Author Guidelines
Journal of Qualitative Research in Mathematics Education (JQRME) by PMPM, provides a forum for publishing the original research articles, review articles from contributors, and the novel technology news related to mathematics education that published two times a year. Scientific articles dealing with design research, development research, etc. are particularly welcome. The journal encompasses research articles, original research report, reviews, short communications and scientific commentaries in mathematics education.
All papers submitted to the journal should be written in good English.
1. General Author Guidelines
All manuscripts must be submitted to JQRME Editorial Office by Online Submission at e-Journal portal address: https://journal.pmpm.or.id/index.php/jqrme, where author register as Author and/or offered as Reviewer by online. If authors have any problems on the online submission, please contact the Editorial Office at the following email: [email protected]
The following documents should accompany the manuscripts submitted by online through online submission interface (as supplementary files):
- Signed Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA) form originally (scan the document after signed) [download the CTA form here]
- A covering letter outlines the basic findings of the paper and their significance.
Three types of manuscripts are acceptable for publication: Original Research Articles, Review Articles, and Short Communication.
2. Manuscript Template
The manuscript should be prepared according to the following author guidelines in the MS Word article template (download the MS Word article template here).
3. Reviewing of Manuscripts
Every submitted paper is independently reviewed by at least two peer-reviewers. A decision for publication, amendment, or rejection is based upon their reports/recommendation. If two or more reviewers consider a manuscript unsuitable for publication in this journal, a statement explaining the basis for the decision will be sent to the authors within three months of the submission date.
4. Revision of Manuscripts
Manuscripts sent back to the authors for revision should be returned to the editor without delay. Revised manuscripts can be sent to editorial office through the Online Submission Interface https://journal.pmpm.or.id/index.php/jqrme. The revised manuscripts returned later than three months will be considered as new submissions.
5. Graphical Abstract
A Graphical abstract is mandatory for this journal since year 2018. It should summarize the contents of the article in a concise, pictorial form designed to capture the attention of a wide readership online. Authors must provide images that clearly represent the work described in the article.
Graphical abstracts should be submitted as a separate file in the online submission system or otherwise can be submitted by email to [email protected] after the manuscript has been accepted. Please state the manuscript number in your email subject.
Image size: please provide an image with a minimum of 531 × 1328 pixels (h × w) or proportionally more. The image should be readable at a size of 5 × 13 cm using a regular screen resolution of 96 dpi. Preferred file types: TIFF, EPS, JPG, PDF or MS Office files.
6. Editorial Office of JQRME
All correspondences should be sent to the following Editorial Office:
Email: [email protected]
7. Guideline for Online Submission
The author should first register as Author and/or is offered as Reviewer through the following address: https://journal.pmpm.or.id/index.php/jqrme/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions
The author should fulfill the form as detail as possible where the star marked form must be entered. After all form textbox was filled, Author clicks on “Register” button to proceed the registration. Therefore, Author is brought to an online author submission interface where Author should click on “New Submission”. In the Start, a New Submission section, click on “’Click Here’: to go to step one of the five-step submission process”. The following are five steps in the online submission process:
- Step 1 - Starting the Submission: Select the appropriate section of journal, i.e. Original Research Articles, Review Article, or Short Communication. Thus, author must check-mark on the submission checklists.
- Step 2 – Uploading the Submission: To upload a manuscript to this journal, click Browse on the Upload submission file item and choose the manuscript document file to be submitted, then click Upload button.
- Step 3 – Entering Submission’s Metadata: In this step, detail authors metadata should be entered including marked corresponding author. After that, manuscript title and abstract must be uploaded by copying the text and paste in the textbox including keywords.
- Step 4 – Uploading Supplementary Files: Supplementary file should be uploaded including Covering/Submission Letter, and Signed Copyright Transfer Agreement Form. Therefore, click on Browse button, choose the files, and then click on Upload button.
- Step 5 – Confirming the Submission: Author should final check the uploaded manuscript documents in this step. To submit the manuscript to JPMI, click Finish Submission button after the documents is true. The corresponding author or the principal contact will receive an acknowledgment by email and will be able to view the submission’s progress through the editorial process by logging in to the journal web address site.
After this submission, Authors who submit the manuscript will get a confirmation email about the submission. Therefore, Authors are able to track their submission status at any time by logging in to the online submission interface. The submission tracking includes status of manuscript review and editorial process.
