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Author Guidelines

Official Manuscript Template: Download the official JKK article formatting template here.

1. General Submission Requirements

  • Manuscripts must represent original, authentic empirical research (quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods) or rigorous systematic reviews/meta-analyses not previously published or submitted elsewhere.
  • Submissions must be written in proficient academic English or standard Indonesian.
  • Manuscript length must range between 4,000 and 7,000 words including tables, figures, and bibliographic references, prepared in Microsoft Word (.docx) format.
  • The similarity index must strictly remain below 20% when checked via Turnitin or iThenticate (excluding references).

2. Manuscript Structure (IMRAD Framework)

  1. Title: Concise, specific, and informative, limited to 15–18 words without non-standard acronyms.
  2. Authors & Affiliations: Full names without academic titles, department, institution, city, country, corresponding email, and verified ORCID iD for each author.
  3. Abstract: Structured format (Background, Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusion), 200–250 words in both English and Indonesian.
  4. Keywords: 3–5 indexable terms separated by semicolons (;), reflecting Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
  5. Introduction: Formulates the theoretical foundation, scientific urgency, state of the art, explicit research gap, and principal study objective.
  6. Methods: Comprehensively details study design, target population and sampling strategy, instrumentation with validity/reliability verification, data collection protocols, Ethical Clearance (IRB approval number and participant informed consent), and statistical analysis techniques.
  7. Results: Presented systematically using concise narrative, numbered tables, and figures. All tables and figures must be self-explanatory with descriptive titles and notes.
  8. Discussion: Interprets the findings against recent scholarly literature, clinical implications for nursing and healthcare practice, strengths, and study limitations.
  9. Conclusion: Concisely states the main takeaways directly answering research questions, followed by recommendations for healthcare practice and future research.
  10. Acknowledgments: Acknowledges institutional support, contributing personnel, and research funding grants.
  11. References: Minimum of 25–30 bibliographic citations, with at least 80% primary journal articles from the past 5–10 years. Formatted strictly in APA 7th Edition style using a reference manager (Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote). Active DOI URLs must be included for all references.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

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  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

  2. 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 acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.

  3. 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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