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Author Guidelines

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION

Initial submission

The article is the result of research study in vocational health. The article should be written in English and Bahasa. The initial submission should be clean and complete but does not have to comply with all JURNAL KEBIDANAN KHATULISTIWA specifications yet. There are, however, 4 requirements :

a) A blinded title page which includes the title of the manuscript only without the names of authors.

b) Numbered  pages and lines (in Words > Page Setup > Line Numbers > Continuous) throughout the text of the manuscript.

c) Article is written by using Microsoft Word, with Times New Roman font and size 10, 1 spacing, 3,5 cm margins on left side, 3 cm on above, 2 cm on  right and below sides. Formula and equation are written by Microsoft Equation. A4 paper size, in a single column.

d) Cover letter with concise text (maximum 150-200 words) that addresses the following three topics:

(1) A description of what the paper adds to current knowledge, in particular with respect to material previously published material in the Journal, and if systematic reviews exist on the topic.

(2) The public health importance of the paper.

(3) One sentence summarizing the main message(s) of the paper, which may be used to disseminate the paper on social media.

Manuscripts of insufficient priority or quality are promptly rejected. Manuscripts retained to undergo a review process for potential publication in the Journal will be submitted to a technical check. Authors will be informed immediately if their manuscripts need reformatting and will be given 7 days to make specific changes.

Visit https://ejournal.poltekkes-pontianak.ac.id/index.php/JKK online manuscript submission. Questions? Write nrlkaamilah@gmail.com or call at (+6281241513660)

Manuscript File Formats

All manuscripts should be submitted in Word document format. JURNAL KEBIDANAN KHATULISTIWA submission system is located at https://ejournal.poltekkes-pontianak.ac.id/index.php/JKK

Manuscript Components

Research result article consists of Title, author's name, abstract in English, keywords, introductions, methods, results and discussions, closing (conclusions and recommendations), and bibliography.

Review article consists of Title, authors name, abstract in English, keywords, introductions, contents, closings, and bibliography.

WRITING GUIDE

Title

• The title is written in Bahasa and informative, concise, and not too long or short (5 -12 words) with Times New Roman font, size 11 pt Bold, 1 spacing.
• Consists of the variables under study and describes the content of the manuscript.
• A title does not contain abbreviations or formulas.
• The title page should include the title of the manuscript only. The names of authors should be deleted to ensure double blinding of the paper during the peer review process.

Abstract and Keyword

• The abstract is concisely written, about the most important ideas and contain the problems or research objectives, research method, and research results.
• Written in an Indonesian and English language with 150-200 words maximum.
• If the article was written in Bahasa, the abstract should be written in Bahasa and English properly. If the article was written in English, the abstract should be written only in English.
• Abstract for each language only allowed to be written in 1 paragraph with 1 column format
• Keywords contains main words consisting of 3-5 words

Introduction

An introduction is presented in an integrated manner without subtitle. It is written in the form of paragraphs with a length of 15-20% of the articles length, and contains:

• Background or research rational
• Theoretical basis (literature review in brief)
• Research objective

Method

Method is written with a length of 15-20% of the articles length and contain:

• The study design
• Data collection techniques and data sources
• Method of data analysis

Results and Discussion

Results and discussion are presented with a length of 60-70% of the articles length. The results represent a major part of scientific articles containing:

• Results of data analysis
• Results of hypothesis testing
• It can be presented with a table or graph to clarify results verbally
• Discussion is an important part of the entire scientific article. The purposes of the discussion are: answer the research problem, interpret the findings, integrate the findings of research into the existing knowledge, and formulate a new theory or modify the existing theories.
• A serial number that is used is number (1), (2), (3), and so on, do not need to use a composite number. Hyphens should not change the serial number.

Closings

• Contain conclusions and recommendations.
• Conclusions contain answers to the research questions
• Recommendations refer to the results of research and practical form of action, specify to whom and for what recommendation intended.
• Written in essay form, not in numerical form.

Bibliography

• Contain literature that is referenced in the content, arranged alphabetically, and written in the APA (American Psychological Association) system.
• Fully written, appropriate with the references in the content
• Only load literature referenced in the content
• Source of references are 80% from literature published last 10 years.
• References are at least 80% from research articles in journals or research reports.
• An article should refer to the article published in the JURNAL KEBIDANAN KHATULISTIWA journal.
• Bibliography format is APA
• We will usually expect a minimum of 10 to 25 references primarily to journal papers, depending on the length of the paper. Citations of textbooks should be used very rarely and citations to web pages should be avoided. All cited papers should be referenced within the text of the manuscript.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. 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).
2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
4. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.

5. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

6. The article from research must qualify for ethical clearance (proven by attaching ethical clearance letter).
7. Ethical Clearance & free Plagiarism Letter must be uploaded in stage 4 (Supplementary Files)

8. Reference must use the mendeley application with APA (American Psychological Association) style

Copyright Notice

With the receipt of the article by the Jurnal Kebidanan Khatulistiwa Editorial Board and the decision to be published, then the copyright regarding the article will be diverted to Jurnal Kebidanan Khatulistiwa.

Jurusan Kebidanan Poltekkes Kemenkes Pontianak as the publisher of Jurnal Kebidanan Khatulistiwa hold the copyright regarding all the published articles in this journal. Jurnal Kebidanan Khatulistiwa, has the right to multiply and distribute the article and every author is not allowed to publish the same article that was published in this journal.

Jurnal Kebidanan Khatulistiwa provides free and open online access to all of its research publications. All articles that are declared accepted will be available and free to download on the page https://ejournal.poltekkes-pontianak.ac.id/index.php/JKK/issue/archive without limits and free of charge

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Author Fees

This journal charges the following author fees.

Article Submission: 0.00 (IDR)
Authors are required to pay an Article Submission Fee as part of the submission process to contribute to review costs.

Fast-Track Review: 0.00 (IDR)
With the payment of this fee, the review, editorial decision, and author notification on this manuscript is guaranteed to take place within 4 weeks.

Article Publication: 0.00 (IDR)
If this paper is accepted for publication, you will be asked to pay an Article Publication Fee to cover publications costs.

If you do not have funds to pay such fees, you will have an opportunity to waive each fee. We do not want fees to prevent the publication of worthy work.