Submissions

Author Guidelines

All papers submitted to Jurnal Elektro must not have been published previously and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Jurnal Elektro only accepts articles written in English.

Jurnal Elektro is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of Electrical Engineering, covering power systems, telecommunications, applied electronics, control and automation, robotics, embedded systems and IoT, signal and image processing, artificial intelligence, computer engineering, and renewable energy. Every submitted manuscript undergoes a double-blind peer review process.

1. General Author Guidelines

All manuscripts must be submitted to the Jurnal Elektro Editorial Office through the Online Submission system at https://ejournal.atmajaya.ac.id/index.php/JTE/. Submissions sent by email will not be processed.

Before submitting, authors must read the Publication Ethics, Generative AI Policy, and Peer Review Process pages, and complete the Submission Preparation Checklist.

2. Manuscript Template

Manuscripts must be prepared using the Jurnal Elektro Microsoft Word template: download the template. Manuscripts that do not follow the template may be returned to the authors before review.

3. Reviewing of Manuscripts

Every submitted manuscript is first screened by the editor for scope, template compliance, and similarity (maximum 20% similarity index using Turnitin, excluding references). Manuscripts that pass the initial screening are reviewed independently by at least two peer reviewers under a double-blind process. The decision to accept, request revision, or reject is made by the editor based on the reviewers' recommendations. Initial screening is completed within 1 week and peer review within 3 weeks, so authors receive the first editorial decision (Accept, Revisions Required with minor or major revision, or Decline) within 5 weeks of submission.

4. Revision of Manuscripts

Manuscripts returned to the authors for revision should be resubmitted through the Online Submission system within 2 weeks of the decision. Each revised submission must include three files: the revised manuscript, a response to reviewers addressing every comment point by point, and an updated similarity report. Revised manuscripts returned later than the deadline may be treated as new submissions. Production of accepted manuscripts takes approximately 1 week, and authors must return the corrected proof within 3 days.

5. Author Fee

Jurnal Elektro does not charge any submission fee, article processing charge (APC), or publication fee. Publishing in Jurnal Elektro is free of charge for authors. See the Author Fee page.

6. User Rights

All articles are published Open Access under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) and are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, and share. Authors retain copyright. See the Copyright Notice.

7. Editorial Office

All correspondence should be addressed to:

Nova Eka Budiyanta (Editor-in-Chief)
Department of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Biosciences, Technology, and Innovation
Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia
BSD City, Indonesia
Email: jurnal.elektro@atmajaya.ac.id

8. Guideline for Online Submission

Authors must first register at Register. After logging in, go to Submissions and click New Submission. The submission process consists of the following steps:

1. Details: enter the title and abstract, select the journal section, and confirm the Submission Preparation Checklist.
2. Upload Files: upload the manuscript in .docx format. Because the review is double-blind, remove author names, affiliations, and acknowledgments from the manuscript file and from the document properties. Author details are entered as metadata instead. Upload the similarity report as a separate file. Do not upload a cover letter here.
3. Contributors: enter all authors with full names, affiliations, countries, email addresses, and ORCID iDs where available, and mark the corresponding author. The author list and order must match the manuscript and cannot be changed after acceptance without written agreement of all authors.
4. For the Editors: add comments to the editor, including any statement on ethical clearance or prior presentation of the work.
5. Review: check all entries and click Submit.

The corresponding author will receive an acknowledgment by email and can track the status of the submission at any time by logging in to the journal website.

9. Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

9.1. General Organization

Manuscripts should be organized in the following order: Title; Authors' Names; Authors' Affiliations; Corresponding Author's Email; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Literature Review; Methodology; Results and Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Author Contributions; Conflict of Interest; Ethical Clearance Statement (if applicable); Declaration of AI Tool Usage; and References. The standard length is 10 pages, with a maximum of 12 pages including references.

The accepted paper will be laid out by the Editorial Office. The final layout in PDF (proof) will be sent to the corresponding author for correction before publication.

