Author Guidelines

General Requirements

  1. The manuscript is an original work, based on research results or a critical theoretical review, that has never been published and is not under consideration by any other journal or media, in any language.
  2. The manuscript falls within the Focus and Scope of the journal: communication science, including development, marketing, corporate, government, political, and risk communication, as well as digital communication and digital media.
  3. Manuscripts may be written in Indonesian or English. The title, abstract, and keywords must be written in English only, including for manuscripts written in Indonesian. Indonesian titles and abstracts are not included.
  4. Manuscripts must be prepared using the Komodifikasi article template (English or Indonesian version, available in the sidebar) and submitted in .docx format through the online submission system.
  5. The manuscript must be free from plagiarism. The Turnitin similarity index must be below 20%, and the AI-generated text indication must also be below 20%. Authors upload the similarity report as a supplementary file.
  6. The journal does not charge any submission or publication fees.

Manuscript Format

  1. Length: 5,000-8,000 words including references; A4 paper; Times New Roman 11 pt; single spacing; 2.5 cm margins; two-column body text as in the template.
  2. Title: in English, maximum 15 words, Sentence case, bold, centered, without abbreviations.
  3. Authors: full names without academic titles, followed by affiliation (department/faculty, institution, city, country) and the corresponding author's e-mail. ORCID iD is strongly encouraged.
  4. Abstract: in English only, one paragraph of 150-250 words, covering background, purpose, method, main results, and implications, without citations, tables, or figures.
  5. Keywords: 3-5 words or phrases in English, separated by semicolons, in alphabetical order.
  6. The body consists of INTRODUCTION, METHOD, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, followed by the declarations and REFERENCES (in Indonesian manuscripts: PENDAHULUAN, METODE, HASIL DAN PEMBAHASAN, SIMPULAN, PERNYATAAN, DAFTAR PUSTAKA). Headings are not numbered. Footnotes are not permitted.
  7. Introduction: background and urgency supported by data, review of previous studies and the research gap, theoretical framework, and research objectives, in flowing paragraphs.
  8. Method: research approach and design, data sources or subjects, data collection and analysis techniques, and, where relevant, location, period, and ethical considerations.
  9. Results and Discussion: findings presented systematically and discussed critically against theory and previous research. Tables (title above, no vertical lines) and figures (title below) are numbered, with the source stated beneath each.
  10. Conclusion: answers the research objectives and states implications, limitations, and recommendations, in paragraph form.
  11. Declarations: Acknowledgements, Author Contributions (CRediT), Funding, Data Availability, Ethical Approval, Declaration on the Use of Generative AI, and Conflicts of Interest.

Citations and References

  1. Citations and references follow APA 7th edition, managed with Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote.
  2. Minimum 25 references, at least 80% journal articles and at least 60% published in the last ten years; include DOIs where available.
  3. References are arranged alphabetically with a hanging indent.

Submission and Review

  1. Register as an Author, log in, and click New Submission. Enter complete metadata (English title, abstract, keywords, all authors with affiliation, e-mail, and ORCID).
  2. Manuscripts pass a desk review, followed by double-blind peer review by at least two reviewers (normally 4-8 weeks).
  3. Questions: [email protected].

Copyright Notice

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). Authors may deposit any version of their article in repositories and on websites with acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.