Author Guidelines
Jurnal Farmasi Sains dan Komunitas (Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Community) firstly published in 2003, is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes research articles, review articles, as well as short communication in various pharmaceutical fields, including Pharmaceutical Technology and Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pharmaceutical Biology, Community Pharmacy, and Clinical Pharmacy.
Jurnal Farmasi Sains dan Komunitas accepts research articles, review articles, and short communication in English. Jurnal Farmasi Sains dan Komunitas is managed and published in Yogyakarta by Faculty of Pharmacy, Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta, for twice a year (in May and November).
Jurnal Farmasi Sains dan Komunitas (Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Community) welcomes full research articles, review articles, and short communications. Full research articles - original research articles which have not been published previously should in general about 3000-5000 words (12 printed pages) including figures and tables (with maximum 6 figures or tables). Review articles – the review should not exceed 5000 words including figures and tables (with maximum of 6 figures or tables). Short communications - short communications should not exceed 2000 words (4 printed pages) with maximum 3 figures or tables.
Article should be prepared using common word processor software (e.g. Microsoft-Word®), prepared in English language, type single column in Cambria font with the size of 10, space of 1.0, page size of A4, left and top margins of 3 cm, right and bottom margin of 2.5 cm. To avoid unnecessary errors the authors are strongly advised to use the "spell-check" and "grammar-check" functions of the word processor.
Template file of the article could be downloaded
here.
To be published in Jurnal Farmasi Sains dan Komunitas (Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Community), the manuscripts should be divided into the following sections:
- Title Page – This section contains manuscript title with maximum of 18 words and should be written in English using title case style, authors’ names (without academic title) and affiliation (including address, postal code, country, email, and contact). Different author affiliations should be marked with superscript numbering 1, 2, 3, etc. The corresponding author should be marked with the superscript asterisk “*”.
- Abstract - The abstract should state briefly the aim of the research, method used, main results, and major conclusions. Abstract should be written in one paragraph with maximum of 200 words in English. Abstract should be accurate, brief, clear, specific, and avoided from non-standard or uncommon abbreviations.
- Keywords – Abstract should be accompanied with 3-5 keywords, alphabetically ordered, separated using semicolons, and prepared using the same language as abstract. Keywords are the labels of the manuscript and critical for indexing purpose.
- Introduction – In this section authors should provide an adequate background and a brief statement of previous relevant study. Introduction section should be avoided from a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
- Methods – This section provides information of materials, instrumentations, and methods used in order to allow the work to be reproduced by the readers. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described. For the chemicals, authors should provide details of brand and purity, for example: ammonia 25% (Merck Millipore).
- Results and Discussion - The results should be clear and concise of summarizing (scientific) findings rather than providing data in great detail. The discussion should explore the significance of the results of the work. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
- Conclusion - The main conclusions of the study should be presented in a short Conclusions section. Conclusions should answer the objectives of research. In this section, authors could also suggest future experiments and/or point out those that are underway.
- Acknowledgement - Advisors, financial supporters, or other supporters i.e. proofreaders, typists, and suppliers who have assisted authors in the research can be listed in this section.
- Conflict of Interest - If there are conflict of interest, it should be state clearly. Financial and personal relationships should be easily identifiable, leading to bias in work. The sources of funding for the work should be described explicitly with explanations of the roles of those sources, and the authors should state that the sources of support do not participate in specific roles. The authors should state that the authors have access to all the studies and that the sponsors have not interacted with the data or the work. Conversely, if the authors do not have a conflict of interest, they may find them expressly stately
- References - All publications cited in the text should be included as a list of references.
ETHICS OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL EXPERIMENTAL |
Those articles which are describing experimental work on humans or animals should submit an approval of the ethical committee of the institution were the actual work was carried out.
Experiments with animals should be done in accordance with the legal requirements of the relevant local or national authority. Procedures should be such that experimental animals do not suffer unnecessarily. Papers should include details of the procedures and of anesthetics used. The Editors will not accept papers where the ethical aspects are, in their opinion, open to doubt.
All illustrations including figures, charts and graphs should be clear with minimum resolution of 300 dpi. The caption must be placed below and numbered (1, 2, 3 etc.). Use the bold font of the figure caption (e.g. Figure 1. Structures of isoflavones found in ethanolic extract).
All the tables should be prepared using the horizontal border style only (without vertical border). The caption must be placed above and numbered (1, 2, 3 etc.). Use the bold font of the table caption (e.g. Table 1. Characteristics of Health Facilities at Some Hospitals in Yogyakarta). If necessary, footnote should be placed below the table, with smaller font size of the table font (Cambria font with size of 9).
Each figures should be supplied on separate pages with number according to appearance on the text.
The references used should be up to date (maximum of 10 years) and dominated of journal articles. It is highly recommended to use the reference manager to organize the references such as Zotero, Mendeley, Endnote, etc. The reference style used can be found in https://tinyurl.com/jpsc-csl. If you are a Mendeley user, you can install the journal's reference style by accessing https://csl.mendeley.com/styles/28740611/journal-of-pharmaceutical-sciences-and-community.
Book
Miller, J.N., Miller, J.C., Miller, R.D., 2018. Statistics and Chemometrics for Analytical Chemistry, Seventh Ed. ed. Pearson Education Limited, Harlow.
Book Chapters
Allen, L.V, Ansel, H.C., 2014. Section II. Drug dosage form and drug delivery system design. Chapter 4. Dosage form design: Pharmaceutical and formulation consideration, in: Ansel’s Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems, Tenth Ed. pp. 102–165.
Conference proceeding
Istyastono, E.P., Yuliani, S.H., 2016. Scarless wound healing gel with Binahong (Anredera cordifolia (Ten) Steenis) leaves extract and celecoxib as the active ingredients, in: AIP Conference Proceedings. p. 160001.
Journal Article
Riswanto, F.D.O., Windarsih, A., Lukitaningsih, E., Rafi, M., Fadzilah, N.A., Rohman, A., 2022. Metabolite Fingerprinting Based on 1H-NMR Spectroscopy and Liquid Chromatography for the Authentication of Herbal Products. Molecules, 27(1198), 1–17.
Guidelines
Tunkel, D.E., Bauer, C.A., Sun, G.H., Rosenfeld, R.M., Chandrasekhar, S.S., Cunningham, E.R., Archer, S.M., Blakley, B.W., Carter, J.M., Granieri, E.C., Henry, J.A., Hollingsworth, D., Khan, F.A., Mitchell, S., Monfared, A., Newman, C.W., Omole, F.S., Phillips, C.D., Robinson, S.K., Taw, M.B., Tyler, R.S., Waguespack, R., Whamond, E.J., 2014. Clinical practice guideline: Tinnitus. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States).
Online
Narkhede, S., 2018. Understanding AUC - ROC Curve [WWW Document]. Towards Data Science. URL https://towardsdatascience.com/understanding-auc-r (accessed 9.11.20).
Online submission via Open Journal System
(http://e-journal.usd.ac.id/index.php/JFSK/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions)
Author guidelines in the pdf format can be downloaded here
Updated on 21 May 2022