Manuscript Type

Original Research Article

Research articles are scholarly works that present original research findings using quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, experimental, descriptive, comparative, corpus analysis, discourse analysis, or other relevant research approaches. Each research article must include, at a minimum:

  • Title: Clearly reflects the focus of the research.
  • Abstract and Keywords: Summarize the study and identify its key topics.
  • Introduction: Explains the background, research problem, research gap, and objectives.
  • Research Methods: Describes the research design, data sources, data collection techniques, and analytical procedures.
  • Results: Presents the research findings systematically.
  • Discussion: Interprets the findings and relates them to the relevant scholarly literature.
  • Conclusion: Addresses the research objectives and explains the contributions or implications of the findings.
  • References: Includes relevant and verifiable sources.

Research articles must demonstrate a clear scholarly contribution and employ methods appropriate to the research problem.