Author Guidelines

Author who will submit the manuscript to Didaktika Biologi should follow the following guidelines.

  1. The manuscript that will be sent to Didaktika Biologi is an unpublished article to another journal and an author's original work (not the result of plagiarism).
  2. The manuscript is a research result of biology education in accordance with the focus and scope of Didaktika Biologi. 
  3. The manuscript consists of title, author's name accompanied by the the affiliated institution name and the email correspondence, abstract, introduction, research method, result and discussion, conclusion, and bibliography.
  4. The title must be clear, concise and representative of the manuscript's content and written in Indonesian and English.
  5. The abstract contains a maximum of 200 words and consists of only one paragraph that contains the objective, method and research result. The abstract is accompanied by representative keywords. Both are written in Indonesian and English.
  6. The introduction contains background, rationality and/or urgency of research, and research objective. The introduction is written narratively in paragraphs. The source of citation clearly indicates the author's name and the publication year.
  7. The research method contains research type, time and place of research, target, research subject, procedure, instrument, technique of data analysis, and other matters relating to the way of research. If there are procedures or steps that are sequential, it can be given the notation (numbers or letters) according to its position.
  8. The result and discussion are the unity that explains the data from a research (the discussion is written inherent with the data being discussed) and focus on the data obtained in answering the research objectives or can also answer the question of why the facts are found as in the data.
  9. The conclusion is generalizable findings according to the research problem/objectives, and or may also be a recommendation for the next step.
  10. The bibliography is written according to APA standard using a reference application, such as Mendeley, Zotero or Endnote. The example of citing a bibliography is listed in the Didaktika Biologi's template. Preferably the manuscript that has more than 65% of journal literatures.
  11. The maximum page of manuscript is 14 pages using Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx) on A4 size paper by following the template of Didaktika Biologi.
  12. The manuscript is typed using single Times New Roman-11, single space among rows, and in two columns (except abstract). The page layout as follows: upper margin 3 cm; lower margin 2.5 cm; left margin 3 cm; right margin 3 cm; header from top 2 cm; footer from bottom 1.25 cm; and the distance between columns 1 cm.

The manuscript that submitted to Didaktika Biologi will be reviewed by Didaktika Biologi's reviewers in blind peer-review for the feasibility assessment of article publication.