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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.
  • The manuscript contains nothing that is abusive, defamatory, libellous, obscene, fraudulent, or illegal.

Author Guidelines

Submission Guidelines for Authors

  1. Manuscripts must be prepared using Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx).
  2. The manuscript must be formatted on A4 paper (21 × 29.7 cm).
  3. Margins: 3 cm at the top and bottom, and 3.5 cm on the left and right sides.
  4. Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt for the main text; 11 pt for table titles; and 10–11 pt for table contents.
  5. The article title must be written in bold, 14–16 pt, centered, and should not exceed approximately 15 words.
  6. Author names must be written without academic titles and include complete affiliations (institution, city, country), along with the corresponding author’s email address.
  7. Line spacing: 1.15 for the main text and 1.0 for the abstract.
  8. Manuscript length: approximately 5,000–8,000 words, with a maximum of 15–20 pages.
  9. The abstract must be written in a single paragraph, not exceeding 250 words, followed by 3–5 keywords separated by semicolons (;).
  10. Subheadings should follow a consistent format, either using a numbered system (e.g., 1., 1.1, etc.) or unnumbered headings in bold.
  11. Scientific names (binomial nomenclature) must be written in italics, with the genus capitalized and the species in lowercase (e.g., Escherichia coli). Foreign terms not yet adopted into Indonesian should also be written in italics.
  12. Tables and figures must be numbered consecutively and provided with clear titles. Table titles are placed above the table, while figure titles are placed below the figure. Sources (if any) must be properly cited.
  13. Citation and reference formatting must follow the APA style (latest edition). Authors are strongly encouraged to use reference management software such as Mendeley or similar tools to ensure consistency and accuracy.
  14. References: At least 80% of the cited sources must be from publications within the last 10 years.
  15. Authors must use the journal template (Download the Kenanga Journal Template) when preparing their manuscripts.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal;
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal;
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access). 

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