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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.
  • 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).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
  • The manuscript should be written in English.
  • The manuscript consists of twelve (12) to sixteen (16) pages including pictures and tables.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
  • Manuscripts have a minimum of twenty-five (25) references from recent journal articles (last 5 years) related to the topic.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have to be provided.
  • Author have to include supplementary files (Plagiarism Check Results and Publication Right form).

Author Guidelines

1. Introduction

U Karst, with registered number ISSN 2579-4620, E-ISSN 2581-0855 is a scientific journal published by Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering Kadiri University. It is at the International level that covers a lot of common problems or issues related to civil and environmental engineering, natural and human-made disasters. The complete guidelines can be downloaded at Journal Template.

2. Type of Paper

  • Research article: These papers are fully documented, interpreted accounts of significant findings of original research. Subdivided into sections (Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion). Research Papers including abstract, references, tables, and figures are limited from 12 to 16 pages.
  • Review article: These are critical and comprehensive reviews that provide new insights or interpretation of a subject through thorough and systematic evaluation of available evidence. We would not expect to receive a review paper that is shorter than 12 pages.

3. How to Write the Title, the Name, and the Author's Address

Apply Title style to the paper's title. This style has everything needed to define the title layout (font type and size, paragraph alignment, spacing). The title shall be 14 points Times New Roman type font, title case (Capitalize the first character of each text, except for preposition), and center aligned.

Type the author's name with their initials followed by their last name. Group authors by affiliation. If there is only one co-author and he/she has the same affiliation as the first author, use the word "and" to separate their names. Authors are written in Times New Roman 11 point font, and center aligned. The author's affiliation must include the following: company/institute/university, city, country.

4. The Manuscript General Guidelines

The manuscript text general guidelines are as follows:

  1. The manuscript is an authentic research result that has not been published yet in other publication media or publishing houses.
  2. The manuscript does not contain any plagiarism element. The editorial board will directly reject the text that indicates plagiarism.
  3. The manuscript that has been written under the guidelines of U Karst (in MS Word format, use the article template) must be submitted through Online Submission System using Open Journal System (OJS) on the U Karst. Then, register as the author.
  4. The manuscript online submission can be viewed in the part of online submission guidelines below.
  5. The manuscript which is inappropriate with U Karst writing guidelines will be returned to the author before the reviewing process.
  6. The manuscript should contain several aspects of a scientific article as follows: (subtitle as the order), which are: (a) the title of the article, (b) the author's name (no academic title), (c) the affiliated author's address, (d) the author's email, (e) the abstract and the keywords, (f) the introduction, (g) the research method, (h) the results of the research, (i) the discussion of the research finding, (j) the conclusion, (k) acknowledgment, and (l) the references.
  7. The chapter heading is written in 12 Point Times New Roman type font. Capital character at the beginning of words and an automatic numbering will be given to the chapter heading. The section heading is written in 12 points Times New Roman font.
  8. The manuscript has to be written in English with the standard language. The manuscript should consist of twelve (12) to sixteen (16) pages including pictures and tables. The manuscript text ought to be written as this article template in the camera ready mode. The article is written on A4-sized papers (210x297 mm), with mirror margins the left at 3 cm and right margins at 2 cm, top and bottom margins at 2 cm. Use the one-column page layout for the whole text in the paper.
  9. The text of the articles must be in Times New Roman type 12 point, single line spacing. Use 12 point size font for the table captions, the figure captions, the references, the abstract, and keywords.
  10. The words from uncommon or foreign languages are stated in Italic format. Use italics also for titles of journals or books, Latin words (et al.), and parameters in mathematics except for functions (log, ln, sin, cos, max., d in dx, etc). Never use the bold typeface, except to cite tables or figures. Never underline any text.
  11. The tables and pictures should be located close to the first reference to them in the text and number them consecutively. Tables and pictures are written in 12 points Times New Roman type font. You may use a smaller font size (9 points) in tables.

5. The Guidelines for The Manuscript Body Text

The title of the manuscript: The title should be informative and be written both briefly and clearly. It cannot diverse multi interpretations. It has to be pinpoint with the issues that will be discussed. The beginning word is written in a capital case and symmetrically. The article title does not contain any uncommon abbreviation. The main ideas should be written first and followed then by its explanations. The article title should be written within maximally 20 (twenty) words (in English).

