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Author Guidelines

Article types

JPNM accepts the types below. Authors declare the type at submission, and the manuscript is assessed against the requirements of that type only. Each type's requirements are stated in its section policy.

  • Research Article
  • Review Article
  • Case Study
  • Policy Analysis

Citation style

APA 7th edition, author-date in text. Manuscripts in another style are returned for reformatting before review.

Length

5,000-8,000 words excluding references.

Requirements specific to JPNM

  • Ethical approval: research involving human participants, patients, medical records or biological samples must state the ethics committee (KEPK) and approval number in Method. Manuscripts without it are returned at desk stage.
  • Informed consent obtained from participants (or guardians) must be stated; identifiable images or case details require written consent for publication.
  • Follow the relevant reporting guideline: CONSORT (trials), STROBE (observational), PRISMA (systematic reviews), COREQ/SRQR (qualitative), CARE (case reports). Clinical trials must be registered before enrolment.
  • A Participants sub-section stating number, setting, sampling and recruitment; validity and reliability reported for every instrument used.
  • Limitations is a required section.
  • Structured abstract, 200-250 words: Background - Method - Results - Conclusion.

Language and metadata

Title, abstract and keywords in English. Full text in English. Three to six keywords, separated by semicolons.

Manuscript template

Write your manuscript on the journal's own template — it carries the section headings, the structured abstract and the ethics, consent and reporting-guideline statements already in place.

Download the JPNM manuscript template (.docx)

The template is the anonymised file. Prepare the title page as a separate document.

Files to submit

  1. Anonymised manuscript - no author name, affiliation or self-identifying acknowledgement anywhere in the file, for double-blind review.
  2. Title page, submitted separately: full title, every author with affiliation, e-mail and ORCID iD, corresponding author marked, and CRediT contribution statement.
  3. Ethical approval letter (where applicable) and statement of originality and copyright, signed by the corresponding author on behalf of all authors.

Declarations

Required at submission: competing interests, funding, data availability, acknowledgements, and use of AI - any generative tool used in drafting, analysis or translation must be named together with what it was used for. AI cannot be listed as an author.

Fees

No submission fee and no publication fee during the journal's founding period.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  • All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
  • Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.

Research Article

Empirical health research with primary or self-analysed secondary data (e.g. Riskesdas/SKI, SDKI, facility records). Full IMRaD. Design, setting, sample size and sampling, and response rate stated in Method; ethical approval (KEPK, number and date) and informed consent stated; reporting follows CONSORT, STROBE, COREQ or SRQR as appropriate. Every reported figure carries a measure of variation; Data Availability statement required.

Review Article

Systematic, scoping or structured narrative review on a public health, nursing or midwifery question. PRISMA (or PRISMA-ScR) flow diagram and checklist; search protocol stated: databases, keywords, date range; inclusion and exclusion criteria and the number of records screened and included; risk-of-bias or quality appraisal where applicable. Ethical approval is not required.

Case Study

Clinical case report or in-depth study of a single community, facility or programme. Clinical cases follow the CARE guideline and require written consent for publication from the patient (or guardian); community or facility cases state why the case was selected, the sources of evidence and the limits of generalisation.

Policy Analysis

Analysis of health policy, regulation, financing or programme design from documentary and secondary evidence (e.g. JKN, Posyandu, maternal and child health programmes). Not IMRaD. Structure: Introduction, Policy and Institutional Context, Analysis, Implications for Practice, Conclusion. Regulations are cited to article and clause.

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Authors retain copyright of their work and grant JPNM the right of first publication.

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