Author Guidelines
Submission
The submitted manuscript should be addressed to Editor-in-chief of the Acta Neurologica Indonesia. Manuscript must be submitted through online submission by registered users. You can easily register in the journal system. For further questions contact us at actaneurologicaindonesia@gmail.com
General
As a basic requirement, all articles submitted must be original work, which has never been published previously and is submitted exclusively to the Acta Neurologica Indonesia. The Editorial Board reserves the right to edit all articles in aspects of style, format, and clarity. Authors may be required to revise their manuscripts for reasons of any aspect. Manuscripts with excessive errors in any aspect may be returned to authors for retyping or may be rejected. All manuscripts will be subjected to peer and editorial review.
Authors must provide :
- copy of ethical approval (in Original Research Article), and
- checklist signed by all author(s).
- article as dictated with provided format
If the manuscript has been submitted previously to another journal, authors are encouraged to provide previous comments along with the responses to accelerate the review process. Author(s) also have to mention the work whether it has been presented in a congress/conference/seminar.
The template for the articles is provided here.
Ethics
All submitted papers for Original Research should have obtained approval from an independent ethics committee. The copy of approval should be provided to the editorial office as mentioned above.
Abstract and Keywords
Abstract must consist of 250 words maximum, typed using Times New Roman, size 10pt, single spacing.
Keywords must consist of 3-5 words, separated by semicolon, lower case only
Main Text
The main text should be structured as introduction, methods, results, discussion, and conclusion for Original Research and Review article; introduction, case report, results, discussion, and conclusion for Case Report article.
Methods should provide clarity about how, why, and when the study was done. It should also clearly describe the selection of the study's participants. Materials and equipment used should be identified in methods section by specifically giving the manufacturer's name and address in parentheses. References to all established methods must be given. All statistical methods used should be described in detail in the methods section of the manuscript. Statistical terms, abbreviations, and symbols should be defined. Computer software and version used should be specified. In Result section, data should be presented in a concise way, either in figures and table. In the end, discussion and conclusion should be stated.
All main text should be typed in template according to the type of article
Conflicts of Interest
Conflicts of interest should be transparent as detail as possible and be stated in the Cover Letter.
Acknowledgments
Personal acknowledgments should be limited to appropriate professionals who contributed to the paper, including technical help and financial or material support, also general support by a department chairperson.
References
References should use the most updated and relevant references from the last 10 years of submission date. Use the original article as much as possible. References should be typed in Times New Roman, size 10 pt., single spacing written in Vancouver style. The name of the authors can be written up to 3 names, otherwise is written in et al.
Examples :
- Pasmanasari ED, Pudjonarko D, Sukmaningtyas H. Analisis letak lesi insula terhadap fungsi motorik pasien stroke iskemik akut. Neurona. 2014;31(3):155-159
- Christensen S, Lansberg MG. CT perfusion in acute stroke: Practical guidance for implementation in clinical practice. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2019;39(9):1664-1668. doi:10.1177/0271678X18805590
- Albers GW, Marks MP, Kemp S, et al.; DEFUSE 3 Investigators. Thrombectomy for stroke at 6 to 16 hours with selection by perfusion imaging. N Engl J Med. 2018;378:708–718. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1713973
