of financial and non-financial competing interests, or an explicit declaration of none.
• AI Use Statement: disclosure of substantive use of generative AI or AI-assisted tools when required by the journal’s Artificial Intelligence Policy.
• Acknowledgments: non-author contributions and institutional assistance, where relevant.

AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Authors remain responsible for originality, accuracy, citations, reproducibility, and the final submitted content. Research that develops or evaluates AI models should report those methods separately from AI assistance used in preparing the manuscript.

11Originality, Prior Dissemination, and Similarity Screening

Submitted manuscripts must be original scholarly work and must not be under simultaneous consideration by another peer-reviewed journal. Authors must transparently disclose any related preprint, conference paper, thesis, publicly available report, or overlapping work, and explain the new contribution of the submitted article.

The editorial office may use text-similarity software, including Turnitin, as a screening aid. A similarity percentage alone does not establish plagiarism. Editors assess the source and extent of overlap, the context, and the quality of attribution in accordance with the journal’s Plagiarism Policy and Research Misconduct Policy.

12Submission, Editorial Screening, and Revisions

Submissions are managed through the official journal website. Authors should consult the Intellect Submissions page and follow the submission arrangements currently announced by the editorial office.

• Upload the complete editable manuscript and any supplementary files requested by the journal.
• Provide accurate OJS metadata, including full author details, the English title and abstract, keywords, and supporting information.
• Submit the anonymised review manuscript as instructed; do not include author-identifying content in the file sent to anonymous reviewers.
• Respond to editorial and reviewer comments point by point, identify where changes were made, and submit a clean revised manuscript together with any required response document.
• Address all proof corrections before publication, including bibliographic accuracy, figure quality, declaration consistency, article metadata, and removal of template notes or tracked comments.

Manuscripts that pass initial screening normally undergo double-anonymous assessment by at least two independent reviewers. The Editor-in-Chief makes the final editorial decision in accordance with the Peer Review Process and publication ethics policies. Editorial decisions are not influenced by the APC or other payments.

13Article Processing Charge, Copyright, and Licensing

Intellect applies a single Article Processing Charge (APC) of IDR 400,000 per accepted article, payable according to the official Author Fees policy. There is no paid fast-track review service and no separate per-page publication fee. Submission, review recommendations, and acceptance are governed by scholarly and ethical considerations, not payment.

Authors retain copyright under the journal’s published terms, and articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) licence. Authors must ensure that third-party content can be legally shared under the applicable permissions.

For payment details, consult Author Fees; for the current licensing statement, consult Licensing Terms.

14Final Pre-Submission Checklist

• The manuscript addresses the journal’s educational-technology focus and declares its scholarly contribution.
• The official current template has been used; editable Word file and complete metadata are supplied.
• English and Indonesian abstracts are provided (100–200 words each), with 3–5 English keywords.
• The title, main text, headings, citations, tables, figures, and equations are consistent.
• Methods and results contain sufficient evidence for research assessment and reasonable replication.
• IEEE citations and references are accurate; all bibliographic entries are complete and verifiable.
• All authors and affiliations are correct; a blinded manuscript is prepared for double-anonymous review.
• Funding, contributions, ethics, data availability, competing interests, and AI-use statements are accurate.
• No simultaneous journal submission, undisclosed duplication, plagiarised content, or unethical use of data is present.
• No placeholders, tracked changes, internal instructions, contradictory AI declarations, or editorial notes remain in the final file.

The journal may return submissions requiring technical corrections before further editorial evaluation. Meeting formatting requirements does not guarantee acceptance.

15Related Journal Policies and Editorial Resources

The following pages provide more detailed editorial and ethics requirements:

Focus and Scope  ·  Peer Review Process  ·  Publication Ethics  ·  Plagiarism Policy  ·  Contact

Relevant external guidance includes Scopus content-selection criteria, COPE–DOAJ transparency principles, IEEE editorial and reference style, and ICMJE publication recommendations. These resources inform the journal’s editorial practice; they do not constitute an indexing or endorsement claim.

Publisher: Yayasan Lembaga Studi Makwa (Makwa Foundation)  ·  Intellect: Indonesian Journal of Learning and Technological Innovation