Author Guidelines

Journal of AI-Driven Intelligent Systems (JADINS)

The Journal of AI-Driven Intelligent Systems (JADINS) welcomes high-quality original research articles, review articles, methodological studies, and applied research that provide significant scientific contributions to the development and application of artificial intelligence-driven intelligent systems.

Authors are required to carefully follow these guidelines and use the official JADINS manuscript template before submitting a manuscript through the journal's Online Journal System (OJS).

Submission of a manuscript indicates that all authors have approved the manuscript, agreed to its submission to JADINS, and accepted the journal's editorial, ethical, and publication policies.

1. Aims and Scope Compliance

Manuscripts submitted to JADINS must clearly contribute to one or more areas within the journal's scope, including but not limited to:

  • Artificial Intelligence

  • Machine Learning

  • Deep Learning

  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence

  • Generative Artificial Intelligence

  • Large Language Models

  • Reinforcement Learning

  • Intelligent Decision Support Systems

  • Expert and Knowledge-Based Systems

  • Fuzzy Systems

  • Neuro-Symbolic Artificial Intelligence

  • Intelligent Optimization

  • Graph-Based Intelligence and Graph Neural Networks

  • Predictive Analytics

  • Spatio-Temporal Analytics

  • Natural Language Processing

  • Computer Vision

  • Recommendation Systems

  • Multi-Agent Systems

  • Autonomous Intelligent Systems

  • Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

  • Responsible and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

  • Adaptive Intelligent Systems

  • Intelligent Information Systems

  • Smart Computing

JADINS also welcomes interdisciplinary applications of AI-driven intelligent systems in areas such as:

  • Smart Agriculture

  • Healthcare

  • Education

  • Business and Industry

  • Smart Cities

  • Public Governance

  • Environmental Sustainability

  • Transportation

  • Cybersecurity

  • Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0

However, the principal scientific contribution of the manuscript must remain clearly centered on artificial intelligence, intelligent systems, intelligent decision-making, or related computational intelligence methodologies.

Manuscripts describing only conventional information systems, basic CRUD applications, routine software development, or standard algorithm implementation without sufficient scientific novelty and rigorous evaluation may be rejected during editorial screening.

2. Types of Manuscripts

JADINS accepts the following types of manuscripts:

2.1. Original Research Article

An Original Research Article should report original theoretical, experimental, computational, or applied research with:

  • a clearly identified research problem;

  • a well-defined research gap;

  • scientific novelty;

  • rigorous methodology;

  • appropriate experimental evaluation;

  • reproducible results;

  • clear interpretation and discussion;

  • significant scientific or practical contribution.

The maximum length is 12 pages, including figures, tables, references, and appendices.

2.2. Review or Survey Article

A Review or Survey Article should provide a critical, systematic, or structured synthesis of recent research within the scope of JADINS.

A review article should identify:

  • the current state of the field;

  • major methods and approaches;

  • research trends;

  • methodological limitations;

  • unresolved research gaps;

  • emerging challenges;

  • future research directions.

The maximum length is 16 pages.

2.3. Methodological Article

A Methodological Article should introduce or significantly improve:

  • algorithms;

  • machine learning models;

  • intelligent system architectures;

  • decision-making frameworks;

  • optimization techniques;

  • evaluation approaches;

  • explainability methods;

  • computational methodologies.

The proposed method must be scientifically validated against relevant baseline or existing methods.

2.4. Applied Intelligent Systems Article

Applied research should demonstrate rigorous implementation and evaluation of AI-driven intelligent systems in real-world environments.

The contribution must extend beyond ordinary software development and demonstrate measurable intelligent capabilities such as:

  • prediction;

  • classification;

  • optimization;

  • recommendation;

  • reasoning;

  • adaptation;

  • explanation;

  • autonomous decision-making; or

  • intelligent decision support.

3. Manuscript Format

Authors must prepare manuscripts using the official JADINS manuscript template.

