Focus and Scope

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU; E-ISSN 2798-4818 and P-ISSN 2808-2249) is a peer-reviewed and open-access journal published by the Civic Education Study Program, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Indonesia. The journal provides open access to support the principle that scholarly works published in JACEDU are freely available to the public and contribute to the global exchange of knowledge.

JACEDU provides an academic platform for academics, researchers, teachers, practitioners, and other scholars to publish scientific articles in the field of social sciences, particularly civic education and related disciplines. The journal publishes two issues annually, in May and November. All manuscripts submitted to JACEDU undergo a peer-review process. Since Vol. 1 No. 1 (July 2021), manuscripts may be written in Bahasa Indonesia or English.

Aim, Focus, and Scope

Aim

Jambura Journal Civic Education aims to publish scholarly works that contribute to the development of civic education, citizenship studies, Pancasila education, democratic values, character building, socio-cultural awareness, legal awareness, and civic participation. The journal seeks to strengthen academic discourse on the formation of democratic, responsible, tolerant, and socially engaged citizens in local, national, regional, and global contexts.

Focus

The journal focuses on publishing high-quality conceptual, empirical, and applied research related to civic education and citizenship. It welcomes studies that examine contemporary issues in Pancasila values, democratic education, civic literacy, character education, multicultural citizenship, political participation, legal awareness, public policy, socio-cultural transformation, and civic life.

Scope

The scope of Jambura Journal Civic Education includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

1. Pancasila Education
   Studies on Pancasila values, national ideology, national identity, nationalism, tolerance, unity, social justice, religious moderation, and the implementation of Pancasila in education and society.
2. Civic Education and Citizenship Studies
   Studies on civic knowledge, civic skills, civic dispositions, civic engagement, democratic citizenship, global citizenship, digital citizenship, and citizenship learning in formal, non-formal, and informal education.
3. Character Education
   Studies on moral education, value education, ethics, integrity, responsibility, empathy, respect, honesty, tolerance, discipline, and character development in educational and social contexts.
4. Socio-Cultural Studies
   Studies on local wisdom, cultural diversity, multicultural education, social interaction, community values, social change, social cohesion, identity, and cultural practices related to citizenship and civic life.
5. Politics and Democracy
   Studies on political education, political literacy, democratic participation, elections, governance, public policy, political culture, political communication, and citizen participation in democratic society.
6. Law and Legal Awareness
   Studies on legal education, constitutional awareness, human rights, rule of law, civic rights and responsibilities, social justice, legal culture, and the relationship between law, citizenship, and society.
7. Civic Learning and Pedagogy
   Studies on curriculum, teaching strategies, learning models, instructional media, assessment, educational technology, digital learning, project-based learning, problem-based learning, and innovation in civic education.
8. Public Policy and Civic Life
   Studies on community empowerment, public ethics, social responsibility, civic participation, citizenship practices, and the role of education in responding to social and civic issues.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) publishes articles following Jacedu guidelines and templates. A pre-review of the manuscript was conducted by an editorial team to review the suitability of the text with the focus and scope and style of the journal and jacedu writing guidelines. All manuscripts sent will go through a double-blind review process. Manuscripts will be sent to a minimum of two reviewers based on their field of specialization. Reviewers provide script assessments that include originality, scientific contributions, and presentation clarity. Based on the comments and suggestions from the editorial board reviewer made a decision on the reviewer's comments and suggestions. Jacedu has four types of decisions including accepted, accepted by minor revisions, accepted by major revisions, and rejected. Plagiarism examination is performed using Turnitin and Plagiarism Checker X software. 

Publication Frequency

The journal published two times in a year namely Mey and november. Each edition contains 10 articles.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Publication Ethics

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) is committed to maintaining academic integrity, research ethics, and the quality of every article published in the journal. The journal follows the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and expects authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher to uphold responsible scholarly practices throughout the publication process.

Editors are responsible for evaluating manuscripts fairly and independently based on their originality, quality, relevance, methodological soundness, and contribution to the field. Submitted manuscripts must be treated as confidential, and editors must avoid any conflict of interest that may affect editorial decisions.

