Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Media Keperawatan Indonesia is intended to be the university journal for publishing articles reporting the results of research in nursing. Media Keperawatan Indonesia invites manuscripts in the areas of medical-surgical nursing, emergency and disaster nursing, critical nursing, pediatric nursing, maternity nursing, mental health nursing, gerontological nursing, community health nursing, management and leadership nursing.

 

Section Policies

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Peer Review Process

Peer Review Process

Peer Review Policy

Media Keperawatan Indonesia applies a double-blind peer review system to ensure a fair, objective, and transparent evaluation of all submitted manuscripts.

In the double-blind review process, the identities of both authors and reviewers are concealed to minimize potential bias and maintain academic integrity.

All manuscripts submitted to the journal undergo a rigorous editorial and peer-review process before they can be considered for publication.

 

Initial Editorial Screening

Upon submission, the editorial office conducts an initial screening to evaluate whether the manuscript meets the journal's basic requirements.

During this stage, the editorial team assesses:

  • relevance to the journal's scope
  • originality and novelty of the research
  • compliance with the journal's author guidelines
  • adherence to ethical standards
  • plagiarism screening results

Manuscripts that do not meet the journal's scope or quality standards may be rejected without external review.

 

Assignment to Section Editor

Manuscripts that pass the initial screening are assigned to a section editor or handling editor with expertise relevant to the manuscript topic.

The editor evaluates the manuscript and selects independent reviewers with appropriate academic expertise.

 

Selection of Reviewers

Each manuscript is typically reviewed by two to three independent reviewers who are experts in the relevant field of nursing or health sciences.

Reviewers are selected based on:

  • academic qualifications
  • research expertise
  • previous publication record
  • absence of conflicts of interest

Reviewers are expected to maintain confidentiality and adhere to ethical review practices.

 

Review Criteria

Reviewers are asked to evaluate manuscripts based on the following criteria:

  • originality and significance of the research
  • methodological rigor
  • clarity of research objectives
  • quality of data analysis
  • validity of conclusions
  • relevance to nursing practice and health sciences
  • clarity of presentation and structure

Reviewers provide constructive feedback and recommendations to improve the manuscript.

 

Editorial Decision

Based on the reviewers' comments and recommendations, the editor makes one of the following decisions:

  • Accept without revision
  • Minor revision
  • Major revision
  • Reject

Authors receiving revision decisions are required to submit a revised manuscript along with a detailed response to reviewer comments.

 

Final Decision

The final publication decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief after considering reviewers’ recommendations and the quality of the revised manuscript.

The editorial board reserves the right to reject manuscripts that do not meet the scientific or ethical standards of the journal.

 

 

Publication Frequency

Media Keperawatan Indonesia has published ten articles in each issue and four issues in a year (March, June, September, and December) since volume 4 No 1, 2021.

 

Open Access Policy

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

This is an open-access journal, meaning that all content is freely available without charge to users or / institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full-text articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or author. This is in accordance with Budapest Open Access Initiative

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Abstracting & Indexing

  1. Google Scholar
  2. Science and Technology Index (SINTA)
  3. Garba Rujukan Digital (GARUDA)
  4. Directory of Open Access Journals
  5. Index Copernicus International
  6. Dimensions
  7. Crossref
  8. Worldcat
  9. ROAD
  10. Bielefeld University Library
  11. PKP Index
  12. ResearchBib

 

Policy of Screening for Plagiarism

All manuscripts must be free from plagiarism contents. All authors are suggested to use plagiarism detection software for similarity checking. Editors check the plagiarism detection of articles in this journal using Plagiarism Turnitin software.

 

Flow of Publications

 

Review Guidelines

Guidelines for Reviewers

Responsibility of Peer Reviewer

The peer reviewer is responsible for critiquing by reading and evaluating manuscripts in the field of expertise, then giving constructive advice and honest feedback to the author of the article submitted. Peer reviewers, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the article, how to increase the strength and quality of the paper, and evaluate the relevance and authenticity of the manuscript.

Before reviewing, please note the following:

  1. Is the article requested to be reviewed following your expertise? If you receive a script that covers the topics that are not appropriate areas of your expertise, please notify the editor as soon as possible or you can click the "unable to do the review" statement. Please recommend an alternative reviewer.
  2. Do you have the time to review this paper? The review process must be completed within four weeks. If you agree and require a longer period, notify the editor as soon as possible, or suggest an alternative reviewer.
  3. Is there any potential conflict of interest? Meanwhile, conflicts of interest will not disqualify you as a reviewer, disclose all conflicts of interest to the editor before reviewing. If you have any questions about potential conflicts of interest, do not hesitate to contact the editorial office.

