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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, RTF, or WordPerfect 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, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Author Guidelines

Types of Publications

Manuscripts submitted to BIOMA should neither be published previously nor be under consideration for publication in another journal. The article types are listed below :

  • Original research article. The journal considers all original research manuscripts provided that the work reports scientifically sound experiments and provides a substantial amount of new information. Authors should not unnecessarily divide their work into several related manuscripts, although short Communications of preliminary, but significant, results will be considered. The quality and impact of the study will be considered during peer review.
  • Review Article: These provide concise and precise updates on the latest progress made in a given area of research. 

Submission Process

Manuscripts for BIOMA should be submitted online at https://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/bioma . The submitting author, who is generally the corresponding author, is responsible for the manuscript during the submission and peer review process.

Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts are written in Indonesian or english language. The manuscript is typed using the MS Word program, Arial letters, 11 fonts, 1 space, 1 column, maximum number of pages is 15, top, bottom, right and left margins 3 cm.

General Considerations

  • Research manuscripts should comprise:
    • Front matter : Title, Author list, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords.
    • Research manuscript sections : Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions . The table is annotated with the table at the top of the table, the image is annotated below the figure. Images are presented in JPEG format with a size of 300dpi.
    • Back matter : Acknowledgments, References.
  • Review manuscripts should comprise:
    • Front matter :Title, Author list, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords.
    • Review sections: a literature review organized logically within specific sections and subsections (optional).
    • Back matter :  Acknowledgments, References .

    The template file can be also used to prepare the front and back matter of your review manuscript. It is not necessary to follow the remaining structure.

Explanation of Manuscript Writing Structure

TITLE

Summarize a maximum of 20 words, one space and capital letters Arial 12, Bold, in the middle. Titles are written in Indonesian and English

Author affiliation

The author's name is written in full, without a title, accompanied by the name of the agency and equipped with the email address (corresponding author), in the middle

Abstract

Abstract is written in Indonesian and English, the word Abstract with initial capital letters, arial 10 bold and in the middle, is made no more than 250 words written in 1 paragraph, contains the essence of the manuscript which contains the background, method, results and conclusions. At the end of the digest, 3-6 words of keywords are included, in arial 10 

Introduction

Introduction, initial capital letter, arial 11, bold, middle, contains background and research objectives. The background is accompanied by references to previous journals related to research topics. The citation in the text is written as 'name and year', for example: Slamet 2014; if there are 2 authors in the citation, an example: Slamet and Sulfahri 2015; if the author of 3 or more writes et.al., for example, Slamet et.al. 2016; if the citations of several authors are sorted by year, for example: Slamet 2014, Sulfahri 2015, Eddy 2016.

Materials  and  Methods

The initial letter of each capital word, arial 11, bold, middle. Subtitles in materials and methods (example: Tools and Materials; Vegetation Analysis Methods), the initial letter of each capital word, arial 11, bold, left aligned. Units of measurement use the International Standard Unit (Example: g, kg, L, cm) and the writing model is gL-1 instead of g / L.

The results

The result word is written with a capital letter, arial 11, bold, left aligned. Sub titles in the results are written in Arial 12 letters, bold, left aligned. The research results are presented clearly and informatively (table / graph). Table format without vertical lines and lines in the information area; and draw in an open shape with no upper and right borders. Every table and figure must be referenced in the text. Word Tables and pictures in the captions of tables and figures are written arial 12, bold, left aligned.

Discussion

Discussion word, the initial letter is written in capital, arial 11, bold, left aligned. The subtitles in the discussion are written with the first capital letter of each word, arial 11, bold, left aligned. The discussion is presented in a clear and informative manner.

Conclusion

The word Conclusion is written with an initial capital letter, arial 11, bold, in the middle. Conclusion short descriptions in the form of answers to the problems submitted.

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments, capital letter for each word, arial 11, bold and centered. This remarks is addressed to those who play an important role in the research, for example, the donor, and those who help the research (both agencies and individuals).

References

References words, the initial capital letter of each word, arial 11, bold, middle. Only contain libraries that are used in the text and are written in alphabetical order.

Example

a. Journal

Santosa, S. 2016. Growth snd physical quality of Paraserianthes falcataria (L) Nielsen seedlings on ten types of transplanting media. International journal of plant biology, 7 (1): 36-38

b. book

Iwan Nugroho. 2011. Ecological Tourism and Sustainable Development. Student Libraries. Yogyakarta.. pp....

c. Chapters in Books

Friedland, EL. 1976. Values ​​and Natural Modeling. In: Hall CAS and JW Day (editors). Ecosystem Modeling in Theory and Practice: Introduction with Case Histories. John Wiley & Sons Publication. New York. pp..

d. Unpublished scientific work (Thesis / thesis / dissertation)

Mardilah. 2016. The density level of Anopheles sp larvae in the Lakkang Delta, Tallo Makassar District. (Thesis) Biology Study Program, FMIPA UNHAS. Makassar.pp..

e. Articles from the internet

Brown H. 1995. Citing Computer References. http://neal.ctstaten.edu/history/cite.html (accessed October 12, 1995)