About the Journal
About The Journal
Samā Jiva Jnānam or International Journal of Social Studies (IJOSS) is the official International journal of Dharma Duta Faculty State Hindu University I Gusti Bagus Sugriwa Denpasar.
The journal publishes research papers in the fields of tourism, culture, law, and communication studies. The research that is published may take a theoretical or speculative model as well as statistical and mathematical. Contributions are welcome from all fields which have relevant and insightful comments to make about the social sciences.
The journal also includes a research note section which is devoted to supporting scholarly research that is in progress. The journal has a well-established book review section that reflects academic and intellectual diversity. While IJOSS is the publication of a regional association, it attracts submissions from a wide range of countries.
AUTHOR GUIDELINES
The submission via e-journal system.
The research paper must not be submitted to another journal system previously.
The language of the manuscript must be in English.
Style Format
Please send your paper in MS. Word format with A4 size.
Top Margin : 2.5 cm
Bottom Margin : 2.5 cm
Left Margin : 4 cm
Right Margin : 2.5 cm
Line Spacing : 1.0
Paper Length : About 10 – 12 pages
Policy of Screening for Plagiarism
Papers submitted to Samā Jiva Jnānam (International Journal of Social Studies) will be screened for plagiarism using Turnitin detection tools. Papers leading to plagiarism will be immediately rejected. The percentage of Plagiarism that is allowed in this Journal is below 20%.
Payments for Publication
This journal charges the following author fees:
Article Submission : 0.00 (IRD)
Article Publication : 0.000 (IRD)
Corresponding author
The author uploading the article to the system is regarded as the corresponding author. All the process is continued with this writer. It is the writer's responsibility to inform other writers of the article about the process.
All submitted manuscripts to IJOSS will be firstly read by the editorial staff. Inappropriate manuscripts will be rejected promptly without external review. Manuscripts evaluated to be of potential interest to journal readership will proceed to a review process. The editors will then make a decision based on the reviewer’s recommendation with 4 possibilities: accepted, accepted with minor revision, accepted with major revision, and rejected.
About Styles
The following writing and referencing rules are to be taken into consideration.
The article needs to be not published elsewhere previously. The Journal is written in English. Thus, the articles need to be written in this language.
The title of the article must be written in capital letters, using font size 14 and bold. One line space must be left after the title. The name and surname of the author(s), their title, and the institution they work for and its web site must be written. The abstract must be brief, informative and self-explanatory and should be written in past tense. It must not exceed 500 words in length and should concisely summarize all important results of the paper without excessive methodical and experimental details. Standard nomenclature should be used and abbreviations should be avoided. The number of the pages of the article must not exceed 12 pages, including abstract and reference list.
All the text must be written using single line spacing, including the reference list. The article should normally consist of the following parts: introduction, method, findings & discussion and conclusion.
In tables font size 10 must be used and vertical lines must not be drawn. When the contents of the table cannot fit into the table, font size 9 might be used. Number of the table and the title must be written above the table, especially for picture, the tittle must be written below it. The template of this journal can be downloaded via this link.
