Author Guidelines

A BRIEF SUMMARY

Indonesian Journal of Pharmacy (Formerly Majalah Farmasi Indonesia ISSN: 0126-1037), abbreviated as Indonesian J. Pharm., is a quarterly, open-access, peer-reviewed, and online international pharmacy journal. Indonesian J. Pharm. was established in 1972 and aims to provide researchers in pharmaceutical and related fields with up-to-date scientific knowledge. 

Indonesian J. Pharm.  is currently indexed in: 

• Scopus
• DOAJ
• Dimensions
• Google Scholar
• Index Copernicus
• GetCITED
• Genamics JournalSeek (New Jersey, USA)
• Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER)
• Pharmaceutical Sciences Open Access Resources (PSOAR)
• International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA)
• UGM Digital Library
• WorldCat
• Virtual Library (Pharmacy Page)
• EBSCO Publishing Database
• CAB International
• Socolar
• SCIRUS Elsevier
• Indonesian Scientific Journal Database (ISJD)

Indonesian J. Pharm receives original research articles, short communications, and review articles on pharmaceutical and related health sciences. The journal only accepts manuscripts written in English. Topics covered in Indonesian J. Pharm. include:

• Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Pharmacokinetics
• Community and Clinical Pharmacy
• Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Pharmaceutical Biology, Microbiology, and Biotechnology
• Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Technology, and Biopharmaceutics
• Regulatory Affairs and Pharmaceutical Marketing Research
• Alternative Medicines

The manuscripts received will undergo an initial screening by the editors before being subjected to a double-blind peer review by at least two reviewers.

MANUSCRIPT STYLE

The manuscript should be prepared in English. Please have your manuscript proofread by a native English speaker or a professional proofreading service to ensure clarity of the writing.

• Original research articles – Original research papers that have not been published elsewhere. The article length should be between  4000 and 6000 words (including an allowance for no more than 6 tables or 6 figures or a combination of 6 items in total). The reference list in the original article ranged from 20 to 40 references.
• Review articles – Review articles will be considered for publication if the topics are within the journal’s scope. The article length should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words (including an allowance for no more than 6 tables, 6 figures, or their combinations). The number of references should be between 80 and 100. The authors must obtain permissions for reusing copyrighted figures and tables from published papers.
• Short communications – The length of the communications should be up to 1500 words, describing work that may be of a preliminary nature but merits immediate publication.

The manuscript should be structured into the following sections:
(a) An abstract (200 - 300 words), embodying the concise description of the problem/purpose of the work, methods used, major findings, and conclusions,  accompanied by 3 -5 keywords
(b) Introduction; providing gap analysis, a brief statement of previous relevant work with references, and research objective(s)
(c) Material and Methods. For a study involving animal or human subjects, appropriate ethical clearance should be obtained.
(d) Results and Discussion
(e) Conclusion
(f) Acknowledgment
(g) Conflict of interest
(h) References

The manuscript should be prepared using the provided template.

All illustrations, including figures, charts, and graphs, must be properly labeled, numbered consecutively (i.e., Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, etc.) based on the order they appear and are mentioned in the main text, and accompanied by appropriate captions. Similarly, tables must also be properly labeled (i.e., Table I, Table II, Table III, etc.). Please check the manuscript template for more details.

All figures must have a minimum resolution of 300 DPI.

Tables should be provided in editable forms.

The reference list or bibliography and in-text citation must be formatted using the  APA (American Psychological Association) style. The reference list should appear at the end of the manuscript and include only literature that is cited in the main text. We highly recommend that the authors use a reference management tool such as Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero to avoid inconsistency in the in-text citation and bibliography formatting. Examples of reference list and in-text citation formats are provided in the manuscript template, and some are also provided below. 80% of the references used should be within the last 10 years. 

Tables are formatted according to the general agreement on publication, with the horizontal line kept to a minimum and containing no vertical lines.

REFERENCE STYLE

The Reference style follows APA style version 7 (please refer to this link for complete information on the reference style)
with DOI:
Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207–217. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185

without DOI:
Nugroho, A. K., Pratiwi, P. D., Citrariana, S., Lukitaningsih, E., & Hakim, L. (2021). Population pharmacokinetics modeling of levofloxacin in rabbit by intravenous bolus injection and peroral administration. Indonesian Journal of Pharmacy, 32(3), 349–355.

Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Indrayanto, G., & Rohman, A. (2020). The use of FTIR spectroscopy combined with multivariate analysis in food composition analysis. In Spectroscopic Techniques & Artificial Intelligence for Food and Beverage Analysis (pp. 25-51). Springer, Singapore.

Reference to a book:
Miller, J.N. & Miller, J.C. (2005). Statistics and chemometrics for analytical chemistry. 5th ed. Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, England: Pearson Education Limited. pp. 213 – 239.

Thesis:
Ritmaleni L. (2004). Application of spir-epoxide in synthesising biologically important targets (Thesis, University of Bristol, UK)

Internet source:
Mitchell, J.A. (2017, May 21). How and when to reference. Retrieved from https://www.howandwhentoreference.com.

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION

Submission and manuscript handling-related communication should be directed to the editorial office of the journal at the following address: https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/v3/IJP.