Penulisan Artikel Jurnal Terindeks Scopus dan WoS

1. Penulisan Artikel Jurnal Terindeks
Scopus dan WoS
PROF. DR. YUNISRINA QISMULLAH YUSUF
LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND
EDUCATION, UNIVERSITAS SYIAH KUALA, BANDA ACEH
EDITOR IN CHIEF, STUDIES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

2. What do editors want? Why is my article rejected?
Main problems for Indonesian authors when they submit their articles to journals:
 Do not follow author guidelines  this is important, your commitment to conform to the guidelines
shows us that you are someone that we can work with, and are devoted to the journal 
http://www.jurnal.unsyiah.ac.id/SiELE/about/submissions#authorGuidelines
 High similarity index  SiELE allows a max of 20%
 Scientific merit and contribution of the research (relatively depending on the journal  interest of
the journal)
 Not within the journal scope and readership
 Diversity in authors and research areas required by the journal
 Careless with writing (i.e., grammar, spelling, punctuation, coherence, and cohesion)  eyesore to
readers….Coherence -- the unity of the ideas, Cohesion -- the unity of structural elements)
 Not systematically presented  confuses readers
 Do not re-read what has been written!

3. SCOPUS Journal selection criteria

4. Academic paper
 A good academic article must be written systematically and coherently.
 The core parts of the writing (introduction, literature review, method,
results/discussion) must be balanced.
 If you are confused -- create an outline.
Problematic: we have received articles with a literature review of only 2
paragraphs long, the method is only 1 paragraph and lacks important
information, the results do not fully answer the research questions and no
discussion (only an ‘extended’ elaboration of results)

5. Typical
research
article
structure

6. Problems with TITLE
 Too long (i.e., the titles are titles of thesis/dissertation)
 Have ‘terms’ that are not within the context of the paper
Problematic:
 SiELE journal allows a maximum of 14-15 words for the title, many authors
do not pay attention to this
 We have received articles that are from theses and dissertations where the
authors do not even mind ‘tweaking’ the titles  and leave it as it is

7. Problems with ABSTRACT
 Too long or too short (does not follow the journal’s guidelines)
 Incomplete, what MUST be included in the abstract is:
- Aim
- Method
- Results
- Implication/conclusion to the study
Problematic:
 Our journal accepts abstracts in 200-250 words, many authors ignore this

8. Problems with INTRODUCTION
 Do not provide adequate background to the research problem
 Do not clearly present the research questions.
 Do not justify the novelty/gap of study.  see my PPT on ‘Constructing
New Insights to your Research’

9. Problems with LITERATURE REVIEW
 Not divided into relevant sub-sections related to the sub-topics of the
paper.
 The references are too old…unless you are quoting the ‘main source’, that
is fine (Searle, Austin in the 60s for speech acts, Brown, Ellis in the 80s for
learning). But providing previous studies, and explanations of some terms
from old sources is unacceptable. It is expected that they are published in
the years 2000+

10. Problems with METHODS
 Not presented systematically.
 What we expect:
- Design, participants, location
- Instruments
- Data Collection
- Data Analysis
Problematic: some authors claim to use questionnaires and interviews, but no
excerpts from the interviews are displayed and elaborated on in the Results
section.

11. Problems with RESULTS
 Not presented systematically
 Do not answer all of the research questions
Problematic: The author presented 3 RQs, and so, it is expected that the
Results section is also sub-divided into three subsections, where each sub-
section answers one RQ.
The author presents 1 RQ, it expected that the Results section are divided
based on category (of the framework), themes, or instruments used (i.e., Tests,
Questionnaire, Interviews, Observation)

12. Problems with DISCUSSION
 Believe it or not, there are many articles that do not have a Discussion!
 What they present is merely an elaboration of results.
 The purpose of the discussion is to interpret and describe the significance
of your findings in light of what was already known about the research
problems being investigated (i.e., link them to the literature review), and to
explain any new understanding or insights that emerged from your results.
 A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate; or you
can present them separately

13. Problems with CONCLUSION
 Still discussing results and relating them to the literature review…this is a
no-no…just write the CONCLUSION (about 1-2 paragraphs)
 Do not provide limitations and recommendations for future related
research

14. Problems with REFERENCES
 Literally do not follow the style referencing of the journal!
 Missing names cited in the article
 Mentioning names that are not cited in the article
 Do not cite from Wikipedia, blogs, or links that cannot be opened/reached

15. Process of
an article
submitted
to a
journal

16.  A key quality every successful person has is
perseverance: grit and drive, and the will to keep
pushing forward in spite of challenges and
obstacles.
 Always have courage and patience in everything
that you do.

17. Keynote Speaker
International Virtual Conference on
Language and Literature (IVICOLL), by
UPT Bahasa Politeknik Negeri Malang,
October 28-29, 2022

18. ALL
THE
BEST!