Author Guidelines

General Instructions

KAUNIA publishes manuscripts written in the English language. Manuscripts submitted to the journal for publication should be original contributions and must not have been previously published or is under consideration simultaneously by any other publication and not be submitted for publication elsewhere until the Editorial Board has decided whether to publish the paper. Manuscripts that have been published in a forum (eg seminars) should be mentioned.

For submission by post, a copy of the manuscript and a disk version (zip disk or CD) of the manuscript. Postal submission should be sent to Editorial Board of Journal Kaunia, Faculty of Science and Technology, State Islamic University (UIN) Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, Jl. Marsda Adicucipto Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia.

Preparation of Manuscript

Manuscripts should be single-spaced throughout on one side of the paper only. Manuscripts are written clearly with the word-processing (we encourage using MS Word and saved in .docx format file).

Pages should be numbered and manuscripts should be arranged in the following order: Title, Author’s Name, Institution/ Affiliation (include a telephone number and email addresses), Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, and References. The lines should be numbered down the right-hand edge of each page. All abbreviations should be defined when first mentioned.

Please be sure to check for spelling and grammar before submitting the manuscripts.

Format and Style

Title, Abstract, Keywords, and Introduction: A short title of not more than 15 words should be provided.  Names of Authors and Affiliation are written clearly. The person to whom correspondence and request for prints are to be addressed should be indicated (including telephone and fax numbers and email addresses). The abstract, of not more than 200 words, should summarize the results and conclusions. Abbreviations and references should be avoided. Keywords, of not more than 7 keywords.

The introduction should set the study in context and this should be followed by a concise statement of the objectives of the study.

Tables: Should be concise and informative. The title should be a single sentence at the head of the tables. Tables should be numbered followed by the name of the tables.

Figures: Should be concise and informative. The title should be a single sentence in the lower part of the figures. Figures should be numbered followed by the name of the figures. If supplying electronics files of color figures please supply them as CMYK EPS files not RGB.

References: All references should be to the most pertinent and up-to-date sources. References are written in Vancouver style. Each citation should be written in the order of appearance in the text. Please use a consistent format for references – see examples below:

If your references are from journal articles:

Author1 A, Author2 B. Title of Manuscript. Name of Journal or its Abbreviation. Year; Vol. (Issue): pages.

If your references are from proceeding articles:

If the proceedings consist of several volumes:

Author1 A, Author2 B. Title of Manuscript. Name of Conference of Seminar. City. Year; volume: pages.

If the proceedings are in a single volume:

Author1 A, Author2 B. Title of Manuscript. Name of Conference or Seminar. City. Year: pages.

If your references are from Textbooks:

If the references refer to a specific page range in a book:

Author1 A, Author2 B. The Title of the Book. Edition. City: Publisher. Year: pages.

If the references refer to some separate pages in a book:

Author1 A, Author2 B. Title of the Book. City: Publisher. Year.

Edited book:

Author1 A, Author2 B. Editors. Title of the Book. City: Publisher. Year.

Chapter in a book:

Author1 A, Author2 B. Title of the Book. In: Editor1 A, Editor2, B. Title of the Book. Edition. City: Publisher. Year: pages.

Translated Books:

Original Author. Year. Title of the Translated Book. Translate. City: Publisher of the translated book. Year of the translated book.

If your references are from Thesis/Dissertation:

Author. Title of Thesis/Dissertation. Thesis/Dissertation. City & Name of University/Institute/College; Year.

If your references are from Paten:

Author1 A, Author2 B.. Title (this should be in italics). Patent number (Patent). Year of publication.

If your references are from Standards:

Name of Standard Body/Institution. Standard number. Title (this should be in italics). Place of publication. Publisher. Year of publication.

If your references are from Reports:

Author/Editor (if it is an editor/editors always put (ed./eds.) after the name). Title (this should be in italics). Organization. Report number: (this should be followed by the actual number in the figures). Year of publication.