About the Journal

Indonesian Journal of Guidance and Counseling Studies (IJGCS) is an open-access academic journal published periodically to provide a platform for researchers, scholars, professionals, practitioners, lecturers, counselors, guidance and counseling teachers, and university students to share, advance, and disseminate state-of-the-art research findings in the field of guidance and counseling. The journal aims to disseminate high-quality research findings, support evidence-based theory and practice, and provide an academic platform for exploring, sharing, and discussing critical ideas, strategic and contemporary issues, innovations, global trends, implications, and scientific contributions in the field of guidance and counseling.

BEFORE SUBMISSION: The author must ensure that the manuscript has been prepared using the IJGCS template and adheres to the author guidelines. The manuscript should also be thoroughly proofread, similarity-checked, and confirmed to be free of plagiarism (supplementary files may be attached during the submission process). The author must upload an Authorship Form signed by all contributing authors. Any manuscript that does not comply with the author guidelines or falls outside the journal’s focus and scope will be rejected immediately. Only manuscripts that meet IJGCS’s standards will be considered for further review.