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Author Guidelines

Submissions guideline

Before submitting the manuscripts, authors are requested to read carefully and comply with the guidelines for submitting manuscripts. Authors who do not comply with the manuscript submission guidelines may result in rejection of the submitted manuscript.

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The manuscript has not been previously published, nor is it being considered for publication in any other journal.

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Manuscripts are sent as files in Open Office, Microsoft Word, or RTF document formats.

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The manuscript is written according to the template provided and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed in the text at the appropriate point, not at the end.

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Each reference should be provided with a URL as a link.

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Manuscripts must adhere to the stylistic and bibliographical requirements outlined in the Author's Guide, following the template provided.

 

Guideline for author

General Information

Jurnal Perkebunan dan Lahan Tropika is published twice a year in June and December. The journal will be published after the review process by the reviewer. Articles can be written in Indonesian or English. Articles were research papers or unpublished reviews related to aspects of science and technology as well as the socio-economic aspects of plantation crops and tropical lands. Journals can also receive and publish articles in the form of studies on the governance and policies in the fields of plantations and tropical lands.

Befor submitting your paper:

• Your manuscript is in accordance with the PLT journal. See focuse and scope

• Understanding the copyright agreement. See copyright

• You have carefully read the guidelines for the author. See author guideline

• References are written in the format according to the guide

• All references mentioned in the bibliography are cited in the text, and vice versa

For help, you can download PLT journal templates di sini

Type of paper

Two types of paper can be accepted to be published in PLT journal.

  1. Original research paper
    Research papers with complete studies showing a novelty that may contribute to the development of agricultural science, especially in the field of tropical plantations crops and tropical lands resource management.
  2. Review paper
    Reviews should provide up-to-date substantial information as well as critical evaluation or opinions of emerging technologies or future directions in the field of tropical plantations crops and tropical lands resource management.

Required documents

Cover letter

The cover letter must contain the title of the manuscript, author, affiliation, type of article, claim of novelty and confirmation that the manuscript has not been published, or submitted for publication elsewhere in any language. Authors were also asked to suggest three potential reviewers for their manuscript from different institutions and provided no conflict of interest with an email address or contact phone number. A sample letter can be seen here

 Title page.

Title page should be on every manuscript. The title page should at least contain:

  • Type of paper
  • Title
  • Author
  • Affiliation
  • Corresponding author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Funding

                      

Main text

 

Research paper

 

Main text research paper contain:

  • Title
  • Abstract and keywords
  • Introduction
  • Materials and methods
  • Results and discussion
  • Conclusion
  • References

 

Title. Title should be compact, clear, informative, and describe the overall content of the article. Better not to too wordy (12-16 words).

Authors. Name of the authors should be fully written, without academic degrees and titles. Put number (in superscript) to indicate the affiliation and the corresponding author.

For example:
Fatimah1, Tutik Haryati2, Yuni Raras Wafiroh3

Affiliation. Write down the full postal address of each author's affiliation, including the street name and number, city, province, country, and ZIP code.

For example:
Department of Plant cultivation Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Tanjungpura. Jl. Prof. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia 78113

Abstract. A concise abstract is required (150-200 words). Written briefly in English, containing background, research objectives, methodology, results and discussion, major conclusion of the study, and your research contributions to science. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, thus it must be able to stand alone (completely self-explanatory).

Keywords. Written in English and were chosen carefully (maximum 5 words) which are different from that are written in the title, considering the main topic in order to improve on-line accessibility, and written alphabetically.

Introduction. Introduction should be written briefly, provide an adequate background, state the originality and novelty of the research, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. Indicate the aims of research in the last paragraph.

Materials and methods. This section should contain Research site, here the specific location for the study should be explained. Explain the research step in different sub title. The research step should be explained clearly, including sampling (if any), research design (if any) as well as the data analysis (if any). Sufficient information should be presented to assist repetition of the research. Once you have modified the methods, you should explain the modification.

