Jurnal Ekonomi Indonesia (JEI) accepts manuscripts in the following categories: Research Articles and Literature Review Articles. All submissions must demonstrate scholarly rigor, relevance to economics and related fields, originality, and compliance with the journal's publication ethics policies. The journal's editorial procedures are designed to support research integrity and the reliability of the scholarly record, consistent with COPE guidance on cooperation between journals and research institutions in research integrity matters.
1. Research Articles
Research Articles report original research that contributes to the advancement of economic knowledge, theory, methodology, or policy. These manuscripts may employ quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, experimental, or other appropriate research approaches.
Research Articles should present a clearly defined research problem, relevant theoretical or conceptual foundations, an appropriate methodology, transparent analysis, and findings supported by the evidence. Submissions should explain their contribution to existing economic literature and discuss the implications of their findings for economic theory, practice, or public policy.
Depending on the nature of the study, manuscripts should generally include the following sections:
- Introduction: Research background, problem statement, research objectives, research gap, and contribution.
- Literature Review and Theoretical Framework: Relevant theories, previous empirical findings, and hypotheses or analytical propositions, where applicable.
- Research Methodology: Research design, data sources, sampling procedures, variables, analytical methods, and other information necessary to understand and assess the research.
- Results and Discussion: Presentation and interpretation of findings, comparison with previous research, and discussion of their theoretical, empirical, or policy implications.
- Conclusion: Main findings, contributions, limitations, and recommendations for future research or policy, where appropriate.
- References: Complete bibliographic information for all cited sources.
The structure may be adapted to the research design and disciplinary conventions, provided that the manuscript communicates its methods, evidence, and conclusions clearly and transparently.
Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of their research, appropriately acknowledging sources, and disclosing relevant conflicts of interest. Concerns regarding research reliability, plagiarism, or other publication ethics issues will be handled in accordance with the journal's policies and relevant COPE guidance on research integrity and publication misconduct.
2. Literature Review Articles
Literature Review Articles provide a critical, analytical, and structured synthesis of existing scholarly literature on a topic relevant to economics and related fields. Their purpose is to evaluate the current state of knowledge, identify patterns and inconsistencies in previous findings, assess theoretical and methodological developments, and establish research gaps that can inform future studies or economic policymaking.
The journal welcomes review manuscripts employing appropriate approaches, including systematic literature reviews, scoping reviews, integrative reviews, and critical or narrative reviews, provided that the chosen approach is clearly justified and implemented rigorously.
Literature Review Articles should go beyond summarizing individual publications. They must demonstrate critical engagement with the literature, a coherent synthesis of evidence, and a clearly articulated contribution to economic scholarship.
Depending on the review approach, manuscripts should generally include the following elements:
- Introduction: Background, review objectives, research questions, scope, and rationale for the review.
- Review Methodology: Search strategy, databases and sources consulted, search terms, eligibility criteria, screening procedures, and synthesis methods, where applicable.
- Results or Thematic Synthesis: Organization of the reviewed literature into relevant themes, theoretical perspectives, empirical patterns, or methodological developments.
- Critical Discussion: Evaluation of agreements and contradictions in previous findings, strengths and limitations of the existing evidence, theoretical implications, and relevance to economic policy or practice.
- Research Gaps and Future Directions: Identification of unresolved questions and promising directions for further investigation.
- Conclusion: Summary of the principal insights and the review's contribution to the field.
- References: Complete bibliographic information for all cited sources.
For systematic and scoping reviews, authors should provide sufficient methodological detail to enable readers to understand how the literature was identified, selected, and synthesized. Authors should report the review process accurately, explain material exclusions where appropriate, and avoid selectively presenting evidence in ways that distort the overall state of knowledge.
COPE's publication ethics guidance emphasizes the importance of research integrity, transparent reporting of concerns, and safeguarding the reliability of the scholarly record. Accordingly, JEI requires review authors to represent the available literature fairly, acknowledge relevant previous reviews, and disclose any limitations or potential conflicts of interest that could affect the review's interpretation. See COPE guidance on cooperation between research institutions and journals and the COPE official website.
General Requirements for Both Manuscript Types
Regardless of manuscript category, all submissions must satisfy the following requirements:
- Originality: The manuscript must make a legitimate scholarly contribution and must not constitute duplicate or redundant publication. Related publications and overlapping material must be disclosed to the editorial office.
- Research Integrity: Data, methods, analyses, citations, and findings must be represented accurately. Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and other forms of publication misconduct are unacceptable.
- Appropriate Referencing: All sources, data, ideas, and materials derived from other works must be properly cited and acknowledged.
- Authorship Transparency: The listed authors and their declared contributions must accurately reflect their involvement in the research and manuscript.
- Conflict of Interest Disclosure: Authors must disclose relevant financial, professional, institutional, or personal relationships that could influence the research or its interpretation.
- Ethical Compliance: Where applicable, authors must provide information concerning research ethics approval, informed consent, data protection, and other relevant ethical safeguards.
- Peer Review: Manuscripts are subject to editorial screening and peer review in accordance with the journal's editorial policies. Reviewers are expected to assess submissions fairly, confidentially, and objectively, consistent with the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.
The journal reserves the right to request revisions, additional documentation, or clarification when necessary to assess a manuscript's scholarly quality, methodological transparency, originality, or compliance with publication ethics requirements.