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- Author Guidelines
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- Publication Frequency
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Author Guidelines
Official Manuscript Template: Download the official Microsoft Word template for JKK here (.docx).
General Submission Criteria
- Originality: Must be original empirical research, systematic review, or meta-analysis not previously published or concurrently under review elsewhere.
- Language: Proficient academic English or standard Indonesian. If written in Indonesian, title, abstract, and keywords must also be provided in academic English.
- Length: 4,000–7,000 words (including tables, figures, and references). Prepared in Microsoft Word (.docx).
- Similarity Index: Strictly below 20% via Turnitin/iThenticate.
Manuscript Structure (IMRAD)
- Title: Concise, informative, maximum 15–18 words, avoiding non-standard abbreviations.
- Author Information: Full names without academic degrees, departmental affiliation, institution name, city, country, corresponding author's email, and active ORCID iD.
- Structured Abstract: 200–250 words structured into Background, Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusion. Mandatory in English.
- Keywords: 3–5 terms separated by semicolons (;), indexing core topics using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
- Introduction: Formulates context, scientific urgency, literature synthesis (state of the art), research gap, and primary objective.
- Methods: Research design, setting, population and sampling technique, instruments with validity and reliability reports, data collection protocols, Ethical Clearance (Ethics Committee Name, IRB Protocol Number, and Informed Consent statement), and statistical analysis procedures.
- Results: Presented systematically using concise text, self-explanatory tables, and high-resolution figures (minimum 300 dpi).
- Discussion: Interprets results against recent global literature, clinical and health implications, study limitations, and future directions.
- Conclusion: Answers study objectives succinctly with recommendations for healthcare practice.
- Acknowledgments: Acknowledges technical support and research funding grants.
- References: Minimum 25–30 references, with at least 80% primary journal articles from the past 5–10 years. Formatted strictly in APA 7th Edition style using Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote with active DOI links.