Results and Discussion. Results and Discussion should be written as a series of connecting sentences. Results should be clear and concise. Well-prepared tables and or figures must be of significant feature of this section because they convey the major observations to readers. Any information provided in tables and figures should no longer be repeated in the text, but the text should focus on the importance of the principal findings of the study. In general, journal papers will contain three-seven figures and tables. It is higly suggested that discussion be focused on the why and how of the research findings can happen and to extend to which the research findings can be applied to other relevant problems. The discussion should be referred to primary relevance references. 

Conclusion. Conclusion should be written clearly based on your research result in a paragraph.

Review paper.
Main text of review paper contain:

Title

  • Abstract and keywords
  • Introduction
  • Main article
  • Conclusion
  • References

Title. Title should be compact, clear, informative, and describe the overall content of the article. Better not to too wordy (12-16 words).

Authors. Name of the authors should be fully written, without academic degrees and titles. Put number (in superscript) to indicate the affiliation and the corresponding author.

For example:
Fatimah1, Tutik Haryati2, Yuni Raras Wafiroh3

Affiliation. Write down the full postal address of each author's affiliation, including the street name and number, city, province, country, and ZIP code.

For example:
Department of Plant cultivation Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Tanjungpura. Jl. Prof. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia 78113

Abstract. A concise abstract is required (± 200 words). The abstract should be informative and state briefly the aim of the research, materials and methods, the principal results, comprehensive discussion, and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article; thus, it must be able to stand alone (completely self-explanatory). References should not be cited, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential, they must be defined at their first mention.

Keywords. Key words were chosen carefully (maximum 5 words) which are different from that are written in the title, considering the main topic in order to improve on-line accessibility, and sorted from A to Z.

Introduction. Introduction should be written briefly, provide an adequate background, state the important and the novelty of the review. Indicate the aims in the last paragraph.

Main article. This part should contain the body of the article and may also be split into subsections with short and informative headings.

Conclusion. Please write your research conclusion in here. Conclusion should be written clearly based on your discussion results in a paragraph.

General guidelines

 

Acknowledgments. Acknowledgments are expressed in a brief; all sources of institutional, private, and corporate financial funding and support for the work must be fully acknowledged.  Please give the name of the funding source and grant number.  

Figures and Tables. Figures and tables are followed by the title of the picture placed just below the picture and the title of the table placed above the table. The title of the table and picture should be numbered. The figures should be able to be clearly printed. The displayed tables are without vertical line, whereas horizontal lines can only display 3 main horizontal lines which are 2 horizontal lines for column title and closing line from the bottom line.

Equation. Equation should be written left aligned and numbered in the brackets. The numbers placed at the end of the right margin of the column.

 

Other formatting details should be considered. 

Abbreviations. Abbreviations should be written at the first mention of the full term and used consistently thereafter. 

Species scientific names. Binomial names with an authority should be written in full in the title and the first time the name is stated in the text e.g. Imperata cylindrica, Hemileia vastatrix B. et Br.. Afterward, scientific name of the species is written in shortened scientific name e.g. I. cilyndrica, H. vastatrix.   

Italicization. Non-English words origin should be italicized, excluding terms that are widely used in the English language; e.g. cempedak.  

Numbers. Number which is put in the beginning of the sentence should be written in alphabetic while when it is located within sentence should be written in numeric.

Units of measurement. Jurnal Perkebunan dan Lahan Tropika follow into the International System of Units (SI) for how units of measurement are written.  

References 

References should be arranged alphabetically without any numbering and the space between each item is single. The rules of the references writing are as follows:

Article in scientific Journal   

Author(s) encouraged to use reference from scientific journal with DOI number. Journal title is written in italic and the title is abbreviated which refers to the international standard of journal abbreviation.   

