Author Guidelines

How to Write the Title, the Name, and the Author’s Address

The title of the manuscript should be written on the top of the first page with the center text alignment. Meanwhile, the author’s name (without academic degree), and the affiliation address of the author should be written with the center text alignment also under the title of the article. The author should give one line spaces between the title and the author’s name. Then, the space between the author’s affiliation address and the abstract title is one space. The keywords must be written below the overall abstract for all words maximally three to five words. 

The responsible author, the correspondence author, or the corresponding author must be written first and then followed by the second, the third, and so on. The communication regarding the article revision and the final statement will be informed via email to the correspondence author only. If there is more than one author, the author's names should be written down separately by comma (,). If the author’s name consists of at least two words, the first name should not be shorted. If the author’s names are only one word, it should be written as it is.

The manuscript text's general guidelines are as follows:

  1. The manuscript is an authentic research result that has not been published yet in other publication media or publishing houses.
  2. The manuscript should be written in English as the standard language. The manuscript text ought to be written as this article template. The article is written on A4-sized papers (210x297 mm), two columns, with custom margins as follows: left 2,54 cm, right 2,54 cm, bottom 2,54 cm and top 2,54 cm, Time New Roman theme font, 11pt font size, and 1 line-spacing.
  3. The manuscript is typed using the Microsoft Word program on A4 paper, around 6,000-7,000 words including figures, tables, and references.
  4. The manuscript does not contain any plagiarism elements. The editorial board will directly reject the text that indicates plagiarism. We use plagiarism software to check your manuscript.
  5. The manuscript that has been written under the guidelines (in MS Word format, use this article template) must be submitted through Online Submission System using Open Journal System (OJS) on Jurnal Abdimas Kesehatan (JAK) E-journal portal (https://jak.stikba.ac.id) choose only one procedure. Then, register as one of the authors or reviewers at the “Register” bottom.
  6. The manuscript article writing guidelines and template can be downloaded. The template and the guidelines of the article writing are available in MS Word (.doc) format.
  7. The manuscript online submission can be viewed in the part of the online submission guidelines below.
  8. The manuscript which is inappropriate with Jurnal Abdimas Kesehatan (JAK) writing guidelines will be returned to the author before the reviewing process.
  9. The manuscript should contain several aspects of a scientific article as follows: (subtitles in the order), which are: (a) the title of the article, (b) the author’s name (no academic title), (c) the affiliated author’s address, (d) the author’s email (e) the abstract and the keywords, (f) the introduction, (g) the research method, (h) the research findings and discussion, (i) the conclusion, (j) acknowledgment, (k) the references.
  10. The subtitles included in the discussion part (Introduction, Methods, Findings and Discussion, and Conclusion) should not be numbered. The subtitles are written in bold and title case format. It uses the left text alignment without an underline. The next expanded subtitles should be written in the bold and sentence case format, It should use the left text alignment and the numbering format level two.
  11. The words from uncommon or foreign languages are stated in Italic format. Each paragraph started 10mm from the left side border while there are no spaces among paragraphs. 

The tables and pictures are placed in the text group after the referenced tables or pictures. Each picture must be given a caption and source (Figure Caption) below the picture and be numbered in Arabic numbering format followed by the picture title. Each table must be given a table title (Table Caption) and numbered in Arabic numbering format above the table followed by the table title and source below the table. The pictures attachment should be guaranteed that they can be printed well in black and white ink (font size, resolution, and line space are clearly seen). The picture, the table, and the chart should be placed in the center between text groups. If it has a bigger size, it can be placed in the center of a page. The table should not contain vertical lines, while horizontal lines are allowed only for the important point.