9.2. Page Layout, Font, and Spacing

The paper size is A4 with margins as set in the template. The manuscript must be typed in Times New Roman, 10-point, single-spaced, justified, in the two-column format of the template. Page numbers are placed in the footer. Do not use the first person (I, we) where it can be avoided. Bullet and numbered lists inside the body text should be avoided; write descriptive paragraphs instead.

9.3. Section Headings

Three levels of headings are allowed: Level 1 (bold, Title Case, numbered with Roman numerals, e.g., I. INTRODUCTION as in the template), Level 2 (bold, numbered with capital letters), and Level 3 (italic, numbered with Arabic numerals).

9.4. Article Title

The title must be in 12-point Times New Roman, bold, and left-aligned, with the first letter of every major word capitalized. It should be accurate, specific, and complete, and should not contain uncommon abbreviations. A title of no more than 15 words is recommended.

9.5. Authors' Names, Affiliations, and Email

Write full author names without academic titles or professional positions. Do not abbreviate family names. Affiliations must include the department, faculty, university or institution, city, and country, in 10-point Times New Roman. The corresponding author is marked with a superscript asterisk (*) and the corresponding author's email address is placed below the affiliations. If an author has moved since the work was done, the address where the work was done remains the main affiliation and a present address may be given as a note.

9.6. Abstract and Keywords

The abstract must be written in English, in 10-point Times New Roman, 150 to 250 words, in a single paragraph. It must state the research problem, the method, the main quantitative results, and the conclusion, and must stand alone without citations, abbreviations, footnotes, figures, or equations. It must not be copied verbatim from the body text.

Provide four to six keywords in 10-point Times New Roman, separated by commas, arranged alphabetically. Keywords should represent the content of the article and support indexing; avoid words already in the title where possible.

9.7. Introduction

The introduction should present the background, the state of the art in the form of a concise literature survey organized by topic or method rather than author by author, the limitations of previous work, the research gap, and the contribution or novelty of the present work. The objectives of the research should be stated at the end of the introduction. Avoid a detailed literature review and do not summarize the results here.

Example of a gap and novelty statement at the end of the introduction: "... (short summary of background) ... Several studies have focused on ... However, limited work has addressed ... Therefore, this research proposes ... The contributions of this paper are ..."

9.8. Literature Review

The materials should be described with sufficient details to allow others to replicate and build on the published results. Please note that the published manuscript implies all materials, data, computer code, and protocols associated with the publication are available to readers. Please disclose at the submission stage any restrictions on the availability of materials or information. New methods and protocols should be described in detail, while well-established methods can be briefly described and appropriately cited.

9.9. Methods

The methods section must allow other researchers to reproduce the work. Describe the system architecture, hardware and its specifications (make, model, and key parameters of sensors, microcontrollers, instruments, and measurement equipment), software and its version, simulation environment and parameters, datasets (source, size, and preprocessing), algorithms, and experimental or testing procedures. Established methods should be cited rather than described in detail; only relevant modifications need to be explained. If statistical analysis is used, state the tests and the significance level. Where the research involves human participants or personal data, refer to Section 9.15.

9.10. Results and Discussion

Results should be presented clearly and concisely using tables and figures, each with a descriptive caption and each cited in the text. Present findings rather than raw data in great detail. The discussion must interpret the results, explain why they occur, relate them to the objectives stated in the introduction, and compare them with previously published work, highlighting agreements and differences. Do not repeat the results. A combined Results and Discussion section is used in Jurnal Elektro. State the limitations of the study where relevant.

9.11. Conclusion

The conclusion must answer the research objectives and state how the work advances the field, supported by the key quantitative findings. Do not repeat the abstract or merely list results. Possible applications and future work may be indicated briefly. References are not included in the conclusion.

9.12. Tables

Tables are numbered sequentially with Roman numerals (TABLE I, TABLE II) and the title is placed above the table. Use only horizontal lines; do not use vertical lines. Tables should be centered in the column or across the page and referred to in the text by number. Table text is 8 to 9 point.

