Author Guidelines

The editors invite experts, practitioners and enthusiasts in sustainable agriculture, agricultural technology, plant biology and biotechnology, post-harvest technology, plant protection, agribusiness and agricultural social economic to submit research articles. These should be original, research-based, unpublished, and not under review for possible publication in other journals. All submitted papers are subject to review by the editors, editorial board, and blind reviewers. Submissions that violate our guidelines on formatting or length will be rejected without review.

Online Submission Guidelines

AGRITECH: JURNAL FAKULTAS PERTANIAN UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOKERTO Accepts original manuscripts written either in Bahasa Indonesia or English. Manuscripts must be sent online to the Agritech: Jurnal Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto, portal at https://jurnalnasional.ump.ac.id/index.php/AGRITECH/index

Steps for Submitting Manuscripts

  1. Authors should register and check the “author” column on the registration page: https://jurnalnasional.ump.ac.id/index.php/AGRITECH/user/register
  2. After logging in, click "New Submission". The stages of article submission are as follow:
  • In the Start section, complete all the checklists, then click save and continue.
  • In the Upload Submission section, upload the article manuscript file in MS Word format (SUBMIT IN OTHER FORMAT WILL BE REJECTED!).Then click save and continue.
  • In the Enter Metadata section, enter the data of all the authors and affiliates. If there is more than one author, click ‘add author’, then fill in their data in the same way as the first author, and so on (MAKE SURE ALL AUTHORS ARE ALREADY ENTERED!). Next, fill in the title, abstract, keywords, research methods, and bibliography in each of the available columns.
  • In the Upload Supplementary Files section, Author(s) must upload proof of plagiarism test results from Turnitin with a plagiarism level of NO MORE than 25% (in PDF format). It is also permissible to upload supporting files, cover letters or other documents.
  • In the Confirmation section, click Finish Submission if all the data are correct.

General Instructions

  1. Articles should be formatted according to the writing pattern of scientific journals. The rules set out in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA); Seventh Edition should be followed. You may use Mendeley or Zotero reference management software, and select the setting for the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th Edition. For an explanation of the APA Citation Guide, please see APA Referencing Style.
  2. Articles should be original works, not previously published in any printed or online journal.
  3. When the status of the submission (article) is under review or has been published for this journal, the author(s) will not be allowed to submit the article to another journal.
  4. Submit the article to the editors online via the Open Journal System (OJS).
  5. The Cambria font (11 pt) should be used, with 1.5 spacing, in Microsoft Word format with A4 page size (210 x 297 mm). The number of words should be between 5000 and 7000, or around 17-20 pages, including pictures, graphs, and tables (if any).
  6. The article must be written in grammatical English or Indonesian.

Particular Instructions

  1. The article should be the result of empirical research in agriculture and agribusiness.
  2. Because of the "Blind Review" system, authors should not include their name, their affiliation, the address of the affiliation, or their email address on the cover of the article. Authors’ names, names of institutions, and email addresses are listed at the time of registration on the OJS author page. Please also give your telephone number when you send your article so that we can contact you easily.
  3. The content and guidelines of articles should be in narrative essay format, written in paragraphs, with no numbering of headings, and should include these components:
  • Title. This should be in English and Bahasa Indonesia and should be a brief formulation of the content, and be compact and clear – it may be creative to attract readers. It should be a maximum 17 words and be in English, in bold format, with the first word of the sentence capitalized.
  • Abstract. This should be in English and Bahasa Indonesia. It should comprise one single-spaced paragraph and not exceed 160 words. It should be brief and clear, comprising five elements: 1) the background and aims of the research, 2) method, 3) result, 4) conclusion, 5) implications of the research. Do not use abbreviations or citations.
  • Keywords.
  • Introduction. This should briefly provide information about the background, literature review, originality of the work, hypotheses (if using a quantitative method), and objective. Avoid the use of secondary citations.
  • Methods. These should inform readers about the materials and methods used for the research. Please ensure that sufficient information is given to allow for replication of the research.
  • Results and Discussion . result and discussion MUST BE COMBINED! Results should be clear and concise. State the obtained results based on the methods. Do not present the same data in both table and graph format. Means should be accompanied by standard deviation. Discussion should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. Discuss your data by comparing the current reported data with previous results, but avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature. Highlight similarities, as well as differences, and the uniqueness of your findings. End the discussion by giving a conclusion and future research in that particular topic.
  • Conclusion. This presents the main conclusions of the study. It should be presented in concise, clear, and compact sentences based on the results and discussions, in the form of paragraphs (not in bullet or numbering), contain the findings of the study as a synthesis of the results of the data analysis and the discussions, highlight new findings that contribute to the development of psychology, and suggest paths for the further research. This section should also highlight the implications of the findings.
  • References. 

    1. The citation in text and bibliography are Harvard APA style
    2. References must contain min. 15 paper that consist 80% journal article and ≤20% other sources
    3. Author (s) is recommended to use reference manager such us EndNote and MENDELEY
    4. References should be placed in alphabetical order by surname of author/s. If there are two or more references to the same author, they should be presented in chronological order with the earliest reference presented first. If there are two or more references to the same author in the same year, they should be distinguished by adding a, b, c, etc. after the year of publication.

 

Tables and Figures

The relationship between the tables or figures and the text should be clear. Authors must explain what the readers should look for when using tables or figures. All tables and picture captions are written with text. The arrangement and placement of tables and figures must refer to the APA 7th Edition about tables and figures. Tables and figures must be placed at the top or bottom of the page, not in the middle. Examples of how to display data in the form of tables or figures can be seen on Article Template.