Submissions

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.

Author Guidelines

J-Dinamika : Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat is a peer reviewed journal that is published twice a year, in June and December. The number of articles in each volume is 20 articles. The article is the result of research in the field of humanity service that has never been published in any journals, written in Indonesian or English Languages.

To be successful in the submission process, please refer to the following points:

Read the Focus & Scope for an overview and assess whether your manuscript is suitable for this journal
Ensure that issues of publication ethics, copyright, authorship, image formats, data formats and references are clearly understood
Make sure all authors have approved the contents of the submitted manuscript

Manuscript Preparation

Manuscript file

All manuscript files should be prepared in an editable file using an appropriate word processing package and saved as .docx or .rtf, manuscript files with a PDF (.pdf) extension are not acceptable file types. The manuscript is written in A4 paper using Times New Roman font, size 12, one single space.

Use a journal template

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Manuscript Languages

Article Structure

Based on J-Dinamika journal template article structure must be sequential and contain according to the following conditions:

Title

The title should be short, clear, and explain the contents of the research paper in an informative way. Avoid writing non-standard abbreviations and terms in the title.

Author(s)

the name of each author is written in full (not accompanied by an academic degree), the address of the institution where the research was carried out is written with the name of the department / division followed by the name of the university / institution. If there is more than one affiliation, then use the numbering as a superscript (avoid the asterisks). Use the asterisk superscript for the author as the corresponding author.

Abstract

Abstract contains briefly the research background, research objectives, methods, significant research results, and conclusions. Avoid using abbreviations, diagrams and references. 250 words maximum

Keywords

The keywords can be taken from the title, it contains 3-5 keywords which can be any word / phrase. Keywords are sorted alphabetically and separated by semicolons (;).

Introduction

The introduction contains the background or subject matter and research objectives which are supported by the results of the latest research as a reference. Primary references such as journals, proceedings, theses, or dissertations are preferred, written not more than 1000 words.

Method

Contains an explanation of the experimental design and the research parameters used. The method is written briefly (no more than 600 words) but is sufficiently detailed to allow the method to be repeated or used by other researchers. The research procedure is written in detail by referring to the original procedure or published modification. Methods and specifications of equipment / materials used such as chemicals, microbial strains, plant species, mutants, etc. are written in full. For each method, it is written without using a sub-section (sub heading). The use of units of measure follows the writing of the international system.

Discussion

Describe the research results and the interpretation of the results in relation to existing references. The reference used is the primary reference with more than 80% priority. Research results can be presented in text, images, or active tables that can be edited by the editor. The numbering of figures and tables is adjusted according to the order of the quotes in the text.

Conclusion

Is the answer to the research objectives and a summary of the research findings. Conclusions are presented in a short and clear measure (with supporting data) based on the results and discussion.

References

Preferably using new reference sources for at least the last 5 years, and 80% come from primary references. References are written in numerical order, following the IEEE style format. It is advisable to use a reference manager application and add a DOI link or pdf link.

Artwork

General artwork

Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork.
Embed the used fonts if the application provides that option.
Aim to use the following fonts in your illustrations: Arial, Times New Roman, Symbol, or use fonts that look similar.
Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.
Provide captions to illustrations separately.
Size the illustrations close to the desired dimensions of the published version.
Ensure that color images are accessible to all, including those with impaired color vision.
Regardless of the application used other than Microsoft Office, when your electronic artwork is finalized

Image / Figure

If your electronic artwork is created in a Microsoft Office application (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) then please supply 'as is' in the native document format. 'Save as' or convert the images to one of the following formats (note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below):

TIFF (or JPEG): Color or grayscale photographs (halftones), keep to a minimum of 300 dpi
TIFF (or JPEG): Bitmapped (pure black & white pixels) line drawings, keep to a minimum of 1000 dpi
TIFF (or JPEG): Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (color or grayscale), keep to a minimum of 500 dpi
Please do not supply files that are optimized for screen use (e.g., GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); these typically have a low number of pixels and limited set of colors
Please do not supply files that are too low in resolution
Please do not submit image/figure that are disproportionately large for the content

Figure captions

Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions separately, not attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.

