Author Guidelines
1. Manuscript
The Journal of Tropical Environment Geography publishes the following types:
a. Research articles
The research article presents an original research, written in the usual format of a research result describing findings based on methodology and then discussed systematically and clearly.
b. Article Review
Article review is a summary and evaluation of book articles, articles, scientific speeches, and other media publications made by other authors. Summary and evaluation can be in the form of an understanding, criticism, suggestion, and argumentation on a topic and not reporting a fact or analysis.
The article template can be downloaded at this link.
2. Originality Statement
Manuscripts received by the editor are manuscripts that have never been published or are being published in other publication media. The first correspondence or author must fill out a signed originality statement stating that the manuscript being submitted has never been published or is being published in other media publications. The signed statement form can be accessed at this link.
3. Citation Guidelines
Citation is written based on the APA (American Psychological Association) format or APA 6th Edition on Mendeley application. The following are examples of writing references based on the APA format:
3.1. Writing Indirect Citation
In the APA format, citations are not directly written in sentences / text by specifying the author's name and year of publication, without writing the page of work cited.
The author's name is mentioned in the sentence
Jones (1998) compared student performance ...
In 1998, Jones compared student performance ...
The author's name is not mentioned in the sentence
In a recent study of student performance (Jones, 1998), ...
3.2. Writing Direct Citation
Direct citations in the APA format are written by mentioning the author's name, year of publication, and the page of the sentence / text cited. Direct citations are divided into two types, namely short direct citations and long direct citations.
Short direct citation
Short direct citations are sentences that are cited less or equal to 40 words. Short direct citations are written in the text by citation marks at the beginning and at the end of the citations.
The author's name is not mentioned in the sentence
She stated, "Students often have difficulty using APA style," (Jones, 1998, p. 199), but she did not offer an explanation as to why.
The author's name is mentioned in the sentence
According to Jones (1998), "Students often have difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time "(p. 199).
Jones (1998) found "students often have difficulty using APA style" (p. 199); what implications does this have for teachers?
Long direct citations
Long direct citations are sentences that are cited in more than 40 words. Long direct citations are written in individual paragraphs, with a distance of 5 taps / spaces from the left margin, and remain within 1.5 spaces (like text).
The author's name is not mentioned in the sentence
She stated: Students often have difficulty using APA style, especially when it is their first time citing sources. This difficulty could be attributed to the fact that many students failed to purchase a style manual or to ask their teacher for help. (Jones, 1993, p. 199).
The author's name is mentioned in the sentence
Jones's 1993 study found the following: Students often have difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time citing sources. This difficulty could be attributed to the fact that many students failed to purchase a style manual or to ask their teacher for help (p. 199).
4. Reference Guidelines
References are written based on the American Psychological Association (APA) format. The following are examples of writing references based on the APA format:
4.1 Books
Single author
Baxter, C. (1997). Race equality in health care and education. Philadelphia: Balliere Tindall.
Two or three authors
Cone, J.D., & Foster, S.L. (1993). Dissertations and theses from start to finish: Psychology and related fields. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
There is no author’s name
Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (10th ed.). (1993). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.
Not the first edition
Mitchell, T.R., & Larson, J.R. (1987). People in organizations: An introduction to organizational behavior (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
The writer is a team or an institution
American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Series / multi volume book (editor as writer)
Koch, S. (Ed.). (1959-1963). Psychology: A study of science (Vols. 1-6). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Translation
Kotler, Philip. (1997). Marketing management: Analysis, planning, implementation (Hendra Teguh & Ronny Antonius Rusli, translator.). Jakarta: Prenhallindo.
Articles or chapters in an edited book
Eiser, S., Redpath, A., & Rogers, N. (1987). Outcomes of early parenting: Knowns and unknowns. In A. P. Kern & L. S. Maze (Ed.). Logical thinking in children (pp. 58-87). New York: Springer.
Articles / terms in the reference book
Schneider, I. (1989). Bandicoots. In Grzimek's encyclopedia of mammals (vol.1, pp. 300 304). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Seminar papers or conferences
Crespo, C.J. (1998, March). Update on national data on asthma. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, Leesburg, VA.
