Submissions

Author Guidelines

AUTHOR GUIDELINE  

Preparing Your Manuscript

All authors submitting to Journal of Marine Pharmacy and Biomedicine (JMPB) should confirm to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to JMPB Journals. The manuscripts submitted to JMPB should be written in English or indonesian.

Articles that have been published previously in another language, or in a journal that is not widely available, may be submitted for consideration provided the editor of the source journal and the copyright older give written approval and the origin of the article is declared in the manuscript. Originality Statement Form approvals must be included with the submitted manuscript.  

 

Word Limits 

• Original Research Articles: Written by at least two authors (preferably from different institutions). The manuscript contains a word count between 4,000 to 6,000 words. The number of references used is at least 20, with 60% coming from the last ten years.
• Review: Review is by invitation only and recommended by at least one editorial board member and written by at least two authors (preferably from different institutions). The number of words is not limited to at least 75 references, and 80% of them come from the last ten years.  

 

Manuscript Format and Structure 

All manuscripts must be submitted in Microsoft Word (.docx) format and comply with the following requirements:

• Element: Specification
• Font: Book Antiqua Font
• Size: according to the attached template
• Line Spacing: 1.15 Paper
• Size: A4 (21 × 29.7 cm)
• Margins: Top 2.5 cm, Bottom 2 cm, Left 2.5 cm, Right 2 cm  

 

Original Research 

Manuscript structure: 

• Title (maximum 20 words)
• Author(s) and Affiliation(s)
• Abstract (maximum 300 words; structured: Introduction (including Objective), Methods, Results, Conclusion)
• Keywords (5 words)
• Introduction
• Methods
• Results and Discussion
• Conclusion
• References (Vancouver style)  

Review Article

Manuscript structure:

• Title (maximum 20 words)
• Author(s) and Affiliation(s)
• Abstract (maximum 300 words; unstructured)
• Keywords (5 words)
• Introduction
• Discussion (with subheadings as needed)
• Conclusion
• References (Vancouver style)  

Review papers should provide a critical synthesis of existing literature, highlight research gaps, and discuss implications for future studies.  

 

UPLOADING YOUR SUBMISSION

Cover Letter

Upload a cover letter as a separate file in the online system. The length limit is 1 page. The cover letter template file could be downloaded at this link.

The cover letter should include the following information: 

1. Summarize the study’s contribution to the scientific literature
2. Relate the study to previously published work  

 

Originality Statement

Form Fill out this form to confirm that neither the manuscript nor any parts of its content are currently under consideration or published in another journal. All author signs the form and send it together with cover letter and manuscript. File could be downloaded at this link.  

 

Title Page  

The title page must include the paper title in bold, title case (16 pt), followed by authors’ names in uppercase (12 pt). The corresponding author should be marked with an asterisk (*) and a valid email address stated as “*Address for correspondence” at the bottom left of the page, only if different from the listed affiliation.

The title should be clear, concise, grammatically correct, and reflect the content of the paper. It must not exceed 20 words and should avoid numbers, acronyms, abbreviations, and punctuation. Titles should be informative for indexing yet understandable to readers outside the field. 

All authors must be listed in the correct order on both the title page and the manuscript submission, and all provided email addresses must be valid. File could be downloaded at this link.  

 

Manuscript with Following Guidelines

• Title

Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible. 

• Abstract

We strongly encourage authors to use the following style of structured abstracts, but without headings: (1) Background: Place the question addressed in a broad context and highlight the purpose of the study. The aim of this research is to analyze.... ; (2) Methods: briefly describe the main methods or treatments applied; (3) Results: summarize the article’s main findings; (4) Conclusions: indicate the main conclusions or interpretations. The abstract should be an objective representation of the article and it must not contain results that are not presented and substantiated in the main text and should not exagger-ate the main conclusions. Do not include abbreviations and citations. The abstract must contain a maximum of 300 words. Avoid specialist abbreviations.

1. Abbreviations should be defined in parentheses the first time they appear in the abstract, main text, and in figure or table captions and used consistently thereafter.   
2. SI Units (International System of Units) should be used. Imperial, US customary and other units should be converted to SI units whenever possible.
3. Accession numbers of RNA, DNA and protein sequences used in the manuscript should be provided in the Materials and Methods section. Also see the section on Deposition of Sequences and of Expression Data. 

• Keywords

Three to five keywords after abstract. Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization. 

• Introduction

The introduction should briefly place the study in a broad context and highlight why it is important. It should define the purpose of the work and its significance. The current state of the research field should be carefully reviewed and key publications cited. Please highlight controversial and diverging hypotheses when necessary. Finally, briefly mention the main aim of the work and highlight the principal conclusions. As far as possible, please keep the introduction comprehensible to scientists outside your particular field of research. The manuscript is written in English or Indonesian (adjust according to the template) with Book Antiqua, space density 1.15, on A4 paper with a top-left margin of 2.5 cm and a bottom-right margin of 2 cm. References should be numbered in order of appearance and indicated by a numeral or numerals in square brackets—e.g., (1) or (2,3), or (4–6). See the end of the document for further details on references.  