The manuscript must be prepared as follows:

  • Paper size: A4

  • Left margin: 2.5 cm

  • Top margin: 2.5 cm

  • Right margin: 2 cm

  • Bottom margin: 2 cm

  • Font: Times New Roman

  • Main text size: 10 pt

  • Line spacing: Single

  • Layout: one-column format

  • File format: Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx)

Authors should not modify the main formatting structure of the official JADINS template.

4. Manuscript Structure

An Original Research Article should normally be organized as follows:

  1. Title

  2. Authors and Affiliations

  3. Article Information

  4. Abstract

  5. Keywords

  6. Corresponding Author

  7. Introduction

  8. Theoretical Basis and/or Proposed Method/Algorithm, if applicable

  9. Method

  10. Results and Discussion

  11. Conclusion

  12. Acknowledgments, if applicable

  13. Funding Information

  14. Author Contributions Statement

  15. Conflict of Interest Statement

  16. Informed Consent, if applicable

  17. Ethical Approval, if applicable

  18. Data Availability

  19. References

  20. Biographies of Authors

Additional subsections may be used where scientifically necessary.

5. Title

The title should contain the fewest possible words that accurately describe the content of the manuscript.

The title should:

  • be concise;

  • be specific;

  • be scientifically informative;

  • accurately represent the main contribution;

  • preferably contain no more than approximately 12 words;

  • avoid unnecessary abbreviations;

  • avoid uncommon acronyms;

  • avoid unnecessary formulas or symbols;

  • avoid general phrases such as “A Study of…”, “Analysis of…”, “Implementation of…”, “Design of…”, or similar expressions where possible.

The research method should generally not be included in the title unless the manuscript introduces or substantially develops a new methodological approach.

Title format:

  • 16 pt

  • Bold

  • Centered

6. Authors and Affiliations

Author names should appear immediately below the manuscript title.

Each author must provide:

  • full name;

  • institutional affiliation;

  • department/faculty/research center;

  • institution;

  • city;

  • country.

Authors should maintain a consistent form of their name across publications and academic indexing databases.

At least one author must be designated as the Corresponding Author.

7. Abstract

The abstract must be 100–200 words.

The abstract should be informative, self-contained, and able to stand independently from the main article.

It should clearly state:

  1. the research problem or background;

  2. the objective of the study;

  3. the proposed approach or methodology;

  4. the dataset, sample, or experimental context where relevant;

  5. the principal findings;

  6. important quantitative results where applicable;

  7. the main conclusion.

The abstract should not contain:

  • literature citations;

  • tables;

  • figures;

  • mathematical equations;

  • undefined abbreviations;

  • unsupported claims.

Non-standard abbreviations should be avoided. If essential, they must be defined when first used.

8. Keywords

Authors must provide 5–7 keywords or key phrases.

Keywords should:

  • accurately represent the manuscript;

  • support indexing and discoverability;

  • use recognized terminology in the research field;

  • preferably use American English spelling;

  • avoid overly general terms;

  • avoid unnecessary plural terms;

  • avoid excessively long phrases;

  • avoid abbreviations unless widely established.

9. Introduction

The Introduction should clearly establish the scientific basis of the research.

It should normally contain:

  1. research background;

  2. significance of the problem;

  3. clear problem statement;

  4. relevant and recent literature;

  5. critical comparison with previous studies;

  6. limitations of existing approaches;

  7. research gap;

  8. proposed approach or solution;

  9. scientific novelty;

  10. research objective;

  11. main contribution of the study.

The Introduction should demonstrate how the proposed research differs from existing studies and why the research is scientifically necessary.

Authors should avoid merely listing previous studies without critical synthesis.

The Introduction should preferably be structured within approximately 3–6 coherent paragraphs, depending on the complexity of the study.

10. Theoretical Basis and/or Proposed Method/Algorithm

This section is optional.

It may be included when the manuscript introduces:

  • a new algorithm;

  • a new mathematical formulation;

  • a novel machine learning architecture;

  • a new intelligent decision model;

  • a theoretical framework;

  • a new optimization method;

  • a computational model requiring detailed theoretical explanation.

The theoretical contribution should be explained clearly before the Method section.