Reviewers are expected to provide objective, constructive, and professional assessments. Manuscripts received for review must remain confidential, and reviewers should decline an assignment when they have a conflict of interest or lack the expertise required to evaluate the manuscript properly. Reviewers must not use unpublished information for personal or professional benefit and must comply with the journal’s policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence in peer review.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts are original, accurate, and ethically prepared. Plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate submission, improper authorship, manipulation of citations or peer review, and other forms of publication misconduct are not acceptable. Authors must properly acknowledge all sources, disclose relevant conflicts of interest and funding, and follow ethical requirements when research involves human participants. The use of artificial intelligence must also follow the journal’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy.

The publisher supports the independence of the editorial process and does not interfere with decisions concerning the acceptance, revision, or rejection of manuscripts. When ethical concerns or allegations of misconduct arise, JACEDU will examine the matter fairly and may request clarification, consult relevant parties, or take appropriate editorial action.

If a serious problem is identified after publication, the journal may issue a correction, expression of concern, or retraction in accordance with its publication ethics policies.

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) is committed to ensuring that the publication process remains fair, transparent, responsible, and trustworthy.

Editor-in-Chief
Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU)
Civic Education Study Program
Faculty of Social Sciences
Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Indonesia

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) recognizes the growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in research and academic writing. AI may be used to support manuscript preparation, such as language editing, grammar improvement, translation, or other writing assistance, provided that its use does not compromise originality, accuracy, transparency, and academic integrity.

Authors remain fully responsible for all content submitted to the journal, including theories, arguments, data, analysis, references, interpretations, and conclusions. AI must not be used to fabricate data, participant responses, interview results, references, or other research evidence. Any use of generative AI that contributes to manuscript preparation or research content must be disclosed in an AI Use Declaration.

AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors because they cannot take responsibility for the integrity of scholarly work. When AI is used as part of the research methodology, such as for data analysis, classification, or educational applications, its use must be clearly described in the methods section.

Reviewers are not permitted to upload submitted manuscripts or confidential research materials to external generative AI systems. Review reports and editorial recommendations must be based on the reviewers’ own expertise and professional judgment.

Editors must also protect manuscript confidentiality and must not rely on generative AI to make independent editorial decisions. Final decisions regarding acceptance, revision, or rejection remain the responsibility of the editorial team.

JACEDU expects AI to support scholarly work, not replace human academic judgment, responsibility, or ethical accountability.

Open Access Policy

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) provides immediate open access to all published articles. All content is freely available without subscription or access fees.

Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, and reuse articles for lawful purposes in accordance with the journal’s Creative Commons license, without prior permission from the publisher or authors.

This policy supports the wider dissemination and exchange of scholarly knowledge and is consistent with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI).

Plagiarism Policy

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) is committed to maintaining originality, academic integrity, and ethical scholarly publishing. All submitted manuscripts must be original and properly acknowledge the ideas, data, methods, instruments, and other intellectual contributions of previous authors.

All manuscripts are screened using Turnitin during the initial editorial assessment. The journal applies a maximum acceptable Similarity Index of 25%, subject to editorial judgment. Manuscripts exceeding this limit may be returned for revision or rejected.

A similarity score of 25% or below does not automatically mean that a manuscript is free from plagiarism. The editorial team will also assess the source, context, and extent of similarity, including improper copying, inadequate paraphrasing, self-plagiarism, and unattributed use of theories, data, figures, tables, instruments, or other scholarly materials.

Confirmed plagiarism may result in manuscript rejection regardless of the similarity percentage. If plagiarism is identified after publication, JACEDU may issue a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other appropriate action in accordance with its publication ethics policies.

The journal follows relevant guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in handling plagiarism and related ethical concerns.

Authorship Criteria

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) requires authorship to reflect genuine intellectual contribution and responsibility for the published work. The journal follows relevant principles from ICMJE, COPE, and the CRediT taxonomy.

1. Criteria for Authorship

An individual qualifies as an author when they:

1. make a substantial contribution to the conception, design, data collection, analysis, or interpretation of the research;
2. participate in drafting or critically revising the manuscript;
3. approve the final version for publication; and
4. accept responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of the work.

Individuals who do not meet all criteria should be acknowledged as contributors rather than listed as authors.

