Author Guidelines

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Author Guidelines

Journal of Pedagogical Innovation and Artificial Intelligence

Prepare a clear, rigorous manuscript that connects educational questions with meaningful evidence.

Research articles and systematic reviews · Abstract: 150–250 words · Five keywords · Single-column Word template · Pedagogical contribution and Role of AI statements

Before you submit   ·   Article types and language   ·   Manuscript files and layout   ·   Title page and author information   ·   Abstract, keywords, and contribution statements   ·   Main text: research articles   ·   Additional guidance for systematic reviews   ·   Tables, figures, and supplementary materials   ·   Statistical and qualitative reporting   ·   References and citations   ·   Declarations   ·   Submission and revision   ·   Final submission checklist

01   Before you submit

AIPED: Journal of Pedagogical Innovation and Artificial Intelligence welcomes original research articles and systematic reviews that advance pedagogical innovation or the educational application of artificial intelligence. Manuscripts should address a clear educational problem and demonstrate a contribution to teaching, learning, assessment, or educator practice. A pedagogical study does not need an AI component; where AI is used, its educational purpose and human oversight must be explicit.

Submission implies that the work is original, is not under consideration by another journal, and has been approved for submission by all authors. Disclose related manuscripts and any previously disseminated version to the editor, and explain the distinct contribution of the submitted work.

02   Article types and language

Research articles report original empirical investigations using quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, or design-based approaches appropriate to the research questions. Systematic reviews provide a transparent, reproducible search, selection, appraisal, and synthesis of relevant evidence.

Use clear, consistent academic language. For manuscripts in English, provide an English title and abstract. For manuscripts in Indonesian, provide both Indonesian and English titles and abstracts. Place both titles before the author information and both abstracts before the keywords. Ensure that the two versions communicate the same findings.

03   Manuscript files and layout

Prepare an editable Word manuscript using the AIPED template. Preserve its section breaks and use the supplied paragraph styles instead of repeated spaces or blank lines. The opening page contains article information, the abstract, keywords, pedagogical contribution, and role of AI; begin the main text on the following page.

Use the template’s automatic page numbering. Publication metadata—including volume, issue, page range, DOI, ISSN, publication dates, copyright, and licence—is finalized by the editorial office. Do not invent these details or treat sample header information as assigned metadata. Remove instructional text, bracketed placeholders, the author guidance pages, and the sample chemistry figure and references before submission.

04   Title page and author information

Identify the article type and provide an informative, concise title that communicates the principal educational contribution. Avoid unsupported claims of novelty and unnecessary abbreviations.

Write each author’s full name without academic titles or positions. Use superscript numbers to connect authors to affiliations, not to indicate author order. Numbers are unnecessary when all authors share one affiliation. Give the department, faculty where applicable, institution, city, and country. Mark the corresponding author with an asterisk and provide a working email address; include an ORCID URL where available. Do not invent an additional name for an author with a single name.

Enter author names, order, affiliations, title, abstract, and keywords consistently in the manuscript and the OJS submission metadata. If anonymous review files are requested under the journal’s peer-review policy, provide identifying information separately and remove identifying details from the review manuscript and file properties.

05   Abstract, keywords, and contribution statements

Abstract: approximately 150–250 words. Present a self-contained account of the educational problem, objective, research design, context, participants or evidence sources, methods of analysis, principal findings, and conclusion. Include key numerical findings where appropriate. Avoid citations, tables, figures, unexplained abbreviations, and conclusions that exceed the evidence. Review abstracts should identify the review approach, search coverage, eligibility criteria, and principal synthesis findings.

Keywords: supply five specific, searchable terms separated by semicolons. Select terms representing the educational context, pedagogical approach, technology, or principal outcomes.

Pedagogical contribution: provide one or two evidence-based sentences stating what the study adds to teaching, learning, assessment, or educator practice.

Role of AI: explain AI’s educational function and the human oversight involved. If AI was not used in the study, state this and identify the pedagogical innovation. This statement is distinct from the declaration on generative AI used to prepare the manuscript.

06   Main text: research articles

1 Introduction

Establish the educational context, define the problem, and explain its significance. Synthesize relevant primary research to show the state of knowledge, identify the research gap, and justify the study’s originality. End with clear objectives and research questions or hypotheses. Explain how the pedagogy, disciplinary content, learning context, and technology relate to one another.

2 Methods

2.1 Research design and context: identify and justify the design; describe the educational level, discipline, institutional setting, and study period.

2.2 Participants and sampling: report the population, sample size and its rationale where applicable, recruitment, sampling strategy, eligibility criteria, relevant characteristics, and group allocation.

2.3 Learning design and intervention: describe objectives, activities, materials, duration, educator involvement, and assessment. For AI applications, report the tool, model/version where available, access date, relevant settings, prompts, and human oversight in sufficient detail for replication.

2.4 Instruments and data collection: describe data sources, instrument administration, scoring, and evidence of validity and reliability. Identify adapted instruments and cite their sources.

2.5 Data analysis and ethics: explain analysis procedures, software and versions, assumption checks, effect sizes and uncertainty where relevant, or qualitative coding and trustworthiness procedures. Report applicable ethics approval and consent arrangements.

3 Results

Present findings in the order of the research questions. Refer to every table and figure before it appears. Summarize the main patterns without repeating every table entry. Support qualitative themes with anonymized evidence and separate observed results from speculation.

