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Author Guidelines 

Instructions for the author of International Journal of Advanced Health Science and Technology (IJAHST)

A. General Requirements
The minimum standard requirements before you submit the manuscript:

1. Written in English.
2. The length of the submitted paper is at least six pages.
3. Use a tool such as Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote for reference management. The author can use the following link to use a Mendeley Application (link).
4. The citation style is IEEE (example: [1], [2], [3], etc.)
5. Make sure that your paper is prepared using the IJAHST paper template
6. The article must be under 20 % checked by plagiarism software (the plagiarism check will be done by publisher/editor)
7. Attach the cover letter and statement of originality along with the manuscript submission.

B. Structure of The Manuscript

The manuscript must be prepared with following the structure:

1. Title. The title of the paper should describe: research aims, method, and object, without Acronym or abbreviation
2. Abstract. The Abstract has 150 to 250 WORDS; No citation; The abstract should contain Background or research problem (2-3 Sentences), AIM (1 sentence), Research Methodology (2-3 Sentences), and Results (Minimal 8 Sentences), the Conclusions (2-3 Sentences) and Implication (1 sentence).
3. Section structure. Authors are suggested to present their articles in the following structure: 
   I. Introduction -
   II. Materials and Method
   III. Results
   IV. Discussion
   V. Conclusion
4. References. Expect a minimum of 25 references primarily with a minimum of 80% to international journal papers. The references must be up-to-date references (10 years back).

C. Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. The submission file is using the IJAHST paper template
3. The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format (DOCX, 10 MB Limit File Size).
4. The reference uses the IEEE style, (for example: [1], [2], [3], etc.).  Please use Mendeley application to manage the references.

D. Reviewing of manuscripts
Every submitted paper is independently reviewed by at least two peer reviewers. The decision for publication, amendment, or rejection is based upon their reports/recommendations. If two or more reviewers consider a manuscript unsuitable for publication in this journal, a statement explaining the basis for the decision will be sent to the authors within one months of the submission date.

E. Revision of manuscripts
Manuscripts sent back to the authors for revision should be returned to the editor without delay. Revised manuscripts can be sent to the editorial office through the Online Submission Interface. The revised manuscripts returned later than three months will be considered as new submissions.

F. Publication and Authorship Ethics

• Authors are required to provide a complete list of references cited in their paper.
• If authors received any financial support to conduct the research that is reported in the submitted paper, they should provide the information.
• IJAHST cannot bear plagiarism and fraudulent data in any paper. It has a strict policy against plagiarism, which is checked through two methods: reviewer check and plagiarism prevention tool (Turnitin). All submissions will be checked before being sent to reviewers. The similarity score should be below 20%.
• In case of presence of any fraudulent information in an article, its authors will be responsible for providing retractions or corrections of mistakes.
• It is strictly prohibited to publish the same research in more than one journal.

G. Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

Manuscript content should be organized in the following order: Title; Authors Name; Authors Affiliation; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Method; Results, Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; and References.

1. Paper Title

• This is your opportunity to attract the reader's attention. Remember that readers are the potential authors who will cite your article. Identify the main issue of the paper. Begin with the subject of the paper. The title should be accurate, unambiguous, specific, and complete. Do not contain infrequently-used abbreviations. The title of the paper should be in 22pt bold Helvetica and be centered. The title should not be more than 16 words.

2. Authors Name and Affiliations

• Write Author(s) names without title and professional positions such as Prof, Dr, Production Manager, etc. Do not abbreviate your last/family name. Always give your First and Last names.
• Write clear affiliation of all Authors. Affiliation includes: name of department/unit, (faculty), name of university, address, country.
• Author names should be in 10 pt Helvetica and align left. Author affiliations should be in 8 pt Helvetica and align left. Authors’ email addresses should be in 8 pt Helvetica and align left.  Acknowledgment shoud be in 8 pt Helvetica and align left.                                                      

3. Abstract and Keywords

• Abstract should stand alone, means that no citation in abstract. Consider it the advertisement of your article. Abstract should tell the prospective reader what you did and highlight the key findings. Avoid using technical jargon and uncommon abbreviations. You must be accurate, brief, clear and specific. Use words which reflect the precise meaning, Abstract should be precise and honest. Please follow word limitations (150-250 words), 10 pt, Time new romans, justify.
• On the abstract, explicitly write: background, objective of the papers, method, findings, and conclusion.
• Below the abstract, about three to five keywords should appear together with the main body of the article with the font size 11. Each word/phrase in keyword should be separated by a semicolon (;), not a comma (,).

4. Introduction

In Introduction, Authors should state the objectives of the work at the end of introduction section. Before the objective, Authors should provide an adequate background, and literature review in order to record the existing solutions/method (or state of the art method), to show which is the best of previous researches, to show the main limitation of the previous researches, to show what do you hope to achieve (to solve the limitation), and to show the scientific merit or novelties of the paper. Avoid a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. Introduction to Conclusion should be written as 10 pt, Time new romans, justify.

5. Method

Method should make readers be able to reproduce the experiment. Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described. Do not repeat the details of established methods. A method should consist of:
a. Data collection
b. Experimental procedures
c. Statistical analysis.

6. Results and Discussion

• Results should be clear and concise. The results should summarize (scientific) findings rather than providing data in great detail. Please highlight differences between your results or findings and the previous publications by other researchers.
• The discussion should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. But, you can make it into two section (III. Result, IV. Discussion). Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature. In discussion, it is the most important section of your article. Here you get the chance to sell your data. Make the discussion corresponding to the results, but do not reiterate the results. Often should begin with a brief summary of the main scientific findings (not experimental results). The following components should be covered in discussion: How do your results relate to the original question or objectives outlined in the Introduction section (what)? Do you provide interpretation scientifically for each of your results or findings presented (why)? Are your results consistent with what other investigators have reported (what else)? Or are there any differences?

7. Conclusions

Conclusions should answer the objectives of research. Tells how your work advances the field from the present state of knowledge. Without clear Conclusions, reviewers and readers will find it difficult to judge the work, and whether or not it merits publication in the journal. Do not repeat the Abstract, or just list experimental results. Provide a clear scientific justification for your work, and indicate possible applications and extensions. You should also suggest future experiments and/or point out those that are underway. Basicaly, the conclusion section should write:
a. The AIM
b. Findings
c. Future works

8. Acknowledgement

Recognize those who helped in the research, especially funding supporter of your research. Include individuals who have assisted you in your study: Advisors, Financial supporters, or may other supporter i.e. Proofreaders, Typists, and Suppliers who may have given materials.

9. References

• Cite the main scientific publications on which your work is based. Cite only items that you have read. Do not inflate the manuscript with too many references. Avoid excessive self-citations. Avoid excessive citations of publications from the same region. Check each reference against the original source (authors' name, volume, issue, year, DOI Number). Reference should be written as 8 pt, Time new romans, justify. (Example: N. Chen et al., "An Evolutionary Algorithm with Double-Level Archives for Multiobjective Optimization," IEEE Trans. Cybern., vol. 45, no. 9, pp. 1851–1863, 2015, doi: 10.1109/TCYB.2014.2360923.)
• Every source cited in the body of the article should appear in the reference, and all sources appearing in the reference should be cited in the body of the article.
• The sources cited should at least 80% come from those published in the last 10 years. The sources cited are primary sources in the forms of journal articles, books, and research reports, including theses and dissertations. Citations from journal should be at least 80% of the total references cited.
• Quotation and references follows IEEE style and the latter should be included at the end of the article in the following examples: