The guideline for authors before submitting the manuscript to the BIO-EDU Journal:

1. General Instructions

• Originality: Manuscript sent has never been published and is not currently in the process of scientific publication in other media. Author is not permitted to send the same manuscript to other media during the publication process unless the author has withdrawn the manuscript before the review process is carried out. The authors must include a letter of authenticity to the manuscript and transfer of copyright signed on a stamp. The letter is then scanned and attached to the article. The format of the letter of the original text and transfer of copyright can be downloaded here.
• Plagiarism: The manuscript is written in the form of research (field studies or conceptual thinking). The manuscript is the original work of the writer and is free from plagiarism. The plagiarism level of the manuscript must not exceed 20%.
• Bibliography and Citation: The number of bibliographies is at least 15 with a percentage of 70% sourced from scientific journals and 30% from books and other sources.
• Format Languages: Manuscripts can be written in Indonesian or English, but especially abstract must be written in two languages (Indonesian – English).
• Format file for documents (doc, Docx, RTF) not pdf or other. Format manuscript use A4 (21 x 30 cm) paper. Leave at least a 2.5-cm (1-inch) margin on all sides. Use Cambria Math 12 pt font. Use italics only for scientific names. Use only left margin justify. Indent the first sentence of all paragraphs. Use 1.5 line spacing throughout, including title page, abstract, literature cited, tables, and figure legends.

2. Article Types

Research article

Research articles are comprehensive research reports containing detailed descriptions of experimental work, clearly interpreting and discussing the theoretical and experimental results and data. Research articles should be arranged in the headings Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgment, Nomenclature/Appendix (if applicable), and References. The normal length of the manuscript is minimum 12 pages double spaced (2500-5000 word). The abstract must not exceed 250 words. Manuscript template of research article can be downloaded here.

3. Title page information

3.1. Title

Concise and informative, yet not overly general. Use the same language as the main text. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

 

3.2. Author names and affiliations

Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.

 

3.3. Corresponding author

Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication.  Ensure that phone numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.  Contact details must be kept up to date by the corresponding author.

 

3.4. Present/permanent address

If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a 'Present address' (or 'Permanent address') may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.

 

4. Abstract and keywords

4.1. Abstract

A concise and factual abstract is required, the maximum length is 250 words for Research and Review articles. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the methods used, the principal results and major conclusions. Please try to keep each sentence as specific as possible, and avoid such general statements as "The management implications of the results are discussed". An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, they must be cited in full, without reference to the reference list. Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.

 

4.2. Keywords

Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords, using American spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.

 

5. Abbreviations

Abbreviations that are unavoidable in the abstract must be defined at their first mention there. Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.

 

6. Article structure

6.1. Subdivision - numbered sections

Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Avoid using more than three levels of subsection. Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to 'the text'. Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.

 

6.2. Introduction

State clear questions as research objectives that can be answered with data analysis, and declare hypotheses at the end of the introduction section. Avoid a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. 

 

6.3. Material and methods

Elaborate your method clearly such as the data gathering, processing, and analysis to answer the declared questions. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described. Provide statistical analyses for questions related to differences (one sample to multiple samples tests) and relationships (correlations and regressions), instead of merely observing the differences or relationships based on graphs.

 

6.4. Results and Discussion

Results should be clear and concise. The result should provide analysis, appropriate figures, tables, and statistical test outputs to support the answers.

The discussion should explore the significance of the work. Provide clear discussion by interpreting and connecting your results with related key findings from published literature. However, avoid extensive citations and do not over-discuss the result of the published literature.

If appropriate, Results can be written in a separate section from the Discussion. This is especially if the Discussion is extensive and includes all the Results of the study.

 

6.5. Conclusions

The main conclusions of the study should be presented in a short Conclusions section which stands alone.

 

6.6. Author contribution

Please list the contribution of each author here, e.g.: M.I. designed the research and supervised all the process, L.A. collected and analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript.

 

6.7. Acknowledgements

Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proofreading the article, etc.).

 

6.8. Conflict of Interest

Please state any conflict of interest regarding the research or the research funding.

 

6.9. Glossary

If necessary, please supply (as a separate list) the definitions of field-specific terms used in your article.

 

6.10. Appendices

If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc.; in a subsequent appendix, Eq. (B.1) and so on. Similarly for tables and figures: Table A.1; Fig. A.1, etc.