4 Discussion

Interpret findings in relation to the research questions and prior literature. Discuss plausible pedagogical mechanisms, distinguish interpretation from evidence, and avoid attributing all effects to technology alone. Include 4.1 Implications for educational practice and 4.2 Limitations and future research. Consider implementation, accessibility, equity, educator workload, and responsible AI use when relevant.

5 Conclusion

Answer the research questions concisely and state the central contribution and its implications. Do not introduce new data, repeat the abstract, or extend claims beyond the design and context.

07   Additional guidance for systematic reviews

Adapt the main-text structure to the review questions while retaining a clear Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion. Identify any protocol or registration, or state if none was used. Report databases and other sources, exact search dates, reproducible search strategies, eligibility criteria, screening procedures, reviewer involvement, and reasons for exclusion.

Explain data extraction, appraisal of study quality or risk of bias, and synthesis methods. Provide a study-selection flow diagram and a table of included-study characteristics where appropriate. Explain heterogeneity and the limitations of the evidence. If a reporting guideline is used, identify it and supply the relevant checklist as supplementary material.

08   Tables, figures, and supplementary materials

Number tables and figures separately in their order of citation. Place table titles above tables and figure captions below figures. Use editable tables rather than screenshots, define abbreviations and statistical symbols in notes, and report units consistently. Ensure that tables fit the text width without clipped columns and that figures remain legible at their intended size.

Preserve image proportions and use labels that remain readable. Acknowledge the original source of reused or adapted material and obtain permission where required. The spectrum in the template is a formatting example, not material to retain in an educational manuscript.

Supply clearly named supplementary files for instruments, instructional materials, search strategies, coding frameworks, prompts, or other supporting information. Cite each supplementary item in the manuscript and remove participant identifiers and confidential information.

09   Statistical and qualitative reporting

Report sample sizes and descriptive statistics appropriate to the data. For inferential results, give the test statistic, degrees of freedom where applicable, exact p value, effect size, and confidence interval as appropriate. Use p < .001 rather than p = .000. Distinguish statistical significance from educational importance and avoid causal conclusions unsupported by the design.

For qualitative work, describe the analytic approach, researcher involvement or reflexivity where relevant, coding decisions, and procedures supporting credibility or trustworthiness. Use anonymized excerpts or other evidence to substantiate interpretations.

10   References and citations

Use a consistent author–date citation system. Format citations and references according to APA 7. Provide at least 15 relevant references. Prioritize primary research and recent scholarship; the template’s editorial quality targets are more than 80% primary sources and more than 80% references published within the preceding 10 years. These are quality targets, not a reason to omit essential foundational work or add irrelevant sources.

Ensure every in-text citation has a matching reference and every listed reference is cited. Verify authors, year, title, journal, volume, issue, pages or article number, and DOI. Present available DOIs as resolvable https://doi.org/ links. Do not cite the template’s example chemistry references unless they are substantively relevant to the submitted study.

In-text patterns: Author (year); (Author, year); (Author & Author, year); (Author et al., year) for works with three or more authors.

Journal article pattern: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, volume(issue), page range or article number. DOI URL.

11   Declarations

Place a Declarations section after the Conclusion and before References. Complete each statement according to the actual circumstances; explain non-applicability where appropriate.

• Acknowledgments: identify assistance that does not qualify for authorship.
• Funding: identify funders and grant numbers, or state that no specific funding was received.
• Author contributions: describe each author’s actual contributions, preferably using CRediT roles.
• Competing interests: disclose relevant financial or non-financial interests, or state that none exist.
• Ethics and consent: identify the approving body, approval number and date, and informed consent arrangements where applicable. Explain any exemption or non-applicability accurately. Address consent for identifiable material and relevant safeguards for minors or other vulnerable participants.
• Data availability: provide a repository link or explain how data and materials may be accessed. Explain privacy, consent, or other restrictions rather than promising unrestricted access to confidential educational data.
• Use of generative AI: state whether generative AI was used in manuscript preparation. If used, identify the tool, model/version where available, purpose, affected tasks, and human verification. AI cannot be an author; authors remain accountable for the content. Report AI used as part of the research separately in Methods.

12   Submission and revision

Submit through the AIPED online submission system. Upload the editable manuscript, provide complete and consistent metadata, and include supplementary materials and any additional files requested by the journal. In the submission comments or an accompanying letter, briefly explain the educational contribution, fit with AIPED, and any related work or disclosures relevant to editorial assessment.

For a revision, provide a point-by-point response to the editor’s and reviewers’ comments. Identify where changes were made and explain any suggestion that could not be implemented. Supply clean and marked versions if requested. After acceptance, check proofs carefully, including names, affiliations, tables, figures, references, and declarations.

Consult the journal’s published policies for peer review, authorship, AI use, fees and waivers, copyright and licensing, and data sharing. This guideline does not assign a fee, licence, review model, decision timeline, or publication guarantee.

13   Final submission checklist

• The study fits AIPED and states a clear educational contribution.
• All authors approve submission and the author metadata are consistent.
• The manuscript follows the Word template and contains no instructional placeholders or sample content.
• The abstract is approximately 150–250 words; five keywords and both contribution statements are included.
• The research questions, methods, evidence, limitations, and conclusions are aligned.
• Every table and figure is cited, legible, and correctly captioned.
• Citations, references, and available DOIs have been checked.
• Funding, contributions, competing interests, ethics, data availability, and generative AI statements are complete.
• Supplementary materials are clearly labelled and participant confidentiality is protected.
• Publication metadata are left for the editorial office to finalize.

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