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Author Guidelines

Ready to submit your research? Please be sure to check the Author Guidelines first for step-by-step submission instructions. Authors are required to download and prepare their manuscript based on the template provide in Manuscript Template page.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items. Submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • Originality & Academic Integrity: The submission is entirely original, has not been previously published, and is not currently under consideration by another journal. The authors confirm the absence of plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, and contract cheating (ghostwriting/joki akademik), in strict compliance with COPE guidelines and Permendiktisaintek No. 9 Tahun 2026.
  • Authorship: All listed authors meet the criteria for authorship (having made significant scientific contributions), agree with the manuscript's final contents, and explicitly consent to its submission. No ghost, guest, or gift authors are included.
  • Declarations & Ethics: The manuscript includes a consolidated Declarations section placed before the references. This includes the Data Availability Statement, Funding details, Conflicts of Interest, and Ethical Approval statements (if human or animal subjects were involved), in accordance with the Author Declaration Policy.
  • Document Format: The submission file is in Microsoft Word (.docx) format. The text is double-spaced, uses a 12-point Aptos font, and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed at the end of the document.
  • Style Guidelines: The text rigorously adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Citations & References: In-line citations and the reference list were prepared using a Reference Manager software (e.g., EndNote, Zotero, or Mendeley). Where available, active DOIs or URLs for the references have been provided.

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Copyright Notice

  • Copyright Retention: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share, copy, and adapt the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

  • Non-Exclusive Distribution: Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository, or publish it in a book), with an explicit acknowledgment of its initial publication in Terra Alimentaria.

  • Self-Archiving: Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.

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Data Collection

The journal collects personal information—such as names, institutional affiliations, ORCID iDs, and email addresses—strictly for the purposes of managing the editorial workflow, conducting peer review, and publishing accepted manuscripts.

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The data entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated academic and publishing purposes of Terra Alimentaria. We will not sell, distribute, or make this personal information available for any commercial purpose or to any unauthorized third party. Published articles will display the authors' names, affiliations, and contact email addresses as part of the standard academic record.

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All registered users (authors, reviewers, and editors) have the right to view, update, or correct their personal profile information at any time by logging into their Terra Alimentaria account. Users may also contact the editorial office to request the deletion of their account and associated personal data, provided it does not conflict with the journal's obligation to maintain a permanent scientific record of published research.