Guidelines For Author

This section is further detailed in the template and must be followed by all authors accordingly. The guidelines can be downloaded here. 

                                             

                                                                 GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

AKSONA - e-ISSN: 2807-7970  - is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that continuously published 2 (two) times a year in January and July by the Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga - Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital Surabaya in collaboration with the Indonesian Neurological Association (INA) Surabaya branch/PERDOSSI Surabaya. Manuscripts submitted must contain original ideas that have never been published or presented in any form and anywhere and not in a review or under consideration to be published by other parties. The manuscript should be written by the structure as in the Manuscripts Template. All required forms, such as Authorship Form and ethical clearance (for original research) should be completed and emailed to us at aksona@fk.unair.ac.id. It is recommended to check the required completeness before submitting. Manuscripts are checked for validity, originality (the manuscript had not been published or not in a review or under consideration to published by other parties), and check for plagiarism. Starting in 2022, AKSONA will only accept submissions in English.

The manuscript must be free of typing errors and have a proportional length. The length of each manuscript is 5-10 pages of A4 size paper (1 space, Times New Roman font size 11, with margins page layout adjusted by the journal template; top 1.76 cm, bottom 2.1 cm, left and right 1.69). The recommended references are the updated ones in the last 10 years from the date of current submission (with minimum 20 references).

All types of manuscripts must consist of:

  1. Title, which must be concise, specific, and informative. Written on the top line with Arial, font size 16, capital in the first letter of each word, bold, left-aligned, while the Latin name is italicized (Italic). The title recommended not to use sentences like "a study to... a comparison of... characteristic of... description of... the relationship between... analysis of... the correlation between". It can be replaced by another sentence or directly mention the variable.
  2. Running title, the author(s) should create a running title, a brief title that is derived from the main title of the manuscript, and write it in the manuscript header with a maximum of 50 characters. Its purpose is to provide a concise summary of the article/title, a quick understanding of the whole content, and grab readers’ attention.
  3. The author's name(s),complete name (without title, and the affiliations of the authors are written with an initial capital letter for each word in Times New Roman font, 11 pt size, left-aligned, without ending points. If there are multiple authors, all are written, separated by commas. Add code taht appears as a superscripted number behind the author’s name (1,2,3,etc.).

    The author’s affiliation (the institution, not the author’s job), including the city and the country, is written under the author’s name, starting with a code assigned by the respective author.

  4. ORCID ID, is a unique 16-digit identifier for researchers, scholar and authors. At least one of the authors is required to add their ORCID IDs listed on https://orcid.org/. The ORCID logo () should embed the link after the code of authors’ name.

    EXAMPLE:

    Achmad Firdaus Sani1(insert orcid logo), Iswandi Erwin2, Ersifa Fatimah1, Galuh Anis Tasya3

    1Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga; Dr. Soetomo  General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia

    2National Brain Center Hospital Prof Dr. dr. Mahar Mardjono, Jakarta Indonesia

    3Mitra Medika Hospital, Bondowoso, Indonesia

  5. Correspondence,is written under the author’s affliliation including the name, telephone number, and email address of one of the authors responsible as the correspondent.
  6. The abstract must be arranged with a brief description (containing maximum of 300 words). The abstract is written in English.
    1. Abstract of original article must consist of introduction, objective, methods, results, and conclusion written in one paragraph.
    2. Abstract of case report must consist of introduction, objective, case, and conclusion, written in one paragraph.
    3. Abstract of review (systematic review and/or meta analysis) article must consist of ntroduction, objective, methods, results, and conclusion written in one paragraph.
  7. Keywords, consist of 3-5 words and or phrases (consists of at least one word of "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”), written under abstracts, in English, started with a capital letter (Sentence case), separated with commas, and without ending point.
  8. Article Highlight, state 3 sentence points (as the highlight of the article) that can be taken from the introduction section, point of the discussion, and conclusion (write it under the keywords). Article highlights will increase the discoverability of your article via search engines. Write your article highlights before the introduction, consisting of a maximum of 3 to 5 bullet points, each a maximum of 85 characters, including spaces.

 

1. Original research consists of the following sections:

  • Introduction
  • Objective
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion (including strength and limitation)
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgment
  • Conflict of interest
  • Ethics Consideration
  • Funding
  • Author Contribution

 

2. Case report consists of the following sections:

  • Introduction
  • Case
  • Discussion (including strength and limitation)
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgment
  • Conflict of interest
  • Funding
  • Author Contribution

 

3. Systematic review/meta-analysis consists of the following sections:

  • Introduction
  • Objective
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion (including strength and limitation)
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgment
  • Conflict of interest
  • Ethics Consideration
  • Funding
  • Author Contribution

 

4. Review Article

  • Introduction
  • Review
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgment
  • Conflict of interest
  • Funding
  • Author Contribution

 

REFERENCES, contains at least 20 references or more and published within 10 years from the submission date and is arranged according to the Vancouver writing style, Times New Roman 9 with 1 space. References should be from highly reputable publishers and/or indexing websites i.e Scopus, Scimagojr, Web of Science, NCBI-Pubmed, Google Scholar, or others. To maintain consistency of references, citations, and bibliographies, it is mandatory to use standard reference applications such as Mendeley® or others.

Reference from journal:

  1. Six authors or less

Christiani D, Wang X, Pan L, Zhang H, Sun B, Dai H. Longitudinal changes in pulmonary function and respiratory symptoms in cotton textile workers. A 15-yr follow-up. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011;163(4):847–53

Dewan MC, Rattani A, Gupta S, Baticulon RE, Hung YC, Punchak M, et al. Estimating the global incidence of traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2018;130(4):1080-97

  1. More than six authors

Downing M, Hicks A, braaf S, Myles D, Gabbe B, Cameron P, et al. Factors facilitating recovery following severe traumatic brain injury: A qualitative study. Neuropsychol Rehabil. 2021;31(6):889-913

Reference for a Book:

Selman M, Carillo G, Navarro C, Gaxiola M. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis. In: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Interstitial Lung Diseases. LLC: Humana Press; 2017. p.1391

Reference for a Website:

Force, W. Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2020 May 5]. Available from: URL: http://www.ginasthma.org.

Reference for Proceeding:

Yoshiro J, Mamoto H, Recent advances in clinical neurophysiology. Proceedings of the 24th Congress of the APSR: 2019 Nov 14-17; Kyoto, Japan. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 2020. 

 

NOTE FOR ALL TYPES OF ARTICLE

After the conclusion of any type of manuscript, additional statement should be written consecutively as follows:

  1. Graphs, diagrams, charts, drawings, and photographs should be limited in number (no more than 8), produce at least 300 dpt in TIFF format, and have a clear resolution.
  2. Please put all tables, figures, graphs, etc., that support the article’s content, which must be included in the text according to the related narrative (not in the attachment).
  3. The table’s title is written at the top of the table (Times New Roman, 10 size, left-aligned), and the figure’s title is written at the bottom of the figure (Times New Roman, 10 size, center-aligned).