GUIDANCE FOR AUTHORS

Aims and Scope Biodiversitas, Journal of Biological Diversity or sentence, preferably not more than 20 words. Name of author(s) should be
Biodiversitas encourages submission of manuscripts dealing with all aspects of completely written, especially for the first and the last name. Name and
biodiversity, including plants, animals, and microbes at the level of the gene, institution address should also be completely written with street name and
species, and ecosystem. Ethnobiology papers are also considered. number (location), postal code, telephone number, facsimile number, and email
Article types The journal seeks original full-length: (i) Research papers, address. We choose local names in Bahasa Indonesia for universities in
(ii) Reviews, and (iii) Short communications. Original research manuscripts Indonesia. The mention of "strata” program, should be avoided. Manuscript
are limited to 8,000 words (including tables and figures) or proportional to written by a group, author for correspondence along with address is required
articles in this publication number. Review articles are also limited to 8,000 (marked with "♥"). The title page (first page) should include title of the article,
words, while Short communications should be less than 2,500 words, except for full name(s), institution(s) and address(es) of the author(s); the corresponding
pre-study. authors detailed postage and e-mail addresses (P), and phone and fax numbers (O).
Submission: The journal only accepts online submissions through the open Abstract A concise abstract is required (about 200 words). The abstract
journal system (https://smujo.id/biodiv/about/submissions) or, for login should be informative and state briefly the aim of the research, the principal
problems, email the editors at unsjournals@gmail.com (or editors@smujo.id). results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the
Submitted manuscripts should be the original works of the author(s). Please article, thus it must be able to stand alone (completely self-explanatory). References
ensure that the manuscript is submitted using the template, which can be found should not be cited, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s).
at (https://biodiversitas.mipa.uns.ac.id/D/template.doc). The manuscript must be Abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential, they must be defined at their
accompanied by a cover letter containing the article title, the first name and last first mention. Keywords are about five words, covering scientific and local
name of all the authors, and a paragraph describing the claimed novelty of the name (if any), research themes, and special methods used; and sorted from A to
findings versus current knowledge. Please also provide a list of five potential Z. Abbreviations (if any): All important abbreviations must be defined at their
reviewers in your cover letter. They should come from outside your institution first mention there. Running title is about five words.
and better from three different countries. Submission of a manuscript implies the Introduction is about 600 words, covering the aims of the research and
submitted work has not been published (except as part of a thesis or report, or provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a
abstract) and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. When a group summary of the results. Materials and Methods should emphasize on the
writes a manuscript, all authors should read and approve the final version of the procedures and data analysis. Results and Discussion should be written as a
submitted manuscript and its revision; and agree on the submission of series of connecting sentences, however, for a manuscript with long discussion
manuscripts for this journal. All authors should have made substantial should be divided into subtitles. Thorough discussion represents the causal effect
contributions to the concept and design of the research, acquisition of the data mainly explains why and how the results of the research were taken place, and
and its analysis, drafting the manuscript, and correcting the revision. All authors do not only re-express the mentioned results in the form of sentences.
must be responsible for the work's quality, accuracy, and ethics. Concluding sentence should be given at the end of the discussion.
Ethics Author(s) must be obedient to the law and/or ethics in treating the Acknowledgements are expressed in a brief; all sources of institutional, private
object of research and pay attention to the legality of material sources and and corporate financial support for the work must be fully acknowledged, and
intellectual property rights. any potential conflicts of interest are noted.
Copyright If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the author(s) still Figures and Tables of a maximum of three pages should be clearly
hold the copyright and retain publishing rights without restrictions. For the new presented. The title of a picture is written down below the picture, while the title
invention, authors must manage its patent before publication. of a table is written above the table. Colored figures can only be accepted
Open Access The journal is committed to free-open access that does not if the information in the manuscript can lose without those images; the chart is
charge readers or their institutions for access. Readers are entitled to read, preferred to use black and white images. The author could consign any picture
download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, as or photo for the front cover, although it does not print in the manuscript. All
long as not for commercial purposes. The license type is CC-BY-NC-SA. images property of others should be mentioned the source. Author is suggested
Acceptance Only articles written in US English are accepted for referring to Wikipedia for international boundaries and Google Earth for satellite
publication. Manuscripts will be reviewed by editors and invited reviewers imagery. If not specifically mentioned, it is assumed to refer to these sources.
(double-blind review) according to their disciplines. Authors will generally be There is no appendix, all data or data analysis is incorporated into Results and
notified of acceptance, rejection, or need for revision within 1 to 2 months of Discussions. For broad data, it can be displayed on the website as a supplement.
