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.
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).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
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.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in theAuthor Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions inEnsuring a Blind Reviewhave been followed.
Author Guidelines
AUTHOR GUIDELINES
Jurnal Biota is a journal containing scientific research articles with general guidance as follows: the article is loaded in English languages with 2 column format. The body articles must be written in Times New Roman, font size 12, 0 pt before spacing, and 0 pt after spacing.
Systematics Writing Includes:
TITLE OF ARTICLES
The Title Describes the Conducted Research, Times New Roman, Font Size 16, Single Line Spacing, 0 pt after spacing
Author's name and affiliation
First Author Name 1* , Second Author Name 2 , (and so on) (at least 2 authors; Times New Roman, Font Size 12, Bold, Italic, Single Line Spacing), and
using English. The number of words in the abstract is about 100-200 words, written in one paragraph, any unfamiliar terms should be written in italic. Font type and size are Time new Romans 12pt. The abstract was written in a single space. Keywords need to be listed and reviewed and the main terms underlying the conduct of the research. Keywords could be single word or phrase. Keywords including 3-5 words or phrase.
Introduction
The introduction comprises of: (1) research problem; (2) insight and problem solve planning; (3) research aims; (4) summary of theoretical studies related to the observed problems. This section could also provide the expected results. The introduction must be written in single line spacing.
Materials and Methods
Basically, this section describes the way the research was done. The main materials must be written here: (1) research design; (2) population and samples; (3) sample collection techniques and instrumental development; (4) data analysis techniques.
Results and Discussion
This part provides the summary of results and discussion which refers to the research aims. Thus, the new principal ideas, which are an essential part of the research findings, are developed.
Conclusion
provide information based on problems
References Citation and referencing must be written based on APA style 6 th Edition which is organized by using Mendeley software latest version.
The details can be Downloaded at the Link as follows:
The author should fulfill the form as detail as possible where the star marked form must be entered. After all form textbox was filled, the Author clicks on the “Register” button to proceed with the registration. Therefore, the Author is brought to the online author submission interface where Author should click on “New Submission”. The following are five steps in the online submission process:
Step 1 - Starting the Submission: Select the appropriate section of the journal, i.e. Original Research Articles, Review Article, or Short Communication. Thus, the author must check-mark on the submission checklists.
Step 2 – Uploading the Submission: To upload a manuscript to this journal, click Browse on the Upload submission file item and choose the manuscript document file to be submitted, then click the Upload button.
Step 3 – Entering Submission’s Metadata: In this step, detailed 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 in the textbox including keywords.
Step 4 – Uploading Supplementary Files: Supplementary file 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.
Step 5 – Confirming the Submission: The author should final check the uploaded manuscript documents in this step. To submit the manuscript to Biota journal, click the Finish Submission button after the documents are true. The corresponding author or the principal contact will receive an acknowledgment by email and will be able to view the submission’s progress through the editorial process by logging in to the journal web address site.
After this submission, the author who submits the manuscript will get a confirmation email about the submission. Therefore, the Author is able to track his submission status at any time by logging in to the online submission interface. The submission tracking includes the status of manuscript review and editorial process.
Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.