Author guidelines

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

A. General guidelines

  1. JC-T (Journal Cis-Trans) publishes articles (research-based and review articles) in the area of chemistry and chemistry for community engagement. Book reviews are also welcome.
  2. The article must not be submitted for publication elsewhere or an extended version of previously published papers in conferences and/ or journals.
  3. The author can withdraw their submission only before the review process. 
  4. The article must be written in English.
  5. The manuscript must be submitted online via the journal website by registering/logging in. If you encounter any difficulties, please get in touch with us through the following email: [email protected]

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B. Manuscript Text

  1. The manuscript should be formatted in one column using 11 pt Minion Pro font, 1.5 spaces on the A4 paper, and justified alignment in Microsoft Word, at least version 2007. 
  2. The title should be accurate, unambiguous, and in the form of specific words, not sentences. Do not contain infrequently used abbreviations. The title must be written in capital letters and should be in a 16 pt bold font size, single-spaced, centred, and a maximum of 20 words. 
  3. The author’s name should be in 11 pt font size, left alignment, and without any academic degrees. The affiliation of all authors should be provided underneath in 10 pt font size and left alignment and indicated in order number for each different affiliation.
  4. The corresponding author should be indicated using the Asterix sign (only if more than one authors).
  5. Abstracts should be written in both English and the Indonesian language. The abstract describes the purpose, method, and results of the research concisely and is no more than 300 words.
  6. Keywords are any terms related to the general issue(s) of the articles and written a maximumly of 5 keywords, separated by a comma (,).
  7. Table: the table should be clearly identified using the number and title above the table in 10 pt font, single space, left alignment, Sentence case except for phrases, and positioned in left-right alignment. The table should be presented only in a horizontal line and should be explained/mentioned in the paragraph.
  8. Figure: The figure should be presented in average to high resolution and identified using a number and title above the table, and written in single space and 10 pt left alignment. The figure should be explained/mentioned in the paragraph.
  9. All issues regarding permission of citation or software utilisation during the process of the paper, or any issues regarding Intellectual Property Rights related to the author, including its legal consequences, will be the responsibility of the author.
  10. The Board is authorised to make necessary changes or adjustments related to language properties without altering the substance. Substance editing would be consulted with the author first.

  11. Each title part should be written in a different type and not in a numbered format: 

    HEADING 1 (CAPITALIZED ALL FONT, BOLD, LEFT-ALIGNMENT, 12 pts), Heading 2 (Title case, bold, left-alignment, 12 pts), Heading 3 (Title case, italic bold, left-alignment, 12 pts)
  12. Citation and Reference are written according to the APA (American Psychological Association) 7th edition style. Using a reference manager application such as Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero is preferable. 

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Copyright Notice and License

This journal allows authors to retain the copyright of their work without restrictions. Authors also retain full publishing rights, allowing them to disseminate their work as they choose.

Authors are permitted to deposit both the submitted and final published versions of their article in open-access repositories. When archiving the final published version, authors must include a proper acknowledgement of its original publication in this journal.

All articles published in this journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Generic License.

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