Editorial Policies

Editorial Policies

FOCUS AND SCOPE

Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan Sandi Husada (JIKSH) aims to serve as a reputable international platform for disseminating high-quality, peer-reviewed research that advances evidence-based practice, health systems strengthening, and policy development. The journal emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches integrating nursing, medicine, public health, and allied health sciences to address complex and emerging health challenges.

Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan Sandi Husada (JIKSH) publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed articles across a broad spectrum of health sciences, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary and evidence-based approaches. The journal’s scope includes, but is not limited to:

  • Clinical nursing practice and advanced nursing care
  • Community and public health, including epidemiology and biostatistics
  • Health promotion, disease prevention, and behavioral health
  • Health systems, policy, and management
  • Pharmacotherapy and clinical interventions
  • Maternal, child, and reproductive health
  • Communicable and non-communicable diseases
  • Environmental health and occupational safety
  • Digital health, health innovation, and telemedicine
  • Health education and workforce development

JIKSH particularly encourages submissions employing robust methodologies (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods), systematic reviews, and implementation research with clear implications for policy and practice, especially in low- and middle-income countries and Asian contexts.

SECTION POLICIES

Original Articles

Original articles should present clinical studies or research that have not been previously published or are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The manuscript should not exceed 7,000 words, including the list of authors and their affiliations, corresponding author information, acknowledgments, and figure legends. An abstract of no more than 250 words is required. References should primarily come from international journals indexed by Scopus or Web of Science, and the manuscript may include a maximum of five figures or tables.

Systematic Reviews

Systematic reviews are comprehensive, critical assessments of evidence from various data sources related to a specific topic in the field of nursing. A systematic search of relevant data sources must be conducted, and the collected items should be evaluated carefully for inclusion based on predefined inclusion/exclusion criteria. The review should include a detailed description and an analytical graphical representation of the process. The characteristics of the participants or patient populations in the studies included must be described, along with the measures of exposure and outcomes, indicating the corresponding data sources. A structured abstract is required, following the same format as for short reviews. The text should not exceed 7,000 words, including acknowledgments, and may include up to four tables and/or figures.

Meta-analyses

Meta-analyses should adhere to the same guidelines as systematic reviews. They are expected to provide comprehensive information and a statistical assessment of pooled estimates for predefined outcomes, study heterogeneity and quality, potential publication bias, meta-regression, and subgroup analyses where appropriate. Authors are encouraged to submit PRISMA flow diagrams, depending on the type of study. Both systematic reviews and meta-analyses will follow the same editorial process as original articles.

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

The decision to publish a paper is based on an editorial assessment and peer review. Initially, all papers are assessed by an editorial committee consisting of members of the editorial team. The prime purpose is to decide whether to send a paper for peer review and to give a rapid decision on those that are not. The rejection is based on the novelty or the relevancy with the scope of this journal.

Initial Editorial Assessment

Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan Sandi Husada are eager to provide a rapid publication process through an initial assessment conducted by an editorial committee consisting of the editorial team members. The primary purpose is to decide whether to send the paper for peer-review or to reject it. The main point is scope, compliance with the guideline, and language. Sometimes a paper will be returned to the author with a request for revisions with the purpose to help editors in deciding whether or not to send it out for review. Authors may expect the decision of the Initial Editorial Assessment from this stage of the review process within 1-2 weeks of submission.

Review Process

After passing the Initial Editorial Assessment, the article will be sent to peer-reviewers. The peer-review process involved at least two reviewers for each manuscript selected based on their expertise. All reviewing process is done by the double-blind review, which means the authors and peer-reviewers do not know each other's identity. The reviewers should complete the review within three weeks in each reviewing round after the review request was sent.

Decision-Making Process

The decision to accept for publication is based on the peer reviewer's recommendations, based on which two acceptance recommendations are required. If there is a difference in the two reviewers' recommendations, the editor has the right to seek the third reviewer's consideration. The final decision to publish is made by the editor-in-chief, editorial committee (national or international advisory board) by considering the advice from reviewers.

PUBLICATION FREQUENCY

Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan Sandi Husada is published four times a year (June and December).

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

This Journal retains copyright but provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Statement:
The authors retain the copyright of this work and grant Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan Sandi Husada the right of first publication. The work is simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the initial publication in this journal are properly credited.

The authors are permitted to copy and redistribute the published version of the work, including posting it to an institutional repository or including it in a book, with acknowledgment of its initial publication in Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan Sandi Husada.

Archiving

This journal utilises the PKP PN, LockSS, and ClockSS systems to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.

A LOCKSS licence will appear in About the Journal under Archiving: LOCKSS License. Enable LOCKSS to store and distribute journal content at participating libraries via a LOCKSS Publisher Manifest page.
A CLOCKSS licence will appear in About the Journal under Archiving: CLOCKSS License. Enable CLOCKSS to store and distribute journal content at participating libraries via a CLOCKSS Publisher Manifest page.

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION AND PUBLISHING

Manuscript Submission

The manuscript should be written in Ms. Word format. The figure, illustration, and picture are included in the manuscript file. Submit manuscript directly to Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan Sandi Husada website. Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan Sandi Husada will automatically REJECT any manuscript submitted via email or hard copy.

Manuscript Publishing

The feasible manuscript is determined by the Editorial Board after obtaining recommendations from peer reviewers. Manuscript revision is author responsibility, and manuscripts that are not feasible will be returned to the author.

PLAGIARISM CHECK

This journal follows the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines and requests authors to familarise themselves with these guidelines at: http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines. 
A few issues that authors need to pay particular attention to are set out below.
Plagiarism is not acceptable in Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan Sandi Husada submissions. All the submitted manuscripts are checked for plagiarism before starting the review process.