Manuscript Preparation and Submission

ASDA Journal is an open-access, peer-reviewed scientific publication that publishes original research papers, reviews, and brief communications covering basic and applied fields of upland agricultural management, agribusiness management, agricultural extension, agricultural sociology, agricultural economics, agricultural development , agricultural marketing, agricultural communications, agricultural extension, rural development, supply chain and agricultural logistics. The journal will be published by the Pusat Penelitian dan Pengabdian pada Masyarakat Politeknik Pertanian Negeri Kupang.

Manuscripts can be written in Indonesian or English. Each manuscript will be reviewed by the Editorial Board and at least two peer-reviewers whose identities will be kept confidential. Based on comments from reviewers, the Editorial Board and Editor-in-Chief will make a decision on the manuscript. The Editorial Board reserves the right to ask the author to revise the manuscript before sending it back to the reviewer.

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MANUSCRIP SUBMISSION

  1. FILE FORMAT. Manuscripts must be submitted in a Microsoft Word document and clearly state the type of article.
  2. COVER LETTER. Authors must attach a cover letter informing the editor of important research results, a statement that the article is not being submitted or has been published in another journal.
  3. Manuscripts and cover letters must be submitted electronically through the ASDA Journal website.

TYPES OF MANUSCRIPT

  1. Article. A report of research addressing a specific research question, including the methods used, the results of the research, and conclusions drawn from the research. The structure of article include of Introduction, Material and Method, Result, Discussion, Conclusion and References. Papers should not normally exceed 16 pages (including tables and figures), but longer papers of particular merit may be considered.
  2. Short Communication. Short research reports that would not normally exceed 10 pages. Manuscripts submitted should be novel and of wide general interest to entomologists. A Short Communication should be a concise report of an independent line of research and require the structure of report include of Introduction, Methodology, Result and Discussion and References.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

  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, or RTF document file format.
  3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  4. Manuscript must be written with Times New Roman 12 pt, 1.5-spaced and with left aligning text in A4 Microsoft Word documents. The margin is 3 cm of each side.; 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.

ARTICLE STRUCTURE

  1. PAGE TITLE (1 single page)
  2. ABSTRACT (including keywords)
  3. INTRODUCTION 4. MATERIAL AND METHOD
  4. RESULT
  5. DISCUSSION
  6. CONCLUSION
  7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (if any)
  8. REFENCES
  9. List of Tables
  10. List of Figures
  11. Supplementary materials (if any)

DESCRIPTION

  1. PAGE TITLE. Page title consists of title of article, name of authors, institutional address of each author, correspondence author and running title. Manuscript title must be clear and short (maximum of 20 words). Please provide a short title (running head), with a maximum of 40 characters including spaces. Full name of authors should be followed by numbers and provided institutional address including city, zip code and country. Correspondence author must be marked with asterisk (*) after the name and provided telephone/fax and e-mail address.
  2. ABSTRACT. A self-contained abstract, not exceeding 250 words, must be consisted of introduction sentences, research objective, methodology, result, discussion and conclusion. Keywords are consisted of 3-5 words. Provide italic format for species name (Latin name).
  3. INTRODUCTION. Introduction consists of research background and provided with appropriate references and ended with research objective.
  4. MATERIAL AND METHOD. Material and method must cover information about research location, research methodology and statistics (data analysis). Authors must clearly described the methodology in chronological order and provide sub-titles. Authors must state what statistical approaches were used in their analyses.
  5. RESULT. Describe the research result. The same data should not be given in both tables and figures. We would also request that authors ensure a match between the tests used and figures provided in the text. Tables and figures must be placed after references and in different page. Title of table should be put above the table and title of figure in below of figure.
  6. DISCUSSION. Discuss the important result and provide with appropriate references. Compare the research result with other published research. If needed, in the end of discussion could be provided the implication of result to related issues.
  7. CONCLUSION. Conclude based on the research results and must be related to objectives or questions of research.
  8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Provide acknowledgement for the research funding and also other persons who have contribution in the research.
  9. REFERENCES. References must consist of at least 80% of primary references (journal articles) with some references are recently published in the last three years. In the running text, citations should be made as per the following examples.
    • For up to two authors, give the surnames separated by ‘&’. For more than two authors, give the surname of the first author followed by ‘et al.’ As part of the sentence: Rizali (2013), or Akbar & Buchori (2012). When in parentheses: (Rizali 2013, Akbar & Buchori 2012).
    • If the reference would require the same author abbreviation but different years: Buchori et al. (2012, 2016) or (Buchori et al., 2012, 2016).
    • The reference list should be in alphabetical order according to the author surnames. All authors’ names and the full title of the article must be included. Journal and periodical titles should be given in full.

We provided “reference style” for EndNote and Zotero that could be downloaded in the website.

Journal Article

  • Grant GG, Langevin D. 1995. Oviposition deterrence, stimulation, and effect of clutch size of Choristoneura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) species by extract fractions of host and nonhost foliage. Environmental Entomology 24(6):1656-1663.
  • Greenberg SM, Sappington TW, Legaspi BC Jr, Liu TX, Setamou M. 2001. Feeding and life history of Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on different host plants. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94(2):566-575.

Books

  • Bernays EA, Chapman RF. 1994. Host-Plant Selection by Phytophagous Insects. Contemporary Topics in Entomology 2. New York: Chapman and Hall.
  • Hartadi H, Reksohadiprodjo S & Tillman AD. 1993. Tabel Komposisi Pakan untuk Indonesia. Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press.

Reference book contributions

  • Koh LP, Gardner TA. 2010. Conservation in human modified landscapes. In: Sodhi NS, Ehrlich PR (Eds.), Conservation Biology for All. pp. 236-261. London: Oxford University Press.

Proceeding

  • Hodgson EW, VanNostrand G. 2011. Update on the soybean aphid efficacy program. In: Pringnitz BA (Ed.), The 23rd Annual Integrated Crop Management Conference (Iowa, 30 November - 1 December 2011). pp. 59-62. Iowa: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
  • Hartemink AE. 2002. Nutrient Stock and Nutrient Cycling of Follows in the Humid Lowlands of Papua New Guinea, 7th World Congress of Soil Science (Bangkok, 14-21 August 2002). pp. 691-691.

Thesis/Dissertation

  • Hosang MLA. 2004. Interactions between Natural Enemies, Herbivores and Cacao in Palolo Valley, Central Sulawesi. PhD Thesis. Bogor: Bogor Agricultural University.

Website

  • Duke JA. 2012. Handbook of Energy Crops. Available at: http://www.hort.purdue.edu. [accessed 15 February 2018].
  • Chaney WE, Toscano NC, Natwick ET. 2003. UC IPM pest management guidelines: cole crops diamondback moth. Available at: http://www. ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r108301311.html [accessed 19 March 2004].

Publication Fee

  1. Authors are not required to pay an Article Submission Fee as part of the submission process to contribute to the cost of the fee.
  2. ASDA Journal does not charge a fee from the Author for each submitted manuscript.
  3. Submission Fee : 0.00 (Rp)
  4. Manuscript processing fee: 0.00 (Rp)
  5. Manuscript publication fee: 0.00 (IDR)
  6. This also applies to every stage from submission, review, editing, publishing, maintenance and archiving, requesting access to the full text version of each published article.
  7. ASDA does not have a Waiver Policy.

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