About the Journal

Journal of Public Health Matters (JPHM) is published by the publisher Edukalia.id in collaboration with the Faculty of Health Sciences, Faletehan University. This journal is published in English and Indonesian. JPHM follows a publication schedule published 3 times a year, with a new issue published every February, Juny and October. Each issue consists of a well-curated collection of 10 articles, ensuring a diverse and comprehensive exploration of contemporary health issues. To reach a wider audience and encourage international collaboration, JPHM is published in English and Bahasa Indonesia, thereby encouraging cross-cultural exchange of knowledge and ideas in the health sector.

Focus and Scope

The Journal of Public Health Matters (JPHM) provides immediate open access to its content to all readers. Articles in the Journal of Public Health Matters (JPHM) contain developments and research in the fields of Public Health. The Journal of Public Health Matters (JPHM) accepts manuscripts of original research articles, reviews, clinical cases, research letters, and letters to the editor. The Journal of Public Health Matters (JPHM) provides online media to publish scientific articles resulting from research and development in the field of Public Health. The scope of JPHM is as follows:

  • Health Administration and Policy;
  • Epidemiology;
  • Environmental Health;
  • Occupational Health and Safety;
  • Health Education and Behavioral Sciences;
  • Biostatistics;
  • Public Health Nutrition; And
  • Reproduction health

Section Policy

Open Submissions   Indexed   Peer Reviewed

 

Peer Review Process

Submitted manuscripts will be checked by an editor for suitability for our focus and scope or for major methodological flaws within four weeks. Staff will check whether the requirements are complete within one week. Authors will be given two weeks after the notification is sent to complete any incomplete requirements. Failure to complete will result in the manuscript being rejected without review.

The manuscript is checked by the Editor. The manuscript was reviewed by two members. Reviewers come from various institutions with their respective expertise. Submitted papers are evaluated by double-blind peer review. The results of the manuscript review are:

  • Accepted without correction,
  • Revised with minor corrections,
  • Revised with many corrections, and
  • Rejected.

Corresponding authors are given the opportunity to improve articles based on suggestions received from reviewers. Certain information about whether the article was accepted and published or rejected is given to the author sender in writing. The duration of the review process can be up to 3 months. If the author does not fulfill this process within 6 months, the publisher has the right to terminate it.

Publication Frequency

The Public Health Scientific Journal is published regularly (three times a year), in January, May and September.

Open Access Policy

The journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports greater global exchange of knowledge.

All articles published in Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. We continually work with our author community to select the best licensing option: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA)

Archiving

The journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and allows those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration purposes.

Statement of Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice

The Journal of Public Health Matters (JPHM) is dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of scientific integrity. A rigorous, double-blind peer review process is followed, with an emphasis on promoting ethical and scientific excellence in all published articles. This journal will adhere to COPE guidelines when dealing with possible violations.

Publisher's Duties

  1. The publisher of the Public Health Scientific Journal is responsible for publishing manuscripts that have gone through the editing, review and layout process in accordance with the publishing rules of Scientific Journals.
  2. Publishers of Public Health Scientific Journals are responsible for ensuring academic freedom for editorial staff and Mitrabestari in carrying out their respective duties.
  3. The publisher of the Journal of Public Health Matters (JPHM) is responsible for maintaining privacy and protecting it intellectual property and copyright, as well as editorial freedom.

Editor's Duties

The Editor of the Journal of Public Health Matters (JPHM) is responsible for deciding which manuscripts are suitable for publication through editorial board meetings which refer to applicable legal requirements regarding defamation, copyright infringement, duplication, data fabrication, data falsification and plagiarism. In the process of reviewing and accepting manuscripts, the editorial team of the Journal of Public Health Matters (JPHM) adheres to the principle of equal treatment in making decisions to publish manuscripts without distinguishing between the race, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality or political ideology of the author.

The editors and editorial team of the Journal of Public Health Matters (JPHM) will not disclose any information about submitted manuscripts or manuscripts except with permission from the author.  Unpublished manuscripts will not be used by the Journal of Public Health Matters (JPHM) research editors for their own purposes and will be returned directly to the author.

Duties of Peer Reviewer

  1. Peer reviewer assists editors in making editorial decisions on incoming manuscripts.
  2. Peer reviewer is responsible for manuscript recommendations which was reviewed.
  3. Review of the manuscript is carried out objectively, and is supported by clear arguments.
  4. Peer reviewer is responsible for quotations, references, duplication, data fabrication, data falsification and plagiarism in the manuscripts it reviews.
  5. Peer reviewer partners must always maintain the confidentiality of information and not use information from the manuscripts they review for personal gain/interest.

Writer's Duties

  1. The author must present the manuscript of the results of his thoughts or research clearly, honestly and without duplication, data fabrication, data falsification, and plagiarism.
  2. The author is responsible for the confirmation provided for the manuscript that has been written.
  3. The author must indicate references to the opinions and works of other people quoted.
  4. Authors are required to write manuscripts ethically, honestly and responsibly, in accordance with applicable scientific writing regulations.
  5. The author does not mind if the manuscript undergoes editing during the review and layout process without changing the substance or main idea of the writing.

Plagiarism Check

The Journal of Public Health Matters (JPHM) does not accept any form of plagiarism in submitted manuscripts. Journal of Public Health Matters (JPHM) editors will screen all submitted manuscripts for plagiarism using the Turnitin plagiarism checker. Plagiarism checking will be carried out at least twice: immediately after the manuscript is submitted to the journal, and again after final checking before publication. Authors are expected to ensure minimal similarity; however, similarities exceeding 20% will not be tolerated. Any manuscript that fails to meet these requirements will be returned to the corresponding author for correction.

Copyright Transfer Agreement

Authors who publish manuscripts in the Public Health Scientific Journal agree to the following conditions:

  1. Copyright in each manuscript belongs to the author.
  2. The author acknowledges that the Journal of Public Health Matters (JPHM) has the right to be the first to publish under the Creative Commons Attributions-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
  3. Authors can submit articles separately, arranging non-exclusive distribution of manuscripts that have been published in this journal into other versions by acknowledging that the manuscript has been first published in the Journal of Public Health Matters (JPHM).

Article Processing Fees

Authors are not charged (Free) for processing articles for publication in the Journal of Public Health Matters.