JURNAL PERISKOP invites scholars and experts working in all disciplines in the social sciences, such as Education, Politics, Law, Religion, Culture, and Public Policies, including the Natural Sciences for the social sciences, to submit articles on any topics that are part of the journal's editorial calendar as well as on additional topics of interest to our journal. Articles submitted should be original, research-based, unpublished, and not under review for possible publication in other journals. All submitted papers are subject to a review by the editors, editorial board, and blind reviewers. Submissions that violate our guidelines on formatting or length will be rejected without review.

Manuscript Submission

1. It is essential that authors prepare manuscripts according to established specifications. Failure to follow may result in your paper being delayed and the effectiveness of the search capabilities offered by electronic delivery will depend upon the care used by authors in preparing manuscripts;
2. Fluent, comprehensible, and correct use of English is the main criterion. The authors should ensure that the manuscript has no lingual problems. Otherwise, it is rejected in the pre-assessment. Proofreading is strongly advised;
3. Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word (using JURNAL PERISKOP templates) and submitted through the JURNAL PERISKOP website. JURNAL PERISKOP accepts only electronic (online) submissions. Therefore, authors must log in before submitting their articles. Please click here to log in;
4. Submissions must be in English based on the style outlined by the American Psychological Association (6th edition). Documents that are not in compliance with the journal’s submission criteria will be returned to the sender for corrections;
5. Ensure that manuscript submitted is a manuscript that has never been published in any publication or no publication is being requested or considered by other media with attaching the Author's Statement.
6. Jurnal Periskop is a peer-reviewed scientific open access journal – not a commercial journal. But the renewal process, capacity expansion, technical improvements, and daily maintenance of the journal necessitate funding;
7. All the manuscripts pass through a double-blind peer review according to international standards.

Author Guidelines

Jurnal Periskop, published two times a year, peer-reviewed journal, and specializes in Primary Education. The aim is to provide readers with a better understanding of the world. The developments through the publication of articles, research reports, and book reviews. Manuscripts submitted to the editor JURNAL PERISKOP are loaded will be considered if it meets the following criteria:

1. Scientific Characteristically, a review of social issues, politics, law, religion and culture, original ideas, a summary of the results of the research/survey, and book review that is considered could contribute to the society and science;
2. Manuscript submitted is a manuscript that has never been published in any publication or no publication is being requested or considered by other media with attaching the Author's Statement.
3. The manuscript should be written in American English (English US), no more than 6.000 words (or maximum length 6000 words), including text, all tables, and figures, notes, references, and appendices intended for publication. All submissions must include abstract and keywords by using a template JURNAL PERISKOP, using font Book Antiqua size 11 and with 1.2 spacing. Quotations, passages, and words in local or foreign languages should be translated into English;
4. Each manuscript is written in a sequence, consisting of the title, author's name, abstract, keywords, content (Introduction, Method, Research Finding, Discussion, Conclusion, and Bibliography;
5. The title should be concise and to the point, allowed to include a subtitle with a maximum total consisting of 14 syllables;
6. Make the author's name, institutional affiliation, and email address under the title of the article, and Authors do not need to include an academic degree;
7. Abstract: A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length of 200 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results, and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. References should, therefore, be avoided, but if essential, they must be cited in full, without reference to the reference list. Non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself;
8. Keywords: Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of five keywords, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes;
9. JURNAL PERISKOP accepts only electronic (online) submissions. Therefore, authors must log in before submitting their articles. Please click here to log in;
10. A citation usually requires only the last name of the author(s), year of publication, and (sometimes) page numbers. All works cited must appear in the reference list at the end of the article and arrange alphabetically. All notes must appear in the text as citations (innote). Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Citations in the text should follow the referencing style used by the American Psychological Association, 7th Edition;
11. The reference entry is arranged in alphabetical order. All that is referred to in the text must be listed in the reference list and all that is written in the reference list must be referred to in the text. The author is obliged to list all the references in a valid way according to the original sources and DOI (digital object identifier), particularly for entries from journals. In the case of cities of publication, differences should be made in writing cities of the USA and cities outside the USA. For example, cities in the USA are listed together with the initials of the state; e.g.: for Boston of Massachusetts: Boston, MA.;
12. All references and citations use the APA style 7th Edition. For citation and reference managers, it is mandatory to use the Mendeley app or Zotero. If there are information and explanations relating to the further clarification of the content of the manuscript citation is using footnotes;
13. You are referred to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition, copies of which may be ordered from https://apastyle.apa.org.

Appendix 
Appendixes are optional. An appendix should not be longer than two pages.

Starting from September 2017, the Jurnal Periskop no longer provides a printed version to the authors. if you want a printed version please contact us via email: [email protected]