Submissions

Author Guidelines

GENTARA: Management and Accounting Research

Authors are required to follow these guidelines before submitting a manuscript to GENTARA: Management and Accounting Research.

1. General Requirements

The manuscript must:

• Be original and not previously published.
• Not be under review by another journal.
• Be relevant to management, accounting, business, finance, entrepreneurship, corporate governance, public-sector management, or related fields.
• Be written in clear and professional academic English.
• Follow the official GENTARA manuscript template.
• Be submitted in Microsoft Word format.
• Be free from plagiarism and other forms of publication misconduct.

The manuscript should present a clear research problem, appropriate methodology, valid findings, and a meaningful academic or practical contribution.

2. Manuscript Format

Authors must use the official journal template and maintain the prescribed formatting.

General requirements include:

• File format: Microsoft Word.
• Paper size: A4.
• Manuscript language: English.
• Title: Century Schoolbook, 14 pt, centered.
• Author names: Century Schoolbook, 11 pt.
• Author affiliations: Cambria, 10 pt.
• Abstract: Century Schoolbook, 10 pt.
• The manuscript should be organized clearly and consistently.

Authors should not modify the journal header, footer, page layout, or template structure.

3. Title

The title must:

• Contain a maximum of 18 words.
• Be clear, concise, specific, and informative.
• Accurately represent the content of the manuscript.
• Avoid uncommon abbreviations and unnecessary words.
• Use title case.

4. Author Information

The manuscript must include:

• Full name of each author.
• Institutional affiliation.
• Country of institution.
• Valid email address of the corresponding author.
• Clear identification of the corresponding author.

Academic titles should not be included in the author names.

5. Abstract

The abstract must:

• Be written in English.
• Contain between 150 and 250 words.
• Be written as one paragraph.
• Briefly explain the research objective, method, main findings, and conclusion.
• Clearly state the contribution or implication of the study.
• Avoid citations, tables, figures, and unexplained abbreviations.

6. Keywords

Authors must provide a maximum of five keywords.

Keywords should:

• Represent the principal concepts of the study.
• Be specific and relevant.
• Avoid repeating unnecessary words from the title.
• Be separated consistently using commas or semicolons.

7. Manuscript Structure

The manuscript should contain the following sections.

7.1 Introduction

The introduction should explain:

• The importance of the research.
• The research background and problem.
• The object and scope of the study.
• Relevant and recent literature.
• Strengths and weaknesses of previous studies.
• The state of the art.
• The research gap.
• The novelty of the study.
• The research objectives or questions.

The research gap, novelty, and objectives must be clearly connected.

7.2 Method

The method section should describe:

• Research approach and design.
• Research location and period, where relevant.
• Population, sample, participants, or units of analysis.
• Sampling technique.
• Data sources.
• Data-collection techniques and instruments.
• Variable measurement or operational definitions.
• Validity and reliability procedures.
• Data-analysis techniques.
• Software or analytical tools used.
• Ethical approval and informed consent, where applicable.

The method must be sufficiently clear to allow the study to be understood and replicated.

7.3 Results and Discussion

The results section should present:

• Research findings.
• Data-analysis results.
• Instrument testing.
• Hypothesis testing, where applicable.
• Answers to research questions.
• Relevant tables and figures.

The discussion should:

• Interpret the findings.
• Relate the findings to theories and previous studies.
• Explain similarities and differences from earlier research.
• Present theoretical, managerial, practical, or policy implications.
• Discuss research limitations where appropriate.
• Avoid repeating the results without interpretation.

7.4 Conclusions and Suggestions

The conclusion should:

• Directly answer the research objectives.
• Be supported by the findings.
• Present the main contribution of the study.
• Avoid introducing new data or citations.

Suggestions should be specific, realistic, and related to the findings.

7.5 References

The reference list must contain only sources cited in the manuscript.

Authors should ensure that:

• Most references are published within the last ten years.
• At least approximately 80% of references are primary sources, especially peer-reviewed journal articles.
• Relevant international journal articles are included.
• Foundational older sources may be used when theoretically necessary.
• References are arranged alphabetically.
• All citations and references follow APA Style.
• Reference-management software such as Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote is used.
• Digital Object Identifiers are included where available.

8. Tables and Figures

Tables and figures must:

• Be numbered consecutively.
• Have clear and informative titles.
• Be mentioned in the main text.
• Be readable and professionally presented.
• Include the source below the table or figure when necessary.
• Avoid duplicating the same information in both table and figure form.

Tables should be editable and not inserted as screenshots.

Figures must have sufficient resolution and clear labels.

9. Citations

All in-text citations must appear in the reference list, and all reference-list entries must be cited in the manuscript.

Authors must:

• Use APA citation style consistently.
• Avoid excessive self-citation.
• Avoid irrelevant or manipulated citations.
• Prioritize credible scholarly sources.
• Verify the accuracy of author names, publication years, titles, journal names, volume, issue, pages, and DOI information.

10. Language and Writing Style

The manuscript must:

• Use clear and formal academic English.
• Be logically organized.
• Use consistent terminology.
• Avoid grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors.
• Define abbreviations at first use.
• Avoid discriminatory, offensive, promotional, or unsupported language.

Authors are responsible for language editing before submission.

11. Research and Publication Ethics

Authors must ensure that the manuscript complies with accepted publication-ethics standards.

The manuscript must not contain:

• Plagiarism.
• Fabricated or falsified data.
• Duplicate publication.
• Simultaneous submission.
• Inappropriate authorship.
• Undisclosed conflicts of interest.
• Citation manipulation.
• Unauthorized copyrighted materials.

Research involving human participants, organizations, or confidential data must include ethical approval and informed consent where required.

All sources of research funding and potential conflicts of interest must be disclosed.

12. Authorship

All listed authors must have made a significant contribution to:

• Research conception or design.
• Data collection, analysis, or interpretation.
• Manuscript preparation or critical revision.
• Approval of the final manuscript.

Individuals who do not meet authorship criteria should be acknowledged but not listed as authors.

13. Submission Process

Before submitting, authors should ensure that:

• The manuscript follows the GENTARA template.
• All author information is complete.
• The manuscript has been proofread.
• Tables and figures are correctly placed.
• All references are accurate and consistent.
• The similarity level complies with the journal’s policy.
• All required supplementary files have been uploaded.

Authors must complete all metadata fields in the OJS submission system, including title, abstract, keywords, author information, and references.

14. Peer-Review Process

All submitted manuscripts undergo editorial screening.

Manuscripts that meet the journal’s scope and basic requirements will be evaluated through peer review. Authors may be required to revise the manuscript according to comments from reviewers and editors.

Revised manuscripts should be accompanied by a response document explaining how each reviewer comment has been addressed.

The final decision may be:

• Accept Submission.
• Revisions Required.
• Resubmit for Review.
• Resubmit Elsewhere.
• Decline Submission.

The Editor has final authority regarding publication decisions.

15. Submission Checklist

Before submission, authors must confirm that:

• The manuscript is original and not under review elsewhere.
• The manuscript is relevant to the journal’s scope.
• The official GENTARA template has been used.
• The title contains no more than 18 words.
• The abstract contains 150–250 words.
• No more than five keywords are provided.
• The manuscript contains Introduction, Method, Results and Discussion, Conclusions and Suggestion, and References.
• Most references are recent and approximately 80% are primary sources.
• APA Style is used consistently.
• All tables and figures are numbered and cited.
• The manuscript has been checked for language quality and plagiarism.
• Ethical approval, funding, and conflicts of interest are disclosed where applicable.