Author Guidelines

Article Preparation

Manuscripts should be prepared before the submission concerning the suitability to journal aims and scope, template, and publication ethics. The scope of this journal is limited to the application of science and technology in society, education, agriculture, and the small or home industry.

Furthermore, there are considerations the manuscripts required to be fulfilled.

  1. The manuscript must be an original article that presents a clear purpose and analysis of the community service conducted. 
  2. The focus and scope of the manuscript should be presented clearly.
  3. The methods used are scientifically relevant and are described adequately.
  4. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  5. The submitted paper will undergo reviewing process by at least two peer reviewers. The author is expected to immediately revise the manuscript if there are comments on it concerning the inappropriate requirements.
  6. Manuscripts have been completely formatted based on this journal template and spelling and grammar checked.
  7. Any included materials with copyright, such as images, tables, graphics, etc. should be presented with the source.

 

Submitting Article

The author needs to have a username and password to upload the manuscript. Please, login or register to our site https://ejournal.umm.ac.id/index.php/scitech_media. Follow the instructions to upload the article to this journal. The following are the steps for the online submission process:

  1. Step 1 - Login: Login to the site with a username and password. On the page, check mark on the submission checklists.
  2. Step 2 – Uploading the article: To upload a manuscript to this journal, click Browse on the Upload submission file item and choose the manuscript document file (.doc/.docx) to be submitted, then click the "Upload" button until the file has been uploaded.
  3. Step 3 – Entering Submission’s Metadata: In this step, the authors' metadata should be entered including the marked corresponding author. After that, the manuscript title and abstract must be uploaded by copying the text and paste into the textbox including keywords.
  4. Step 4 – Uploading Supplementary Files: Supplementary files should be uploaded including Covering/Submission Letter, and Signed Copyright Transfer Agreement Form. Therefore, click on the "Browse" button, choose the files, and then click on the "Upload" button. The author can skip this process if he/she has no supplementary file.
  5. Step 5 – Confirming the Submission: After completing the submission process, the author should confirm the submission. Click the "Finish Submission" button after the documents are uploaded. The corresponding author or the principal contact can track the progress of the submission by logging in to the journal website. 

After this submission, confirmation of submission will automatically be sent to email. Furthermore, articles undergo the reviewing process. The submission tracking includes the status of the manuscript review and editorial process.

 

Manuscript Guidelines

1.    Introduction  

The Introduction should provide clear background and statements of the purpose, the best of previous research, and the main limitations of the previous research. It is for showing the author’s further achievement and showing the scientific merit or novelties of the paper. Avoid a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results proposed approach and/or research design, and the new value of research, which is an innovation. It should be understandable to colleagues from a broad range of scientific disciplines.

2.    Methods           

Methods must be able to guide the further authors to conduct further the experiment. Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described. Do not repeat the details of established methods.

3.    Result and Discussion

Results and discussion should be presented clearly. It summarizes the scientific findings rather than providing data in detail. Results or findings should show an obvious difference from the previous publications. The discussion presents the significance of the results. Avoid writing citations in this section. In the discussion, the author is demanded to describe the data without repeating to present the data.

The following components should be covered in the discussion: How do your results relate to the original question or objectives outlined in the Introduction section (what/how)? Do you provide an interpretation scientifically for each of your results or findings presented (why)? Are your results consistent with what other investigators have reported (what else)? Or are there any differences?

4.    Conclusion

Conclusions should answer the research purpose. Provide a clear scientific justification for your work. You should also suggest future experiments and/or point out those that are underway. It would help the reviewer to determine whether or not this article has a contribution to the journal.