Author Guidelines

Cyberspace Journal is peer-reviewed scholarly journal. The main aim is to facilitate development of scientific knowledge and innovation in the field of Information Technology Education. Journal Cyberspace accepts paper submissions in the field of Information Technology Education, innovation in Information Technology and various sub fields of computer science. Submitted article should normally range from 2,500 to 6,000 words, although up to 7,500 words will be accepted under exceptional circumstances. Only 8 selected articles will be published in each Journal Cyberspace issue (equals to 16 articles per volume/annually).

Submitted writing must adhere to the Publication Manual of the  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), available for download here.

Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process. Please adhere to the following guide for submission consistency:

1. The submitted writing should be in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect and should not exceed 2 MegaBytes in size.
2. Illustration and tables should be carefully checked for dimension and resolution. Normally tables should fit in A4 (210 x 297 mm) portrait page orientation, although in some cases it needs to be fully stretched in landscape page orientation. Images need to be properly cropped and not over-compressed to maintain eligibility.
3. Vector drawings (such as diagrams, image arts, charts, etc.) in Microsoft Words need to be grouped for shape and design consistency to avoid damage during layout.
4. Citation reference and bibliography should be written in IEEE citation reference style. The author is suggested to use reference manager (Mendeley, Zotero, Refworks, Endnote, etc.) at styling the cititation and the bibliography.
5. Any additional documents should be submitted separately (in a separate file) during submission process.

Abstract and keywords are required upon submission. Make sure that it is already been checked for writing errors before filling the abstract and keyword form. Your abstract should:

1. Written in two languages, Indonesian and English.
2. Be a single paragraph of 150-300 words.
3. Provides a synopsis of the entire article.
4. Starts with the broad context of the study, followed by specific background for the study.
5. Describes the purpose, methods and procedures, core findings and results, and conclusions of the study.
6. Emphasizes new or important aspects of the study.
7. Engages the broad readership of ELT and be understandable to a diverse audience (avoid using jargon).
8. Not contain citations or uncommon abbreviations.
9. Complete the abstract with 3-7 keywords, written in english

As parts of Blind Review Policy, every submitted writing should not present the author's name(s); either in the filename or the body text of the file. Once the submission process has been completed, the board of the editor of the journal will notify the author and proceed with the initial review process. Submissions will be checked for writing consistency, adherence to the submission guide, referencing style, and topic relevance. Only accepted paper will be sent to reviewers, whilst the rejected submission will be returned to the author.

Make sure that your articles are prepared using the provided articles template.
Download template (.docx) for author here.