 

Review Process

When reviewing the manuscript, please consider the following:

  1. Title:
    1. Is it illustrating the article?
    2. Is it interesting?
    3. Is the title specific?
  2. Abstract: does it reflect the contents of the article (background, objectives, methods and results)?
  3. Keywords:
    1. The suitability of keywords with study findings
    2. The maximum number of keywords is 4 words

 

Content of the Article

To determine the originality and suitability for the journal, are there any elements of plagiarism over 25% of this paper field? Quick literature search can use certain tools such as Turnitin to see if there are similarities from other parts.

  1. If the study had been previously done by other authors, it is still eligible for publication?
  2. Is the article is fairly new, fairly deep, and interesting to be published?
  3. Does it contribute to knowledge?
  4. Does the article adhere to the standards of the journal?
  5. Scope - Is the article in line with the objectives and scope of the journal?

 

Introduction

Does the introduction describe the accuracy of matters submitted by the author and clearly state the problem being considered? Typically, the introduction should summarize the overview of the topic, the context of the relevant research, and explain the findings of the research or other findings, if any, offered for discussion or gap analysis, and the objective of the study.

 

Method

Comprehensive and perfect:

  1. Does the author accurately describe the design of the study? Typically, this step includes the designs and approaches that have been used in the study.
  2. Does the author explain the variables that have been researched in his study?
  3. Is the exposure design suitable for the answer to the question?
  4. Is there decent enough information for you to imitate the research?
  5. Does the author accurately describe how the data is collected?
  6. Does the article identify the following procedures?
  7. Are there any new methods? If there is a new method, does the author explain it in details?
  8. Is there any appropriate sampling?
  9. Have the tools and materials used been adequately explained?
  10. Does the article exposure describe what type of data is recorded; right in describing the measurement?
  11. Do the authors explain the implementation of research ethics?

 

Results:

This is where the author must explain the findings in his/her research. It should be laid out and in a logical sequence. You will need to consider whether the appropriate analysis has been carried out; the use of statistical tools? If you have better statistical tools to be used in this study, notify it, and the interpretation need not be included in this section.

 

Discussion and Conclusion:

  1. Are the claims in this section is supported by fair results and quite reasonable?
  2. Does the author compare the research results with other previous ones?
  3. Does the conclusion explain how better scientific research to be followed up?
  4. Do the authors explain the findings of the study completely?

 

Conclusion

This is where the author must answer the objectives of the study based on the results that have been obtained.

 

Tables and Pictures:

Is it suitable for the referred explanation by showing data that is easy to interpret and understandable for the readers?

 

Writing Styles

  1. Authors must be critical mostly to the literature systematic review of the issues, which is relevant to the field of study.
  2. Reviews should be focused on a single topic.
  3. The title and abstract should be in English and written in good and coherent grammar.
  4. Easy to understand
  5. Interesting to read

 

Originality Research

  1. The original data and testing must present data that offers a new approach to improve systems, processes, and precision of the tools which are used.
  2. Research policy and observational analysis should clarify the feasibility, effectiveness, and implementation of the research results.
  3. Review, The paper should describe the process and analyze the review of the latest topics in nursing science.

 

Reference

  1. Authors must write down all references used in the manuscript
  2. At least 15 references (minimum 80% primary reference)
  3. The maximum reference is the last 5 years
  4. Citations and bibliographies should be written using a reference manager

 

Final Review

  1. All results of the review submitted by reviewers are confidential
  2. If you want to discuss the article with a colleague, kindly inform the editor
  3. Do not contact the author directly.
  4. Ethical issues:
  5. Plagiarism: if you suspect the article is mostly plagiarism from other authors, please let the editor knows the details
  6. Fraud: It is very difficult to detect a fraud category, but if you suspect the results in the article is not true, please inform the editor

 

Complete "The Review" by the due date to the editorial office. Your recommendation for the article will be considered when the editor makes a final decision and your honest feedback is highly appreciated.

When you write a comment, please show the part of the comment that is only intended for the editor and parts that can be returned to the author.

Please do not hesitate to contact the editorial office with any questions or problems that you may encounter