receipt. Manuscripts will be rejected if the content does not align with the References Preferably 80% of it comes from scientific journals published in
journal scope, does not meet the standard quality, is in an inappropriate format, the last 10 years. In the text, give the author names followed by the year of
or contains complicated grammar, dishonesty (i.e., plagiarism, duplicate publication and arrange from oldest to newest and from A to Z; in citing an
publications, fabrication of data, citations manipulation, etc.), or ignoring article written by two authors, both of them should be mentioned; however, for
correspondence in three months. The primary criteria for publication are three and more authors only the first author is mentioned followed by et al. For
scientific quality and significance. Uncorrected proofs will be sent to the example, Saharjo and Nurhayati (2006) or (Boonkerd 2003a, b, c; Sugiyarto
corresponding author by system or email as .doc or .docx files for checking and 2004; El-Bana and Nijs 2005; Balagadde et al. 2008; Webb et al. 2008). Extent
correcting typographical errors. The corrected proofs should be returned in 7 citation should be avoided, as shown with the word "cit." Reference to
days to avoid publication delays. The accepted papers will be published online unpublished data and personal communication should not appear in the list but
in chronological order at any time but printed at the end of each month. should be cited in the text only (e.g., Rifai MA 2007, pers. com. (personal
A charge Authors are charged USD 320 (IDR 4,500,000). Additional communication); Setyawan AD 2007, unpublished data). In the reference list,
charges may be billed for language improvement, USD 75-150 (IDR 1,000,000- the references should be listed in alphabetical order. Names of journals should
2,000,000). Reprints The sample journal reprint is only available by special be abbreviated. Always use the standard abbreviation of a journal's name
request. Additional copies may be purchased when ordering by email and according to the ISSN List of Title Word Abbreviations (www.issn.org/2-
sending back the uncorrected proofs. 22661-LTWA-online.php). Please include DOI links for journal papers. The
Manuscript preparation Manuscript is typed on A4 (210x297 mm2) paper following examples are for guidance.
size, in a single column, single space, 10-point (10 pt) Times New Roman font. Journal:
The margin text is 3 cm from the top, 2 cm from the bottom, and 1.8 cm from Saharjo BH, Nurhayati AD. 2006. Domination and composition structure change at
the left and right. Smaller lettering sizes can be applied in presenting tables and hemic peat natural regeneration following burning; a case study in Pelalawan,
figures (9 pt). Word processing program or additional software can be used; Riau Province. Biodiversitas 7: 154-158. DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d070213.
however, it must be PC compatible, use the template, and be Microsoft Word The usage of "et al." in long author lists will also be accepted:
Smith J, Jones M Jr, Houghton L et al. 1999. Future of health insurance. N Engl J
based (.doc or .rtf; not .docx). Scientific names of species (incl. subspecies, Med 965: 325-329. DOI: 10.10007/s002149800025.
variety, etc.) should be written in italics, except in italicized sentences. Scientific Book:
names (genus, species, author) and cultivar or strain should be mentioned Rai MK, Carpinella C. 2006. Naturally Occurring Bioactive Compounds. Elsevier,
completely for the first time mentioning it in the body text, especially for Amsterdam.
taxonomic manuscripts. The genus name can be shortened after the first Chapter in the book:
mention, except in early sentences, or where this may generate confusion; name Webb CO, Cannon CH, Davies SJ. 2008. Ecological organization, biogeography, and
of the author can be eliminated after the first mention. For example, Rhizopus the phylogenetic structure of rainforest tree communities. In: Carson W, Schnitzer S
oryzae L. UICC 524 can be written hereinafter as R. oryzae UICC 524. Using (eds.). Tropical Forest Community Ecology. Wiley-Blackwell, New York.
trivial names should be avoided. Biochemical and chemical nomenclature Abstract:
Assaeed AM. 2007. Seed production and dispersal of Rhazya stricta. 50th annual
should follow the order of the IUPAC-IUB. For DNA sequences, it is better to symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science, Swansea,
use Courier New font. Standard chemical abbreviations can be applied for UK, 23-27 July 2007.
common and clear used, for example, completely written butilic hydroxyl Proceeding:
toluene (BHT) to be BHT hereinafter. Metric measurements should use IS Alikodra HS. 2000. Biodiversity for development of local autonomous government.
denominations, and other systems should use equivalent values with the In: Setyawan AD, Sutarno (eds.). Toward Mount Lawu National Park;
denomination of IS mentioned first. A dot should not follow abbreviations like Proceeding of National Seminary and Workshop on Biodiversity Conservation to
g, mg, mL, etc. Minus index (m-2, L-1, h-1) suggested being used, except in things Protect and Save Germplasm in Java Island. Universitas Sebelas Maret,
like "per-plant" or "per-plot." Mathematical equations can be written down in Surakarta, 17-20 July 2000. [Indonesian]
one column with text; in that case, they can be written separately. Numbers one Thesis, Dissertation:
Sugiyarto. 2004. Soil Macro-invertebrates Diversity and Inter-Cropping Plants
to ten are written in words, except if it relates to measurement, while values above
Productivity in Agroforestry System based on Sengon. [Dissertation]. Universitas
them are written in number, except in early sentences. The fraction should be Brawijaya, Malang. [Indonesian]
expressed in decimal. In the text, it should be used "%" rather than "percent." Information from the internet:
Avoid expressing ideas with complicated sentences and verbiage/phrasing, and use Balagadde FK, Song H, Ozaki J, Collins CH, Barnet M, Arnold FH, Quake SR, You
efficient and effective sentences. L. 2008. A synthetic Escherichia coli predator-prey ecosystem. Mol Syst Biol 4:
The title of the article should be written in compact, clear, and informative 187. DOI: 10.1038/msb.2008.24. www.molecularsystembiology.com.
 Journal of Biological Diversity
Volume 24 – Number 4 – April 2023

