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Author Guidelines

GUIDELINES FOR THE AUTHORS

Authors are invited to submit for publication scientific articles reporting original work that is relevant to health promotion issues and health behavior-related sciences. The author should use the manuscript template provided by JPKI. Writing guidelines and templates can be downloaded at this link: JPKI Template (since Volume 12 No 1 Year 2017).

General Guidelines

1. Manuscripts must be submitted with the understanding that they have not been published previously and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. By submitting a manuscript, the corresponding author confirms that the publication of the article has been approved by all co-authors. The corresponding author is also responsible for ensuring that manuscripts originating from a particular institution have received the necessary institutional approval. 
2. Manuscripts must be submitted through the online submission system and should be written clearly and concisely using OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document formats.
3. Authors reporting results from in vivo experiments involving humans or animals must state in the Materials and Methods section that ethical approval was obtained from the appropriate ethics committee. In addition, authors submitting manuscripts involving human studies must upload a verified ethical approval letter from the Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board (IRB).
4. Manuscripts, including tables, figure legends, and references, must be typed using Times New Roman, font size 11 pt, with 1.15 line spacing on A4 paper (21.5 × 28 cm). Margins should be 2.5 cm at the top and bottom and 1.5 cm on the left and right sides. The manuscript length should be 3,000–4,000 words. Pages must be numbered consecutively, without footnotes. Manuscripts must be written in clear and concise English. 
5. All submitted articles will be screened by the editors for formatting compliance, suitability within the journal’s scope, plagiarism using Turnitin, and completeness of ethical approval documentation. Manuscripts that meet these requirements will undergo a double-blind peer-review process by at least two reviewers with relevant expertise.
6. Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements will not be processed, and authors will be notified by email.

Organizing the Manuscript

Title page
The title should be centered, bold, written in Times New Roman 16 pt, contain a maximum of 14 words, and avoid the use of acronyms.
Please provide the full names of all authors, their academic titles, institutional affiliations, institutional addresses, and the email address of the corresponding author. If authors are affiliated with different institutions, superscript numbers should be used to link each author to their respective institution. This section should be left-aligned, single-spaced, and written in Times New Roman 11 pt.

Abstract

The abstract must be written in English and should not exceed 300 words. Although unstructured, it should include the following components: background/introduction, methods, and results. The abstract should be concise yet sufficiently informative to allow readers to understand the key points of the manuscript without reading the full text. Keywords should be provided below the abstract. Authors should select 3–5 keywords or short phrases relevant to the manuscript for indexing purposes.

Introduction
The introduction should explain the rationale for the study and clearly present the research problem and objectives.

Method
The Methods section should describe the research design, study setting (time and place), sampling methods, research variables, data collection procedures, and data analysis techniques.

Result and Discussion

This section should present the main findings of the study in narrative form and/or using tables, charts, and figures. Tables should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are cited in the text and should be accompanied by brief titles placed above the tables. A maximum of six tables is allowed. Figures should be numbered consecutively as cited in the text, with captions placed below each figure. A maximum of six figures is permitted. The Discussion should not simply repeat the results. It should include analysis, interpretation, the authors’ perspectives, and comparisons with previously published research, highlighting the contribution of the findings to scientific knowledge.

Conclusion
The conclusion should provide a concise statement summarizing the main findings of the study in relation to the research questions and objectives.

Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements should appear after the Conclusion and before the References. This section may recognize individuals, institutions, organizations, or sponsors who contributed to the research but are not listed as authors. Funding sources may be acknowledged without stating the amount.

References

Authors are required to use a reference management tool (e.g., Mendeley) and apply the Vancouver citation style. References should be numbered in the order of appearance in the text and indicated using bracketed numerals. Only references cited in the manuscript should be listed.

A minimum of 25 references is required. At least 80% of the references must be from peer-reviewed journals, and 80% should be published within the last 10 years. 

Conflict of Interest
Authors must declare that there are no potential conflicts of interest related to financial or other considerations that could influence the publication process.

Author Fees
Article submission is free of charge.
The Article Processing Charge (APC) is IDR 1,000,000, which covers editing, publishing, maintenance, archiving, and immediate open access to the full-text article.

Guideline for Online Submission

Author must first register as Author and/or is offered as Reviewer through the following address: click here

During registration, authors must complete the registration form accurately and completely, including all authors' name, institution and mobile phone number). Required fields marked with an asterisk (*) must be completed. After completing the form, click the “Register” button. Once registered, authors will be directed to the online submission interface and should click “New Submission”. In the Start of a New Submission section, click on “Click Here" to begin the five steps submission process. The following are five steps in online submission process:

1. Step 1 - Starting the Submission: Select the appropriate journal section (Original Research Article, Review Article, or Short Communication). Complete the submission checklist. Authors may type or paste the Cover Letter in the “Letter to the Editor” field.
2. Step 2 – Uploading the Submission: Click Browse to select the manuscript file (.doc/.docx), then click Upload until the file is successfully uploaded.
3. Step 3 – Entering Submission’s Metadata: In this step, please enter complete author metadata, including identification of the corresponding author. Copy and paste the manuscript title, abstract, and keywords into the designated text boxes.
4. Step 4 – Uploading Supplementary Files: Supplementary files should be uploaded, including Cover Letter/Submission Letter. Therefore, click on the Browse button, choose the files, and then click on the Upload button.
5. Step 5 – Confirming the Submission: Review all uploaded files carefully. Once confirmed, click Finish Submission. The corresponding author will receive an acknowledgment email and can monitor the manuscript’s progress through the editorial process by logging into the journal website.

Authors may track the status of their submission at any time through the online submission system, including the peer-review and editorial decision stages.

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 and is not under consideration by another journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the Editor).
2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
4. The text is 1.15 space, uses an 11-point font, employs italics rather than underlining (except for URLs), and places all illustrations, figures, and tables 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 can be 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.

Copyright Notice

In order to be accepted and published by Jurnal Promosi Kesehatan Indonesia, author(s) who submit manuscripts should complete the review process. Jurnal Promosi Kesehatan Indonesia articles are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). Articles can be read, shared, and adapted even for commercial purposes under the following conditions:

• Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
• ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
• No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

The copyright of received articles is assigned to the author (s). The author (s) have the right to the articles that have been published. The Editorial Team of Jurnal Promosi Kesehatan Indonesia and the Author(s) strive to ensure that no errors occur in the articles that have been published, both data errors and statements in the articles. Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

• 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 acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
• The journal allows the authors to hold the copyright and retain publishing rights without restrictions.
• Authors can 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 acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) before and during submission, as it can lead to productive exchanges and earlier and greater citation of published work.

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