Author Guidelines

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

- Acceptable articles are research results or research techniques related to fisheries and marine technology.
- Articles must be original writings of the last 10 years (never before or in the process of being published in national or international scientific journals).
- Articles are written in English or Indonesian, using Microsoft Word.
- The authors must clearly state the correspondent author's name, full address, and email address.
- The correspondent author is responsible for the originality of the research and the content of the manuscript. Other authors must have approved the submitted manuscript.
- Files containing manuscripts and author statement form can be sent through the website of Jurnal Teknologi Perikanan dan Kelautan: https://submission2-journal.ipb.ac.id/jtpk/submission
- Manuscripts outside these provisions will not be accepted.

WRITING FORMAT

1. Articles are typed in 2 spaces on A4 size paper with one column format and 2 cm margins on each side. The font used is Bookman Old Style size 10 pt. Articles should not exceed 20 pages.
2. Include page numbers on the bottom right starting with page 1 in the title section.
3. Inclusion of scientific names in Latin binomial or trinomial form (in italics), used to clarify the description of the organism in question. The inclusion of common scientific names is not required. The full scientific name is written the first time it is mentioned in the text, each figure, and each table.
4. International System (SI) units, including those derived, must be used. Use a slash to indicate a ratio. Example: (gram/mol instead of gram.mol-1)
5. Abbreviations and symbols used are those commonly used, especially in scientific societies. Other abbreviations may be used if each abbreviation is given its extension when first mentioned in the article.
6. Write numbers one to ten and units of measurement (5 g, 20 fish). Do not start a sentence with a number. Use 5,000 instead of 5000, and 5% instead of 5 percent.
7. Write the date using the month day, year order (e.g. June 10, 1992).
8. Every reference cited in the manuscript must be included in the bibliography, and vice versa (always need to be corrected both spelling and year).
9. In-text citations follow the following rules:
- Single author: Sudirman (1995) or (Sudirman 1995).
- Two authors: Sudirman and Budiman (1995) or (Sudirman and Budiman 1995).
- Three or more authors: Sudirman et al. (1995) or (Sudirman et al. 1995).
- It is strongly discouraged to use quotations from unpublished references or based on personal communication.
- Use parentheses and separate them with semicolons to mention multiple literature references, tables, and figures. Example: (Sudirman 1992; Budiman 1995) (Table 1; Figure 2). Sort the references starting from the oldest year. 
10. The chapters of the manuscript such as introduction, methods, results and discussion, conclusion, acknowledgments (optional), and references are written in the middle of the page (alignment center). All letters are written in uppercase and bold.
11. Subchapters are written in capital letters at the beginning of the sentence (sentence case), bold, and positioned on the left side of the page (alignment left). While subsections are not bold, but italicized.

ARTICLE STRUCTURE

TITLE
- The title is written in English and Indonesian. The title should be concise, straightforward, specific, and informative, in accordance with the theme of the manuscript. The maximum length of the Indonesian title is 15 words. 
- Write the title in the middle of the page (alignment center) at the top with capital letters except scientific names.

AUTHOR'S NAME AND INSTITUTION
Include the author's name and institution (written in full) after the title section.
Example: 

ABSTRACT
The Abstract is written in two languages (English and Indonesian) with a maximum of 250 words. It should briefly and clearly describe the background, research objective, methods, results, and conclusion. Avoid the use of abbreviations except those that are commonly used or have been previously mentioned.

KEYWORDS
Written in English and Indonesian, maximum 5, arranged in alphabetical order from the beginning of the word.

INTRODUCTION
The introduction should clearly present the background and significance of the study, the current state of knowledge (state of the art), the research gap, the research objectives, and, where applicable, the research hypothesis. It should also describe the approach used to address the research problem and the expected outcomes or contributions of the study. Cite only references that are directly relevant to and support the discussion presented in the manuscript.

METHODS
The Methods section should clearly describe the research design, which may include laboratory experiments, field experiments, or field surveys, as appropriate to the objectives and type of study. Previously published methods should be cited appropriately, and only relevant modifications should be described in detail. This section may be divided into subsections as necessary, such as materials and equipment, study area, research design, data collection, and data analysis.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Present the research results first, followed by sufficient explanations of the key findings, and then provide a critical analysis and discussion. Results and discussion may be presented in the form of text, tables, and figures, which should be complete, clear, and relevant to the objectives of the study. Subsections within this section should be organized systematically and lead logically to the conclusion. 

CONCLUSION
The conclusion should directly address the research objectives and highlight the main findings and their implications. It should not merely summarize the results presented in the manuscript.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (if any)
This section (if applicable), should acknowledge funding agencies and/or individuals or institutions that have provided financial, technical, or other significant contributions to the completion of the research.

REFERENCES
All references listed in the References section must be cited in the manuscript, and all in-text citations must be included in the reference list. References should be arranged alphabetically and formatted consistently. If there are two or more publications from the same author in the same year, then the year of publication of the publication is added with a small letter that can distinguish (for example: Suwanto A. 2001a; Suwanto A. 2001b). JTPK suggest authors use reference manager applications, such as Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero, etc., to prepare citations and the list of references.

Each manuscript must include at least 15 (fifteen) references, with the following requirements:
- At least 80% of the references should have been published within the last 10 years.
- At least 80% of the references should be primary sources reporting original research, such as journal articles (national or international), conference proceedings (national or international), master's theses, and doctoral dissertations.
- The remaining 20% may consist of books or other relevant reference sources.
- Undergraduate theses are not recommended as references in scientific journal manuscripts.

The writing of the references must follow the rules as exemplified below:

Examples of journal references with DOI:

- FIGURE 
All figures must be cited in the text before they appear. Figures should not be enclosed by an outer border. Figure captions should be placed below the figure, written in Sentence case using Bookman Old Style, 9 pt, regular (not bold), and end with a period (.). If the caption consists of a single line, it should be centered; if it extends to more than one line, it should be left-aligned. Figure captions should be clear, self-explanatory, and provide sufficient information for readers to understand the figure without referring to the main text.