Tables & Graphs

Please submit tables / graphs as editable text and not as images
Tables / can be graphs placed either next to the relevant text in the article, or on separate page(s) at the end
The number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place any table notes below the table body
Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in them do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.
Please avoid using vertical rules and shading in table cells.

Color artwork

Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF (or JPEG), EPS (or PDF), or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution. If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable color figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in color online (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in color in the printed version.

Publication Stages

1. Submitted Stage

Authors can send submissions online when they already have an account on this website, at this early stage notification of submissions will be immediately received by the editorial board, therefore make sure:

The manuscripts that will be sent are in accordance with the provisions of this journal
Complete the submission metadata on the form provided on the website
If there are problems during the delivery process, please contact our support office

2. Pra-Review Stage

In this second stage, the manuscript submitted by the author will be processed by the editor, as for the pre-review conditions as follows:

Editors who process the manuscripts are selected by the editorial board based on the suitability of the editorial scientific field with the script being processed
The time required for processing is at least 2 week after the manuscript is received by the editorial board
Some that are reviewed by the editor at this stage are:
- Does the manuscript match the focus and scope of this journal? If not, the submission will be rejected immediately
- Does the manuscript match this journal template? If not, the submission will be returned for revision by the author
- Has the manuscript passed the plagiarism check in accordance with the provisions in this journal? If not, the submission will be returned for revision by the author
- The deadline for revision at this stage is a maximum of 2 weeks, and will be rejected if it exceeds the deadline
The editor will continue to the next stage if the above criteria have passed

3. Reviewing Stage

The quality of the publication is determined at this stage, the editor will send a request to the reviewer to review the manuscript, as for the following conditions:

Reviewers are selected by editors based on the suitability of the scientific field, at least 2 reviewers
Reviewers are given a deadline of 2 weeks to respond to editor requests and 4 weeks to complete the review of manuscript
The editor together with the reviewers will review the manuscript using the single blind review method
Some that were reviewed by peer groups at this stage are presented in full in the review policy
After the review process is complete, the editor will make a decision on the manuscript based on the recommendations from the reviewers
- If a minor revision is required: The manuscript will be returned to the author for revision with a deadline of 2 weeks, then the editor will proceed to the next stage after the manuscript is revised
- If a major revision is required: The manuscript will be returned to the author for revision with a deadline of 2 weeks, then the peer groups will review it again in the second round (back to point 3.b)
The editor will take a decision to accepted if the above criteria have been exceeded, A notification that the article is accepted and can be published is sent along with the author's fee bill
After the fees are paid, the editor will proceed to the next stage

4. Editing Stage

The work at this stage is mostly done by the editor. In general, at this stage the author(s) is just waiting for the article publishing schedule, a communication between author(s) and editor if needed. This work at least takes 2 weeks

Copyediting
The editor will check each manuscript and edit it if necessary, any changes made by the editor to the manuscript will be notified to the author(s) to approve the changes. Checks that will be carried out is:
- The words uses, sentences and grammar of the manuscript
- Typing errors, and ensuring all information contained in figures, tables and graphs is clear
- Reference style, and ensuring all DOI or URL listed on the reference is searchable
- Plagiarism check is carried out in the next process, pay attention to the plagiarism policy
Editing Layout
The editor will convert the manuscript to a PDF format file according to this journal layout template, provides page numbering, DOI, Copyright, license information, etc.
Scheduling Publication
As an author(s), he must be wise and be able to calculate the time needed to publish his work in this journal, the manuscript that has passed the publication stage will be scheduled for publication immediately, as an illustration of how the editor schedules publication as follows:
- Each issue is published in the last week of the scheduled month (June & December) and contains 20 acticles
- The list of articles to be published in the issue at least has passed the publication stage a maximum of 1 week before the issue's publication schedule
- When the current issue publication schedule and 20 articles have been filled, the articles that have passed the publication stage will be scheduled for the next issue publication schedule.

5. Indexing Stage

The manuscripts that will be sent are in accordance with the provisions of this journal
Complete the submission metadata on the form provided on the website
If there are problems during the delivery process, please contact our support office

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