Author Guidelines

1. The manuscript must be the result of original conceptual or empirical research within the scope of state and public administration. It must be authentic, must not plagiarize the work of others or other institutions, and must not have been published elsewhere.

2. The article is written in English, 15-20 pages (6,000-7,000 words), typed in Times New Roman, one column, justified, with 1.15 line spacing and normal margins on A4 paper.

3. The title is written in English and should not exceed 14 words (bold, 14pt).

4. Author names are written without academic degrees or titles. The author's full institutional affiliation must be provided, including department, faculty, university, city, and country. If all authors share the same affiliation, superscript letters are not required. Only one email address should be provided for the corresponding author.

5. The abstract is written in English, consisting of 200-250 words in a single paragraph. Keywords should consist of 3-5 terms arranged in alphabetical order.

6. The manuscript structure follows this order: Title, Author Names and Affiliation, Abstract and Keywords, Introduction, Method, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Supplementary Information (if any), Conflict of Interest, Author Contribution, Ethical Statement, Funding Statement, Acknowledgement (if any), Declaration of Generative AI (if any), and References.

Introduction presents the background of the study, the research problem, and the theoretical foundation in a flowing narrative, without subchapters. Images, figures, and tables are not permitted in this section.

Method describes the research method or approach used, in sufficient detail to allow readers to evaluate the reliability and validity of the findings.

Results and Discussion presents the research findings and analysis in subchapters with appropriate titles, supported by adequate data, and must answer the research questions raised in the Introduction.

Conclusion summarizes the findings and analysis and provides recommendations, written in narrative form using full paragraphs. Numbered or bulleted points are not permitted.

7. Foreign words or technical terms that are not translated into English should be italicized.

8. Direct citations of 5 lines or more are written with single spacing on a new line. Direct citations of fewer than 5 lines are integrated into the text and enclosed in quotation marks. Indirect citations are written without quotation marks.

9. Tables must be numbered consecutively (Table 1, Table 2, etc.), created without vertical lines or shading, with the title placed above the table (left-aligned) and the source below the table (centered). Every table must be referred to at least once in the text.

10. Figures must be of high resolution, numbered consecutively (Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.), and referred to in the text before they appear. The figure title and source are placed below the figure and centered. Figures and tables must not be duplicated, screenshotted, or modified from other published works without permission from the original author or publisher.

11. Supplementary Information, if any, must be referred to within the article and compiled into a single Word file prepared according to the journal template. It typically contains additional method details, supporting data, calculations, or extended discussion that supports the statements made in the article.

12. Conflict of Interest: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author must disclose any financial or personal relationship with other individuals or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias the work presented in the manuscript.

Example: The authors declare no conflict of interest in this article.

13. Author Contribution: Every listed author must have agreed to the final version of the manuscript, approved its conclusions, and contributed to the work in line with the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy), such as conceptualization, data analysis, funding acquisition, investigation, methodology, project administration, resources, software, supervision, validation, visualization, manuscript drafting, and manuscript review and editing.

Example: SR (author's initials): Conceptualization, Software; TES: Data Analysis, Manuscript Drafting; FN: Supervision, Data Curation, Manuscript Review and Editing.

14. Ethical Statement: Authors must disclose whether the research involved human participants, animal subjects, or other activities requiring ethical approval, including the relevant ethics committee or institutional review board and approval details where applicable. If ethical approval does not apply, this should be stated clearly.

Example: Ethical approval is not applicable to this manuscript.

15. Funding Statement: Authors must disclose any funding received for the research, including the funding body's name and grant number where applicable. If no external funding was received, this must be stated explicitly.

Example: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

16. Acknowledgement (optional): Placed after the Conclusion section, limited to contributions of an academic nature, such as recognition of research funders, individuals who contributed to discussions, or those involved in data collection or analysis directly related to the research.

17. Declaration of Generative AI: If any generative AI tool was used in preparing the manuscript, this use must be clearly declared in a separate section placed before the reference list, using a statement such as:

"During the preparation of this work, the author(s) used [NAME OF TOOL/SERVICE] in order to [STATE THE PURPOSE]. The author(s) subsequently reviewed and edited the content as necessary and remain fully responsible for the content of the published article."

18. References must be written using the American Psychological Association (APA) style, arranged alphabetically from A to Z, and managed using Mendeley. A minimum of 20 references is required, of which at least 80% must be primary sources (scientific journals) published within the last 10 years, and the remaining 20% may come from books, news, or other related publication reports. Authors are required to include at least one citation to an article previously published in Spirit Publik: Jurnal Administrasi Publik. It is recommended to include the DOI and to write journal names in full.

The Editor is entitled to make changes to the manuscript without reducing its basic content and without the author's permission. The decision to accept the manuscript for publication without revision, or to accept it with revision and/or reorganization in accordance with the manuscript publication regulations, is entirely at the editor's discretion. The decision of acceptance or rejection will be communicated via email.

Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Spirit Publik : Jurnal Administrasi Publik (p-ISSN: 1907-0489; e-ISSN: 2580-3875) is a peer-reviewed journal published by Public Administration Department Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sebelas Maret. This statement clarifies ethical behaviour of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the chief editor, the Editorial Board, the peer-reviewer and the publisher. This statement is based on COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed Spirit Publik Jurnal Administrasi Publik is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society.

Public Administration Department Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sebelas Maret as publisher of Spirit Publik Jurnal Administrasi Publik takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing extremely seriously and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. In addition, the Public Administration Department Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sebelas Maret and Editorial Board will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful and necessary.

