Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Pancasila and Civic Education Journal: Study media Pancasila and Civic Education in focuses on the study of discourse and practice of citizenship in the dimensions and perspectives of cultural diversity, equality and social justice in the context of socio-economic, education and learning citizenship in the local, national and global scope, related to issues of social responsibility and morals, community involvement and political literacy, and law awareness.

The journal publishes scholarly and research-based articles on a wide range of pancasila and civic education, and education topics in which conceptual issues citizenship, local wisdom, political education, law education, multiculturalism and pluralitas matters are discussed.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Open Access Policy

PCEJ Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

PCEJ provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge, meaning:

everyone has free and unlimited access to the full-text of articles published in this journal; manuscripts are freely available without subscription or price barriers
papers are immediately released in open access format (no long waiting periods),

Advantages of Open Access for Authors

High Visibility and High Availability - free and unlimited accessibility of the publication over the internet without any restrictions.
Open Access publications are more frequently cited due to their high publicity and availability.
Publications are also more easily searchable in search engines and indexing databases.
Less Costly - the cost of editorial processing and editing fee of each accepted paper is charged to authors' institutes or research funding agency.
Rapid Publication - accepted papers are immediately published online.

Reviewer Guidelines

Presentation

Does the paper relate to a cohesive argument? Are the ideas clearly presented?

Writing

Does the title characterize the manuscript? Is the writing concise and easy to follow?

Length

What portions of the paper should be expanded? Removed? Condensed? Summarized? Combined?

Title

Does the title concise, omitting terms that are implicit and, where possible, be a statement of the main result or conclusion presented in the manuscript? Abbreviations should be avoided within the title.

Abstract

Does the abstract consist of 1) aim of the study; 2) method; 3) result or finding; 4) Significancy and 5) conclusion?

Introduction

Clearly describing and respectively:

The background of the study;
State of the art, relevant research to justify the novelty of the manuscript;
Gap analysis, novelty statement;
Hypothesis or problem statement (optional);
Approach to resolve the problem; and
The aim of the study.

Theory

Method

The method is written clearly, so then other researchers can replicate the experiment or research with the same result;
Not only describe the definition of terms but also describe how to conduct the research;
Describe the location, participant, research instrument, and data analysis;

Result and discussion

The data presented has been processed (not raw data) into a table or figure and given a supportive description which easy to follow.
The result related to the original questions or objectives outlined in the Introduction section.
The author describes the result of the study consistent with what other investigators have reported or there any differences.
The author provides interpretation scientifically for each of the results or findings presented.
The author describes the implications of the research.
The author describes the limitations of the research or drawbacks to the method or position.
The author describes further needs/areas for research or expansion of ideas.

Conclusion

Consist of:

Answer the objectives of the research;
Implication or recommendation (optional);
Written in a paragraph, not in bullet/numbering

Plagiarism Policy

All of the articles submitted to Pancasila and Citizenship Education Journal will be screened for plagiarism using plagiarism detection tools (Turnitin ). Pancasila and Citizenship Education Journal will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Before submitting articles to reviewers, those are first checked for similarity/plagiarism tool, by a member of the editorial team. The papers submitted to PCEJ must have a similarity level of less than 20%.

Plagiarism is the exposure of another person’s thoughts or words as though they were your own, without permission, credit, or acknowledgment, or because of failing to cite the sources properly. Plagiarism can take diverse forms, from literal copying to paraphrasing the work of another. In order to properly judge whether an author has plagiarized, we emphasize the following possible situations:

An author can literally copy another author’s work- by copying word by word, in whole or in part, without permission, acknowledge or citing the original source. This practice can be identified by comparing the original source and the manuscript/work who is suspected of plagiarism.
Substantial copying implies an author to reproduce a substantial part of another author, without permission, acknowledge, or citation. The substantial term can be understood both in terms of quality as quantity, is often used in the context of Intellectual property. Quality refers to the relative value of the copied text in proportion to the work as a whole.
Paraphrasing involves taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and crafting them into new sentences within the writing. This practice becomes unethical when the author does not properly cite or does not acknowledge the original work/author. This form of plagiarism is the more difficult form to be identified.