4.2. Serial
Journal Articles
Clark, L.A., Kochanska, G., & Ready, R. (2000). Mothers' personality and its interaction with child temperament as predictors of parenting behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 274-285.
Magazine article
Greenberg, G. (2001, August 13). As good as dead: Is there really such a thing as brain death? New Yorker, 36-41.
Newspaper article
Crossette, Barbara. (1990, January 23). India lodges first charges in arms Scandal. New York Times, A4.
Newspaper articles, no authors
Understanding early years as a prerequisite to development. (1986, May 4). The Wall Street Journal, p. 8
Book review in journal
Grabill, C. M., & Kaslow, N. J. (1999). Announce of prevention: Improving children's mental health for the 21st century [Review of the book Handbook of prevention and treatment with children and adolescents]. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 28, 115 116.
Movie review in a journal
Lane, A. (2000, December 11). Come fly with me [Review of the motion picture Crouching tiger, hidden dragon]. The New Yorker, 129-131
4.3. Interview
White, Donna. (1992, December 25). Personal interview.
4.4 Other Works and Nonprinting Works
Television show
Crystal, L. (Executive Producer). (1993, October 11). The MacNeil / Lehrer news hour. [Television broadcast]. New York and Washington, DC: Public Broadcasting Service.
Video / VCD Cassette
National Geographic Society (Producer). (1987). In the shadow of Vesuvius. [Videotape]. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society.
Audio Cassette
McFerrin, Bobby (Vocalist). (1990). Medicine music [Audio Recording]. Hollywood, CA: EMI-USA.
Computer software
Arend, Dominic N. (1993). Choices (Version 4.0) [Computer software]. Champaign, IL: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research Laboratory. (CERL Report No.CH7-22510)
4.5. Electronic Publication
Complete Works
McNeese, M.N. (2001). Using technology in educational settings. October 13, 2001. University of Southern Mississippi, Educational Leadership and Research. http://www.dept.usm.edu/~eda/
Articles from online databases
Senior, B. (1997, September). Team roles and team performance: Is there really a link? Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 70, 241-258. June 6, 2001. ABI / INFORM Global (Proquest) database.
Journal articles on the website
Lodewijkx, H. F. M. (2001, May 23). Individual-group continuity in cooperation and competition undervarying communication conditions. Current Issues in Social Psychology, 6 (12), 166-182. September 14, 2001. http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.6.12.htm
Institution documents
NAACP (1999, February 25). NAACP calls for Presidential order to halt police brutality crisis. June 3, 2001.
http://www.naacp.org/president/releases/police_brutality.htm
Institutional documents, without page numbers, without information of year of publication
Greater Hattiesburg Civic Awareness Group, Task Force on Sheltered Programs. (n.d.). Fund-raising efforts. November 10, 2001. http://www.hattiesburgcag.org
Author and time of publication information is unknown
GVU's 8th WWW user survey. (n.d.). September 13, 2001.
http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/survey-1997-10/
E-mail
Wilson, R.W. (1999, March 24). Pennsylvania reporting data. Child Maltreatment Research. March 30, 1999. CHILD-MALTREATMENT-R-L@cornell.edu
4.6 CD-ROM
Ziegler, H. (1992). Aldehyde. The Software Toolworks multimedia encyclopedia (CDROM version 1.5). Boston: Grolier. January 19, 1999. Software Toolworks. Nickell, Stephen J. (August 1996). Competition and corporate performance. The Journal of Political Economy, 104 (4), 724-747. December 15, 2003. Proquest Database (CD-ROM).
5. Tables, Pictures and Symbols
5.1 Tables are made on separate pages from the manuscript.
The table number and title are placed above the table in question. The tables are made given a unit number according to the description in the text. If there are word abbreviations in the table, they are given a description below the table. Also write down the source if the table was taken from another source of information.
5.2. Images can be in the form of photos, painting diagrams and graphs.
The image is created on a separate page from the manuscript. The picture number and title are placed below the intended image. The pictures made are numbered according to the description in the text. The caption is written after the title. Write the source of the presentation of the picture.
5.3. Symbols and mathematical equations must be stated carefully and clearly.
Decimal numbers are marked with commas (in Indonesian) or periods (in English). The amount is written according to International standards, for example: g, kg, cm, km, ml, 1.