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 article must be accompanied by a cover letter that contains the reason for the article to be published in the Journal of ABDI MERCUSUAR, what is already known from the topic discussed, what advantages are added to the article, and the author's statement that the article was written is really the result of original work and does not contain elements of plagiarism.
The article is submitted in softcopy using the Microsoft Word application
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Author Guidelines
Guidelines for the author of the manuscript can be described as follows.
Manuscripts are written in Indonesian or English.
The length of the manuscript ranges from 6000 - 9000 words or approximately 10-15 pages including pictures, graphics or tables (if any) accompanying them.
Manuscripts are written in Cambria font size 12, A4 paper size, one column format and margin (top 2.54 cm; left 2.8 cm; bottom 2.54 cm; right 2,54 cm).
Manuscripts comprise five main headings : Introduction, Method, Result, Discussions, Conclusions and Suggestions and References.
Authors’ names are written below the title, followed by authors’ affiliation and e-mail address.
The abstract is written in two languages: Indonesian and English or only in English if the full text is written in English, as a representation of the manuscript. The abstract should not exceed 150 words for each language format, written narratively comprising background, method, and result in one paragraph.
The terms in a foreign language or regional language in the text are written in italic.
Keywords: words or phrases which are important, specific, or representative to the article.
APA style is used as a reference in the citation, references, and writing format.
Use of a tool such as Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote for reference management and formatting and use APA (American Psychology Association) style.
Manuscripts that are submitted will be selected by the system and will be forwarded according to the articles field.
Manuscripts that have been reviewed by reviewers will be returned to the author if the manuscript requires improvement. After the authors make improvements in accordance with the reviewers' input and assessment, they are sent back by the author.
All correspondences, information, and decisions for the submitted manuscripts are conducted through email was written in the manuscript and/or the emails used for the submission. The status of the manuscript can be checked in the OJS by logging into the journal.
