Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

ICHJ accepts manuscripts only through its online submission system. Please register or log in at this link.

Article Categories

ICHJ accepts only an original article studied using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research methodologies.

What to submit to the ICHJ's online submission

Below are the documents you have to submit to the journal's online submission:

  1. Title page,
  2. Manuscript,
  3. Supplementary materials.

Preparing Title Page

The title page consists of the article's title, the author's names and affiliations (with email addresses), acknowledgements, information on funding sources,  author contributions, author biographies, a declaration of conflicting interests, a statement of data availability,  a statement of APC payment after article acceptance, and a comprehensive address for the corresponding author.

The template can be found in this link.

Preparing the Manuscript

The manuscript includes an abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusion, acknowledgement, and references. It should be devoid of any information that might disclose the authors' identities or their affiliations. 

Below are the manuscript details:

Abstract
  • Should be structured;
  • 300 words;
  • Consists of introduction, methods, results, and conclusion;

Keywords

Background
  • The manuscript should provide a background, missing gap, and purpose of the study;
  • Consists of a maximum of 4 paragraphs.

Methods
  • The manuscript should include all details essential for other researchers to replicate the study;
  • The details include research design, research subjects or respondents, inclusion and exclusion criteria, sample size, sampling method, and recruitment procedure;
  • Data collection tools: if using a standard questionnaire, researcher-made questionnaire, or modified questionnaire. The questionnaire’s reliability and validity tests result;
  • Data analysis method and its software.

Results
  • Written in a chronological sequence;
  • Should not duplicate data that have been presented in the tables.

Tables
  • Up to 3 tables;
  • Each table must have a title, and appear in order in the text;
  • A footnote under the table must sequentially explain the abbreviations used in the table;
  • Footnote font is a 10-point font. Sample tables can be found here.

Discussion
  • Do not repeat the information that has been mentioned in the result;
  • Emphasize the new and crucial aspects of the study;
  • Explain the study findings by providing an argument or counterargument with the published literature;
  • Highlight the strengths and limitations of the study;
  • Provide the implications of the study for future research.

Conclusion

Describe the final result that the authors have reached.

Reporting guidelines

Please consider the checklists below when writing the manuscript:

  • A qualitative study should adhere to the use of Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) checklist;
  • A cross-sectional study should comply with the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) checklist.

Acknowledgment
  • Authors may list significant contributors to the study;
  • The difference of authors and contributors can be learned in this link;
  • State the funding source of the study.

Conflict of interest

Authors must report a conflict of interest at the time of submission

Total number of words of the main text, excluding abstract, tables, and references

4500 words

Language

American English language

Space of the manuscript

Double-space

Font

Calibri

Font size

11-point font                  

Line numbers

Please put line numbers

Paper size

Standard-sized paper (8.5" x 11") with 1" margins on all sides

Writing Style

APA style

APA Style References:

In-Text Citation:

In your manuscript, after the sentence, put the last name of the author and year of publication in parentheses.

Example: Canteen tenants have poor knowledge on type 2 diabetes (Kusumawati, 2024).

Group Author

Diabetes consists of three main types (Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, 2023)

Citing Works with the Same Author and Date

If you cite articles from the same authors with the same publication year

(Kusumawati, 2023-a, 2023-b)

(Kusumawati, 2023a)

(Kusumawati, 2023b)

Citing Multiple Works

The two articles should be separated by a semicolon

(Kusumawati, 2023; Muliadi, 2024), or

(Kusumawati, 2023; Muliadi, 2023; Kusumawati et al., 2023; Kusumawati & Hamid, 2024).

Secondary Source

Muliadi (2000; as cited in Kusumawati et al., 2023) stated that….

