Author Guideline

Submissions

Login or Register to make a submission.

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 OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
• Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
• The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
• 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.
• All authors must fill out and sign the Authors Statement Form

Submission Flow

 

1. Guidelines for research report

• Title, written in a briefly concised, specific, and informative manner. Maximum 14 words (not more than 14), written in sentence case (capitalizing only the first word) bold, font 14 Times New Roman.
• Writer’s name, contains writer’s full name, no abbreviation, and the institution of writer’s domicile. Should the writers belong to several institutions, give an asterix (*/**) complying with their institutions.
• Abstract, must be in two languages: English and Indonesian, and should be structured. Abstract is a one-paragraph summary of the article consists of: Background, Purpose, Methods, Results, Conclusion. Abstract has a maximum of 250 words. Keywords are written under Abstract (3-5 words).
• Introduction, brief (1-2 pages) explains the background and the purpose of undertaking this research.The last paragraph contains the purpose of the research, could be cited from preceding publications which are considered important.
• Methods, contains a clarification of the materials and research context. Research method must be described clearly. Uncommon method should have a backed-up reference.
• Result, reported in narration sentences. Could be supported by tables (maximum 5 tables) accomodating important data, and pictures which are supporting the research results. Decimal numbers should be separated by a point sign (.).
• Discussion, elaborates the research result: the meaning or benefit of the research both for the study itself as well as for clinical application, also the difference and similarity with other studies. The last paragraph of discussion discloses research conclusion and suggestion (if necessary).
• Acknowledgment, to anyone contributing service to this research, should be mentioned briefly.
• Reference, written according to Vancouver Style (read the Guideline for References). The number of references should be between 10-30 (not more than 30).

Download Example for research

2. Guidelines for Case Report

Case report is written using an evidence-based case report (EBCR) method. The maximum should be 15 pages, consists of  Title; Writer’s name; Abstract (in English) consists of background, purpose, case report, method, result, and conclusion; Introduction is written briefly (1-2 pages) and the last paragraph contains the purpose of the case report; Case Report; Clinical Question using  PICO format (Problem, Index/Intervention/Indicator, Comparison, and Outcome); Method explain the detail of evidence seeking steps covering sources, keywords of seeking evidence, inclusion and exclusion criteria; Result should be narrated and supported by table, and  flowchart of critical evaluation of the chosen articles. Discussion ended by conclusion dan suggestion, in the last paragraph; Reference written according to Vancouver Style. The maximum number of references is 30.

Download Example for Case Report

3. Guidelines for Literature Review

Literature Review should have a maximum of 15 pages, consists of: Title; Writer’s name; Abstract (in English and Indonesian), structured with background, purpose, reference and conclusion; Introduction, should be brief (the last paragraph contains the purpose of the presence of this review); Literature Review; Discussion ended by a conclusion in the last paragraph. Reference, written according to Vancouver Style. The maximum number of references is 30. 

Download Example for Literature Review

4. Guidelines for Reference 

Reference written based on the rules of Vancouver Style. The reference is identified inside the article by serial numbers which written according to the  subsequent numbers complying with the presence in the article. All writer’s names are written on the list, should it be more than 6 writers, only the 6 names are written, followed by et al. The preferred references are published in the last 5 years.

It's easier to use the Mendeley program. Below are Guidelines for Reference.

Download Guidelines for Reference

 

Ethical Clearance

Subject consent forms

Subjects have a right to privacy that should not be infringed without informed consent. Identifying details (written or photographic) should be omitted if they are not essential, but subject data should never be altered or falsified in an attempt to attain anonymity. Complete anonymity is difficult to achieve, and a consent form should be obtained if there is any doubt.

Ethics committee approval

Authors must sign a declaration that the research was conducted within the guidelines below and under the terms of all relevant local legislation. Please also look at the latest version of the Declaration of Helsinki. The Editors reserve the right to judge the appropriateness of the use and treatment of humans or animals in experiments for publication in the journal.

Human experiments: All work must be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Papers describing experimental work on human participants which carries a risk of harm must include (1) a statement that the experiments were conducted with the understanding and the consent of each participant, and (2) a statement that the responsible, ethical committee has approved the experiments.  

Animal experiments: In papers describing experiments on living animals, include (1) a full description  of any anaesthetic and surgical procedure used, and (2) evidence that all possible steps were taken to avoid animals' suffering at each stage of the experiment. In experiments involving the use of muscle relaxants, describe the precautions taken to ensure adequate anaesthesia. 

Experiments on isolated tissues: Indicate precisely how you obtained the donor tissue. The NIH guide  for the care and use of laboratory animals (National Institutes of Health Publications No. 80-23, revised 1978) gives guidelines for the acquisition and care of animals.

 

Article Processing Charge

Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Bali (JOOB) is an open access journal that does not charge readers or institutions for access. There is no fee for manuscript submission. However, this journal charges an article publication fee of IDR 300,000 for Indonesian people and USD 30 for other country for all types of manuscripts. Once the accepted manuscript has been proofread by the authors, the JOOB office will send an invoice to the corresponding author, who must complete the payment process before the article can be published.

Payment instructions will be sent to the corresponding author after the manuscript is accepted and proofread.

Duties of Authors

Authors are expected to uphold the integrity of scientific publishing. They must:

• Submit only original works that have not been previously published or submitted elsewhere.
• Ensure the manuscript is free of plagiarism and fabricated or falsified data.
• Follow journal guidelines and applicable ethical and legal standards.
• Disclose any ethical approval and informed consent when research involves human participants.
• Provide accurate and complete attribution of sources.
• Ensure all listed authors made significant contributions to the work.
• Notify the editor immediately if significant errors are discovered after submission or publication.
• Agree that accepted manuscripts are published under a Creative Commons license as determined by ORLI, allowing appropriate non-commercial reuse with proper attribution.