11. Method

The Method section must provide sufficient detail to allow scientific evaluation and reasonable reproducibility.

Authors should describe, where applicable:

  • research design;

  • dataset source;

  • data collection;

  • data collection period;

  • sample size;

  • inclusion and exclusion criteria;

  • data preprocessing;

  • missing-data handling;

  • feature engineering;

  • algorithm or model architecture;

  • research procedures;

  • pseudocode;

  • mathematical formulation;

  • training strategy;

  • validation procedure;

  • test procedure;

  • hyperparameter optimization;

  • baseline methods;

  • comparison methods;

  • experimental environment;

  • software and libraries;

  • relevant software versions;

  • hardware configuration;

  • statistical analysis;

  • evaluation metrics.

Research procedures may be presented using:

  • algorithms;

  • flowcharts;

  • pseudocode;

  • system architectures;

  • diagrams;

  • mathematical formulations.

Relevant methodological statements should be appropriately supported by references.

12. Requirements for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Studies

Because JADINS specializes in AI-driven intelligent systems, manuscripts involving machine learning or artificial intelligence should provide sufficient methodological transparency.

12.1. Dataset Reporting

Authors should report:

  • source of the dataset;

  • number of observations;

  • number of features;

  • target variable;

  • class distribution where applicable;

  • data acquisition period;

  • preprocessing procedures;

  • missing-data treatment;

  • outlier handling;

  • normalization or standardization;

  • feature selection or feature extraction.

12.2. Dataset Partitioning

Authors should clearly state:

  • training-data proportion;

  • validation-data proportion;

  • testing-data proportion;

  • cross-validation procedure;

  • randomization procedure;

  • random seed where relevant.

Measures should be taken to prevent data leakage.

12.3. Model Configuration

Authors should provide sufficient details about:

  • model architecture;

  • algorithm configuration;

  • hyperparameters;

  • learning rate;

  • number of epochs;

  • optimizer;

  • loss function;

  • regularization;

  • stopping criteria;

  • feature configuration.

12.4. Baseline Comparison

New or improved models should be compared with appropriate:

  • baseline methods;

  • conventional models;

  • established machine learning methods;

  • state-of-the-art approaches where scientifically relevant.

Comparisons should use consistent datasets, validation procedures, and evaluation metrics.

12.5. Evaluation Metrics

Appropriate metrics should be selected based on the research problem.

Examples include:

Classification

  • Accuracy

  • Precision

  • Recall

  • F1-score

  • AUC

  • ROC

Regression/Forecasting

  • MAE

  • MSE

  • RMSE

  • MAPE

  • R²

Ranking and Recommendation

  • Precision@K

  • Recall@K

  • MAP

  • NDCG

  • Hit Rate

Other domain-specific measures may be used where appropriate.

12.6. Statistical Validation

Where appropriate, authors are encouraged to report:

  • confidence intervals;

  • repeated experiments;

  • significance tests;

  • sensitivity analysis;

  • robustness analysis.

12.7. Explainability

Manuscripts claiming explainability or interpretability should clearly describe the explanation method, such as:

  • SHAP;

  • LIME;

  • feature importance;

  • attention visualization;

  • counterfactual explanations;

  • rule extraction;

  • interpretable surrogate models.

Authors should explain how the explanation contributes to scientific understanding or decision-making.

13. Results and Discussion

The Results and Discussion section should present and critically interpret the research findings.

Results may be presented using:

  • tables;

  • figures;

  • graphs;

  • charts;

  • performance comparisons;

  • statistical results.

Authors should:

  • report findings objectively;

  • provide quantitative evidence;

  • avoid unnecessary duplication between tables and figures;

  • explain important patterns;

  • compare findings with previous research;

  • discuss why the proposed approach performs as observed;

  • identify strengths and limitations;

  • discuss theoretical and practical implications;

  • explain the contribution to the field.

The Discussion should not merely restate numerical results.

Subsections may be used where necessary.

14. Equations

Equations should be prepared using Microsoft Equation Editor, MathType, or another editable equation format.

