Author Guidelines
GUIDELINE FOR CONTRIBUTORS
TO JAMBURA AGRIBUSINESS JOURNAL
Jambura Agribusiness Journal is a peer reviewed scientific journal and published manuscripts in agricultural socio-economics i.e. Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness Management and Analysis, Agricultural Communication and Counseling, Institutional Agriculture, Regional Economics, Regional and Development Planning Resources and Environmental Economics and other pertinent fields related to agricultural business. Articles must be the results of recently conducted research (not more than 5 years). They must neither be previously nor simultaneously submitted in any journal nor published elsewhere except in a preliminary form. Review papers should be critical analysis and integration of recent advances in an important area of research which can stimulate further research, provide a new approach or new knowledge.
GUIDING PRINCIPLE
An acceptable manuscript will meet the following general criteria: it reports a worthwhile contribution to agribusiness science, methodology is well and clearly explained with sufficient details. Results and discussion are supported by sufficient scope data, manuscripts is concise, well written, and understandable. Conclusion summarized the results and showed specific findings.
MANUSCRIPT TITLE
Title clearly describes the manuscript content, concise, informative and not more than 20 words.
AUTHOR(S)
Manuscript has main author and co-authors with full name of both author and co-authors (no abbreviation). The author should indicate the affiliation institute with clear mail address and email.
Since 2025 edition, we suggest author to add the international author for increasing the knowledge transfer for global purposes.
ABSTRACT
Article titles and abstracts are written in English, using Arial font, size 10 pt, single spacing. The abstract is a few paragraphs long, but is a complete summary and describes the content of the paper. The abstract must contain the purpose, method, results and findings of the research, and conclusions. Abstract writing consists of Introduction (contains the background and purpose of the article). Method (briefly explain the method used in the article). Findings (explain the main results of the research concisely and clearly). Conclusions (summarize the conclusions derived from the activity). Abstract written in one paragraph, minimum 100 words and not more than 300 words.
KEYWORDS
The keywords 3 to 7 words, written alphabetically, separated by a semicolon (;).
INTRODUCTION
The introduction includes background, the relationship of the research to previous scientific discoveries, and ends with the research objectives. The main section of an article should start with an introductory section, which provides more details about the paper’s urgency, purposes, motivation, research methods, and findings. The introduction must be sufficiently clear for an informed reader to comprehend the manuscript contribution.
Foreign terms are written in italics. Abbreviations must be written in full the first time they are mentioned, after that the abbreviation can be written.
METHOD
The research methods used must be written in accordance with scientific methods, namely rational, empirical and systematic. The time and place or object of research should be clearly stated.
The method section delineates the procedures undertaken in the study execution and offers a succinct rationale for the employed research methodologies.
This section must include sufficient detail for readers to assess the suitability of your methodology and the reliability and validity of your results. Moreover, the material must facilitate seasoned researchers in replicating your study.
If there is a mathematical equation, place the center in the column. The designation of equations is made using the Equation Format in the text in abbreviated form. More details can be seen in our Article Template.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The results and discussion contain the results of the analysis of phenomena in the research area that are relevant to the study topic. Research results should be compared with relevant theories and research findings.
Results and discussion can contain data presented with tables and/or figures as well as analysis of the discussion.
Tables and figures are numbered sequentially with numbers and given a title. If the table has quite a lot of columns/columns, a landscape orientation format can be used. More details can be seen in our Article Template.
The discussion section should:
Restate the study’s main purpose
Reaffirm the importance of the study be restating its main contributions
Summarize the results in relation to each stated research objective or hypothesis without introducing new material
Relate the findings to the literature and the results reported by other researches
Provide possible explanations for unexpected or non-significant findings
Highlight the main limitations of the study that could influence its internal and external validity
Discuss insightful directions or opportunities for future research on the topic
The discussion section should not merely restate the findings reported in the result section or report additional findings that have not been discussed earlier in the article. The focus should instead be on highlighting the broader implications of the study findings and relating these back to previous research. Make sure that the conclusions you reach follow logically from and are substantiated by the evidence presented in your study.
CONCLUSIONS
Conclusions preferably contain major conclusions with recommendations from the results of research. The thing that needs to be considered is that the objectives and conclusions must be consistent. A conclusion may review the main points of the paper. Conclusions should be in the form of paragraphs as much as possible and avoid pointers, numbering or alphabetical order.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT (IF ANY)
The funders and/or the grant numbers should be recorded at the very least.
REFERENCES
Bibliography citations in the manuscript must be in the Bibliography and arranged alphabetically using APA style (7th version) in the order of the author name (family), year, title, and library source including DOI link.
In the Bibliography, all authors' names (family) must be written in full and et al are not permitted.
In the Bibliography, no literature may be included that is not referenced in the text. Primary library reference sources are expected to be more numerous (80%) than other reference sources. Primary reference sources are reference sources that directly refer to certain scientific fields, according to the research topic and have been tested. Primary reference sources can be: writing in scientific papers in international and national journals accredited, research results in dissertations or theses. Books (textbooks) are included in secondary reference sources.
The number of reference sources in one article is recommended to be at least 30 (thirty) reference sources over a period of the last 5 (five) years.
Literature citations are required to use the Reference Management Application (Mendeley, Zotero, Endnote).
Examples of citation writing, can be seen in our Article Template.
