Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

The Journal of Interdisciplinary Learning and Knowledge Sciences (JILKS) welcomes original, unpublished manuscripts on interdisciplinary learning, knowledge representation, educational data science, cognitive science of learning, assessment design, and educational technology.

Manuscript types

  • Original research articles
  • Review articles and systematic reviews
  • Methodological papers
  • Case studies and applied research reports
  • Short communications within the journal scope

Submission preparation

  • Submit manuscripts in English using clear academic language.
  • Include title, abstract, keywords, author details, affiliations, and corresponding author contact.
  • Remove author-identifying information from the main manuscript file for double-blind review.
  • Provide funding, conflict-of-interest, ethics approval, and data availability statements where applicable.
  • Use consistent references and include DOIs where available.

Manuscript formatting

Manuscripts must be formatted strictly according to this journal’s official Word template. Download the template, edit that file in place, and replace the placeholder content with your manuscript. Do not submit an unformatted file or paste the paper into a different document. A matching LaTeX kit is provided for authors who work in LaTeX.

  • Typography and layout — A4 page, 1-inch (2.54 cm) margins, single column. Body text is Times New Roman, 10.5 pt, justified, single-spaced with a first-line indent. The title and section headings are bold Times New Roman (title ~17 pt; level-1 headings 12 pt uppercase, level-2 11 pt, level-3 10.5 pt bold italic); the abstract and reference list are ~9.5 pt. Small metadata labels (article information, running head) use Arial. Submit editable text (Word/LaTeX), not scanned images; embed figures at 300 dpi or better.
  • Title, authors, affiliations — a concise title, the full author list with affiliation markers, and the corresponding author’s email.
  • Manuscript length — the minimum manuscript word count is 3000 words.
  • Abstract — a single paragraph of no more than 200 words, with no citations.
  • Keywords — three to six, in alphabetical order.
  • Sections — numbered headings (1. Introduction, 2. Materials and Methods, 3. Results and Discussion, 4. Conclusion for empirical work; humanities, law and review articles may use their own sequentially numbered structure).
  • Tables and figures — numbered in order of mention and referred to in the text; table captions above, figure captions below.
  • References — listed alphabetically by first author and numbered [1], [2], …, and cited in the text by number. APA 7th edition is the default; a consistent MLA 9th style is also accepted.

Review and ethics

All submissions are screened for scope, completeness, originality, and ethical compliance before peer review. Manuscripts are evaluated through double-blind review. See Peer Review Process, Publication Ethics, and Plagiarism Policy.

Charges and licensing

Publication charges, waivers, copyright, and licensing are described in Article Processing Charges, Waiver Policy, and Copyright & Licensing. Any values marked [PLACEHOLDER] remain pending until formally confirmed by the publisher.

Templates & Downloads

Use the JILKS Word template as the manuscript file — edit it in place; do not submit an unformatted document. A LaTeX kit is also provided. See all IJ Press templates.

Download Word template

Submit Manuscript