Equations should:

  • be centered;

  • be numbered consecutively;

  • place equation numbers in parentheses aligned to the right;

  • define all variables and symbols after first use.

Example:

[
y = f(x)
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]

15. Figures

Figures must be:

  • numbered sequentially;

  • centered;

  • cited in the manuscript;

  • accompanied by informative captions;

  • sufficiently clear for publication.

Authors should use high-resolution figures.

A minimum resolution of 300 dpi is recommended for raster graphics.

For graphs and technical diagrams, vector formats are preferred where possible.

All text, axes, legends, labels, and symbols must remain readable at publication size.

Authors must obtain permission to reproduce copyrighted figures from other sources.

Manipulation that misrepresents scientific information is prohibited.

16. Tables

Tables should:

  • be numbered sequentially;

  • have descriptive titles;

  • be centered;

  • be cited in the manuscript;

  • use editable text;

  • avoid screenshots of tables;

  • include notes where necessary.

Tables should present information efficiently and should not unnecessarily duplicate information already provided in the text or figures.

17. Conclusion

The Conclusion should summarize the principal outcomes of the study.

It should clearly state:

  • whether the research objectives were achieved;

  • the principal findings;

  • the main scientific contribution;

  • practical or theoretical implications;

  • relevant limitations;

  • possible future research directions.

The Conclusion should be based directly on the results and discussion.

No new experimental results should be introduced in this section.

18. Acknowledgments

Optional

The Acknowledgments section may recognize individuals or organizations that provided assistance but do not meet authorship criteria.

Authors should specify the nature of the contribution where appropriate.

Permission should be obtained from individuals named in the acknowledgments.

19. Funding Information

Mandatory

All manuscripts must contain a Funding Information section.

Authors should identify:

  • funding organization;

  • grant name;

  • grant number where applicable.

Example:

Funding: This research was supported by [Funding Agency], Grant No. [XXXXX].

If no funding was received:

Funding: The authors state that no funding was involved in this research.

20. Author Contributions Statement

Mandatory

JADINS uses the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) to describe author contributions.

Relevant contribution roles include:

  • Conceptualization

  • Methodology

  • Software

  • Validation

  • Formal Analysis

  • Investigation

  • Resources

  • Data Curation

  • Writing – Original Draft

  • Writing – Review & Editing

  • Visualization

  • Supervision

  • Project Administration

  • Funding Acquisition

Authors should complete the Author Contributions table provided in the JADINS template.

Each listed author must have made a genuine intellectual contribution to the study.

Guest, honorary, ghost, or purchased authorship is prohibited.

21. Conflict of Interest Statement

Mandatory

Authors must disclose all financial and non-financial competing interests that could reasonably be perceived to influence the research.

Where no conflict exists, include:

Conflict of Interest: The authors state no conflict of interest.

22. Informed Consent

If Applicable

Studies involving identifiable human participants must obtain appropriate informed consent.

Where applicable, include:

Informed Consent: We have obtained informed consent from all individuals included in this study.

Authors are responsible for protecting participant privacy and confidentiality.

23. Ethical Approval

If Applicable

Research involving humans or animals must comply with relevant national regulations, institutional policies, and ethical standards.

Where human subjects are involved, authors should identify:

  • approving ethics committee;

  • institutional review board;

  • approval number;

  • approval date where applicable.

Research involving human participants should follow relevant principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.

Research involving animals must comply with relevant institutional and national standards for animal care and use.

24. Data Availability

Mandatory

All manuscripts must contain a Data Availability Statement.

Examples include:

Openly Available Data

The data supporting the findings of this study are openly available in [Repository Name] at [DOI/URL].

Available Upon Request

The data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Restricted Data

The data are not publicly available because they contain information that could compromise participant privacy.

Data Included in Article

The authors confirm that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the article and/or supplementary materials.

No New Data

Data availability is not applicable because no new data were created or analyzed in this study.

JADINS encourages authors to deposit datasets in recognized repositories whenever legally and ethically possible.

