Author Guidelines

General Instruction

Manuscript submitted to the JPTT should be original work, has not been submitted for publication elsewhere, no conflict interest, and relevance to the focus and scope of the journal

1. Title, Authors

Full Title Not More Than 20 Words.
 
First Author (full first- and surname, no title)1, Second author (full first- and surname, no title)2
 
1Department of Plant Protection, Faculty Agriculture, University of Jember, Indonesia
 
Corresponding email: corresponding_author@.....

2. Abstract

The abstract should less than 250 words for Regular Paper and up to 100 words for Short Communication), and keywords. A perspective of topic areas is described. Some recommendations on writing for a worldwide readership are offered.
 
Keywords: not more than five keywords in alphabetical order separated by semi-colon must be provided to describe the content of the manuscript.

3. Language Accuracy

It is expected that authors will submit a carefully written and proofread material. Spelling and grammatical errors, as well as language usage problems, are not acceptable in the final submission. Papers should be written in Indonesian or English, clearly describe the background of the subject, the authors' work, including the methods used, and concluding discussion on the importance of the work.

4. Pages and Words Number

The paper should range between 2.000 to 8.000 words.

5. Paper Format

The template is an A4 format (line-numbered) with at least 3 cm margins left, right, top and bottom. All text paragraphs should be double-spaced.

6. Fonts

The body of your paper should use 12-point Times New Roman font. The styles available are bold, italic and underlined.

7. Tables and Figures

Figure captions and table headings should be sufficient to explain the figure or table without needing to refer to the text. Figures and tables not cited in the text should not be presented. All tables should be prepared in a form consistent and should be numbered consecutively with Roman numerals. Explanatory material should be given in the table legends and footnotes.  Each table should be prepared on a new page, embedded in the manuscript.
 
When a manuscript is submitted for publication, tables must also be submitted separately as data - .doc, .rtf, Excel or PowerPoint files- because tables submitted as image data cannot be edited for publication and are usually in low-resolution.
 
Submit an original figure or photograph.  Line drawings must be clear, with high black and white contrast. Each figure or photograph should be prepared on a new page, embedded in the manuscript for reviewing to keep the file of the manuscript under 5 MB.

8. Manuscript Structure

Regular Papers should be prepared with the headings Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgements, References, and Supplementary data (if available).

9. Conclusion

Conclusions should be concise, state the most important propositions of the paper as well as the author’s views of the practical implications of the results.

10. References

References begin on their own page and are listed in alphabetical order by the first author's last name. Only references cited within the text should be included.
 
The template can be downloaded at TEMPLATE OF FULL PAPER