Authors intending to submit to Advances in Human Resource Management Research (AHRMR) should review the current Aims & Scope, manuscript requirements, Title Page requirements, peer-review process, publication ethics, Article Processing Charge policy, Open Access and licensing terms, and other applicable journal policies before submission. Formal manuscripts must be submitted through the official AHRMR Online Journal System (OJS).

All fields explicitly included in the current AHRMR Aims & Scope form part of the journal's main scholarly scope. A manuscript does not need to introduce an additional HRM, employee, workforce, or workplace variable merely to establish eligibility when its subject already falls within a stated scope area.

AHRMR accepts two manuscript types only: Research Paper and Literature Review Paper. Research Papers present original research using defensible methods appropriate to the research question, while Literature Review Papers provide rigorous scholarly synthesis using an explicitly identified and sufficiently transparent review approach. Research designs, analytical techniques, datasets, and review approaches do not constitute separate manuscript types.

Authors must prepare two separate files: (1) a Blinded Manuscript and (2) a Title Page & Author Information Form. The blinded manuscript must contain the article title, abstract, keywords, manuscript type, main text, tables, figures, and references, but must not contain author names, affiliations, email addresses, acknowledgements revealing identity, identifying document properties, or other information that could reasonably reveal author identity.

The separate Title Page contains verified author and publication information, including author names, affiliations, email addresses, corresponding-author information, ORCID, CRediT contributions, funding, conflicts of interest, Data Availability Statement, acknowledgements, ethics and consent information where applicable, Generative AI disclosure, third-party permissions, and other required publication declarations.

Manuscripts should be prepared using the current Advances in Research Master Manuscript Template. The manuscript must be written in clear academic English using Calisto MT, 11 pt, A4 page size, single-column layout, and single spacing. The article title should contain no more than 20 words, the abstract no more than 200 words, and authors should provide 1–6 keywords.

For a Research Paper, the structured abstract should use the headings Purpose, Research Methodology, Results, Research Limitations, Implications, and Originality.

For a Literature Review Paper, the structured abstract should use Purpose, Review Methodology, Findings, Research Limitations, Implications, and Originality. Abstracts should remain concise, informative, and within the 200-word limit; unnecessary detailed statistical reporting should be avoided.

A Research Paper should normally be organized as Introduction → Literature Review → Research Methodology → Results → Discussion → Conclusion. The structure should present a clear research problem and contribution, appropriate theoretical or conceptual grounding, a sufficiently transparent methodology, credible analysis, a distinct interpretation of results, and conclusions consistent with the evidence.

A Literature Review Paper should normally be organized as Introduction → Review Methodology → Review Findings / Literature Synthesis → Discussion → Conclusion. The Review Methodology must explain how the literature was identified, selected, evaluated, and synthesized with enough transparency for readers to understand the review process and its limitations.

Authors should describe the review design accurately. A paper should not be presented as systematic, PRISMA-based, bibliometric, meta-analytic, scoping, or another specific review design unless the actual method supports that description. Bibliometric mapping or descriptive listing alone is insufficient where substantive scholarly synthesis and interpretation are absent.

Tables and figures should be relevant, clearly numbered, appropriately titled, and placed near their first substantive discussion. Figures should be clear and publication-ready, with approximately 300 DPI preferred where applicable. Authors are responsible for ensuring that text, symbols, labels, tables, figures, and other visual material remain readable and accurate.

Manuscripts should demonstrate appropriate grammar, academic tone, clarity, readability, terminology consistency, paragraph coherence, and international scholarly readability. Language editing must not alter the scientific meaning, evidence, data, or authorial claims.

Citations and references must follow APA 7th edition. Manuscripts should normally provide at least 25 references, prioritize relevant recent scholarship—generally from approximately the last ten years where appropriate—and aim for at least 80% journal-article references. Older seminal or foundational works may be used when academically justified.

All cited sources must be genuine, traceable, and accurately represented. DOI information should be provided where available. Fabricated, fictitious, hallucinated, materially inaccurate, or unverifiable references are not permitted, and every reference listed should correspond to a citation in the manuscript and vice versa.

All listed authors must have made appropriate scholarly contributions, approved the submitted manuscript and authorship order, and accepted responsibility for the integrity of the work. The corresponding author's ORCID is required; other authors should provide an ORCID where available. Authorship contributions should be reported using the current CRediT framework.

Authors must accurately complete all applicable statements concerning funding, conflicts of interest, Data Availability, acknowledgements, research ethics, institutional approval, informed consent, publication consent, third-party permissions, and Generative AI use. Approval numbers, ethics statements, consent statements, permissions, funding information, or other declarations must never be invented or inferred where they do not exist.

Generative AI systems cannot be listed as authors because they cannot assume authorship responsibility or accountability. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, citations, evidence, confidentiality, and final content of the manuscript. Substantive use of Generative AI should be disclosed accurately where applicable, and AI-generated outputs must be independently verified before use.

AHRMR applies double-anonymous peer review. Manuscripts that pass editorial screening are normally assessed by at least two independent reviewers with relevant expertise. Reviewer recommendations inform editorial evaluation but are advisory; final scientific-editorial responsibility remains with the responsible academic editor and, where applicable, the Editor-in-Chief.

AHRMR provides immediate Open Access. Authors retain copyright, and published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

For an accepted manuscript with at least one author institutionally affiliated in Indonesia, the APC is IDR 5,000,000. Manuscripts whose authors are all institutionally affiliated exclusively outside Indonesia receive a full APC waiver / IDR 0. APC eligibility is determined by institutional affiliation rather than nationality, citizenship, or residence, and no APC is payable before final editorial acceptance.

AHRMR publishes one volume per calendar year with exactly three regular numbered issues. Beginning with Volume 5 (2027), the standardized periods are No. 1 January–April, No. 2 May–August, and No. 3 September–December. Continuous publication applies prospectively from 1 September 2026 within the applicable active issue and does not create an additional regular issue. Valid Volume 4 (2026) and earlier publication records remain unchanged.

Before submitting, authors should verify scope eligibility, select the correct manuscript type, prepare the manuscript using the current template, complete the separate Title Page, remove identifying information from the blinded file, reconcile all citations and references, complete applicable ethics and publication declarations, and review the current AHRMR policies. Submission through personal email, messaging applications, or unofficial communication channels does not constitute formal manuscript submission.