GUIDELINES FOR WRITING ACADEMIC ARTICLE TO PUBLISH IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS FOR NOVICE ACADEMICIANS

Abstract

This article aims to study the major characteristics of an academic article and to present guidelines including some points for consideration in writing the academic article for publishing in academic journals for novice academicians. A non-systematic literature review method was applied. It was founded that secondary data gained and extracted from the non-systematic literature review was used to formulate the content of the article. The guidelines for writing the academic article can be separated into 3 major steps:
1) preparation step with 8 sub-steps; 2) writing step with 15 sub-steps; and 3) final step with 2 sub-steps. It was proposed that 7 points for consideration should be taken into account in writing the academic article: 1) specifying the type of the article; 2) specifying the method of the study; 3) identifying the sources of the data; 4) identifying the specific new knowledge derived from the study; 5) specifying ethical protocols applied in the article; 6) specifying legal points related to the article; and 7) choosing an appropriate journal for publication. In addition, some recommendations were proposed to the novice academicians for consideration in writing the academic article.