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Last updated: March 2021

Interested in publishing your Manuscript? Must have an Account in Melek IT : Information Technology Journal, then check the Submission Guidelines. Authors need to Register to get Account, before submitting / uploading, if already registered please log in and start the process four-step to Upload Your script.

Understand the details related to the submission process, including:


A. General Requirements

The minimum standard requirements of Melek IT: Information Technology Journal must be

  • 1. Written in Indonesia with abstract in Indonesian and English.
  • 2. The length of the submitted paper is at least 12 pages and no more than 16 pages except for short report research Editors will evaluate if a paper is needing more than 16 pages.
  • 3. Use a tool such as Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote for reference management and formatting, and choose IEEE style.
  • 4. Make sure that your paper is prepared using the Melek IT paper template
  • 5. Make sure your plagiarism check is above 20%, use a plagiarism check tool such as Turnitin

B. Structure of The Manuscript

The manuscript must be prepared and suggested present following the structure:

  • 1. Title. The title of the paper should describe the research aims, method/model, and objective, without Acronyms or abbreviations.
  • 2. Abstract. The Abstract has 250 to 300 WORDS; No citation; State in the abstract a primary objective, research design, methodology, main outcomes, results, and conclusions.
  • 3. Section structure. Authors are suggested to present their articles in the section structure: Introduction -  Method - Results and Discussion – Conclusion.
  • 4. References, expect a minimum of 20 references, especially with a minimum of 80% for journal papers published in the last ten years before the manuscript is submitted with a maximum of 20% of references cited from the web (such as Wikipedia, and online newspapers).

C. License and Copyright Notice

License and Copyright Agreement

In submitting the manuscript to the journal, the authors certify that:

  • They are authorized by their co-authors to enter into these arrangements.
  • The work described has not been formally published before, except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, thesis, or overlay journal. Please also carefully read Melek IT Posting Your Article Policy at Privacy Statement.
  • The work is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  • The work has been approved by all the author(s) and by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – of the institutes where the work has been carried out.
  • They secure the right to reproduce any material that has already been published or copyrighted elsewhere.
  • They agree to the following license and copyright agreement.

Copyright

Authors who publish with Melek IT: Information Technology Journal agree to the following terms:

  • Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-SA 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. 
  • Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.

Content  licensed and Licensing for Data Publication

Melek IT Information Technology Journal uses a variety of waivers and licenses that are specifically designed for and appropriate for the treatment of data:

Other data publishing licenses may be allowed as exceptions (subject to approval by the editor on a case-by-case basis). They should be justified with a written statement from the author, which will be published with the article.

D. Digital Archiving Policy

Digital preservation can be seen as the set of processes and activities that ensure the information that now exists in digital formats is backed up and distributed to guarantee continued access for the long term. The digital content of the journal is extremely valuable and measures are in place to ensure both its current accessibility and long-term preservation. The preservation policy includes the following measures:

Website archiving

All of our electronic content (website, manuscripts, etc.) is stored on three different sources. Content on one server is online and accessible to the readers. The copy of the same content is kept as a backup on two other sources. In case of failure of one server, any one of the other sources can be made online and the website is expected to be accessible within less than 24-36 hours.

Abstracting/Indexing services

Our journal’s Abstracting/Indexing services store much essential information about the articles. Additionally, two of our journal’s Abstracting/Indexing services archive not only the metadata about the article, but the electronic versions of the articles, as well. Therefore, copies of the articles are available to the scientific community through their systems as an alternative to the journal's own.

Self-archiving

Authors may archive the final published version of their articles in personal or institutional repositories immediately after publication.