Submissions
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
All manuscripts shall be written in good English. The length of the submitted paper is at least 10 pages and no more than 20 pages (including references). Use a reference tool such as Mendeley, End Note, or Zotero for reference management and formatting, and choose APA 6th edition.
Manuscripts submitted to this journal should follow the heading below.
1. Title
This is your opportunity to attract the reader’s attention. Remember that readers are the potential authors who will cite your article. Identify the main issue of the paper. Begin with the subject of the paper. The title should be accurate, unambiguous, specific, and complete. Do not contain infrequently used abbreviations. Number of words in the title is no more than 20 words.
2. Authors' name and affiliation
Write Author(s) names without titles and professional positions such as Prof, Dr, Production Manager, etc. Do not abbreviate your last/family name. Always give your First and Last names. If you have one word name such as Laksana, write Laksana Laksana. Write clear affiliation of all Authors. Affiliation includes: the name of the university, address, and country. Please indicate the Corresponding Author (include email address) behind the name.
3. Abstract
The abstract should be clear, concise, and descriptive. This abstract should provide a brief introduction to the problem, and objective of the paper, followed by a statement regarding the methodology and a brief summary of results. The abstract should end with a comment on the significance of the results or a brief conclusion. An abstract should stand alone, which means that no citation in the abstract.
4. Keywords
A maximum of 5 keywords separated by a semicolon (;), crucial to the appropriate indexing of the papers, are to be given.
5. Introduction
The Introduction ought to give readers the background data required to know your study and the reasons why you conducted your experiments. The Introduction ought to answer the question: what question/problem was studied? Please don't write a literature review in your Introduction, however, do cite reviews wherever readers will realize a lot of data if they need it. Whereas writing the background, make certain your citations are relevant, well-balanced, and current (not older than ten years). Once you have provided background material and expressed the matter or question for your study, tell the reader the aim of your study. Typically, the explanation is to fill a niche within the information or to answer an antecedent unrequited question. The ultimate factor to incorporate at the top of your Introduction could be a clear and precise statement of your study aims.
6. Method
A method is a part consists of the design of the research, subject, instrument, data collection procedure, and data analysis. This section provides the reader with all the small print of how you conducted your study. You ought to use subheadings to separate different methodologies. Afterwards, you ought to describe what you probably did in the past, describe new strategies in enough detail that another investigator will reproduce your experiment, and describe established strategies in short.
7. Results and Discussion
In the results section, merely state what you found, however, don't interpret the results or discuss their implications. Results ought to be bestowed in an exceedingly logical order. Generally, this may be so as of importance, not essentially the order within which the experiments were performed. Use the past to explain your results; but, discuss with figures and tables within the present. Do not duplicate knowledge among figures, tables, and text. A standard mistake is to re-state abundant of the info from a table within the text of the manuscript. Instead, use the text to summarize what the reader can realize within the table, or mention one or 2 of the foremost necessary knowledge points. It is sometimes easier to scan knowledge in an exceeding table than within the text. Your Discussion ought to answer the question: What do your results mean? In alternative words, the bulk of the Discussion associated Conclusions sections ought to be an interpretation of your results. You ought to discuss your conclusions so as of most to least necessary. Compare your results with those from alternative studies as recommended further experiments required to clarify your results. Discuss what your results might mean for researchers within the same field as you, researchers in alternative fields, and therefore the general public.
Table
Tables are sequentially numbered with the table title and number above the table. Tables should be centered in the column or on the page. Tables are referred in the text by the table number. eg: Table 1. Do not show vertical lines in the table. There is only horizontal lines should be shown within the table.
Figure
Figures are sequentially numbered commencing at 1 with the figure title and number below the figure as shown in Figure 1. Detailed recommendations for figures are as follows: (a) ensure that figures are clear and legible with typed letterings; (b) black & white or coloured figures are allowed; (c) hard copy illustrations should, preferably, be scanned and included in the electronic version of the submission in an appropriate format as follows: BMP; WMF; EPS; Microsoft Graph; Microsoft Draw.
Equations
Equations should be numbered serially within parentheses as shown in Equation (1). Equation should be prepared using MS Equation Editor (not in image format). The equation number is to be placed on the extreme right side.
Units, Abbreviations and Symbols
Metric units are preferred. Define abbreviations and symbols at the first time as they are introduced in the text.
8. Conclusion
In conclusion, state however your results extend the findings of previous studies. If your findings are preliminary, you must recommend future studies that require to be disbursed.
9. Acknowledgment (optional)
Recognize those who helped in the research, including individuals who have assisted you in your study: Advisors, Financial supporters, or may other supporters i.e. Proofreaders, Typists, and Suppliers who may have given materials.
10. Funding
Authors should state how the research and publication of their article was funded, by naming financially supporting bodies followed by any associated grant numbers in square brackets.
11. Author Contributions
Each author’s contributions must be clearly stated in the manuscript. Contributions may include, but are not limited to, conceptualization and study design, data collection and analysis, manuscript drafting and revision, supervision and validation, and funding acquisition. A typical statement should specify the roles of each author, for example: 'AB conceptualized the study and designed the methodology. CD and EF collected and analyzed the data. GH drafted the initial manuscript, while AB and CD provided substantial revisions. IJ supervised the research and validated the findings. KL secured funding for the research. All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.' Authors should ensure that their contributions are accurately reflected, and all listed authors must approve the final submission.
12. Conflict of Interest
This section is compulsory. A competing interest exists when professional judgment concerning the validity of research is influenced by a secondary interest, such as financial gain. We require that our authors reveal any possible conflicts of interest in their submitted manuscripts. If there is no conflict of interest, the author should state that "The author (s) declare (s) that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper."
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13. Data Availability Statement
A data availability statement is compulsory for research articles and clinical trials. Here, authors must describe how readers can access the data underlying the findings of the study, giving links to online repositories, and providing deposition codes where applicable.
10. References
In this part, all the used references must be taken from primary sources (scientific journals at least 90% from all the references) that were published in the last ten years. Cite the main scientific publications on which your work is based. Cite only items that you have read. Do not inflate the manuscript with too many references. Avoid excessive self‐citations. Avoid excessive citations of publications from the same region. Citations of textbooks should be used very rarely and citations to web pages should be avoided. Check each reference against the original source (authors name, volume, issue, year, DOI Number). Please use Reference Manager Applications like Mendeley, End Note, Zotero, etc. Use other published articles in the same journal as models. Citation and Reference are written according to the APA 6th edition style. Each article should have at least 25 references.
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