Author Guidelines

Authorship Guideline

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General Principles

All articles submitted in Medicospehere must be original work, which has never been published or submitted previously to other journal. The articles must follow “Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals” (http://www.icmje.org/), which was established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Editorial Board may revise the articles submitted in aspects of style, format, and clarity. Authors should revise their manuscripts for reasons of any aspects due to editors’ comment.

We accept four types of articles: (1) original articles: basic medical research, clinical research, or community research; (2) evidence-based case report (3) case report; (4) literature review. We have special section to publish disaster medicine articles. Authors may submit their articles in format of the four types of articles below. 

Authors must submit several supplementary materials, as follows:

  1. Cover letter. Cover letter should be addressed to the Editor-in-chief of Medicosphere. This letter should include statement about the outline of the articles (must written briefly in 1 paragraph). The authors should also state that the articles has not published elsewhere in a same time. The first author should sign this cover letter and provide corresponding addres and email.  
  2. Copy of ethical approval. Ethical approval must be submitted for articles involving human or animals as a subjects. 

 

Preparing Main Manuscript Text

  • Use double line spacing
  • Include line and page numbering
  • Use SI units
  • Do not use page breaks or more than one column in your manuscripts 
  • The size of the paper should in A4 (21 cm x 29,7 cm).
  • Times New Roman 12 with margin 2,54 cm of all sides.
  • The articles must in Microsoft word (DOC, DOCX) format.
  • Articles must be submitted in the following structural order: title page and authorship, abstracts, keyword, text, conflicts of interest, acknowledgement (if any), funding disclosure, tables and figures. 

Abstract and Keywords

The abstract should be written concisely in 250 words for original articles. It should contain 

background and purpose of the study; methods (design study, number of subject and selection methods, and analytical methods); results; and conclusion. For review or case reports there is no formal structure for abstract but is should not exceed 250 words. Keywords are limited 3-6 words or short phrases that will allow proper indexing. 

Main Text

The main original article should be structured as introduction, methods, results, and discussion (IMRAD). Methods should explain the what, how, when, and why the study was done. It also should include the statement of approval by local ethical committee. All statistical methods used should be described in detail in this section. In result section, data should be presented in a concise way, either in figures or tables. The authors should not rewrite the content of the table in result section. In the discussion section, author may discuss their findings. The conclusion should be the end of the main text articles.

The case report should be structured as introduction, case illustration, discussion, and conclusion. Case illustration should briefly resume the patient’s medical history and the important findings during admission. The evidence-based case report have same structure but  before discussion, it should contain the literature searching and the summary of evidence finding. 

Preparing illustrations and figures

  • Illustrations and figures should be numbered and cited in the text in sequence using Arabic numerals (i.e. Figure 1, Figure 2, etc)
  • Illustrations and figures must not place in main manuscripts. It should submit separately in different documents. 
  • The format of illustrations and figures 
  • The total number of tables (and figures) in one manuscript is 6 (six). 
  • Illustrations and figures should be uploaded in correct orientations
  • Figures (or illustrations) title (max 15 words) should be provided in the main manuscript not into the graphic file. 

Preparing Tables

  • Tables should be numbered and cited in the text in sequence using Arabic numerals (i.e. Table 1, Table 2, etc)
  • Tables should place in main manuscripts.
  • Tables should not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files
  • The total number of tables (and figures) in one manuscript is 6 (six). 
  • Table title (max 15 words) should be provided in the main manuscript not into the graphic file. 

References

References should follow Vancouver style. The minimum number of references should be 15 references, to make sure the adequacy of literatures cited.

Conflict of interest

The author must declare if there any conflict of interest. Funding sources for the work should be described specifically with the explanations of the role of those sources.

 

Manuscripts that pass the initial assessment are assigned to a subject expert in our team of Associate Editors to oversee the review process. All papers are subject to peer review and authors can expect a decision, or an explanation for the delay, within a month of receipt. If a revision is invited, the corresponding author should submit the revised manuscript within 2 weeks. The final decision is taken by one of the senior editors based on the information gained through the peer review process.

Types of decisions: Decline, Resubmit, Revision, Accept 

Decline

Following peer review, the paper is judged not to be acceptable for publication in Educative: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan and resubmission is not possible. 

Resubmit

The submitted version of the paper is not acceptable and requires major revision but there is clear potential in the work and Educative: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan is prepared to consider a new version. Authors are offered the opportunity to resubmit their paper as a new submission. Concerns will remain regarding the suitability of the paper for publication until the editors are convinced by the authors that their paper fits the scope and standards of Educative: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan. The resubmitted manuscript will be returned to the original associate editor if at all possible.

Revision

The paper requires changes before a final decision can be made. Authors are asked to modify their manuscript in light of comments received from referees and editors, and to submit a new version for consideration within 2 weeks of receiving the decision letter. A point-by-point explanation of how comments have been addressed must be supplied with the revised version of the paper. Revisions may undergo further peer review and papers may undergo more than one round of revision. If the authors do not revise their papers to the satisfaction of the editors, the paper can still be declined from publication in Educative: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan.

Final acceptance

The paper is acceptable for publication, subject to conditions that need to be addressed in producing a final version of the manuscript. These may include sub-editing changes and a minor amendments to ensure the paper fully matches our criteria. After final checking in the editorial office, acceptance is confirmed and the paper is forwarded to the publishers for publication.