Author Guidelines

Guidelines for Writing Manuscripts

Guidelines for authors of the Human Care Journal, Universitas Fort De Kock Bukittinggi.

General Manuscript Writing Requirements

  1. The manuscript should be written in Indonesian or English with single line spacing, Times New Roman font size 12, A4 paper size, two-column format, and margins of top 2.54 cm; left 2.8 cm; bottom 2.54 cm; right 2.54 cm.
  2. The length of the scientific manuscript ranges from 6,000–9,000 words or approximately 10–15 pages, including images, graphs, or tables.
  3. Foreign or regional terms in the text are written in italics.
  4. The literature review is integrated into the introduction or discussion, not as a separate chapter.
  5. The manuscript is submitted through the OJS system at ojs.ufdk.ac.id.

Structure of a Scientific Article

An article consists of:

1

Title

2

Authorship Line

3

Abstract

4

Keywords

5

Introduction

6

Methods

7

Results and Discussion

8

Conclusion

9

Acknowledgments

10

References

Manuscript template — the article template can be downloaded here:
Download Template

References & Citations

The writing of the bibliography must use Mendeley or EndNote with the APA (American Psychological Association) system.

Reference requirement — main references must be at least 80% from primary sources and from the last 10 years.