ISSN/E-ISSN:
1412-033X (printed edition), 2085-4722 (electronic)

EDITORIAL BOARD:

Abdel Fattah N.A. Rabou (Palestine), Agnieszka B. Najda (Poland), Ajar Nath Yadav (India), Ajay Kumar Gautam (India),
Alan J. Lymbery (Australia), Annisa (Indonesia), Bambang H. Saharjo (Indonesia), Daiane H. Nunes (Brazil), Darlina Md. Naim (Malaysia),
Ghulam Hassan Dar (India), Hassan Pourbabaei (Iran), Joko R. Witono (Indonesia), Kartika Dewi (Indonesia),
Katsuhiko Kondo (Japan), Kusumadewi Sri Yulita (Indonesia), Livia Wanntorp (Sweden), M. Jayakara Bhandary (India),
Mahdi Reyahi-Khoram (Iran), Mahendra K. Rai (India), Mahesh K. Adhikari (Nepal), Maria Panitsa (Greece),
Mochamad A. Soendjoto (Indonesia), Mohamed M.M. Najim (Srilanka), Mohib Shah (Pakistan), Nurhasanah (Indonesia),
Praptiwi (Indonesia), Rasool B. Tareen (Pakistan), Seyed Aliakbar Hedayati (Iran), Seyed Mehdi Talebi (Iran), Shahabuddin (Indonesia),
Shahir Shamsir (Malaysia), Shri Kant Tripathi (India), Shubhi Avasthi (India), Subhash C. Santra (India), Sugeng Budiharta (Indonesia),
Sugiyarto (Indonesia), Taufiq Purna Nugraha (Indonesia), Wawan Sujarwo (Indonesia), Yosep S. Mau (Indonesia)

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
Sutarno

EDITORIAL MEMBERS:
English Editors: Suranto (surantouns@gmail.com); Technical Editor: Solichatun (solichatun_s@yahoo.com), Artini Pangastuti
(pangastuti_tutut@yahoo.co.id); Distribution & Marketing: Rita Rakhmawati (oktia@yahoo.com); Webmaster: Ari Pitoyo
(aripitoyo@yahoo.com)

MANAGING EDITORS:
Ahmad Dwi Setyawan (unsjournals@gmail.com)

PUBLISHER:
The Society for Indonesian Biodiversity

CO-PUBLISHER:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta

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Biodiversity Surakarta

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