B. Structure of The Manuscript

Manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Soft Computing Exploration (JOSCEX) must follow the IMRAD (see cheat sheet) structure, which is a standardized format widely used in scientific publishing. IMRAD stands for:

1. The title of the manuscript
The title should be informative and be written both briefly and clearly. It has to be accurate and specific to describe the contents of the article that will be discussed. The title should contain highlights or the subject of this paper. The main ideas should be written first and followed then by their explanations. The article title does not contain any uncommon abbreviation. The article title should be written within maximally 20 {twenty} words in English, 14pt-sized font, with the bold selection and title case in the center text format.

2. How to Write the Name, and the Author's Affiliation
The author's name should be written without an academic degree. If the author's name consists of at least two words, the last name should not be shorted {to avoid miss citation}. If there is more than one author, the author's names should be written separately by a comma {,}. If the author's names are only one word, it should be written as it is. The name of the author should be written in 10pt-sized font, with the bold selection and the center text format.

Then, should give one-line spaces between the author's name and the author's affiliation followed by an email address with the center text alignment in 10pt-sized font, without the bold selection. The responsible author, the correspondence author, or the corresponding author must be written first and then followed by the second, the third, and so on. The communication regarding the article revision and the final statement will be informed via email to the corresponding author only.

3.  Abstract and Keywords
The abstract must contain the aims of the paper, methods, results, and conclusion within 200-250 words maximum. The abstract should be written stand-alone, which means that no citation in the abstract, not referring to figure/table/references. Avoid using uncommon abbreviations. You must be accurate, brief, clear, and specific. Keywords are the labels of your manuscript and are critical to correct indexing and searching. Therefore the keywords should represent the content and highlight of your article. Keyword should be separated by a comma {,} within three to five keywords.
 
4.  Introduction
The introduction must contain a general background {shortly}, a literature review {state of the art} in order to record the existing method/solutions, to show which is the best of previous researches, and to show the main limitation of the previous researches. It has be contain at least 5 pieces of literature in order to justify the novelty of this paper. The introduction should clearly contain the gap analysis {why this research needs to be done? What is the uniqueness of this paper compared to previous papers?} as the basis of the new research question, statements of the new scientific article, and main research problems {novelty}.

Example of novelty statement or the gap analysis statement at the end of Introduction section {after the state of the art of previous research survey}: '........ {short summary of background}....... A few researchers focused on ....... There have been limited studies concerned on ........ Therefore, this research intends to ................. The objectives of this research are .........'.

5. Methods
The method is applied to solve problems including procedures, measuring, and analytical methods. Methods should make the reader able to reproduce your experiment. Provide enough detail to allow the work to be reproduced. The published method should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be explained. Do not repeat details of existing methods, just refer to the literature.

6. Results and Discussion
This part consists of the research results and how they are discussed. The results obtained from the research have to be supported by sufficient data. The research results and the discovery must be the answers or the research hypothesis stated previously in the introduction part. The discussion should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. Make the discussion corresponding to the results, but do not reiterate the results.
The following components should be covered in discussion: How do your results relate to the original question or objectives outlined in the Introduction section {what/how}? Do you provide an interpretation scientifically for each of your results or findings presented {why}? Are your results consistent with what other investigators have reported {what else}? Or are there any differences?
 
7.  Conclusion
This is the final part containing conclusions and advice. The conclusions will be the answers to the hypothesis, the research purposes, and the research discoveries. The conclusions should not contain only the repetition of the results and discussions. It should be the summary of the research results as the author expects in the research purposes or the hypothesis. The advice contains suggestions associated with further ideas from the research.

8. References
All the references that used in the article must be listed in this part. In this part, all the used references must be taken from primary sources {scientific journals and the least number is 80% from all the references} that were published in the last ten years. Each article should have at least ten references. References should be numbered and the numbering in order of appearance in the text. When referring to a reference in the document text, write the references number in square brackets, eg: {1}. All the served data or quotes in the article taken from the other author articles should attach the reference sources. The references should use a reference application management such as Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero. The writing format used in Scientific Journal of informatics, SJI follows the format applied by IEEE citation style. Expect a minimum of 30 references primarily with a minimum of 80% to journal papers published within the latest 4 years (between 2021 and 2025)

C. Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Generated Text

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate content—such as text, images, figures, or code—is permitted within manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Soft Computing Exploration, provided that such content constitutes no more than 20% of the entire article.

Any use of AI-generated content must be transparently disclosed in the Acknowledgments section. Authors must specify the AI system or tool used, clearly indicate which sections of the manuscript include AI-assisted content, and briefly describe the extent and purpose of its use.

It is important to note that the use of AI tools solely for language editing or grammar correction is considered common practice and typically falls outside the scope of this disclosure requirement. Nevertheless, authors are encouraged to remain transparent and are advised to acknowledge such usage when relevant.

Failure to disclose the use of AI or exceeding the permitted threshold may result in rejection of the manuscript.