2. Author Contributions

JACEDU requires an Author Contributions statement describing each author’s role. Contributions may be reported using the CRediT taxonomy, including conceptualization, methodology, investigation, data curation, formal analysis, validation, visualization, supervision, project administration, funding acquisition, and writing.

All authors must agree on the contribution statement.

3. Author Order and Corresponding Author

The order of authors must be agreed upon by all authors before submission.

The corresponding author is responsible for communication with the journal, coordinating revisions, confirming author approval, and ensuring that authorship and contribution information is accurate.

All authors share responsibility for the integrity of the published work.

4. Changes in Authorship

Requests to add, remove, or rearrange authors after submission must include a clear explanation and written agreement from all affected authors.

Any change requires editorial approval. Requests made after acceptance or publication may require additional documentation and, where appropriate, a formal correction.

5. Non-Author Contributions

Individuals who contribute to the work but do not meet the authorship criteria should be acknowledged appropriately.

Technical assistance, language editing, administrative support, funding acquisition, general supervision, or academic position alone do not automatically justify authorship.

6. Unacceptable Authorship Practices

JACEDU does not permit:

• gift or honorary authorship;
• guest authorship;
• ghost authorship; or
• coercive authorship.

Authorship must not be granted as a favor, reward, or result of academic or institutional pressure.

7. Use of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors.

Authors remain fully responsible for all AI-assisted content and must disclose relevant AI use in accordance with the journal’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy.

8. Authorship Disputes

Authorship disputes should first be resolved among the authors or through their affiliated institutions.

The journal may request supporting documentation, suspend manuscript processing, or refer unresolved concerns to the appropriate institution in accordance with COPE guidance.

9. Author Responsibility

All authors are responsible for ensuring that the manuscript is original, accurate, ethically prepared, and compliant with the journal’s publication policies.

Authors must promptly inform the journal if significant errors, authorship concerns, or integrity issues are identified after submission or publication.

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) reserves the right to request clarification of author contributions and take appropriate editorial action when authorship misconduct is identified.

Manuscript Types Policy

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) accepts scholarly manuscripts related to civic education, citizenship studies, Pancasila education, character education, socio-cultural studies, democracy, law, civic learning, and public policy. Interdisciplinary studies are welcome when relevant to the journal's scope.

1. Original Research Articles
Original Research Articles present new empirical findings, theoretical developments, conceptual analyses, educational innovations, or policy studies. Qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, and other appropriate approaches are accepted. Manuscripts must demonstrate originality, methodological rigor, and a clear contribution to the literature.

2. Review Articles
Review Articles critically synthesize existing research and identify trends, gaps, limitations, and future research directions. Systematic literature reviews and bibliometric studies are accepted when supported by clear and rigorous methods.

All manuscripts must comply with the journal's Aims and Scope, Author Guidelines, research integrity standards, and publication ethics. Suitable manuscripts are evaluated through a double-blind peer review process.

The editorial team may determine or recommend the appropriate manuscript type when necessary.

Publication Schedule

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) publishes two issues annually, in May and November. The journal applies a continuous publication approach, allowing accepted manuscripts to be published online before the scheduled issue months.

Manuscripts that have completed peer review, revision, final acceptance, copyediting, and production will be published online immediately upon readiness.

This approach supports timely dissemination while maintaining the journal's peer review and editorial standards.

Electronic Filing

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) maintains electronic copies of manuscripts and publication-related documents as part of its editorial record management.

Electronic files, including submitted manuscripts, revised versions, editorial documents, and published articles, are stored on the journal management team's working computer.

To reduce the risk of data loss, important records are periodically backed up to an external hard disk or SSD.

These electronic records are maintained for editorial, administrative, documentation, and publication continuity purposes.

Copyright Notice

Articles published in Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Authors retain the copyright of their published articles and grant JACEDU the right of first publication.

Users may read, copy, distribute, and adapt published articles for non-commercial purposes, provided that proper credit is given to the author(s), the original publication in JACEDU is acknowledged, and any changes are clearly indicated.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted manuscripts are original, do not infringe the rights of others, and have obtained any necessary permissions for copyrighted material used in the manuscript.