9.13. Figures

Figures are numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals and the caption is placed below the figure (Fig. 1, Fig. 2). Figures must be of sufficient resolution (minimum 300 dpi for raster images) and must be readable when printed in black and white. Axis labels, units, and legends must be included in plots. Circuit diagrams, block diagrams, and flowcharts should be drawn as vector graphics where possible. See the Generative AI Policy for restrictions on AI-generated or AI-modified images.

9.14. Equations

Equations must be prepared with the Microsoft Word Equation Editor or MathType, not as images. Equations are numbered consecutively with the number in parentheses at the right margin, and are referred to in the text as (1), (2). All symbols must be defined at their first use.

9.15. Units, Abbreviations, and Symbols

Use SI units throughout the manuscript. Define abbreviations and symbols the first time they appear in the text, and use them consistently thereafter. Do not define abbreviations in the abstract or the title.

9.16. Acknowledgments

Acknowledge individuals, institutions, and funding agencies that supported the research, including grant numbers where applicable. Do not acknowledge any of the authors.

9.17. Author Contributions

The contribution of each author must be stated using the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) categories: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data curation, Writing (original draft), Writing (review and editing), Visualization, Supervision, Project administration, and Funding acquisition. Example: "A.B.: conceptualization, methodology, software, writing (original draft). C.D.: validation, formal analysis, writing (review and editing). E.F.: supervision, funding acquisition. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript."

9.18. Conflict of Interest

Authors must declare any financial or personal relationships that could be seen to influence the work. If there is none, state: "The authors declare no conflict of interest."

9.19. Declaration of AI Tool Usage

Authors must declare the use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in the preparation of the manuscript, in accordance with the Generative AI Policy. If no such tools were used, state: "The authors declare that no generative AI or AI-assisted technologies were used in the preparation of this manuscript." AI tools cannot be listed as authors.

9.20. Ethical Clearance

Research involving human participants (for example user studies, physiological or biomedical signal acquisition, motion capture, or surveys), personal data, or animals must have been approved by an appropriate ethics committee. The name of the committee and the approval number must be stated in the Ethical Clearance Statement. Where such approval was not required, the authors must state this explicitly. Manuscripts that require ethical clearance but do not provide it will not be considered.

9.21. References

Jurnal Elektro uses the IEEE reference style. References are numbered in the order in which they first appear in the text, and in-text citations are placed in square brackets before the punctuation, e.g., [1], [2], or [1]–[3] for a range. Every reference cited in the text must appear in the reference list and vice versa. The use of a reference manager (Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote) with the IEEE style is strongly recommended.

Requirements for the reference list:

• A minimum of 15 references.
• At least 80% of the references must be primary sources from reputable journals or conference proceedings.
• At least 10 references must have been published within the last 5 years.
• Include all authors; do not use "et al." in the reference list.
• Include the DOI for every reference that has one.
• Unpublished data and personal communications are not permitted as references.
• Avoid excessive self-citation and excessive citation of works from a single institution or region.
• Web references should be used only when no formal source exists, and must include the full URL and the access date.

Examples of references in IEEE style:

[1] A. Author and B. Author, "Title of the article," Journal Name, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 45–56, Mar. 2024, doi: 10.xxxx/xxxxx. (Journal article)
[2] C. Author, D. Author, and E. Author, "Title of the paper," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), London, U.K., 2023, pp. 1234–1239, doi: 10.xxxx/xxxxx. (Conference paper)
[3] F. Author, Title of the Book, 3rd ed. New York, NY, USA: Publisher, 2021. (Book)
[4] G. Author, "Title of the chapter," in Title of the Book, H. Editor, Ed. City, Country: Publisher, 2020, pp. 100–120. (Book chapter)
[5] I. Author, "Title of the thesis," Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Elect. Eng., Univ. Name, City, Country, 2022. (Thesis or dissertation)
[6] J. Author, "Title of the report," Organization, City, Country, Tech. Rep. TR-2023-01, 2023. (Technical report)
[7] Organization, "Title of the standard," Standard IEEE 802.15.4-2020, 2020. (Standard)
[8] K. Author. "Title of the web page." Website Name. Accessed: Sep. 10, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://www.example.com/page (Web page)

Last updated: September 2026