Editorial Policies

The editorial and peer-review process at Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia (JKI) that every published manuscript adheres to high standards of scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical integrity, and relevance to nursing science. The process consists of the following stages:

This stage combines the initial check, editorial evaluation, administrative review, and editorial review. The manuscript undergoes an initial screening to verify compliance with submission requirements, editorial policies, publication ethics, and similarity checking (Turnitin). The Editor-in-Chief evaluates the manuscript’s suitability and scientific quality before assigning it to a Section Editor, who then assesses its originality, rigor, and overall readiness for external peer review.

The manuscript undergoes a double-blind peer-review process by at least two independent reviewers selected based on their expertise. Reviewers evaluate the scientific quality and provide recommendations for improvement.

Based on the reviewers' reports, the editorial decision may be "accept", "minor revision", "major revision", or "reject". Authors receiving a revision decision are expected to submit a revised manuscript within the specified timeframe (1 week for minor revision, and 2 weeks for major revision).

Manuscripts requiring major revision are usually returned to the original reviewers for further evaluation. Reviewers assess whether the authors have adequately addressed all previous comments. Additional rounds of review may be conducted if substantial issues remain unresolved.

Following the completion of peer review, the Section Editor conducts a final evaluation of the revised manuscript and submits a recommendation to the Editor-in-Chief, who communicates the final publication decision to the authors.

Accepted manuscripts proceed to the production stage. The Editorial Office will coordinate:

• Article processing charge (APC) notification;
• Professional proofreading and copyediting processes;
• Layout editing and final preparation for publication.

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Papers submitted to JKI will be screened using Turnitin plagiarism detection tools. JKI will immediately reject papers containing plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Prior to submission to reviewers, articles undergo a similarity and plagiarism check performed by an editorial team member. Submissions to JKI must exhibit a similarity score no greater than 15%.

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Authors who publish with JKI agree to the following terms:

• The authors keep the copyright to their work but give the journal the exclusive right to publish it first, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-SA). This license allows anyone to distribute, remix, adapt, or build upon the material in any format or medium, as long as attribution is given to the creator. Commercial use is permitted. If someone modifies or builds on the work, the resulting derivative must be shared under the same CC BY SA terms.
• Authors can enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the nonexclusive distribution of the journal’s published version of the work (e.g., submit it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal
• Authors are encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as this can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (see The Effect of Open Access).

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Article Withdrawal

Any manuscript withdrawn from the peer-review or publication process requires the submission of an official Article Withdrawal Letter. This letter must state the explicit reasons for the withdrawal and must be signed by the corresponding author and all listed co-authors. Withdrawing a manuscript at any point during the peer review or acceptance process will result in the author being barred from future submissions.

• For manuscripts that have already completed the final processing and publication steps, any publication fees previously paid are strictly non-refundable. The formal withdrawal of a manuscript will only be processed and finalized once the applicable withdrawal fee has been settled in full.

Article Retraction

In accordance with the COPE Retraction Guidelines, JKI will issue a formal retraction if the findings of a published article are determined to be unreliable. An article may be retracted under the following circumstances:

• Unreliable findings: Clear evidence shows that the conclusions are invalid due to scientific misconduct (e.g., data fabrication or falsification), honest major errors (e.g., miscalculations or experimental errors), or severe undisclosed conflicts of interest.
• Redundant publication: The findings have been previously published elsewhere without appropriate permission, justification, or cross-referencing
• Plagiarism and authorship issues: The article involves plagiarism (appropriating another’s ideas, processes, results, or words without credit) or inappropriate manipulation of authorship that compromises research integrity.
• Unethical research: The published work reports unethical research practices.
• Compromised process: An investigation reveals evidence of systematic manipulation of the peer-review or publishing process.

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✉️ Email for requesting withdrawal or reporting issues: jurnal.keperawatan@ui.ac.id

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