Author Guidelines

The author Guidelines can be downloaded here.

Writing should be submitted according to the following restrictions:

1. Manuscript should be written in English and be submitted online via the journal website. Online Submission will be charged at no Cost. The author must log in to make a submission.
2. Manuscript should contain at least 2.000 words and should not exceed 10 pages, including embedded figures and tables, without any appendix, and the file should be in Microsoft Office (.doc/.docx) or Open Office (.odt) format. It should be prepared on A4 paper (21cm x 29.7cm) with 2.5 cm for the inside margin and 2 cm for the top, bottom, and outside margins.
3. Title, Abstract, and Keywords should be written in English
   • Title should be less than 15 words, title case, small caps, centered, bold, font type Times New Roman (TNR), font size 16, and single-spaced.
   • Abstract contains neither pictures nor tables, justified, in 11 TNR, single-spaced, and should not exceed 250 words.
   • Keywords contain three to five words/phrases separated with a comma and should be justified, 10 TNR, and single-spaced.
4. Manuscript body.
   • The main text of the writing should be in two columns with 1 cm column spacing, justified, 11 TNR, first line indent 5 mm, and single-spaced.
   • Consists of: Introduction, Main Content (Method/Material/etc), Result and Discussion, and Conclusion; followed by Acknowledgment and References.
5. Heading should be made in four levels. Level five cannot be accepted.
   • Heading 1: title case, small caps, left aligned, bold, 14 TNR, single-spaced, Roman numbered, followed by a dot
   • Heading 2: title case, left aligned, bold, 11 TNR, single-spaced, Capital numbered followed by a dot
   • Heading 3: title case, left aligned, italic, 11 TNR, single-spaced, numbered by number followed by a closed bracket
   • Heading 4 is not recommended; however, it could still be accepted with the format of: sentence case, left indent 5 mm, hanging indent 5 mm, italic, 11 TNR, single-spaced, numbered by small cap followed by a closed bracket
   • Heading 5 cannot be accepted in the manuscript
6. Figures and tables should be in black and white, and if they are made in color, they should be readable when they are later printed in black and white. Figures and tables should be clearly readable and proportionate to the overall page. Caption should be numbered, in 9 TNR and single-spaced. For layout purposes, please provide the respective captioned figure/table with extension .tif/.jpg/.jpeg within a particular folder apart from the manuscript.
7. Mathematical equations should be clearly written, numbered orderly, and accompanied by any information needed.
8. Header and footer, including page number, must not be used. All hypertext links and section bookmarks will be removed from papers. If you need to refer to an Internet email address or URL in your paper, you must type it out fully in Regular font.
9. Citation and Reference are written according to the IEEE style
   • Citations numbering should be numbered in [1], [2], [3], ... format, according to appearance order.
   • A Wikipedia, personal blog, or non-scientific website is not allowed to be taken into account.
   • Primary references should be at least 80% from at least ten references.
   • References should be taken from the last ten years.
   • Detail referencing manual can be seen in the Document Template

The Board is authorized to reject a manuscript based on peer reviewer advice and make necessary changes or adjustments related to language properties without altering the substance. Substance editing would be consulted with the author first.