GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS IN PREPARING SUBMISSION OF SHORT ARTICLE

Poerbandono
Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology, Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia
poerbandono@gd.itb.ac.id
These mandatory guidelines are provided for preparation of short article or essay accepted for submission of
assignment. These guidelines are issued to ensure standard and uniformity. To assure timely and efficient assessment
of your submission, you must present your work in strict conformance with these guidelines. Any submission that does
not conform to the specified requirements will be omitted. Your work will be accepted and marked provided they
arrive by the due date and they correspond to these guidelines. Your submission should be delivered in printed form in
page of A4 paper size with 2cm length of all margins, i.e. top, bottom, left, right. The submitted short article must
consist of 150 words and cannot be more than 300 words. The writing should have the following structure:
1. Title of the article.
2. Author and affiliation, including email address.
3. Introduction consisting of aims and purposes, i.e. what the short article is intended for.
4. Method consisting of work sequence, tools, and computation, i.e. how the aim is achieved.
5. Conclusion consisting of results and concluding description, i.e. what are the resulting findings.
6. References (optional).
Your short article must be compiled in one column. All text should be single-spaced and justified. The font type Times
New Roman with a size of 10 points is to be used for title, author, affiliation, email, and all texts. The title should
appear centred in capital letters, at the top of the page and followed by blank line. Type the author name (in bold),
affiliation, and e-mail (in italics) in upper and lower case centred under the title. Type text single-spaced, with one
blank line between paragraphs. Figures and tables must be placed in the appropriate location and they must be
captioned and numbered consecutively, e.g. Figure 1, Table 2. Multiple figures may appear in a single line identified
by alphabetical notation, e.g. (a), (b), (c), provided they fall under equal information. Prior to figure or table to appear,
cross-reference to the corresponding figure of table must be mentioned in the preceding paragraph. All captions should
be typed in upper and lower case letters, centred directly beneath the figure or above the table.

(a) Sound speed in m/s

(b) Temperature in C

(c) Heading in degree

Figure 1. Field records of sound speed (a), temperature (b), and sensor heading (c)
Equations should be numbered consecutively throughout the paper. The equation number is enclosed in parentheses
and placed flush right with blank line before and after equations, e.g.
2

2 0.5

U = (u + v )

(1)

where U = current magnitude in m/s, u = current component on East direction in m/s, and v = current component on
North direction in m/s. Use the SI (Systeme Internationale) Units and Symbols. References enable a librarian to supply
the quoted publication to the reader. If your article contains any copyrighted illustrations or imagery, include a
statement of copyright, e.g. SPOT Image Copyright 2009, CNES. It is your responsibility to obtain any necessary
copyright permission. References should be cited in the text (e.g. Poerbandono & Djunarsjah, 2005) and listed in
alphabetical order in the reference section.
From Journals:
Smith, J. (1987). Close range photogrammetry for analyzing distressed trees. Photogrammetria 42(1), pp 47-56.
From Books:
Poerbandono & Djunarsjah, E. (2005). Survei Hidrografi. Refika Aditama, Bandung, 189pp.
From Websites:
Moons, T. (1997). 3D Reconstruction and Modeling of Topographic Objects. Report on the Joint ISPRS Commission
III/IV Workshop, Stuttgart, Germany. http://www.radig.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/ISPRS/WG-III4-IV2-Report.html
(accessed 26 September 2013).
To assist you in preparing your submission papers, this style guides are provided in our blended learning page.