Journal with English language

Journal with one author:

In the main text:
(Fatimah, 2020)

In the references:
Fatimah SNQ, 2020. Interactions between pathogenic fungi and plant insects. Adv. Entomol. 8(3): 130–146. https://doi.org/10.4236/ae.2020.83010   

Journal with two authors: 

In the main text:
(Yuni & Raras, 2021) 

In the references:
Yuni W & Raras YF. 2021. Morphological identification of Pepper bacterial leaf spot in Indonesia.   J. HPT Tropika. 21(2): 97–102. https://doi.org/10.23960/jhptt.22197-102

Journal with more than two authors:

In the main text:
(Haryati et al., 2019)

In the references:
Haryati SM, Wafiroh SH, & Supriyanto, 2019. Evaluation of in vitro antagonistic activity of fungi from peatlands against Ganoderma species under acidic condition. Biodiversitas. 40(2): 211–256. http://doi.org/10.17504/agrivita.v40i2.989

Journal in press

In the main text:
(Farhanida et al., 2022)

In the reference:
Farhanida S, Rinof S, Matraji ME,  Sunarko S. 2022. Final report of oil palm imaging map by GIS system in West Kalimantan, Indonesia and its damage by Ganoderma (in press). J. Saudi Soc. Agric. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssas.2021.11.003

Journal with non-English language:

In the main text:
(Gonarto et al., 2005)

In the references:
Gonarto, BAdri N, Hidayat SH, & Witono P. 2005. Penyebaran penyakit kuning pada tanaman lada di kabupaten Benkayang [The distribution of pepper yellowing disease in Bengkayang Regency JPLT. 5(2): 113–121. https://doi.org/10.23960/j.hptt.25113-121

Complete Book

Book title is written in italic with the first letter is capitalized except for the hyphens. If the book has a DOI, then it should be written

Authored

In the main text:
(Semangun, 2008)

In the references:
Semangun H. 2009. Penyakit Penyakit Tanaman Perkebunan di Indonesia [Crop Diseases in Indonesia]. Gadjah Mada University Press, Yogyakarta.

Book chapter

Title of book chapter is written in plain with only the first sentence is capitalized, however, book title is written in italic with the first letter is capitalized except for the hyphens. If the book chapter has a DOI, then it should be written

Without editor(s)

In the main text:
(Farida, 2013)

In the reference:
Farida Y, 2013. Detection of bacterial viruses in seeds. In: Seed-Borne Plant Diseases. pp. 101–163. Springer Science & Business Media, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0813-6_6

With editor(s)

In the main text:
(Winnetou et al., 2005)

In the references:
Winnentou S, Barlan R, & Sarbino E. 2005. Production of oil palm. In: Brozovic P, Banodrris A, & Arif C (Eds.). Encyclopedia of plantation crops. Second Edition. pp. 306–316. Elsevier Ltd. Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.1016/B0-12-369397-7/00263-6.

Patent

Patent title is written in italic with the first letter is capitalized except for the hyphens. Number of patent and released date should be written.

In the main text:
(Yetti et al., 2019)

In the references:
Yetty F, Farida Y, Tutik MV, & Etik F. 2019. Pembuatan alat angkut kelapa sawit berbasis kuda [Manufacture of horse-based oil palm conveyance]. No paten: 1DS000002217. 26 Mei 2017.

Thesis and dissertation

Thesis and dissertation title is written in italic with the first letter is capitalized except for the hyphens. If the thesis and dissertation have a DOI, then it should be written

English language

In the main text:
(Wafiroh, 2014)

In the references:
Wafiroh I, 2009. The relationship of some characteristics of peat with oil palm basal stem rot (BSR) caused by Ganoderma in peatlands. Dissertation. Yorda University. Mariland.

Proceeding

The title of the manuscript is written in plain with only the first sentence is capitalized. The name of the proceeding is written in italic with the first letter is capitalized except for the hyphens. If the proceeding has a doi, then it should be written.

Manfredini DA. 2013. Domestication of wild oil palm. In: Martana P, Ganjar A, Siti R, wolia JG & Rihandini C (Eds.).Proceedings of the Workshop on Sustainable palm oil Production. pp. 12–14. World oil palm Centre (WOPC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Websites and other online formats

The web address and the date, month and year when it was accessed should be written.

Online database

In the main text:
(Calia, 2003)

In the references:
Calia J, 2003. Oilpalm in reviews. In: The Production of oil palm and Their Effects. Royal Society of Chemistry. http://www.rsc.org/dose/title of subordinate document. Accessed 15 January 1999.

 

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).
  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.
  4. The text is single-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.
 

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