Abbreviations should be defined fully only at first mention and used consistently thereafter. Species name is writing in italics (e.g., Escherichia coli). Scientific name with the authority should be given in the title and the first time the species is mention in the text. Thereafter, either the vernacular of common name of the species or the shortened scientific name (e.g., E. coli) can be used, but not a mixture of both). 

• Materials and methods

Describe the materials used in the experiment, in sufficient detail so that a competent researcher could repeat your experiment. For commercial sources of used materials, the name of the company, and the city and state where the used materials are located must be included. If you have more than one method, use subsections with relevant headings, e.g. different models, in vitro and in vivo studies, statistics, materials and reagents, etc.

Published methods should be indicated by reference, and only relevant modifications are described here. for example, “…This method refers to centrifugation at room temperature; we modified it (9) to protect the fragile DNA pellet during further extraction steps…”.

Methods sections describing research using human or animal subjects and/or tissue or field sampling should include the required ethics statements. The methods section describing research using cell lines should state the origin of the cell lines used. Determine the computer software used. In general, JMPB adheres to the International System of Units (SI) in writing units of measurement.

Describe statistical methods in sufficient detail so that knowledgeable readers can access the original data to verify the reported results. Determine the type of equipment (microscope/objective lens, camera, detector) used to obtain the image. Where possible, quantify findings and present them with appropriate indicators of measurement error or uncertainty (such as confidence intervals).

Sub Section 1

Xxxx

Sub Section 2

Xxxx

Sub Section 3

Xxxx 

• Results and Discussion

The results and discussion at least contain three things, namely: (1) description, (2) interpretation (explanation) of the results of research activities and (3) discussion (comparative) results compared with the results of previous research activities. This part focus on the fulfilment of stated objectives as given in the introduction. It should contain the findings presented in the form of figures and figures. Provide a concise and precise description of the experimental results, their interpretation as well as the experimental conclusions that can be drawn.

This section may be divided by subheadings. It should provide a concise and precise description of the experimental results, their interpretation, as well as the experimental conclusions that can be drawn.

Sub Section 1

Xxxx

Sub Section 2

Xxxx

Sub Section 3

Xxxx  

 

Figures 

1. Please submit graphics as editable text and not as images (screenshots).
2. Images must be provided in JPEG, JPG or PNG format.
3. Images must be high quality (300 dpi for color).
4. Number the numbers in the order they are first mentioned in the text.
5. If there is writing in the image, write it as much as possible in the Book Antiqua font 
6. The style of graphs and charts as well as the size and appearance of letters and numbers should be consistent throughout a paper.  

Figure 1. Seeweeds. (a) Sargassum aquifolium; (b) Kappahycus alvarezii.  

Tables

1. Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text. Regarded should be able to interpret table without reference to the text. Print screen is not allowed.
2. Written in Book Antiqua font size 9.
3. Use Table’s title with sentence-style capitalization (only the first word has an initial capital). Use only lowercase for legends and for units of measure.
4. Always use Microsoft Word's table feature. DO NOT create tables by using the space bar and/or tab keys. Do not submit tables in Microsoft Excel.
5. Do not insert blank columns or rows. 
6. Asterisks or letters next to values indicating statistical significance should appear in the same cell as the value, not an adjacent cell (i.e., they should not have their own column).

 

Table 1. Data on age range and gender post-craniotomy patients at the jemursari islamic hospital, Surabaya, 2018 

Patient*		Freq (n=90)	Percentage (%)
Age (years)	0-20	2	2.2
	21-40	16	17.8
	41-60	68	75.6
	> 60	4	4.4
Gender	Male	20	22.2
	Women	70	77.8

* Tables may have a footer.  

 

Discussion section should present comprehensive analysis of the results in the light of any previous research. Discussion may also be combined with results. Do not repeat in detail data or any material given in the Introduction or the Results section. The Discussion should spell out the major conclusions and interpretations of the work including some explanation on the significance of these conclusions. How do the conclusions affect the existing assumptions and models in the field? How can future research build on these observations? What are the key experiments that must be done? The Discussion should be concise and tightly argued. Refer to the picture in the narrative, ex: (Figure 1) or (Table 1).  

 

Formatting of Mathematical Components

This is example 1 of an equation:

a = 1,                                                                  (1) 

The text following an equation need not be a new paragraph. Please punctuate equations as regular text.

