Author Guidelines

Journal of Pharmacy and Halal Studies (JPHS) is an open access journal (OAJ), a periodic scientific publication biannually online published in May and November, using review and screening system by peer group reviewer. Scientific articles dealing with the following topics in Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pharmacognosy-Phytochemistry, Pharmaceuticals, Analytical Pharmacy-Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Natural Product Development, Clinical and Community Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Biology, Pharmacochemistry, Biopharmaceutics, Traditional Medicine and Herbs, Halal Medicine and Pharmaceutical.

All papers submitted to this journal must be written in good Bahasa Indonesia or English. For the English language article, authors for whom English is not their native language are encouraged to have their paper be checked before submission for grammar and clarity. The work should not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.

General Author Guidelines

All manuscripts must be submitted to JPHS using Online Submission Service at the following URL address: https://journal.eduscience.id/index.php/JPHS, where Author should register first as Author Role. If authors have any problems with the online submission, please contact Editorial Office at the following email: admin@eduscience.id

A Covering Letter outlines the basic findings of the paper, and its significance should accompany the manuscripts submitted by online through online submission interface (upload as Supplementary Files):

Three types of manuscripts are acceptable for our publication: Original Research Articles, Case reports, and Review Articles (only selected authors).

Manuscript Template

The manuscript should be prepared according to the following author guidelines in the MS Word (doc, docx, pdf) article template format: MS Word Template (.docx) and Copyright Template.

Reviewing process manuscripts

Every submitted paper is independently reviewed by at least two peer-reviewers. Authors may suggest up to three peer-reviewers when submitted the manuscript. The decision for publication, amendment, or rejection is based upon their reports/recommendations and made solely by Editor. If two or more reviewers consider a manuscript unsuitable for publication in this journal, a statement explaining the basis for the decision will be sent to the authors after the submission date.

Revision of manuscripts

Manuscripts sent back to the authors after revision should be returned to the editor without delay. The revised manuscript should be uploaded to the Online Submission Interface.

The revised document is file of "Revised Manuscript file" according to Template-based format (MS Word file) (please yellow-color highlighted texts in the revised sentences).

Guideline for Online Submission

Author should first register as Author Role and may be offered as Reviewer through the following address:

https://www.journal.eduscience.id/index.php/JPHS/submission

The Author should fulfill the form as detail as possible where the star marked form must be entered. After all form textbox was filled, Author clicks on “Register” button to proceed with the registration. Therefore, Author is brought to online author submission interface where Author should click on “New Submission”. In the Start a New Submission section, click on “’Click Here’: to go to step one of the five-step submission process”. The following are five steps in the online submission process:

Step 1 - Starting the Submission: For publish articles in this journal, the author must log in if he already has an account, if not, you must register first.

Step 2 – Uploading the Submission: To upload a manuscript to this journal, click Browse on the Upload submission file item and choose the manuscript document file (.doc/.docx) to be submitted, then click "Upload" button until the file has been Do not upload a cover letter and other supplementary files here.

Step 3 – Entering Submission’s Metadata: In this step, detail authors metadata should be entered including the marked corresponding author. After that, the manuscript title and abstract must be uploaded by copying the text and paste in the textbox including.

Step 4 – Uploading Supplementary Files: Supplementary file should be uploaded including Covering/Submission Letter, and Signed Copyright Transfer Agreement Therefore, click on the Browse button, choose the files, and then click on the Upload button.

Step 5 – Confirming the Submission: Author should finally check the uploaded manuscript documents in this To submit the manuscript to JPHS journal, click the Finish Submission button after the documents are true. The corresponding author or the principal contact will receive an acknowledgment by email and will be able to view the submission’s progress through the editorial process by logging in to the journal web address site.

After this submission, the Authors who submit the manuscript will get a confirmation email about the submission automatically. Therefore, Authors can track their submission status at any time by logging in to the online submission interface. The submission tracking includes a status of manuscript review and editorial process.

General Organization of Paper

The paper will be published in JPHS journal after the peer-reviewed process and decided as “Accepted” by Editors. The final paper layout will be reproduced by Editorial Office of JPHS journal.

Manuscript content should, in general, be organized in the following order: Title; Authors Name; Authors Affiliation; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results and Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; and References. Manuscript document submitted to this journal (in one MS Word) should be arranged as Body text of the manuscript article (from Title to References, without tables and figures).

Format and Systematic
Manuscript should be written in English, in font size 12 pt, in Times New Roman on A4 paper. The target maximum length of manuscripts should be as follows:

1. Original Research: 3000 words
2. Reviews: 5000 words
3. Case Reports and Brief Research Communications: 2000 words

Manuscript for original research, review, and brief research communication should be written in the following order: Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements, Funding, Conflict of Interest, and References.

Manuscript for case report should be written in following order: Title Page, Abstract, Introduction, Case Presentation, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements, Funding, Conflict of Interest, and References.

Here is an explanation of each section:

Abstract: Unstructured abstract should be written in English with maximum 250 words. Abstract should be accompanied with 3˗6 keywords.

Introduction: This section should provide background information relevant to the study. The objective of the study should be clearly stated.

Methods: Methods should be described in sufficient detail to allow others to reproduce the results. The inclusion and exclusion criteria for participant selection and statistical methods should be stated clearly. 

In this section, please write informed consent which has been obtained (if applicable). Patients have a right to privacy that should not be infringed without informed consent. Identifying information, including patients' names, initials, or hospital numbers, should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, and pedigrees unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the patient (or parent or guardian) gives written informed consent for publication.

Results and Discussion: Results were presented in a format that easily understood in the form of 2D figures and tables and written as a whole story. Tables are not allowed in figure form. The title of tables and figures should be stated briefly. Discuss original research conducted on the findings of the study in relation to other relevant studies. The discussion focused on the main study outcomes. Implications of the study described clearly. For case reports, the discussion should compare the case with the published literature. Evaluate the case and a rationale management of the patient, and the reasons for selecting one procedure may also be provided clearly. 

Conclusion: Conclusion linked to the objectives of the study.

Acknowledgements: It should acknowledge any research assistants or others who provided help during the research (e.g., carrying out the literature review; producing, computerizing and analyzing the data; or providing language help, writing assistance or proof-reading the article, etc.). Lastly, it should acknowledge the help of all individuals who have made a significant contribution to improving the paper (e.g. by offering comments or suggestions).

Funding: In this section please write your financial relationships with entities (government agency, foundation, commercial sponsor, academic institution, etc) that could be perceived to influence, or that give the appearance of potentially influencing, what you wrote in the manuscript. Report all sources of revenue paid (or promised to be paid) directly to you or your institution on your behalf over the 36 months prior to submission of manuscript. If there are no funding, you may write: None. 

Conflict of Interest exists when an author/the author's institution has financial or personal relationships that inappropriately influence (bias) his or her actions (financial relationships, dual commitments, competing interests, or competing loyalties). The potential for conflict of interest can exist whether or not an individual believes that the relationship affects his or her scientific judgment. If there are no conflict of interest, you may write: None declared. 

References: References are numbered with the appearance of the article not in alphabetical order. A total of 80% of used references should include primary literature and published in the last 5 years. The minimal number of references is 10 references. References are written following the IEEE style format.

The JPHS editor ask the author to use and write references in IEEE style. Authors are suggested to compile the references using a reference manager such as Zotero, Mendeley, or End Note.