Author Guidelines

AUTHOR GUIDELINES (download)

1. General

Agromet is published twice a year by the Indonesian Association of Agricultural Meteorology (PERHIMPI) in collaboration with Department of Geophysics and Meteorology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, IPB University. Agromet publishes original research articles or reviews that have not been published elsewhere. The scope of publication includes agricultural meteorology/climatology (the relationships between a wide range of agriculture and meteorology/climatology aspects). Articles related to meteorology/climatology and environment (pollution and atmospheric conditions) may be selectively accepted for publication.

2. Copyright

The copyright of the manuscript submitted in Agromet is retained to the Author(s).

3. Editorial Team

Editorial Team will select and review each article prior to publication and is responsible for determining article being published, revised or rejected. The Editorial Team is to decide its reviewers who will provide comments whether the article is qualified for publication in terms of topic and metodology. Those comments will be the basis for the Editorial Team to publish the article.

4. Article

Research Article

Research article consists of report on field experiments, analysis of secondary data and modeling.

Review Article

Review article is synthesis of primary references (particularly research article presented in peer review journals) for a special topic.

Language

Article is written in English (using proper American English language). The authors are responsible for spelling and grammar of the manuscript.

Open Access

Articles are freely available to the wider public with permitted reuse. A publication fee is payable by authors, or their institution or funder.

5. Revision by Authors

The authors are responsible for the revision of the manuscript suggested by reviewers. The manuscript will only be published after the authors re-submit the revised manuscript by the deadline set by the Editorial Team.

6. Guidelines for Writing Manuscript

The manuscript is typed in two spacing on A4 paper (21 x 29.7 cm) and Gadugi 10 pts. The maximum is 500 lines with tables and figures, and each line should be numbered. Tables (as editable text) and Figures are placed next to the relevant text. The manuscript should only be submitted online to http://journal.ipb.ac.id/index.php/agromet. 

The manuscript should consist of: title, authors and affiliations, corresponding author, abstract, keywords, introduction, methods, results and discussion, conclusions, and references. You can download the template of the manuscript here.

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  1. Title Page. It comprises of article title, author names, affiliations, and corresponding author.
    • Article title. Article titles should be concise and informative by no more 20 words. Please avoid abbreviations.
    • Author names. Please provide the given name and family name of each author.
    • Add affiliation addresses, referring to where the work was carried out, below the author names. Indicate affiliations using a lower-case superscript number immediately after the author's name and in front of the corresponding address. Ensure that you provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name.
    • Corresponding author.Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence for your article at all stages of the refereeing and publication process and also post-publication.
  2. Abstract should not more than 250 words, containing brief background, objectives, method, and conclusions. Avoid references and undefined abbreviation.
  3. Keywords. Please provide four to six important words written according to alphabetical order. Please try to avoid keywords consisting of multiple words using "and" or "of".
  4. Introduction. Please provide the background, research gaps being addressed, state of the art of the research, and objectives of the study.
  5. Methods. Describe in detail but concise about materials and methods used and should present the time and location of the research being conducted. Experimental design and instrumentation should be briefly described. Mention how to perform data analysis and visualization, and the software used.
  6. Results and Discussions. Please provide consist of results and highlight the important points, which need special attention. It is necessary to compare the results with other findings to provide guidelines for future research. Description of results and discussion may use tables and figures for clarification.Discussion shall address the key findings, comparing the finding with other studies, limitation of studies, and future studies/recommendation.
  7. Conclusion should be presented concisely according to objectives.
  8. References. Please use a reference manager such as Zotero or Mendeley for citations. Each manuscript has a minimum of 30 references from peer-review journals. Please refer to the Agricultural and Forest Meteorology format.

7. Ensuring a Blind Peer Review

To ensure the integrity of the review process, we expect to have a blind peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other.