Submissions

Author Guidelines

GENERAL GUIDELINES

All manuscripts should be submitted through the Health Sciences Journal (HSJ) online submission system. Upon submission, authors will receive an automatic acknowledgment e-mail containing a tracking article ID for future reference. If the acknowledgment e-mail is not received (please check the spam folder), authors are advised to resubmit the manuscript through the system. Submissions sent via e-mail or post will not be accepted. Authors can monitor the progress of their manuscripts through the online tracking system.
All submissions are subject to initial editorial screening and plagiarism detection using Turnitin. HSJ enforces a zero-tolerance policy toward plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, and redundant publication. Manuscripts containing uncredited copied material will be rejected immediately, and if duplication is detected after publication, the article will be retracted in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. The manuscript submitted to HSJ must meet the following requirements:

1. The article must be an original scientific work and has not been published elsewhere
2. The manuscript must not contain any elements of plagiarism.
3. The article is a result of a student’s final project that has passed a review process by three examiners during the final examination.

The manuscript should be written according to the official HSJ article template. Manuscripts that do not follow the author guidelines will be returned before further review.

EDITORIAL PROCESS

Each manuscript is reviewed by the editorial team, and if it meets the journal’s focus, scope, and ethical standards, it will proceed to the next stage of evaluation. Since HSJ publishes student research articles, each submission must include documented approval from three examiners. The editorial team will verify completeness, formatting, and plagiarism check results before publication consideration. The review process in HSJ consists of the following stages:

1. The author submits a manuscript approved by three reviewers/examiners and includes a plagiarism check result.
2. The editorial team conducts an initial screening and decides whether the article fits the journal’s focus and format.
3. Selected manuscripts are approved for publication in the Health Sciences Journal issue schedule.

All accepted manuscripts are copy-edited for grammar, structure, punctuation, and layout. Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author for final approval before publication. The entire process, from submission to final publication, is managed online through the HSJ system.

MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES

General Manuscript Guidelines

1. The manuscript must be an original scientific article that has not been previously published or submitted to any other publication or publisher.
2. The manuscript must be free from plagiarism and any form of academic misconduct.
3. The manuscript should be prepared according to the Undergraduate Scientific Article Publication Guidelines using Microsoft Word format (.doc/.docx).
4. The manuscript template and detailed writing guidelines are available for download in both MS Word (.doc) and PDF (.pdf) formats.
5. Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal’s formatting and writing guidelines will be returned to the author prior to further processing.
6. Each manuscript must include the following sections:
   (a) Article title
   (b) Author’s name (without academic titles)
   (c) Author affiliation
   (d) Corresponding author’s email address
   (e) Abstract and keywords
   (f) Introduction
   (g) Research methods
   (h) Research findings and discussion
   (i) Conclusion
   (j) References.
7. Subheadings under each major section (e.g., Introduction, Literature Review, Research Methods, Results and Discussion, and Conclusion) must be numbered sequentially in alphabetical order and written in bold font.
8. The manuscript may be written in either Bahasa Indonesia or English using proper academic language. It should range from ten (10) to twenty (20) pages, including figures and tables. The manuscript must follow the journal template on A4-sized paper (210 × 297 mm) with the following custom margins: left 25 mm, top 30 mm, bottom 20 mm, and right 20 mm.
9. The manuscript text must use Times New Roman font, size 12 pt, with 1.5 line spacing, and formatted in two columns (except for the main title, author names, and abstract), with a 10 mm column gap.
10. Foreign terms or non-Indonesian/English words must be italicized.
11. Tables and figures must include references and captions placed below each item. Each figure must have a descriptive caption and clear source. Each table must include a title placed above the table. Figures must be of sufficient quality for printing (with clear resolution and legible text). Vertical lines are not allowed in tables, and horizontal lines should only be used when necessary for clarity.

CONTENT STRUCTURE

Title:
The title should be concise, informative, and free of abbreviations. It should reflect the main content of the article and not exceed 16 words.

Abstract and Keywords: The abstract must contain 200–300 words summarizing the background, objectives, methods, results, and conclusion, followed by three to five (3–5) keywords.

Introduction: Provide the study background, relevant literature review, research problem, and objectives. The final paragraph should state the research purpose clearly.

Methods: Describe the study design, population, sample, instruments, data collection, analysis procedures, and ethical considerations in sufficient detail.

Results and Discussion: Present research findings supported by data and interpret them in the context of existing literature. Discuss the implications of the findings and their relevance to the research objectives.

Conclusion:
Summarize the main findings and highlight recommendations or implications for practice and further research.

References: All references cited in the manuscript must appear in the reference list, and all listed references must be cited in the text. References should be written using the APA (American Psychological Association) 7th Edition citation style.
Authors are required to use Mendeley (or compatible reference manager software) to format citations and references accurately.

References should consist primarily of primary sources (at least 50%), such as journal articles published within the last ten (10) years. Each article must cite at least five (5) scientific journal articles. Authors are encouraged to include references from research conducted by students or lecturers at Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo that are relevant to the topic

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). The author needs to submit the plagiarism check results to prove the article's originality.
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 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.
5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Each submitted manuscript must conform to the Instructions to Authors and should be submitted online at  https://studentjournal.umpo.ac.id/index.php/HSJ/index. The instructions for registering, submission, and revision are provided on the website. If any difficulties are found, authors can contact the editorial office via email: hsj@umpo.ac.id. The author should first register as an author and/or is offered as a reviewer through the following address: https://studentjournal.umpo.ac.id/index.php/HSJ/about/submissions

The author should fill out the form as detailed as possible, where the star-marked form must be entered. After all forms of textbox were filled, the author clicks on the "Register" button to proceed with the registration. Therefore, the author is brought to an online author submission interface where the author should click on "New Submission." In the Start of a New Submission section, click on "’Click Here’: to go to step one of the five-step submission process."

The following are five steps in the online submission process:

1. Step 1 - Starting the Submission: Select the appropriate section of the journal, i.e., Original Research Articles, Review Article, or Case Report. Thus, the author must check-mark on the submission checklists. The author may type or copy-paste the Covering Letter in Letter to Editor.
2. Step 2 – Uploading the Submission: To upload a manuscript to this journal, click Browse on the Upload submission file item and choose the manuscript document file (.doc/.docx) to be submitted; then, click the "Upload" button until the file has been uploaded.
3. Step 3 – Entering Submission’s Metadata: In this step, detailed authors metadata should be entered, including the marked corresponding author. After that, the manuscript title and abstract must be uploaded by copying the text and paste in the textbox, including keywords.
4. Step 4 – Uploading Supplementary Files: Supplementary files should be uploaded, including Covering/Submission Letter and Signed Copyright Transfer Agreement Form. Click on the Browse button, choose the files, and then click on the Upload button.
5. Step 5 – Confirming the Submission: The author should final check the uploaded manuscript documents in this step. To submit the manuscript to Nurse Media Journal of Nursing, click the Finish Submission button after the documents are accurate. The corresponding author or the principal contact will receive an acknowledgment by email and will be able to view the submission's progress through the editorial process by logging into the journal web address site.

After this submission, Authors who submit the manuscript will get a confirmation email about the submission. Therefore, Authors are able to track their submission status anytime by logging into the online submission interface. The submission tracking includes the status of the manuscript review and editorial process.