Author Guidelines

1. Table of Contents

 

2. Type of Paper

Indonesian Journal of Law and Forensic Sciences received articles in an original research paper, review paper, and case study.

Original research paper
A original research paper is an article that reports detailed research and classified as primary literature. Its format includes an introduction and background problems, hypotheses, methods, results, interpretation of findings, and discussion sections. 

Review paper
A review article or review paper is based on other published articles. Review articles generally summarize the existing literature on a topic in an attempt to explain the current state of forensic sciences topic. It discusses the previous development of the topic and provides an overview of the future.

Case study
A case study is a subcategory of research design that investigates problems and offers solutions. Case studies usually examine particular cases for a person or a group of people. This method of research is very helpful, as it is very practical and can give a lot of hands-on information.

3. General Structure of Research Paper and Case Study

Paper Identity
The title should be simple and informative. After the title of the manuscript, followed by the author's name and affiliation. Last is the author's email address information.

Abstract
The abstract section is written briefly in a single paragraph of 150-200 words, containing background, research objectives, methodology, results, conclusion of the study and your research contributions to science.  The first sentence generally states the purpose of the experiment and the next sentence explains how the investigation is conducted. The next sentence presents an overview of the experimental results and the last sentence describes the significance of the results and their impact on the field of study in general. Finally, close by the conclusion linked to the objectives. Add 3-6 strong keywords

Introduction 
Explaining the background, problems, importance of research, brief literature review that relates directly to research or previous findings that need to be developed, and ended with a paragraph of research purposes. A balance must be kept between the pure and applied aspects of the subject. The introduction is presented in the form of paragraphs of approximately 1000 words.

Methods
Make sure that work can be repeated according to the details provided. It contains technical information of the study presented clearly. Therefore, readers can conduct research based on the techniques presented. Materials and equipment specifications are necessary. Approaches or procedures of study together with data analysis methods must be presented.

Results and Discussion 
Well-prepared tables and or figures must be of significant feature of this section, because they convey the major observations to readers. Any information provided in tables and figures should no longer be repeated in the text, but the text should focus on the importance of the principal findings of the study. In general, journal papers will contain three-seven figures and tables. Same data can not be presented in the form of tables and figures. The results of the study are discussed to address the problem formulated, objectives and research hypotheses. It is higly suggested that discussion be focused on the why and how of the research findings can happen and to extend to which the research findins can be applied to other relevant problems.

Conclusion 
Conclusion should be withdrawn on the basis of research findings, formulated concerns and research purposes. Conclusion is presented in one paragraph without numerical form of expression. Explain your research contributions to science.

Acknowledgement 
Contributors who are not mentioned as authors should be acknowledged, and their particular contribution should be described. All sources of funding for the work must be acknowledged, both the research funder and the grant number (if applicable) should be given for each source of funds.

References
Manuscripts are written by using standard citation applications as Mendeley, Endnote, Zotero. IEEE reference style is required. More or less 80% of references for literature reviews should be the recent (up to date) journals published in the last 10 years, but the rest of 20 % of references can be cited from research reports and or articles.

4. General Structure of Review Paper

Paper Identity
The title should be simple and informative. After the title of the manuscript, followed by the author's name and affiliation. Last is the author's email address information.

Abstract
Write in one or two sentences that describe the context and purpose of the review. Then, explain in one or several sentences to give a general description of the methodological approach, including the material and data used. Then, write down a few sentences that describe the main results. Finally, close by the conclusion linked to the objectives. Add 3-6 strong keywords.

Introduction
The introduction of a review article is more concise than the original research paper. Introduction generally consists of three main paragraphs, containing:

  • Background: contains general topics, issues, or areas of concern to illustrate the context.
  • Problems studied: contains trends, new perspectives, gaps, or conflicts between findings.
  • Motivation/justification: contains the author's reason for reviewing the literature.
  • Material and method

The material and methods section contains for example information on data sources, data search strategies, selection criteria of articles included in the review, the amount of research included, and the methods or statistics for its analysis. The researcher must ensure that the data source is clearly identified and valid.

Result and Discussion
The structure of the main part of a review article needs to be a coherent topic arrangement. The main sections are generally divided into sub-sections, such as methodological approaches, models or theories, studies that correspond to other unsuitable versus studies, chronological order, to the geographical location of the reviewed study.

Each paragraph consists of one idea, one aspect, or one topic. In the review article, one paragraph refers to several studies so that the citation per paragraph more. Each paragraph links the findings of the studies discussed with the research questions listed in the introduction. This link creates the article coherence thread that is being created. By linking one study to another, a comparison of the findings will be obtained as a material for discussion. This body text section generally consists of 70-90% of the entire article, excluding identity and reference. As an important note, the author must ensure that the review of the article is written based on the idea, not based on the literature.

Conclusion
The conclusions in the review article differ slightly from the conclusions of the original research paper. The conclusions generally contain the implications of the findings, the interpretation by the authors, and the identification of unresolved recital questions.

Acknowledgment
Acknowledgment in the review article is slightly different from the original research paper. It generally contains gratitude to the people or institutions that assist in the search and supply of literature and data, material arrangement, or process of writing.

References
References to review articles are generally not less than 20 referenced sources and all are expressed in text. IJLFS uses IEEE system. Citation and reference systems must use the Reference Management System such as Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero.

 

5. Manuscript or Paper Template

Paper template can be downloaded at the following link.
Original Reasearh Paper and Study Case

Review Paper

 

6. Language

Please write the article in good English or Indonesian. Examples of articles in English or Indonesian can be seen in the available templates.

 

7. Artworks

General points

  • Figure must be seen clearly with a resolution of at least 300 dpi
  • Use clear and easily distinguishable colors of symbols or letters
  • The title or detailed description of the image is arranged outside the image.
  • All figures must contain a quote in the main title such as Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.
  • If there are additional graphs, diagrams, or histograms as supporting data to be included in the journal, then the data can be attached separately with additional data files/supplementary data.
  • Required to include the ownership / source of the image owner in the journal. If the image does not belong to the author.
  • Examples of using Figure, available in manuscript/paper template.

 

8. Tables

  • Number the tables, in Arabic numerals, consecutively in the order of their first citation in the text and give a short title for each table.
  • Place explanatory material in footnotes, not in titles.
  • All tables must contain citations to the main headings such as Table 1, Table 2, etc.
  • Tables should be self-explanatory and should not duplicate text material.
  • Describe in footnotes all non-standard abbreviations used in each table.
  • Ask permission for tables to be copied, adapted or borrowed from other authors and credit the table owner to the notes
  • Examples of using Figure, available in full in manuscript/paper template.

 

9. Refrences

IJLFS using Vancouver Style. Citation and reference systems must use the Reference Management System such as Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero, etc.