Author Guidelines

Research Articles

Research articles are original research articles in basic and applied medical sciences as well as in health. The format of a research article consists of title page, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, and references.

Case Report

Case reports are articles on cases in the field of medical and health sciences that are considered to be important and needs to be disseminated. The case report format consists of title, abstract, introduction, case, discussion, and references.

Instructions for Manuscript Submission

All manuscripts should be submitted through the PIT 15 HBTKVI official website. Authors are required to register before submitting their manuscript. For further information regarding the submission process, please contact the secretariat at pithbtkvi2024@gmail.com.

General Instructions

– Originality: Manuscripts must not have been published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Authors must sign a statement confirming this.
– Approval: Ensure that all authors have agreed to submit and publish the manuscript.
– Ethics: Research articles must have ethics committee approval, with the approval number and committee details included.

Manuscript Preparation

– Format: Typewritten in Times New Roman, size 12 font, on A4 paper, double-spaced, with 4 cm margins on the left and top, and 3 cm on the right and bottom.
– Length: Manuscripts should not exceed 20 pages. The total word count for Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion should not exceed 3500 words.
– Numbering: Pages should be numbered sequentially from the title page to the last page.
– Language: English.

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Content

Title page
The title page contains the title of the article, the author’s name with the full title, the author’s affiliate institution, name and correspondence address, phone number, facsimile number, and e-mail address. The title of the article should be brief and clear. English title should not be more than 140 characters.

Abstracts and Keywords
Abstracts for each article are written in English and Indonesian using an unstructured abstract form with a maximum of 300 words for English. Abstract is written concisely and clearly according to the introduction, methods, results and discussion (IMRAD) format. Three to five key words should be selected and written down in an alphabetical order to help indexing.

Introduction
The Introduction describes the problem in general terms (including relevant facts/figures to establish the significance of the problem). At the end of the introduction was written the purpose of the study.

Methods
Methods contains the material under study and the way described briefly by the order of operation as well as the location and time of the study. Explain statistical methods in detail. Sampling method used is described (including the sample size). Consideration of ethical issues is included. If the protocol has been approved then the ethical clearance/approval letter number and the health research ethics committee must be written.

Results
The result is the core of scientific writing. This section presents data and information that will be used as the basis of the conclusion and even expected to get a new theory. In results, listed the tables and or images, graphics, photos to explain and abbreviate the description should be given; numbered according to their appearance in the text. Tables/figures in the results are important and relevant with the results. The text does not repeat the results in the tables/figures.

Discussion
Discussion of the article reveals, explains, and discusses the results of the study with an analysis by the research design, interpretation, and explanation of its synthesis. Also, the results obtained are compared with the results of previous research of others. Discussion contains information, whether the results answer the proposed hypotheses/objectives of the study not a repetition of the results. Include the conclusion in to discussion section. The conclusion is the key result, the most important outcome of your work. Do not simply summarize the points already made in the body-instead, interpret the findings at a higher level of abstraction. Make the conclusion interesting and memorable for readers.

Tables
Tables should be typed in double spacing and numbered in Arabic numeral system in the order of their first citation in the text. Tables are included in the text. Each table should include a brief title. Tables should be Notes on annotations and abbreviations should be included in the table description using footnotes *, **, # below the table. Do not use vertical lines between columns. Use horizontal lines above and below the column heading and at the bottom of the table only. The maximum number of tables is six.

Photos/Pictures/Charts
Personal and identifiable photos must be accompanied written permission. Any published images should be referenced. Photos/pictures should be numbered according to their appearance in the text. The number of tables and photos/pictures should not be more than six. As best quality of images are required for publication, the images can be separately uploaded in image format (JPEG, TIFF, or EPS) to the supplementary files. Minimum resolution for all figures in the following [color in RGB (red, green, blue mode) or gray-scale] at least 300 dpi (dots per inch). The recommended resolution for line art (charts or images that contain typographic elements) is 600 dpi. For x-ray films, scans, and other diagnostic images, as well as pictures of pathology specimens or photomicrographs, black-and-white or color photographic prints, is 5 × 7 inches (127 × 178 mm).

Statistical Method Statistical methods used should be explained in detailed in Method section. Define statistical terms, abbreviations, and most symbols. Specify the computer software used.

