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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • Title
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Method
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion
  • Reference
  • Table
  • Illustration / drawing
  • Unit of measure
  • Abbreviations and symbols

Author Guidelines

1. General Terms
Herb-Medicine Journal publishes original manuscripts in the form of research results and case studies related to herbs, medicine, and health that have never been seen before.

Journal of Herbal Medicine accepts articles covering all scientific aspects of herbs, medicine and health. All submitted manuscripts must not be visited beforehand and are not under consideration for visiting elsewhere. Papers can be from any country but must be written in Indonesian or English. Manuscripts may be submitted as reviews and research articles. There is a publication fee for this journal.

All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed. All submissions must be accompanied by an abstract of the author's manuscript on a related subject under publication or in an editorial. Electronic reprints of related papers published by authors or manuscripts in the media can also help reviewers.

2. How to Submit Articles
Authors are required to submit manuscripts electronically using the online journal system via  https://jurnalnasional.ump.ac.id/index.php/HMJ/index

3. Requirements for Each Type of Manuscript
Case Study / Case Report
Case reports: are articles that discuss interesting or rare cases and their management. The systematics of case report articles are: title, abstract and keywords in Indonesian and English, introduction, case illustration, discussion, conclusion, bibliography.

Research Articles
Research article is no more than 3,500 words, excluding words in abstract, references, tables, figures, and image legends. Manuscripts must have no more than six figures and/or table totals and no more than 40 references.

Articles are typed in word processing application format (example: *.doc only), using Indonesian or English. Articles are written using Times New Roman font size 10 points, two spaces on one side of the paper not larger than ISO A4 (210—297 mm) and the paper must be numbered consecutively. The first page must contain the author's name, the name and address of the institution, in addition to the title of the paper. The full address of the primary author to whom the proof of submission/acceptance/rejection will be submitted must be provided as a footnote. Correspondence should also include an e-mail address. The title of the article should be short, no more than 45 characters. All submitted manuscripts are reviewed by the editor and rejected manuscripts will not be returned. Ethical aspects will be considered in the assessment of the article.

The Herb-Medicine Journal considers the manuscript to be prepared according to the guidelines established by the International Committee for Editors of Medical Journals (www.icmje.org/index.html), as follows:

  • Title
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Method
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion
  • Reference
  • Table
  • Illustration / drawing
  • Unit of measure
  • Abbreviations and symbols

4. Abstract
Abstract of no more than 300 words (for Case Studies) or 250 words (for Research Articles). A structured abstract must be followed in writing in any type of Article.
Abstract written in Indonesian and English
To ensure the use of English is good and correct, the author must include a license/certificate/certificate from a reputable English translation agency. HMJ recommends using LDC UMP

5. Reference

  • References must conform to the Vancouver system.
  • It is recommended to use a bibliography/reference processing software/application, such as Mendeley.
  • List all authors when there are six or less; when there are seven or more, list the first six, followed by "et al.".
  • Number of sequential references in the main text. Please follow in detail all the examples below:

Article:
Sandra F, Esposti MD, Ndebele K, Gona P, Knight D, Rosenquist M, et al. Tumor Necrosis Factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand Alters Mitochondrial Membrane Lipids. Cancer Res. 2005; 65:8286-97.

Book:
Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.

Sections/Chapters in the book:
Rosenberg GA. Matrix metalloproteinase and proteolytic opening of the blood brain-barrier in neuroinflamation. In: deVries E, Prat A, editors. The Blood-brain Barrier and Its Microenvironment Basic Physiology To Neurological Disease. New York: Taylor and Francis Group; 2005. p.335-58.

Dissertation/Thesis/Essay:
Arlauckas SP. Near infrared fluorescent choline kinase alpha inhibitors for cancer imaging and therapy [Dissertation]. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania; 2015.

Part of the website/monograph:
Medline Plus [Internet]. Bethesda: US National Library of Medicine; ©2009. Diabetic Kidney Problems [update 2015 Nov 2; cited 2015 Nov 16]. Available from: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetickidneyproblems.html/

Seminar Papers:
Fledelius HS. Myopia and significant visual impairment: global aspects. In: Lin LLK, Shin YF, Hung PT, editors. Myopia Updates II: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Myopia 1998 Nov 17-20, Taipei. Tokyo: Springers; 2000. p.3-17.

6. Unit of Measurement
Authors may express all measurements in Conventional System or International System (SI) units.
Drug names must use generic names. When an exclusive brand is used in research, include the brand name, name and location (city & country) of the manufacturer in brackets after the first mention of the generic name.

7. Manuscript Templates
You can use the template below to submit your manuscript to the Herb-Medicine Journal: download

Literature Review

1. Minimal menggunakan 50 literatur.

2. Terbitan literatur maksimal 10 (tahun) terakhir.

Copyright Notice

For submission of manuscripts to the Herb-Medicine Journal, the authors must certify that:

I have been authorized by my co-author to submit the manuscript to the Herb-Medicine Journal
I hereby declare, on behalf of myself and my co-authors, that:

The submitted manuscript is original work and has not been published in another peer-reviewed journal or is being considered for publication by another journal. Also, the manuscript does not infringe any existing copyright or other third party rights.
The manuscript does not contain material that may violate the law, slander, or SARA, in any way, violates the terms and conditions contained in the agreement
I/we have taken care that the scientific knowledge and all other statements contained in the manuscript are in accordance with authentic facts and formulas and will not, if followed appropriately, harm the user
No liability shall be assumed by Herb-Medicine Journal, its staff or members of the editorial board for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of product liability, negligence or otherwise, or from the use or operation of any method, product instructions, advertising , or ideas contained in publications by the Herb-Medicine Journal

Authors who publish in the Herb-Medicine Journal certify that all authors have read and agree to the contents of the Cover Letter or the Terms and Conditions. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited, and by submitting a manuscript for publication, the author agrees that the publisher has the legal right to take appropriate action against the author, if plagiarism or false information is found. Once submitted to the Herb-Medicine Journal, authors will not withdraw their manuscript at any stage prior to publication.

The author owns the copyright and grants the journal rights for first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License which allows others to share the work with acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors may enter into separate additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published journal version of the work (for example, posting it to an institutional repository or publishing it in a book), with acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (for example, in institutional repositories or on their websites) prior to and during the submission process, as this can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and larger citation of published work (See The Effects of Open Access).

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