Submissions

Author Guidelines

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

An acceptable manuscript will meet the following general criteria: It reports a worthwhile contribution to science, sound methodology was used and is explained with sufficient detail so that other capable scientists could repeat the experiments. The manuscript can be written both in Bahasa Indonesia or English with the standard language. The manuscript should consist of ten (10) to sixteen (16) pages including pictures and tables. Conclusions are supported by data, manuscripts is concise, well written, and understandable.

MANUSCRIPT FORMAT

Manuscript should be uploaded to Jurnal Agro Industri Perkebunan journal system and arranged in Jurnal Agro Industri Perkebunan standard format, Title, Authors, Affiliation, Address and Email, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Result and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgment and References. Typed at one side of white paper of A4 size, in single column, 16 pt space line, and 11 point Times New Roman font. Margins on all four sides are 2.5 cm, except inside is 3.0 cm.

MANUSCRIPT TITLE

The title of the paper should be concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formula where possible. It should be written clearly and concisely describing the contents of the research.

AUTHORS

Manuscript has main author and co-authors with full name of the author and co-authors (no abbreviation), includes affiliation, address (es), and email addresses clearly.

ABSTRACT

The abstract comes after title page in the manuscript. Abstract must be integrated and independent which is consist of introduction and purpose, methods, results, conclusion and suggestion. However the abstract should be written as a single paragraph without these headers. For this reason, References should be avoided. Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself. Abstract must be written using 150 until 250 words which has no reference and accompanied keywords.

KEYWORDS

The keywords should be avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts. Do not use words or terms in the title as keywords. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes. Keywords should not more than 5 words or phrases in alphabetical order.

INTRODUCTION

State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. Explain how you addressed the problem and clearly state the aims of your study. As you compose the introduction, think of readers who are not experts in this field. Introduction must be written using 750 until 1000 words

METHODS

It should be mention time and place of research in first part. All materials and methods that used such chemical for analysis, treatment, and experimental design must be stated clearly and briefly. State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. A Theory section should extend, not repeat, the background to the article already dealt with in the Introduction and lays the foundation for further work. a Calculation section represents a practical development from a theoretical basis. Materials and methods must be written using 400 until 600 words.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Result and discussion must be written in the same part. They should be presented continuously start from the main result to the supporting results and equipped with a discussion. Unit of measurement used should follow the prevailing international system. All figures and tables placed separately at the end of  manuscript pages and should be active and editable by editor.

CONCLUSION (AND RECOMMENDATION [Optional])

Conclusion should be explained clearly. Suggestion placed after conclusion contains a recommendation on the research done or an input that can be used directly by consumer. Conclusion and suggestion must be written using 40 until 80 words.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (Optional)

State the grant source and the person to whom the grant was given. Name the person to help you work.

REFERENCES

The author-year notation system is required and completed. All reference mentioned should be written down in reference using American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition style and arranged from A to Z. Articles have 15 recent references or over and 80% is journal article. The most of references are primary ones (last ten years). Unpublished data and personal communication should not be cited as literature citations. In Press articles that have been accepted for publication may be cited in references. Include in the citation the journal in which the in press article will appear and the publication date, if a date is available.

Example 

Reference to a Journal Article:
Sudradjat, Sukmawan, Y., & Sugiyanta. (2014). Influence of manure, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer application on growth of one-year-old oil palms on marginal soil in Jonggol, Bogor, Indonesia. Journal of Tropical Crop Science, 1(2), 18–24. https://doi.org/10.29244/jtcs.1.2.18-24

Reference to a Book:
Corley, R. H. V., & Tinker, P. B. (2015). The Oil Palm: Fifth Edition. In The Oil Palm: Fifth Edition. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118953297

Reference to a Chapter in an Edited Book:

Cahoon, E. B., Clemente, T. E., Damude, H. G., & Kinney, A. J. (2010). Modifying vegetable oils for food and non-food purposes. In J. Vollmann & I. Rajcan (Eds.), Handbook of Plant Breeding (4th ed., pp. 31–56). Springer.