Journal Article

Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207–217. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185

  • Parenthetical citation: (Grady et al., 2019)
  • Narrative citation: Grady et al. (2019)

Journal Article with an Article Number

Jerrentrup, A., Mueller, T., Glowalla, U., Herder, M., Henrichs, N., Neubauer, A., & Schaefer, J. R. (2018). Teaching medicine with the help of “Dr. House.” PLoS ONE, 13(3), Article e0193972. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193972

  • Parenthetical citation: (Jerrentrup et al., 2018)
  • Narrative citation: Jerrentrup et al. (2018)

Journal Article with Missing Volume Number

Lipscomb, A. Y. (2021, Winter). Addressing trauma in the college essay writing process. The Journal of College Admission, (249), 30–33. https://www.catholiccollegesonline.org/pdf/national_ccaa_in_the_news_-_nacac_journal_of_college_admission_winter_2021.pdf

Journal Article with Missing Issue Number

Sanchiz, M., Chevalier, A., & Amadieu, F. (2017). How do older and young adults start searching for information? Impact of age, domain knowledge and problem complexity on the different steps of information searching. Computers in Human Behavior, 72, 67–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.02.038

Journal Article with Missing Page or Article Number

Butler, J. (2017). Where access meets multimodality: The case of ASL music videos. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, 21(1). http://technorhetoric.net/21.1/topoi/butler/index.html

  • Parenthetical citations: (Butler, 2017; Lipscomb, 2021; Sanchiz et al., 2017)
  • Narrative citations: Butler (2017), Lipscomb (2021), and Sanchiz et al. (2017)

Book/E-Book References: Whole Authored Book

Jackson, L. M. (2019). The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000168-000

Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Books.

Svendsen, S., & Løber, L. (2020). The big picture/Academic writing: The one-hour guide (3rd digital ed.). Hans Reitzel Forlag. https://thebigpicture-academicwriting.digi.hansreitzel.dk/

  • Parenthetical citations: (Jackson, 2019; Sapolsky, 2017; Svendsen & Løber, 2020)
  • Narrative citations: Jackson (2019), Sapolsky (2017), and Svendsen and Løber (2020)

Chapter in an Edited Book/Ebook Reference

Aron, L., Botella, M., & Lubart, T. (2019). Culinary arts: Talent and their development. In R. F. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius, & F. C. Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of high performance: Developing human potential into domain-specific talent (pp. 345–359). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000120-016

Dillard, J. P. (2020). Currents in the study of persuasion. In M. B. Oliver, A. A. Raney, & J. Bryant (Eds.), Media effects: Advances in theory and research (4th ed., pp. 115–129). Routledge.

Thestrup, K. (2010). To transform, to communicate, to play—The experimenting community in action. In E. Hygum & P. M. Pedersen (Eds.), Early childhood education: Values and practices in Denmark. Hans Reitzels Forlag. https://earlychildhoodeducation.digi.hansreitzel.dk/?id=192

  • Parenthetical citations: (Aron et al., 2019; Dillard, 2020; Thestrup, 2010)
  • Narrative citations: Aron et al. (2019), Dillard (2020), and Thestrup (2010)

Report by a Government Agency References

National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer (NIH Publication No. 18-2059). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/takingtime.pdf

  • Parenthetical citation: (National Cancer Institute, 2019)
  • Narrative citation: National Cancer Institute (2019)

Unpublished Dissertation of Thesis References

Harris, L. (2014). Instructional leadership perceptions and practices of elementary school leaders [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Virginia.

  • Parenthetical citation: (Harris, 2014)
  • Narrative citation: Harris (2014)

Conference Proceedings Published in a Journal

Duckworth, A. L., Quirk, A., Gallop, R., Hoyle, R. H., Kelly, D. R., & Matthews, M. D. (2019). Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 116(47), 23499–23504. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910510116

  • Parenthetical citation: (Duckworth et al., 2019)
  • Narrative citation: Duckworth et al. (2019)

Conference Proceedings Published as a Whole Book

Kushilevitz, E., & Malkin, T. (Eds.). (2016). Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 9562. Theory of cryptography. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49096-9

  • Parenthetical citation: (Kushilevitz & Malkin, 2016)
  • Narrative citation: Kushilevitz and Malkin (2016)