Author Guidelines

Nutrisphere Research Journal accepts scientific manuscripts from scientists/academics and practitioners in the field of nutrition and food science which includes clinical nutrition, community nutrition, institutional nutrition, functional foods, food science, and food technology, which can be produced from research, case studies, and reviews of articles that have never been published. Scientific manuscripts must be written in Indonesia. Script/writing complete should contain:

RESEARCH ARTICLE

TITLE in Indonesia (concise, no abbreviations, maximum 14 words, using Times New Roman 14, Bold, justify with single space capitalized on the first letter of each word excepts the conjunctions and represents the content of the article)

The author's full name (without a title)

Author’s institutional address (consist of Department/Study Program, Faculty, University)

Corresponding author’s email

ABSTRACT should be formally structured and prepared in English with a maximum of 250 words. The abstract should be written in a concise and structured manner and consist of background (research background), purposes (research purposes), methods used in the research, result and conclusion.

KEYWORDS should be limited to 3–5 words or short phrases that will allow precise and accurate indexing using commas (,) as separators.

INTRODUCTION
  • In this section, the author(s) will present the State of the Art/Overview of the previous studies (mainly recent scientific journal articles from no more than ten years ago) to support the current contribution statement.
  • Ensure that the “Gap Analysis/Novelty Statement” or contribution to the novelty of the article is clearly stated.
  • At the end of this section, the author(s) will clearly state the purpose of the research/study.
METHODS
  • The method used consists of design, population, sample characteristics, sample size, data source, technique/instrument for data collection, and data analysis procedure. The materials and equipment used have to be fully identified in the method section by providing its specific type/name/brand and manufacturer’s address in brackets.
  • Provide references for methods that have been previously published. Relevant modifications to the methods have to be elaborated. All statistical methods have to be explained in detail.
  • Ethics approval has to be attached with the name of the ethics committee and the approval/ID number.
RESULTS

The data has to be presented in a concise and accurate manner, and it should not repeat the results shown in figures and tables.

Figure. Place the caption below the figure.

Table. The text for the table has to be placed above the table. Use horizontal lines only for the top and bottom borders. Tables are made in a concise and no more than 5 tables.

DISCUSSION
  • What/How?: a description of findings (not a full narration of all the numbers in the figures or tables, but what the general findings are)
  • Why?: The scientific exploration of the findings, their relationship with existing theories, and other scientific aspects in accordance with the topic/field.
  • What Else?: Are the findings in line or in conflict with the original hypothesis, are they better or worse compared to the previous studies (especially the ones cited in the State of the Art section in the Introduction).
CONCLUSION

This section should address the study objectives or discuss the hypothesis, and it should be adequately supported by the data in the results. The conclusion can also be in the form of a new theory as a result of the study, and one can also add recommendations at the end. The conclusion and recommendations do not need to be separated into multiple subsections.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author(s) can convey words of gratitude to individuals or institutions that have assisted in the research or preparation of the paper.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The author(s) declare that they do not have a conflict of interest and that they do not have affiliations or relationships with any organization or entity that could raise biased questions or statements in the discussion and conclusion sections of the paper.

REFERENCES
  • The references should be from scientific journal articles, and a minimum of 80% of them should be relatively recent (published during the last 10 years). The minimal number of references should be 20.
  • References are formatted according to the Vancouver system. The number of authors should not exceed six. If there are more than six, the first name is followed by “et al.”.
  • In typing citations and references, authors are encouraged to use Mendeley® reference management software, in which they should select the Vancouver system.