25. Code and Software Availability

For computational studies, authors are strongly encouraged to make source code, scripts, model configurations, and experimental procedures available through recognized repositories such as:

  • GitHub

  • GitLab

  • Zenodo

  • institutional repositories

Where source code cannot be released, authors should state the reason.

26. Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies

Authors must disclose the substantive use of Generative AI or AI-assisted technologies during research or manuscript preparation.

Artificial intelligence systems, Large Language Models, or chatbots cannot be listed as authors.

Authors remain fully responsible for:

  • accuracy;

  • originality;

  • scientific validity;

  • citations;

  • ethical compliance;

  • data integrity.

Where disclosure is necessary, authors may include:

Declaration of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies: During the preparation of this manuscript, the authors used [tool name/version] for [specific purpose]. The authors reviewed and edited the resulting content and take full responsibility for the final manuscript.

AI must not be used to fabricate:

  • data;

  • results;

  • citations;

  • images;

  • evidence;

  • participant information.

27. References

JADINS uses the IEEE reference style.

References must be numbered sequentially according to first appearance in the manuscript.

Examples of in-text citations:

  • [1]

  • [2]

  • [3]

  • [4]–[7]

The manuscript should contain a minimum of 25 references.

Authors should prioritize:

  • relevant sources;

  • peer-reviewed journal articles;

  • international publications;

  • up-to-date scientific literature;

  • original research sources.

DOIs should be provided whenever available.

Reference-management software such as the following is strongly recommended:

  • Mendeley

  • Zotero

  • EndNote

Authors should select the IEEE citation style.

Journal Article Example

[1] J. K. Author and A. Author, “Title of paper,” Abbrev. Journal Title, vol. x, no. x, pp. xxx–xxx, year, doi: xx.xxxx/xxxxx.

Conference Article Example

[2] J. K. Author, “Title of paper,” in Proc. International Conference Name, City, Country, year, pp. xxx–xxx, doi: xx.xxxx/xxxxx.

Book Example

[3] J. K. Author, Title of Book, 2nd ed. City, Country: Publisher, year.

Thesis or Dissertation Example

[4] J. K. Author, “Title of thesis,” M.S. thesis, Department, University, City, Country, year.

For references containing more than six authors, “et al.” may be used according to IEEE conventions.

Authors must carefully verify all reference metadata before submission.

Citation manipulation, excessive irrelevant self-citation, and coercive citation are prohibited.

28. Biographies of Authors

Mandatory

Each author must provide a professional biography at the end of the manuscript.

The biography should include:

  • full name;

  • academic background;

  • current academic or professional position;

  • institutional affiliation;

  • research interests;

  • significant research achievements where relevant;

  • professional email address;

  • ORCID iD;

  • Google Scholar profile where available;

  • Scopus Author ID where available;

  • Web of Science ResearcherID where available.

ORCID

ORCID iD is mandatory for every author.

Authors should ensure their ORCID profile is accurate and up to date.

Biography Length

Each biography should normally contain approximately 150–200 words.

Author Photograph

Each author must provide a clear professional photograph approximately 3 × 4 cm.

The photograph should:

  • be professionally appropriate;

  • have sufficient resolution;

  • be clearly focused;

  • avoid casual or unsuitable backgrounds.

29. Language

All manuscripts must be written in English.

Authors should use clear, concise, grammatically correct academic English.

American English spelling is preferred for consistency.

Manuscripts containing language problems that significantly affect readability may be returned for correction before peer review.

30. Originality and Publication Ethics

Submitted manuscripts must:

  • be original;

  • not have been previously published;

  • not be under consideration by another journal;

  • not contain plagiarism;

  • not contain fabricated or falsified data;

  • not contain manipulated citations;

  • appropriately acknowledge all sources.

JADINS may use similarity-detection software to evaluate submitted manuscripts.

Authors remain fully responsible for the originality and integrity of their work.

31. Peer Review

All manuscripts are initially assessed by the editorial team for:

  • compliance with the aims and scope;

  • scientific quality;

  • originality;

  • manuscript organization;

  • ethical compliance;

  • adherence to the Author Guidelines.