Acknowledgment
Acknowledgments should be limited to appropriate professionals who contributed to the paper, including technical help and financial or material support.

References

References are written in Vancouver style and numbered according to their appearance of the articles, not alphabetically. The maximum number of authors to be included in the reference is six. If there are more than 6 authors involved in the article, write the name of the first 6 authors followed by et al. The minimum number of references in one manuscript is 10 and maximum of references is 25 published in the last 10 years. More than 25 references may be accepted when it is necessary. Eighty percent of the references should be journal articles with the remaining 20% consists of textbooks. Reference to articles that have been accepted but still waiting for publication in a journal should be written as “in press”. Authors is recommended to use reference management software, in writing the citations and references such as: EndNote®, Mendeley®, or Zotero®.

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Examples of how to create the reference section From Journal

Standard Articles
Langan NP, Pelissier BMM. Gender differences among prisoners in drug treatment. J Subst Abuse. 2011;13(3):291–301.

References with More than 6 Authors
Polanco FR, Dominquez DC, Grady C, Stoll P, Ramos C, Mican JM, et al. Conducting HIV research in racial and ethnic minority communities: building a successful interdisciplinary research team. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2011;22(5):388–96.

Reference with Organizations as the Source
WHO. Rubella vaccines: WHO position paper-recommendations. Vaccines. 2011;29(48):8767–8.

Reference without Author’s Name
Role of diagnostic imaging in early diagnosis and stage determination of rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Calcium. 2011;21(7):949–53.

Articles not Written in English
Budiman A, Hilmanto D, Garna H. Musim hujan sebagai faktor risiko kambuh pada anak penderita sindrom nefrotik sensitif steroid. MKB. 2011;43(3):112–6.

Reference with DOI
Finley JP, Ramsay JM, Bullock A, Chen RP, Warren AE, Wong KK. Benefits of an international working exchange in pediatric cardiology. Pediatr Cardiol. 2011;32(1):59-62. doi:10.1007/s00246-010-9816-4

Volume with Supplement
Van Spronsen FJ, Huijbregts SC, Bosch AM, Leuzzi V. Cognitive, neurophysiological, neurological and psychosocial outcomes in early-treated PKU-patients: a start toward standardized outcome measurement across development. Mol Genet Metab. 2011;104 (Suppl 1):S45–51.

Edition with Supplement
Dietz CA, Nyberg CR. Genital, oral, and anal human papillomavirus infection in men who have sex with men. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2011;111(3 Suppl 2):S19–25.

Books and Other Monographs Individual Writers
Gatterman M. Whiplash: a patient centered approach to management. Missouri: Elsevier Mosby; 2011.

Editor as Author
Nriagu J, editor. Encyclopedia of enviromental health. Michigan: Elsevier BV; 2011.

Organization as Authors
UNAIDS. Update on the HIV epidemic, 2011. Global HIV/AIDS response–progress report 2011. Geneva: WHO Library Cataloguing Data; 2011.

Chapter in a Book
Belott PH, Reynolds DW. Permanent pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation. In: Ellenbogen K, Wilkoff B, Kay GN, Lau CP, editor. Clinical cardiac pacing, defibrillation and resynchronization therapy. 4th ed. Birmingham: Elsevier Inc; 2011. p. 443–515.

Conference Proceeding
Nicolai T. Homeopathy. Proceedings of the Workshop Alternative Medicines; 2011 November 30; Brussels. Belgium. Belgium: ENVI; 2011.

Papers in Conference
Tirilly P, Lu K, Mu X. Predicting modality from text quiries for medical image retrieval. In: Cao Y, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Unay D, editor. MM 11. Proceeding of the 2011 International ACM Workshop on Medical Multimedia Analysis and Retrieval; 2011 Nov 28–Dec 01; Arizona, USA. New York: ACM; 2011. p. 7–12.

Dissertations
Suprapto. Penjatuhan pidana mati terhadap pelaku tindak pidana narkotika dan psikotropika di Indonesia dalam perspektif hak asasi manusia berdasarkan UUD 1945 [dissertation]. Bandung: Universitas Padjadjaran; 2011. Available from: https://pustaka.unpad.ac.id/archives/84877.

Electronic Materials Homepage/Website
NIH; National Library of Medicine. Andermann syndrome. [Internet] 2020 [cited 2020 April 25]. Available from: https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/andermann-syndrome.