Author Guidelines

Guideline for Online Submission
An author should first register as Author and/or is offered as Reviewer through the following address: http://jurnal.fmipa.unmul.ac.id/index.php/geofis/user/register?source=

The Author should fulfill the form as detail as possible where the star marked form must be entered. After all form textbox was filled, the Author clicks on the “Register” button to proceed with the registration. Therefore, Author is brought to the 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 processes.” The following are five steps in the online submission process:

  1. Step 1 - Starting the Submission: Select the appropriate journal section, i.e., Original Research Articles. Thus, Author must check-mark on the submission checklists.
  2. 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 to be submitted, then click the Upload button. 
  3. Step 3 – Entering Submission’s Metadata: In this step, detailed 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 it into the textbox, including keywords.
  4. Step 4 – Uploading Supplementary Files: Supplementary files could be uploaded, including Covering/Submission Letter, additional data (if needed). Therefore, click on the Browse button, choose the files, and then click on the Upload button.
  5. Step 5 – Confirming the Submission: The author should make a final check of the uploaded manuscript documents in this step. To submit the manuscript to Forest and Society, click the Finish Submission button after the documents are correct. 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. 

By submitting your article to Jurnal Geosains Kutai Basin, you and all co-authors of your submission agree to the terms of this license. You do not need to fill out a copyright form for confirmation. Please see the Copyright Notice.

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

General :

  1. Paper                           : HVS A4 (21.0 x 29.7 cm)
  2. Page Setup                 : Left 3 cm, Bottom, Right and upper 2 Cm
  3. Alphabet                     : Times New Roman, 12 pt, Black, 1 space
  4. Number page            : Top of Page, Right.
  5. Format file                  : .doc, docx
  6. Writing Language     : Indonesian and English
    In one manuscript only one language (except abstract) is clearly no mix between Bahasa Indonesia and English or any other language.
  7. Structure: Abstract; Preliminary; Materials and Methods / Review Library; Results and Discussion; Conclusion; Bibliography (written in Times New Roman, Capital bold, 12pt, left).