Publication Decisions

The editor of the Spirit Publik Jurnal Administrasi Publik is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair Play

An editor at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Promptness

Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Duties of Authors

Reporting Standards

Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention

Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication

An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects

If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Indexing and Abstracting

1. SINTA 3
2. DOAJ
3. Dimensions
4. Google Scholar
5. GARUDA

Plagiarism Policy

The author(s) must ensure that the submitted manuscript is original and free from plagiarism, including self-plagiarism. All submissions will be screened using Turnitin, with a maximum similarity threshold of 20%, before proceeding to the review process. Additionally, manuscripts will undergo AI detection checks, and those identified with a high percentage of AI-generated content may be subject to further evaluation or rejection at the discretion of the editorial team.

Scopus Citation Analysis

The 16 articles published in Spirit Publik: Jurnal Administrasi Publik were cited 17 times by reputable publishers such as Elsevier, Emerald, Taylor & Francis, and others, tracked via Scopus (resources Scopus Citation).

The article cited is listed below.

Competing Interest Policy

Spirit Publik: Jurnal Administrasi Publik requires all authors, reviewers, and editors involved in the publication process to disclose any competing interest that could be perceived to influence the objectivity, integrity, or outcome of the manuscript under consideration.

For Authors

On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author must disclose any financial or personal relationship with other individuals or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias the work presented in the manuscript. This disclosure must be included as a separate statement in the manuscript, placed before the reference list.

Example: The authors declare no conflict of interest in this article.

For Reviewers

Reviewers must not consider manuscripts in which they have competing interests resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the manuscript. Any potential competing interest must be disclosed to the editor, who will determine an appropriate course of action, including reassignment of the review.

For Editors

Editors must not use unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript in their own research without the express written consent of the author. Editors with a competing interest regarding a specific manuscript must recuse themselves from the editorial decision-making process for that manuscript.

Disclosure Procedure

Any party who identifies an undisclosed competing interest, either before or after publication, is encouraged to notify the editorial team at spiritpublik@mail.uns.ac.id. The editorial board will review the matter in accordance with the journal's Publication Ethics policy and, where appropriate, in line with COPE guidelines.

Declaration of Gen AI Usage Policy

Spirit Publik: Jurnal Administrasi Publik recognizes the growing use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in academic writing and is committed to ensuring their use remains transparent, ethical, and consistent with the principles of research integrity.

Scope of Use

Generative AI tools may be used to assist with tasks such as improving language, grammar, and readability. Generative AI tools must not be used to generate the primary intellectual content of the manuscript, including the Introduction, Method, Results and Discussion, or Conclusion sections. Authors are expected to contribute original ideas, analysis, and intellectual input to the manuscript.

Mandatory Disclosure

If any generative AI tool was used at any stage of preparing the manuscript, this use must be clearly declared in a separate section placed before the reference list, using a statement such as:

"During the preparation of this work, the author(s) used [NAME OF TOOL/SERVICE] in order to [STATE THE PURPOSE]. The author(s) subsequently reviewed and edited the content as necessary and remain fully responsible for the content of the published article."

Author Responsibility

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the entire manuscript, including any content assisted by generative AI tools. AI tools must not be used to fabricate, falsify, or manipulate data, results, or citations. Authors must verify that all AI-assisted content, including generated citations or references, is accurate and genuinely exists.

Editorial Review

Manuscripts submitted to Spirit Publik: Jurnal Administrasi Publik, whether AI-assisted or not, will undergo the same rigorous peer-review process to assess their scientific merit, originality, and adherence to ethical standards.

Policy Review

This policy on the use of generative AI in manuscript preparation may be periodically reviewed and updated to reflect the evolving landscape of AI technology and to align with best practices in scholarly publishing.

Conference Collaboration

Spirit Publik: Jurnal Administrasi Publik actively collaborates with national and international conferences in the field of public administration and political science, providing selected best papers with the opportunity for further publication. This collaboration supports the journal's mission to broaden its scholarly network and strengthen the dissemination of quality research.

ICOSAPS International Conference on Social and Political Sciences

Organized by the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), ICOSAPS is an annual international conference bringing together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in the fields of social and political sciences. Spirit Publik: Jurnal Administrasi Publik has been listed as one of the journal publication partners in the following editions:

7th ICOSAPS (2022) "Transformation in Times of Crisis", held on 3–4 August 2022.

8th ICOSAPS (2024) "Ushering Post-Pandemic Social Progress through Accelerating the Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals", held on 6 November 2024 at UNS Tower. As part of the ongoing ICOSAPS collaboration series, this edition offered publication opportunities in journals indexed in Scopus and SINTA.

9th ICOSAPS (2026) "Negotiating Changes: Society, Policy, and Global Engagement for Sustainable Future", held on 9–10 September 2026 at UNS Tower, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta.

IAPA Annual Conference & Congress

The Indonesian Association for Public Administration (IAPA) Annual Conference & Congress is a national congress bringing together public administration scholars and practitioners across Indonesia. Spirit Publik: Jurnal Administrasi Publik was listed as a publication opportunity partner in:

IAPA 2025 Annual Conference & Congress "Indigenous Public Administration: Bridging Tradition, Innovation, and Governance for a World-Class Public Sector", held on 28–29 October 2025 at Universitas Nusa Cendana, Kupang, Nusa Tenggara Timur.

Submission Notes

Papers presented at these conferences that are selected for publication in Spirit Publik: Jurnal Administrasi Publik must still undergo the journal's standard double-blind peer review process and comply with the journal's Author Guidelines. Additional publication charges may apply in accordance with the respective conference's policy.