This is example 2 of an equation:

a = b + c + d + e + f + g + h + i + j + k + l + m + n + o + p + q + r + s + t + u + v + w + x + y + z                                                                                (2) 

The text following an equation need not be a new paragraph. Please punctuate equations as regular text. 

• Conclosion

Conclusion section should bring out the significance of your research paper, show how you’ve brought closure to the research problem, and point out remaining gaps in knowledge by suggesting issues for further research. 

• Author contributions

For research articles with several authors, a short paragraph specifying their individual contributions must be provided. The following statements should be used “Con-ceptualization, X.X. and Y.Y.; methodology, X.X.; software, X.X.; validation, X.X., Y.Y. and Z.Z.; formal analysis, X.X.; investigation, X.X.; resources, X.X.; data curation, X.X.; writing—original draft preparation, X.X.; writing—review and editing, X.X.; visualization, X.X.; supervision, X.X.; project administration, X.X.; funding acquisition, Y.Y. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.” Please turn to the CRediT taxonomy for the term explana-tion. Authorship must be limited to those who have contributed substantially to the work report-ed. 

• Funding

Please add: “This research received no external funding” or “This research was funded by NAME OF FUNDER, grant number XXX” and “The APC was funded by XXX”. Check careful-ly that the details given are accurate and use the standard spelling of funding agency names at https://search.crossref.org/funding. Any errors may affect your future funding. 

• Acknowledgments

List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proofreading the article, etc.). 

• Conflict of interest

None. Any interest, financial relationship, personal relationship, religious or political beliefs that might influence the objectivity of the author can be considered as a potential source of conflict of interest. All manuscripts submitted to the journal must include a conflict of the interest disclosure statement or a declaration by the authors that they do not have any conflicts of interest to declare. 

• References

References should include only articles that are published in indexed national and international journals. JMPB uses “Vancouver” style, as outlined in the Mendeley sample references and include a DOI number. Should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text (not in alphabetic order). Verify all references prior to submission. Identify references in text, tables and legends by Arabic numerals in superscript. References cited only in tables or figure legends should be numbered in accordance with the sequence established by the first identification in the next of the particular table or figure. The total number of references in the research article is recommended to be equal or more than 20 and they must be less than 10 years old (80% of total reference). Do not cite unavailable and unpublished work.

Journal Articles      

Borghi-Silva A, Arena R, Castello V. Aerobic exercise training improves autonomic nervous control in patients with COPD. Respir Med. 2009; 103: 1503-1510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2009.04.015

A Book      

Strogatz SH. Nonlinear dynamics and chaos. Reading (MA): Perseus Books Publishing; 1994. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429492563

A Chapter in Authored Book      

Riffenburgh RH. Statistics in medicine. 2nd ed. Amsterdam (Netherlands): Elsevier Academic Press; 2006. Chapter 24, Regression and correlation methods; p. 447–486. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-088770-5.X5036-9

A Chapter in Edited Book      

Sumner P, Mollon JD. Did primate trichromacy evolve for frugivory or folivory? In: Mollon JD, Pokorny J, Knoblauch K, editors. Normal and defective colour vision. New York (NY): Oxford University Press; 2003. p. 21–30. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198525301.003.0003

Conference    

Diaz J, Gonzalez C, Escalona O. Nonlinear analysis of the ECG during atrial fibrillation in patients for low energy internal cardioversion. Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2008; 2008:1619–1622. https://doi.org/ 10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649483  File could be downloaded at this link.  

 

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.  

 

Suggesting reviewers  

Please submit the names and institutional e-mail addresses of several potential reviewers. You should not suggest reviewers who are colleagues, or who have co-authored or collaborated with you during the last three years. Editors do not invite reviewers who have potential competing interests with the authors. Further, in order to provide a broad and balanced assessment of the work, and ensure scientific rigor, please suggest diverse candidate reviewers who are located in different countries/regions from the author group. Also consider other diversity attributes e.g. gender, race and ethnicity, career stage, etc. Finally, you should not include existing members of the journal's editorial team, of whom the journal are already aware. Note: the editor decides whether or not to invite your suggested reviewers.  

 

Publication Charges 

The publisher fully bears all operational costs required to manage the journal, so the authors do not have to pay fees, such as submission and publication fees.

Article Submission: 0.00 (IDR), Authors are NOT required to pay an Article Submission Fee as part of the submission process to contribute to review costs.

Article Publication: 0.00 (IDR), If this paper is accepted for publication, you will NOT be asked to pay an Article Publication Fee to cover publication costs.

There are no "Article Processing Charges" for articles submitted to the Journal of Marine Pharmacy and Biomedicine (JMPB). This enables quick access to the full-text versions of the articles and includes submission, peer-reviewing, editing, publishing, maintaining, and archiving.

Journal of Marine Pharmacy and Biomedicine (JMPB) does not issue a printed version, so there are no hard-copy print fees.