Author Guidelines

Manuscript Submission

  1. Manuscripts are submitted as one article file in soft copy, uploaded through the Open Journal Systems (OJS). Authors can download the ELKOLIND writing guidelines and article template here.
  2. The manuscript must be original and must not have been published elsewhere or be under consideration by another publication. If the manuscript has been presented at a lecture, seminar, or discussion, please mention this in a note on the first page.
  3. All manuscripts received by the editorial office are reviewed by the Expert Editorial Board according to the manuscript's field of study. The aspects examined include the validity of the information, the substantive contribution to the field of study, and the clarity and quality of the presentation.
  4. Authors must ensure that the manuscript is free from plagiarism.
  5. Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal's requirements will be returned.

Manuscript Requirements

  1. The manuscript is typed in MS Word format on A4 paper with single spacing. The font is Gadugi for all styles, at size 10 (detailed sizes are given in the article template). The manuscript length is between 8 and 12 pages, accompanied by an abstract (maximum 150 words) and keywords (5 to 6 words) in English and Indonesian, written in italics. The Indonesian and English abstracts must fit on the first page. The manuscript must be page-numbered.
  2. The manuscript may be written in Indonesian or English. If Indonesian is used, authors are expected to follow the standardized guidelines and terminology. Foreign terms that must be used should be written in italics.
  3. The manuscript is organized in this order: title; author names (without academic titles), institution, and email address; abstract and keywords (Indonesian and English); introduction; research methodology; results and discussion; conclusions and suggestions; and references. If there is more than one author, the names are listed side by side in sequence, with the main author first.
  4. The manuscript may include tables, graphs, figures, and photos in black and white at size 10. Each of them must have a short and clear title, be numbered sequentially, and correspond to the content of the manuscript.
  5. The editorial office has the right to correct the grammar of manuscripts to be published without changing the meaning of their content.
  6. The reference list includes only references cited in the article, arranged in the order of their appearance, using the IEEE style as in the following examples:

    [1] R. Meier, Professional Android 4 Application Development. Indianapolis, IN: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012.
    [2] M. Bohmer, Beginning Android ADK with Arduino. New York, NY: Apress, 2012.
    [3] L. Atzori and Andreas, "Performance analysis of fractal modulation transmission over fast-fading wireless channels," IEEE Trans. Broadcast., vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 103–110, 2002.
    [4] G. Zeng and Z. Qiu, "Audio watermarking in DCT," in Proc. Int. Conf. Signal Processing, 2008, pp. 2193–2196.
    [5] D. MacLeod. (1992). Post-modernism and urban planning. [Online]. Available: http://www3.sympatico.ca/david.macleod/POMO.HTM. [Accessed: June 25, 2010].

    Example of citing a reference in the article: "In 2012, research conducted by Meier [1] and his team attempted to transmit data at high speed..."

    Authors are required to use reference management software such as Mendeley, EndNote, Word References, or a similar application to compile the reference list.