Author Guidelines

Jurnal Kesehatan is an open-access scientific journal published by the UPPM, Ternate Health Polytechnic. All submitted manuscripts are subject to editorial screening and peer review using a double-blind review process. Authors are expected to prepare manuscripts in accordance with these guidelines and the official journal template.

ARTICLE SUBMISSION

  • Submit the manuscript through the Submissions page of Jurnal Kesehatan.
  • Authors who do not yet have an account must register before logging in and submitting a manuscript.
  • Prepare the manuscript using the latest Jurnal Kesehatan template and ensure that all required sections and declarations are complete.
  • Submissions undergo initial editorial screening, including checks for scope, originality, plagiarism, completeness, and compliance with the journal template. Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements may be returned or rejected before peer review.
  • Manuscripts that do not follow the journal’s writing instructions and template will not proceed to review until the required corrections are made.

REQUIRED SUBMISSION DOCUMENTS

Prepare and upload the following documents as applicable:

  • Manuscript prepared according to the Jurnal Kesehatan template.
  • Copyright Statement signed by the first author or corresponding author, as required by the journal.
  • Conflict of Interest Form signed by all authors.
  • Ethical approval/ethical clearance document for research that requires ethical review. Upload this document as a supplementary file. Requirements depend on the study design, participants, and applicable institutional or regulatory rules.

GENERAL FORMATTING

  • Manuscripts may be written in English or Bahasa Indonesia.
  • Prepare the manuscript in an editable Microsoft Word format.
  • Use A4 paper with 1-inch (2.5 cm) margins on all sides.
  • Use Times New Roman, 11 pt, with 1.5 line spacing, unless the template specifies a different format for a particular element.
  • Do not use bold type merely to emphasize words in the body text.
  • Do not use tabs or manual indents to begin paragraphs.
  • Avoid unnecessary automatic formatting features. Tables, figures, headings, citations, and references must follow the journal template.
  • Use the section order and formatting provided in the current journal template.

TITLE AND AUTHOR INFORMATION

The title must be concise, clear, specific, and not open to multiple interpretations. Avoid uncommon abbreviations. Follow the language and capitalization requirements shown in the current journal template. List each author’s full name without academic titles, affiliation, correspondence address, and email address. Clearly identify the corresponding author.

ABSTRACT AND KEYWORDS

The abstract should concisely summarize the background, research objective, methods, principal findings, and conclusion. The abstract must not exceed 200 words. Provide no more than five keywords that represent the main concepts of the article. Follow the abstract-specific font, margins, and layout stated in the journal template.

INTRODUCTION

The Introduction should establish the research context and explain why the study is needed. It must include a focused and current overview of relevant previous research (state of the art), followed by a clear research-gap analysis derived from that literature. Explain how the present study addresses the gap and state its originality or scientific novelty specifically. The novelty claim must be supported by comparison with previous studies, rather than by an unsupported statement that the topic has not been studied. Include the relevant conceptual or theoretical basis, the research problem or question, and an explicit statement of the research objective. The literature review should be integrated into the Introduction rather than presented as a separate, general literature-review chapter in an original research article.

METHODS

Describe the research design and procedures sufficiently clearly for readers to understand how the study was conducted. Include the study setting or context; population, participants, sample, informants, or data sources; sampling or selection procedures; instruments or materials; data-collection procedures; variables or analytical categories; and data-analysis methods, including statistical tests or models where relevant. The methods must be appropriate to the research objective and sufficiently detailed to support assessment of the study’s rigor.

Ethics of research must also be addressed where applicable. For research involving human participants, identifiable personal data, or animals, state the name of the ethics committee or approving institution and provide the ethical approval/clearance number and approval date, when approval has been obtained or is required. Briefly describe relevant measures for informed consent, confidentiality, privacy, and protection of participants or animals. If formal ethical approval is not required, explain the basis for that determination in accordance with the applicable institutional and disciplinary rules. Upload the approval document as a supplementary file when required.

For case reports, case studies, or short communications, clearly state the objective or hypothesis, research method, results and analysis, and conclusion.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Present the results in a clear and logical order, supported by relevant data or evidence. Report the findings needed to answer the research objective, including non-significant findings where relevant. Identify the number of observations or participants in each analysis and explain missing data or their treatment when applicable. Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively, have informative titles or captions, and be referred to in the text. The total number of tables and figures should not exceed five, in accordance with the template.

The Discussion must interpret the findings rather than merely repeat or describe the results. Explain what the findings mean, why the observed patterns may have occurred, and how they answer the research objective. Relate the findings to relevant concepts or theories and compare them critically with recent, relevant studies. Explain whether the results confirm, extend, qualify, or contradict previous findings, and support interpretations with the study data and appropriate literature. Discuss scientific contribution and relevant implications, acknowledge material limitations honestly, and avoid claims that go beyond the evidence.