Abstract: A concise and factual abstract is required (range from 250 to 300 words). The abstract should state briefly the background, purpose of the research, research method, the principal results, major conclusions, and contribution. It is written in single line spacing and 11 points Times New Roman.

Keywords: Keywords are a tool to help indexers and search engines find relevant papers. If database search engines can find your journal manuscript, readers will be able to find it too. This will increase the number of people reading your manuscript, and likely lead to more citations.

However, to be effective, Keywords must be chosen carefully. They should:

  • Represent the content of your manuscript
  • Be specific to your field or sub-field

Example:

  • Manuscript title: Increasing the Effective Stress Clay Using The Addition of Concrete Waste
  • Poor keywords: Soil, Concrete Waste, Effective Stress
  • Better keywords: Clay, Utilization Concrete Waste, Effective Stress Clay

Introduction: The introduction must consist of the background of the study, state of the art, gap analysis, aim of the study, and contribution. The background is one or two paragraphs explains the reason why this study is conducted. State of the art consists of literature studies which lead to a knowledge gap among the existing studies. The state of the art should be a guide to find a novelty of the study. Gap analysis is a statement to describe finding from the state of the art and the emergence reason for a study is important to be conducted. The gap analysis must state that the study is never conducted elsewhere before. The last paragraph should contain the aim of study which is generated from gap analysis. The last sentences in The Introduction should state the possible contribution of the study to the existing literature or the existing situation.

Methods: The methods section should describe what was done to answer the research question, describe how it was done, justify the experimental design, and explain how the results were analyzed. Scientific writing is direct and orderly. In the methods section, it is customary to use a form of the simple past tense to describe what the author did in his/her study. Passive voice is often used. Examples: Compaction and shear strength were tested in the laboratory using standard procedures. In the method, it is important to describe the type of research; what kind of data and how data is collected and/or selected your data; how data is analyzed; any tools or materials used in the research; the rationale for choosing these methods. The reason for selecting a method should be supported by references.

Result and Discussion: The results section should include the findings of the study and ONLY the findings of the study. The findings include data presented in tables, charts, graphs, and other figures (maybe placed among research text or on a separate page) A contextual analysis of this data explaining its meaning in sentence form. The results section should simply state the findings, without bias or interpretation, and be arranged in a logical sequence. Typically most of the sentences in the results section will be in the past tense, some will be in the present tense, and very few, if any, will be in the future tense. The purpose of the discussion is to interpret and describe the significance of the study's findings in light of what was already known about the research problem being investigated, and to explain any new understanding or fresh insights about the problem after study has taken the findings into consideration. To do this, follow three important suggestions: answer those questions posed in the introduction (central research questions); show how the answers are supported by the results and explain how the answers fit relative to the existing body of knowledge about the subject. In the discussion section, the past tense is generally used to summarize the findings. But when interpreting the results or describing the significance of the findings, the present tense should be used.

Conclusions: The conclusion should be written in one paragraph. The conclusion must summarize the whole paper and explain its main purpose. Important things to write in conclusion: Restate hypothesis or research question; restate major findings; the contribution of the study to the existing literature, highlight any limitations in the study and state future directions for research/recommendations. 

Acknowledgement: Give thanks to those who are involved and have contributed in the process of carrying out research and or writing scientific papers such as institutions or research institutions or institutions that finance and assist in this research process. Example: The researcher thanks the Faculty of Engineering, University of Kadiri for assisting in the research process and the preparation of this scientific article.

References: All the references used in the article must be listed in this part. 

6. The Guidelines for the Citations and References

Every text citation must be listed under the heading "References" at the end of the text. All the references (minimum 25 references) used in the article must be listed in this part. In this part, all the used references must be taken from primary sources (scientific journals articles). The numbers of journal articles at least 80% of all the references and published in the last five years. The reference must be in IEEE style. All the cited references in the article taken from the other author articles should attach the reference sources. Please include the author's name, title, publisher, volume, issue, page, year and DOI in the reference.

7. Authorship Agreement (for Publishing)

The authors must agree to transfer publishing copyrights of the article to the U Karst Journal and it is effective if and when the article is accepted for publication in U Karst.

U Karst Journal, the Editorial Teams, and Peer-Reviewers make every effort to ensure that no wrong or misleading data, opinions, or statements be published in the journal. In any way, the contents of the articles and advertisements published in the U Karst Journal are sole and exclusive responsibility of their respective authors and advertisers.

Authorship Agreement or Publication Right Form should be included in the Supplementary files and can be downloaded here.

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