Authors may reuse their published work for academic, educational, and non-commercial purposes, including institutional repositories, teaching materials, books, and other scholarly works, with acknowledgment of the original publication in JACEDU.

JACEDU does not provide royalties or other financial compensation for published articles.

License

All articles published in Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Users may copy, share, distribute, and adapt the published material for non-commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the author(s), the original publication in JACEDU is acknowledged, and any changes are indicated.

Authors retain the copyright of their articles and grant JACEDU the right of first publication.

Commercial use of published material requires permission from the copyright holder.

Allegations of Research Misconduct

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) is committed to maintaining research integrity and publication ethics. All credible allegations of misconduct will be handled fairly, confidentially, and in accordance with relevant publication ethics principles.

Research misconduct may include fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplicate publication, authorship misconduct, citation manipulation, peer review manipulation, undisclosed conflicts of interest, unethical research practices, or improper use of artificial intelligence.

Authors, reviewers, readers, and other parties may report suspected misconduct to the editorial office. Reports should identify the manuscript or published article and provide relevant supporting information where possible.

The editorial team may request clarification, review supporting evidence, consult independent experts, contact relevant institutions, or suspend manuscript processing while concerns are assessed.

Depending on the findings, editorial actions may include manuscript rejection, correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other appropriate measures.

JACEDU distinguishes between honest errors, academic disagreement, and confirmed misconduct, and aims to protect the integrity of the scholarly record throughout the process.

Conflict of Interest

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) requires authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial board members to disclose any interests that could influence, or reasonably be perceived to influence, their professional judgment.

Conflicts of interest may include financial, personal, academic, professional, political, organizational, or institutional relationships.

Authors must include a Conflict of Interest Statement in the manuscript. If no conflict exists, authors may state: "The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this article."

Reviewers and editors must disclose relevant conflicts and should withdraw from handling a manuscript when their independence or objectivity may be compromised.

The existence of a conflict of interest does not automatically result in manuscript rejection, provided that it is properly disclosed and appropriately managed.

Undisclosed conflicts may be investigated and may result in corrective editorial action in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policies.

Post-Publication Discussion

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) encourages responsible scholarly discussion after publication to support academic exchange, transparency, and the improvement of published research.

Readers, authors, and researchers may submit comments, responses, or concerns regarding published articles through the journal's official communication channels.

Post-publication discussions should be respectful, evidence-based, and relevant to the content of the published article. Personal attacks, defamatory statements, or unsupported allegations are not permitted.

When a post-publication concern raises questions about the accuracy, integrity, or ethics of an article, the editorial team may review the matter and request clarification from the authors or other relevant parties.

Where necessary, JACEDU may issue a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other appropriate editorial notice in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policies.

Ownership and Management Information

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) is a peer-reviewed and open-access scholarly journal affiliated with Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Indonesia.

The journal is published by the Civic Education Study Program, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, and managed by its editorial team.

The editorial team is responsible for manuscript handling, peer review, editorial evaluation, publication, and implementation of journal policies.

The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board are responsible for maintaining scholarly quality, academic integrity, publication ethics, and editorial standards.

Editorial decisions are made independently based on the quality, originality, methodological rigor, ethical integrity, and relevance of submitted manuscripts. The publisher and affiliated institutions do not improperly influence decisions on acceptance, revision, or rejection.

JACEDU is committed to transparent journal management, editorial independence, responsible scholarly publishing, and publication ethics.

Correction and Retraction

Jambura Journal Civic Education (JACEDU) is committed to maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record.

A correction may be issued when an error is identified in a published article but the main findings and conclusions remain reliable.

A retraction may be issued when there is clear evidence of unreliable findings, plagiarism, duplicate publication, fabrication, falsification, serious ethical violations, or other major problems that affect the validity or integrity of the article.

When appropriate, JACEDU may also publish an Expression of Concern while serious issues are being investigated.

Correction, retraction, or other post-publication notices will remain linked to the original article to preserve the scholarly record and will clearly state the reason for the editorial action.

Authors are expected to cooperate with the editorial team when significant errors or ethical concerns are identified. All cases will be handled fairly and in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policies and relevant COPE guidance.