Editor-in-Chief

Editors

Winalia Agwil, S.Si., M.Si.
Department of Statistics, Universitas Bengkulu, Indonesia
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Flowchart of Submission Process

Submission and Tracking of manuscript
We use a submission system which can be accessed by registering an account through the Login button (top right).

Abstract
Unstructured abstract, not more than 250 words. The abstract should briefly highlight the background, methods, results, and conclusions of the study.

Graphical abstract
Size: Height and width= should fit within the first page of the ADS template
Quality: Minimum 300 dpi
File type: JPG or PNG. The file type of figures must be uniform for all the figures. If the graphical abstract is in JPG, all the other figures should be in JPG format.

Figures
Size: Height = should fit within a single page of the ADS template, width = should fit within the ADS template
Quality: Minimum 300 dpi
File type: JPG or PNG. The file type of figures must be uniform for all the figures. If figure 1 is in JPG, all the other figures should be in JPG format.

Reproduction of figures
To reproduce a figure (already published in a paper in any journal) in ADS, copyright permission must be obtained. If a figure is reproduced without permission, it will be considered plagiarism and the authors will be asked to rectify the same. A note like 'copyright has been obtained from Einstein et al.' must be included within the Figure legend.

Tables
Tables must be created with the insert table feature of the Microsoft word. Please do not insert table as an image.

Equations
Equations must be created with the insert equation feature of the Microsoft word. Please do not insert equation as an image. 

Software to reduce grammatical errors
The use of grammarly is encouraged to minimize grammatical errors. Grammarly can be downloaded, installed, and added as an add-on to the Microsoft Word document.

Reference managing software
Authors are encouraged to use software such as Mendeley, Zotero, etc. to arrange the references. Mendeley and Zotero can be downloaded and installed. Once installed, they will appear on the 'References' tab on the Microsoft Word document.

Authorship policy
In terms of planning the study design, data analysis, statistical analysis, software, executing work, writing, and editing, a significant contribution should be made by all contributing authors such as the first author, co-authors, and corresponding authors. Authors are encouraged to get familiar with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines.

Corresponding author
The corresponding author will take the responsibility of communicating with the editors from the initial submission till publication. Depending on the requirement, there may be two corresponding authors. In the case of two corresponding authors, the asterisk '*' sign should accompany their names in the manuscript and the initials of the authors should accompany their email addresses in the manuscript.

Change of authorship
During the review process, the corresponding author may request that the authorship be changed, providing appropriate reasons for the request. It is not permitted to add or remove authors once a submission has been accepted.

Plagiarism
If possible, authors are requested to submit a plagiarism report from commercial software (or from a free online server) as a supplemental data. For all types of articles, the plagiarism percentage should be kept as low as possible (maximum upper limit 20% excluding references). Even if the plagiarism percentage remains below 20%, the authors may be further asked to reduce the plagiarism to increase the authenticity of the manuscript.

Animal ethics and cell lines
Studies should be carried out keeping in mind the standard guidelines set by OECD, CPCSEA, ICH, Animal Welfare Board of India, as well as other organizations. Ethical clearance with proper documents should be obtained from the concerned authority (for example, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee) to carry out the studies. Also, sufficient details regarding the document number should be mentioned in the manuscript. 

Retraction
Retraction guidelines provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) will be followed. A notice of retraction will be given to a paper if the findings are unreliable, unethical, plagiarized, or manipulated. To maintain integrity, the retracted paper will remain visible on the e-bulletin page. However, a notice of retraction will accompany the paper.

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Any enquiry related to the journal, please reach us through email below. Applied Data Sciences editorial's email: ads@etflin.com

Office: Sungai Manonda Street, Duyu, Tatanga,
Palu City 94225, Indonesia.
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Peer-review Process

After submission of a manuscript, one of the editorial members will examine the quality of the manuscript. If the manuscript falls within the journal scope and showed high quality content, the editor will assign a minimum of two reviewers for the manuscript. After peer-review, the editor will make a decision based on the reviewer comments and recommendation. The decision made by the editor will be final. The journal follows a double-blind peer-review wherein the information of reviewers and authors are blinded from each other during the entire peer-review process. Please take a look at the Manuscript Lifecycle for detailed information.

Open Access Policy

All papers published in the journal are freely accessible immediately after publication. The papers are freely available to read, shared, and reproduced in any form with proper citation to the original work. Open access is a property of individual works and community standards that will enforce proper attribution and responsible use of the published work.

Author Charges

Publishing a paper in the journal is free. The journal do not take submission fees, editorial processing charges, article processing charges, page charges, or color charges.

Licensing Terms

The journal is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International License. Detailed Licences Policy

Copyright Terms

The authors retain the copyright © of their published works. However, the published work of the authors can be read, downloaded, shared, and cited with proper reference to the original work.

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Plagiarism

Plagiarism is not tolerated in ETFLIN journals. Plagiarism is defined as the act of copying words, ideas, images, or data from another source, including your own publications, without crediting the original source. Text copied from another source must be reused between quotation marks, and the original source must be cited. If the design of a study, or the style or language of the article, was inspired by past research, it must be fully cited.

The industry standard program Turnitin is used to check all ETFLIN submissions for plagiarism. The manuscript may be rejected if plagiarism is discovered during the peer review process. If plagiarism is discovered after publication, an inquiry will be conducted and appropriate action will be taken in accordance with our policy.