Manuscripts that meet the journal's initial requirements will proceed to independent peer review.

The peer-review process is conducted according to the official JADINS Peer Review Policy published on the journal website.

Editorial decisions may include:

  • Accept;

  • Minor Revision;

  • Major Revision;

  • Resubmit for Review;

  • Reject.

The final publication decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief or designated handling editor.

32. Desk Rejection

A manuscript may be rejected without external review if it:

  • falls outside the aims and scope of JADINS;

  • lacks scientific novelty;

  • has insufficient methodological rigor;

  • presents an ordinary software implementation without intelligent-system contribution;

  • lacks appropriate experimental validation;

  • has major language problems;

  • substantially violates the template;

  • contains excessive similarity;

  • violates publication ethics;

  • provides unsupported or unreliable findings.

33. Revision

Authors invited to revise a manuscript must submit:

  1. a revised manuscript;

  2. a detailed response to reviewers;

  3. a point-by-point explanation of changes made.

Authors should respond professionally and scientifically to every reviewer comment.

Where authors disagree with a recommendation, they should provide a reasoned scientific justification.

34. Submission Files

Authors should prepare the following files:

  1. Main manuscript prepared using the official JADINS template;

  2. Supplementary materials, if applicable;

  3. Datasets or repository information, where applicable;

  4. Source code or repository information, where appropriate;

  5. Ethics documentation, where applicable;

  6. Copyright permission documents, where required.

Authors must also ensure that all metadata entered into OJS accurately correspond to the manuscript.

35. Online Submission

Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the JADINS OJS platform:

Journal of AI-Driven Intelligent Systems (JADINS)
https://journal.jadins.unipol.ac.id

Authors must register or log in before submitting a manuscript.

During submission, authors must:

  1. complete the submission checklist;

  2. select the appropriate section;

  3. upload the manuscript;

  4. enter complete metadata;

  5. enter all authors in the correct order;

  6. provide affiliations;

  7. provide ORCID iDs;

  8. provide keywords;

  9. upload supplementary files where applicable;

  10. confirm the submission.

36. Submission Preparation Checklist

Before submitting, authors must confirm that:

  • The manuscript is original.

  • The manuscript is not under review elsewhere.

  • The manuscript fits the aims and scope of JADINS.

  • The official JADINS template has been used.

  • The manuscript complies with A4 page formatting.

  • Times New Roman 10 pt and single spacing are used.

  • The manuscript does not exceed the prescribed page limit.

  • The title is concise and informative.

  • The abstract contains 100–200 words.

  • The manuscript provides 5–7 keywords.

  • The research gap is clearly stated.

  • The scientific novelty is clearly explained.

  • The Method section is reproducible.

  • AI/ML studies report appropriate dataset and validation procedures.

  • Baseline comparisons are provided where applicable.

  • Evaluation metrics are scientifically appropriate.

  • Tables and figures are numbered and cited.

  • References follow IEEE style.

  • At least 25 relevant references are provided.

  • DOIs are included where available.

  • Funding information is included.

  • Author Contributions are provided using CRediT.

  • Conflict of Interest is declared.

  • Informed Consent is provided where applicable.

  • Ethical Approval is provided where applicable.

  • Data Availability Statement is included.

  • Generative AI use is disclosed where applicable.

  • ORCID iD is provided for every author.

  • Author biographies and photographs are included.

  • All authors have approved the manuscript.

  • All required permissions have been obtained.

37. Copyright and Open Access

JADINS is an open-access journal.

The current JADINS manuscript template identifies articles as being distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license.

Authors must ensure compliance with the copyright and licensing policy stated on the official JADINS website.

38. Final Responsibility

Authors are responsible for the:

  • accuracy;

  • originality;

  • methodological validity;

  • ethical integrity;

  • data integrity;

  • reference accuracy;

  • authorship information;

  • legal permissions

of all materials submitted to JADINS.

Submission of a manuscript indicates that the authors have read, understood, and agreed to comply with these Author Guidelines and the publication policies of the Journal of AI-Driven Intelligent Systems (JADINS).