Author Guidelines

MAGNA MEDIKA is a six-monthly publication journal by the APKKM. To support the subsequent publication so that this journal can still be published on an ongoing basis, the editors accept scientific articles in the form of research article, case reports, and literature review.

 

HOW TO DELIVER A SCRIPT TO US?

Scripts can be a result of the research, the article conceptual/ the ideas of non-research, case reports, and studies in the medical field that have not been published by other publishers.

Study Ethics

All submitted papers containing animal experiments and/or involving human subjects should have obtained approval from an independent ethics committee. The copy of approval should be provided to editorial office as mentioned above.

Publication Ethics

This journal follows guidelines from Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in facing all aspects of publication ethics and, in particular, how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct.

Attaching the author bio

Manuscripts submitted must be accompanied by an affidavit signed by the authors stating that the manuscript has NOT previously published in the journal anywhere, and is not under consideration by another publication and that all authors have reviewed the manuscript and agreed that the text will be published in this journal.

The format can be downloaded below.

A script that goes to the board of editors will be explored in general, then sent to the Editor of experts/ Partners Bestari. On the basis of the recommendation, then the editor will communicate the decision whether accepted/rejected/revised.

The manuscript was made in the style of academic language and effective, consisting of:

The title is written at the top of the page, followed by:
The main author's full name and all authors without an academic degree
Name of the Department and institutions of the authors
Abstract, no more than 200 words, include a background of the problem, objectives, methods, results, and conclusions.
Keywords, 3-5 keywords that correspond with the title and content
Address correspondence, telephone number, or an email address for correspondence author


Research Articles, must be prepared in accordance with sub-headings:
Introduction
Methods and Materials
Result
Discussion
Conclusion, and advice if necessary

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Case Reports, consisting of sub-headings:

Introduction
Case Report
Discussion 
Conclusion

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Literature Review, consisting of sub-headings:

Introduction
Literature review (Overview)
Discussion 
Conclusion

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Editors receive text articles, not later than the end of December for the Pebruary issue and the end of June for publication in August. At least two copies of the manuscript and soft-copy in Microsoft Word format documents must be submitted. Soft-copy can also be sent to the e-mail address [email protected]. The article is typed, on A4 paper of no more than 15 pages with the template given above.

Tables, illustrations, charts, and photographs should be kept to a format of its own after the show in the script and should be included in the digital form delivered via email, either separately in different files or on different pages of text in the file the same one. information tables, illustrations, charts, and photographs in the text should be written clearly with a 1.5 format spaced font Garamond 12.

Before the reference, if any assistance from a professional party other than the author, recognition can be stated briefly to the appropriate professionals who have contributed to the completion of the manuscript.

For references, please use the Vancouver (superscript) Referencing Guide. It is recommended for author to use citation software such as Mendeley.

 

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.

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).

    Please signed the statement letter which can be downloaded HERE and send it to [email protected] or upload it in ADDITIONAL FILES section

  2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided, please put a bibliography for reference.
  4. The text is 1.5-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.

  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.

  6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.