CONCLUSION

The Conclusion must directly answer the research objective or question and emphasize the main findings and any new or important contribution supported by the results. It should be concise, evidence-based, and written as a paragraph rather than a numbered list. Do not repeat the full Results and Discussion, introduce new data, or include broad claims that were not established by the study. Relevant recommendations, practical implications, or suggestions for further research may be added briefly.

REFERENCES

Use APA style consistently for in-text citations and the reference list. Every source cited in the text must appear in the reference list, and every reference listed must be cited in the manuscript. Reference-management software such as Mendeley or Zotero may be used.

Each article must include at least 15 references. Prioritize primary research sources, including original research articles in scientific journals, conference proceedings, theses, dissertations, research monographs, and other sources reporting direct research findings. The references should adequately support the state-of-the-art overview, research-gap analysis, and justification of novelty. References published within the last 10 years should form the main body of the literature, where appropriate. Relevant classic works may be cited to explain foundational concepts or theories, but should not be used as the main basis for comparison with current findings or for justifying novelty. Ensure that all references are relevant, credible, and up to date.

Review articles, where accepted by the journal’s scope, must provide a comprehensive and current synthesis of the relevant literature and include a clearly identifiable section presenting the author’s own critical analysis or original contribution. The journal prioritizes original research articles; review articles and case reports should be limited unless they are appropriate to the journal’s specific scope.

TABLES

  • Tables must be included in the manuscript and cited in the text.
  • Number tables consecutively using Arabic numerals (Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, etc.).
  • Provide a clear, informative title for each table.
  • Use Times New Roman 11 pt for table headings and Times New Roman 10 pt with single spacing for table contents, unless the template specifies otherwise.
  • If a table is reproduced or adapted from another source, cite that source.

FIGURES

  • Figures must be included in the manuscript and cited in the text.
  • Number figures consecutively using Arabic numerals (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, etc.).
  • Submit images in JPEG format at a minimum resolution of 300 DPI and a recommended minimum size of 1,000 × 1,000 pixels. Use CMYK or RGB color mode.
  • Ensure that all text, numbers, symbols, and visual details remain legible at publication size.
  • Cite the original source for any figure reproduced or adapted from another publication.

DECLARATIONS AND ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

Authors must include the following declarations in their manuscripts, as applicable. These statements should be placed in a separate section before the References.

a. Acknowledgments

Authors may acknowledge individuals, institutions, or organizations that contributed to the research but do not meet the criteria for authorship. Authors should obtain permission from individuals named in the acknowledgments, where appropriate.

b. Funding

Authors must disclose all sources of financial support for the research and manuscript preparation, including the name of the funding organization and grant number, if applicable.

If the research received no specific funding, include the following statement:

“This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.”

c. Conflict of Interest

All authors must disclose any actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest that could influence the research, its interpretation, or publication. The Conflict of Interest Form must be signed by all authors and uploaded as a supplementary file.

A corresponding statement must also be included in the manuscript. If no conflicts exist, include the following statement:

“The authors declare no conflict of interest.”

d. Author Contributions

Authors must provide a clear and accurate description of each author's contribution to the research and manuscript preparation. Contributions may include conceptualization, methodology, data collection, formal analysis, investigation, writing the original draft, review and editing, supervision, and project administration, as applicable.

All listed authors must have made appropriate scholarly contributions, approved the final manuscript, and agreed to its submission. All authors share responsibility for the integrity of the work in accordance with their respective contributions.

e. Data Availability Statement

Authors must include a statement describing the availability of the data supporting the findings. The statement should indicate whether the data are publicly available, available upon reasonable request, restricted due to ethical or legal considerations, or not applicable.

Where data are publicly available, authors should provide the repository name and a persistent identifier or accessible link. Data sharing must comply with applicable ethical approval, participant consent, privacy, and confidentiality requirements.

f. Declaration of AI-Assisted Tools

Authors must disclose the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted tools in manuscript preparation in accordance with the journal's AI policy. The declaration should identify the tool used and explain its purpose and extent of use.

AI tools must not be listed as authors. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and ethical compliance of the submitted manuscript, including the verification of AI-generated content, citations, and references.

AI tools must not be used to fabricate or falsify research data, results, citations, or other scholarly content. Authors must critically review and verify any AI-assisted output before submission.

If no AI-assisted tools requiring disclosure were used, authors should provide a declaration in accordance with the journal's AI policy.

SCOPE AND ARTICLE TYPE

All submissions must fit the focus and scope of Jurnal Kesehatan. Interdisciplinary approaches are acceptable when they address a coherent problem within the journal’s scope. Manuscripts that combine unrelated fields without a clear connection to the journal’s focus may be considered out of scope. Authors should select an article type that matches the study and ensure that the manuscript includes the objective, appropriate methods, analysis, and conclusion required for that type.