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Author Guidelines

APINDO SME's & Sustainability Journal, published twice a year since 2025, is an English journal and specializes in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and sustainability issues in Indonesia. The journal aims to serve and invite academics, policymakers, practitioners, and analysts interested in the growth, challenges, and sustainability of SMEs. The journal also provides readers with a better understanding of SMEs and Sustainability development through the publication of articles. 

Submitted articles must be original research-based work that has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be reviewed by the editors, editorial board, and blind reviewers. Submissions that do not adhere to the formatting and length guidelines will be rejected without review.

Submissions to APINDO SME's & Sustainability Journal must be written in English and submitted electronically via the journal's online submission portal. Articles should be approximately 9,000-10,000 words, inclusive of all text, tables, figures, notes, references, and appendices intended for publication. Additionally, all submissions must include a 150-word abstract and 5 keywords. All quotations, passages, and words in local or foreign languages should be translated into English.

All notes must appear in the text as citations. A citation usually requires only the last name of the author(s), year of publication, and (sometimes) page numbers. For example: (Porter, 1985). Explanatory footnotes may be included but should not be used for simple citations. All works cited must appear in the reference list at the end of the article. In the matter of bibliographical style, we recommend authors use reference manager applications such as Mendeley, Zotero, etc. Then, choose the American Political Science Association (APSA) as the bibliographical manual style such as below:

- Porter, M. E, 1985.  The Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. New York: Free Press.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines and Article Template
  • This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  • All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
  • Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  • We will use Turnitin Tools to check Plagiarism, AI Writing Detection, AI Paraphrasing Detection, etc. The maximum Turnitin score is 20%

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Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  • Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.

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