Information For Authors

The manuscripts

The manuscript should be an original research paper that sufficiently contributes novelty to biology education. Authors are requested to submit their articles electronically by using the Jurnal Pro-Life online submission procedure. The corresponding author should also state that the manuscript is not concurrently being considered for publication elsewhere. The Editors will ignore submissions that do not follow these procedures.

Structure of the manuscripts

  1. Title. The title should be clear and informative and not more than 12 words.
  2. Author's names and institutions. The author's words should be accompanied by the author's institutions and email addresses, without any academic title. For a joint paper, one of the authors should be notified as to the corresponding author.
  3. Abstract and keywords. The abstract should be less than 200 words. Abstract consist of aims, methods, and result. Please provide the abstract in both English and Indonesian versions. The keywords should be 3 to 5 words or phrases.
  4. Introduction. This section explains the background of the study, a review of the previous researches in the area, and the aims of the manuscripts. Importantly it should also show the significance and novelty of the study.
  5. Methods. This section describes the appropriate tools of analysis along with the data and their sources.
  6. Results and Discussion. This section explains the results of the study. It should be presented clearly and concisely. Author(s) should explore the novelty or the contribution of the work to the science education literature.
  7. Conclusion. This section concludes and provides policy implications, if any, of the study. The decision (s) should be in the same order as the ones discussed in the body of the manuscript.
  8. References. This section lists only the papers, books, or other types of publications referred to in the body of the manuscript.

General Writing Format

  1.  The manuscript is prepared in an A4 paper, double-sided, and single-line spacing format. A new paragraph should start with five characters from the left margin, using 11-size, Times-New-Romans font type.
  2.  The manuscript is written in Indonesian or English.
  3.  The manuscript should be between 12 to 15 pages long (5000-7000 words).
  4.  The top and bottom margins are 1,5 and 0,8 cm.
  5.  The title is written using capital letters only at first word or memorable name (example: location name), 12 font size, center position.
  6.  Subtitles are written using UPPERCASE BOLD style, 11 font size, starting from the left margin.
  7.  If any, subtitles are written using capital letters only at first word or unique name. They should be started from the left margin.
  8.  If any, sub of the sub of subtitles are written using capital letters only at the beginning of each word except for connecting words, all in italics. They should be started from the left margin.
  9.  References should be those of the last ten years' publication (>80%), except for critical connections (80%). Referring to any textbook should be minimized (<20%).

Specific Writing Format

  1.  Equations and formula should be numbered as (1), (2)...etc. They appear to their right.
  2.  Estimation results from a software package are not allowed to be directly presented in the paper. They should be delivered in summary tables.

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures should be presented as follows:

  1.  The name of tables and figures should follow a numbering system (Arabic numbering system). The title of the tables and figures are placed at the top and the bottom, respectively.
  2.  The tables and figures should provide the source of information, if any, at the bottom. 
  3.  Any table should contain only heading and contents. The table contains row lines only without column lines. Note(s) and source(s) should be included underneath the table where appropriate.

Acknowledgment

Acknowledgment, if any, should be written as the footnote of the manuscript's title.

Subjects and Authors Index

The authors should provide an index of the subject, namely the specific terms in the manuscript. The authors should also provide the index of authors, namely the key authors of papers referred to in the manuscript. Please write the family name followed by the given name.

Citation

Citation in the text body should be written using the family name and years of publication. Example:

  1.  Hill (2001) suggests that the objective of depreciation is ...
  2.  Inflation targeting would be sufficient (McCain, 1982).
  3.  The definition of contagion is ... (Wagner, 1976; Rhonda 2009).
  4.  The Authors are recommended to use Mendeley Reference software.

References

The manuscript is expected to involve approximately 20-25 primary and up-to-date references to assert high-quality contributions to knowledge development. Citations and references must strictly follow the APA (American Psychological Association) style. References should include only works that are cited within the text of the manuscript. Consulting the APA style manual (http://www.apastyle.org/pubmanual.html) is strongly recommended for completing manuscript submissions.

References should appear as:

Book with one author:

Author, A. A. (2005). Title of work. Location/City, State: Publisher.

Book with two authors:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (2005). Title of work. Location/City, State: Publisher.

Book with more than two authors:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (2005). Title of work. Location/City, State: Publisher.

Journal article:

Ramadan, Gilang. (2018). Pengembangan latihan konsentrasi pada tembakan free throw bola basket. Jurnal Juara, 4(1), 1-10. 

Edited book:

Author, A. A. (Ed.). (2009). Title of work. Location/City, State: Publisher.

Chapter in an edited book:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (2018). Title of work. In P. Mieszkowski, & W. H. Oakland (Ed.), Fiscal Federalism and Grants-in-Aid (pp. 5-21). Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.

Unpublished doctoral dissertation or master's thesis:

Author, A. A. (2009). Title of work. Unpublished doctoral thesis, University.

Published proceedings:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C.C. (2018). Title of work. Conference Title, 288(1), 12030.