 

7. Additional information

7.1. Formatting of funding sources

List funding sources in this standard way to facilitate compliance with funder's requirements: Funding: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health [grant numbers xxxx, yyyy]; the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA [grant number zzzz]; and the United States Institutes of Peace [grant number aaaa]. It is not necessary to include detailed descriptions of the program or type of grants and awards. When funding is from a block grant or other resources available to a university, college, or other research institution, submit the name of the institute or organisation that provided the funding.If no funding has been provided for the research, please include the following sentence: “This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors”

 

7.2. Nomenclature and Units

Follow internationally accepted rules and conventions: use the international system of units (SI) for all scientific and laboratory data. If other quantities are mentioned, give their equivalent in SI.  Common names must be in lowercase except for proper nouns. All common names must be followed by a scientific name in parentheses in italics. For example, Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis). Where scientific names are used in preference to common names they should be in italics and the genus should be reduced to the first letter after the first mention. For example, the first mention is given as Cuora amboinensis and subsequent mentions are given as C. amboinensis.

 

7.3. Math formulae

Please submit math equations as editable text and not as images. Present simple formulae in line with normal text where possible and use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., X/Y. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp. Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text).

 

8. Figures and tables

8.1. Figures

Please embed the figures in the text with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Separate figure files in JPEG or PNG formats can be supplied if it feels necessary. Ensure that each figure has a caption. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the figure. Keep text in the figure themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.

 

8.2. Tables

Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. 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.

 

8.3. Graphs

Graphs must be supplied in figure formats. The fonts of the graph must be clear and readable. Black and white graphs are preferred.

 

9. References

9.1. Citation in text

Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the publication date with either 'Unpublished results' or 'Personal communication'. Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication.

 

9.2. Web references

As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.

 

9.3. Reference formatting

Reference must be formatted according to Harvard style at the submission. Harvard citation style file for reference manager (Mendeley, Zotero, etc.) can be downloaded here. Note that submissions with incorrect reference formatting will be returned for revision. The format of the references can be seen in the following examples described in the section below.

 

9.4. Reference style

9.4.1. Text

All citations in the text should refer to:

• Single author: the author's name (without initials, unless there is ambiguity) and the year of publication (Ratledge 2002);
• Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication (Triyaswati & Ilmi 2020);
• Three or more authors: first author's name followed by 'et al.' and the year of publication (Papanikolaou et al. 2011).

Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically).

 

9.4.2. List

References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters 'a', 'b', 'c', etc., placed after the year of publication.

 

Examples:

Reference to a journal publication or conference proceeding:

Whittle, C.A., 2006. The influence of environmental factors, the pollen : ovule ratio and seed bank persistence on molecular evolutionary rates in plants. J Evol Biol., 19(1), pp.302–308. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00977.x.

Flynn, A.J. & Klepadlo, C., 2012. Two new species of Photonectes (Teleostei: Stomiidae) from the Indo-Pacific, and a re-examination of P. Achirus. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 69, pp.259–267. doi: 10.24199/j.mmv.2012.69.04.

Zulwanis et al., 2020. The expression of AtRKD4 transgene during induction of somatic embryogenesis in transgenic dendrobium phalaenopsis Orchid Carrying 35S::GR::AtRKD4. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2260. doi: 10.1063/5.0015873.

Latifah, R., Suhermiatin, T. & Ermawati, N., 2017. Optimasi Pertumbuhan Plantlet Cattleya Melalui Kombinasi Kekuatan Media Murashige-Skoog dan Bahan Organik. Agriprima : Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences, 1(1), pp.59–62. doi: 10.25047/agriprima.v1i1.20.

 

Reference to a book:

Crosetto, N. et al., 2013. Nucleotide-resolution DNA double-strand break mapping by next-generation sequencing, Nature Publishing Group.

Laudon, K.C. & Laudon, J.P., 2003. Essentials of management information systems: Managing the digital firm, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.

 

Reference to a chapter in an edited book:

Yang, X., 2014. Scale-Up of Microbial Fermentation Process. In Manual of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. Washington, DC, USA: ASM Press, pp. 669–675. doi: 10.1128/9781555816827.ch47.

 

Reference to thesis:

Ningrum, W.D.A., 2016. Shoot Induction and the Expression of Dendrobium Orchid Homeobox 1 Gene with Peptone Addition in the in Vitro Culture Medium of Dendrobium lineale Rolfe Orchid. Universitas Gadjah Mada.

 

Reference to a website:

Arch, A. & Letourneau, C., 2002, 'Auxiliary Benefits of Accessible Web Design', in W3C Web Accessibility initiative, viewed 26 February 2004, from http://www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/benefits.html.