Author Guidelines

The following guidelines for prospective authors apply to Journal of Social Engagement and Innovation in Fashion Entrepreneurship (SYNERGIE):

  1. Manuscripts are the results of community service activities, applied research, or case studies around current issues in fashion, textile craft, business, and community empowerment that are objective, systematic, analytical, and descriptive.
  2. Manuscripts must be original works and have never been published in other journals or other media.
  3. Manuscripts sent are not in the process of editing, reviewing, or publishing in other journals.
  4. Manuscripts written in English.
  5. Article writing using standard language that is approved, straightforward, simple, easy to understand, and does not contain multiple meanings.
  6. Systematics of writing includes: (a) Title of the manuscript, (b) Identity of the author (Author's name without an academic title, Name of Agency or Institution, and email address of the author), (c) Abstract accompanied by keywords (English), Introduction, Method (Community Service Implementation Method), Results and Discussion (sub-chapters follow the activities discussed in the article), Conclusions, Suggestions and Recommendations, Bibliography.
  7. Writing format as follows:
    1. The manuscript is sent in the form of a document file with the entire script length, including footnotes and bibliography, ranging from 3,500 to 6,000 words (8-16 pages).
    2. Unless otherwise indicated earlier, abbreviations should be avoided. Titles of article should be written out in full.
    3. Abstract of 150-250 words are written in one paragraph and 1 space in English.
    4. Keywords in English are written above the abstract amount of 3-5 words.
    5. The manuscript is typed on A4 size paper with Times New Roman font size of 12 pt font size and 1.15 space.
    6. Writing citations must include the source. Writing quotes using a reference management application such as Mendeley, Zotero, etc. is preferred.
    7. Reference should be from the most recent edition. Writing bibliography arranged alphabetically by category; Books, Journals, Reports, the Internet.
  8. The author must guarantee the validity of the writing and does not violate the scientific code of ethics and does not violate copyrights.
  9. The contents of the writing are not the responsibility of the editor. The editor has the right to edit the editorial without changing the substance.
  10. Authors should be willing to respond to questions from readers of their articles.
  11. All article manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by qualified academics and practitioners in the field; this is a process that may take weeks or months.

TITLE

The title of the manuscripts should be brief and clear, no more that 15 words for English Capitalize Each Words, Times New Roman, Capitalize Each Words 14pt, bold, centered. Author(s) name should exclude an academic degree or an indication of position and rank, Times New Roman, bold, 14 pt, 1.15 space. Author(s) affiliation and email are written with Times New Roman, regular, 10 pt, 1.15 space.

ABSTRACT

The Abstracts are written with a maximum of 150-250 words in English. Abstracts must be clear and descriptive which provide a brief description of the community's problem or need being addressed. Abstract includes the reasons for choosing the community service location or issue, the implementation method, and a summary of results. Abstracts must end with comments about the importance of the results or concise conclusions. Font type used Times New Roman, italic, 10 pt, 1.15 space.

KEYWORDS

The Keywords are the labels of your manuscript and critical to correct indexing and searching. Therefore the keywords should represent the concept that highlight your article. The keywords should be 3 to 5 keywords. Use only those abbreviations that are firmly established in the field. Each words/phrase in keyword. 10 pt, Times New Roman, italic.

INTRODUCTION

The introduction outlines the background of the community's problem or need being addressed, the target community's condition and context, and relevant prior community service or applied research that supports the activity conducted. It is best to avoid organizing writing into "sub-title children" in this section. The template for this article format was created in MS Word format. This template allows article writers to prepare articles according to rules relatively quickly and accurately. 12 pt Times New Roman, regular, 1.15 space, spacing before 0 pt, after 0 pt.

METHOD

This section explains how the community service activity was conducted, which includes (1) the target community and problem addressed; (2) the objectives of the activity; (3) the implementation approach or technique used (e.g. training, mentoring, workshop, technology application); (4) and the evaluation technique used to measure the activity's impact. 12pt Times New Roman, regular, 1.15 space, spacing before 0 pt, after 0 pt.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The discussion in the article aims to: (1) describe the outcomes of the community service activity; (2) show how the results were achieved; (3) interpret the results and their impact on the target community; (4) linking the activity's outcomes to relevant knowledge or prior practice; and (5) highlighting lessons learned or good practices that can be replicated. Findings in the field are integrated with relevant references where applicable. 12pt Times New Roman, regular.

CONCLUSION

The conclusions of the manuscripts contain a constructive summary of the activity's outcomes and suggestions for follow-up or the development of similar community service programs. Conclusions present a summary of the description of the results and discussion, referring to the objectives of the activity. Based on these points, recommendations are developed for the sustainability of the community service program. 12pt, Times New Roman, regular.

REFERENCES

This section lists books, articles or other references that the article made, which is also written in the footnotes list of articles. The type of reference recommended in SYNERGIE refers to the APA Style. For consistency of references, please use the Reference Manager Applications such as Mendeley or Zotero. 12pt, Times New Roman, regular.