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Author Guidelines

Please prepare your manuscript before submission, using the following guidelines and the article template in Author Guidelines (Template).

Description

The Author Guidelines of NERS Jurnal Keperawatan (NJK) provide comprehensive guidance for authors who intend to submit manuscripts to the journal. These guidelines are designed to help authors understand the journal's expectations throughout the publication process, from manuscript preparation and submission to peer review, revision, acceptance, and post-publication responsibilities.

Authors are strongly encouraged to read these guidelines carefully before beginning the submission process. Compliance with the journal's requirements helps facilitate an efficient editorial assessment and peer-review process and reduces delays caused by incomplete submissions, inappropriate manuscript preparation, or non-compliance with journal policies.

The Author Guidelines provide information on the following areas:

1. Scope and Suitability of Manuscripts

Authors should ensure that their manuscripts are consistent with the focus and scope of NERS Jurnal Keperawatan. Manuscripts should make a relevant contribution to nursing science, nursing practice, nursing education, nursing management, community and public health nursing, clinical nursing, or other areas relevant to nursing and healthcare.

Authors are responsible for selecting an appropriate article type and ensuring that the manuscript is suitable for the intended category before submission.

2. Originality and Prior Publication

Manuscripts submitted to NERS Jurnal Keperawatan must represent original scholarly work. The manuscript must not be under simultaneous consideration by another journal. Authors are responsible for transparently disclosing any previous dissemination of the work, including theses, dissertations, conference presentations, preprints, institutional reports, or related publications, where applicable.

All sources must be appropriately cited, and authors must ensure that their work does not contain plagiarism, inappropriate text recycling, duplicate publication, or other forms of unethical reuse of previously published material.

3. Authorship and Contributorship

All individuals listed as authors must have made appropriate scholarly contributions to the work and must accept responsibility for their respective contributions. Before submission, all authors should agree on:

• Authorship eligibility;
• Author order;
• Designation of the corresponding author;
• Individual contributions; and
• Submission of the manuscript to NERS Jurnal Keperawatan.

Individuals who contributed to the work but do not meet authorship criteria should be appropriately acknowledged. Authors should consult the journal's Authorship and Contributorship Policy for detailed requirements.

4. Ethical Requirements

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their research complies with appropriate ethical standards. For research involving human participants, authors should report relevant ethical approval and informed-consent procedures. The manuscript should identify the approving ethics committee or institutional review board and provide the approval number where applicable.

Authors must protect participant privacy, confidentiality, and dignity, particularly when manuscripts contain identifiable personal information, clinical photographs, case descriptions, or sensitive data.

Research involving animals, where applicable, should comply with appropriate institutional and regulatory standards. Detailed requirements are provided in the journal's Ethical Oversight Policy.

5. Conflicts of Interest and Funding

Authors must disclose any financial or non-financial interests that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research, interpretation of the results, or publication process. A conflict-of-interest statement should be provided for all manuscripts, including a statement declaring the absence of competing interests where appropriate. Authors should also disclose all sources of funding or other financial support relevant to the study.

6. Data Transparency and Research Integrity

Authors are responsible for the accuracy and integrity of all data reported in the manuscript. Research data should not be fabricated, falsified, manipulated, or selectively reported in a manner that could misrepresent the findings.

Where applicable, authors should provide a Data Availability Statement describing whether and under what conditions the data supporting the findings may be accessed. Authors may be asked to provide supporting data, documentation, or clarification if questions arise during editorial assessment, peer review, or after publication.

7. Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence

Authors remain fully responsible for all content submitted to NERS Jurnal Keperawatan. Generative artificial intelligence or AI-assisted technologies cannot qualify as authors because they cannot take responsibility for the submitted work. Where the use of generative AI requires disclosure under the journal's policy, authors should transparently describe how the technology was used.

Authors remain responsible for verifying the accuracy, originality, citations, ethical appropriateness, confidentiality, and intellectual-property implications of any AI-assisted content. Detailed requirements are provided in the journal's Generative Artificial Intelligence Policy.

8. Language and Writing Quality

Manuscripts should be written in clear, concise, and professional academic English. Authors are responsible for ensuring the quality of grammar, spelling, terminology, sentence structure, and overall readability of the manuscript before submission. The journal may return manuscripts that require substantial language improvement before they can proceed to editorial assessment or peer review.

9. Required Submission Files

Authors should prepare all required files before beginning the online submission process. Depending on the manuscript type and journal requirements, these files may include:

• Cover Letter;
• Title Page;
• Main Manuscript;
• Tables and figures;
• Supplementary materials;
• Reporting guideline checklists;
• Ethical approval documentation;
• Permissions for copyrighted third-party material; and
• Other documents requested by the journal.

The Cover Letter should briefly introduce the manuscript, explain its significance and relevance to the scope of NERS Jurnal Keperawatan, confirm originality and exclusive submission, disclose relevant conflicts of interest, and identify the corresponding author.

The Title Page should contain information that identifies the authors, including author names, affiliations, email addresses, ORCID iDs where available, and corresponding author information.

The Main Manuscript should contain the scholarly content of the submission and should be prepared in accordance with the journal's anonymization requirements for peer review. Detailed technical requirements for these files are provided in the Manuscript Preparation Guidelines.

10. Manuscript Preparation

Authors should prepare their manuscripts using the official NERS Jurnal Keperawatan manuscript template and follow all technical requirements specified by the journal. Detailed manuscript preparation requirements are provided separately in the Manuscript Preparation Guidelines, including instructions concerning:

• Manuscript format;
• Manuscript length;
• Title;
• Abstract;
• Keywords;
• Introduction;
• Methods;
• Results;
• Discussion;
• Conclusion;
• Ethical statements;
• Acknowledgments;
• Author contributions;
• Funding;
• Conflicts of interest;
• Data availability;
• Tables and figures;
• Supplementary materials;
• References; and
• Final manuscript preparation.

Authors should consult both the Author Guidelines and Manuscript Preparation Guidelines before submitting their manuscripts.

11. References

Authors are expected to use relevant, current, accurate, and high-quality scholarly references. Manuscripts should generally include a minimum of 25 references. The majority of references should represent relevant and current scientific literature, particularly peer-reviewed journal articles. Older references may be used where they represent seminal theories, foundational methodological works, original instrument-development studies, or other sources that remain important to the manuscript.

Authors are responsible for verifying the accuracy of all references and ensuring consistency between in-text citations and the reference list. Detailed requirements regarding reference style, recency, primary sources, DOI information, and reference-management software are provided in the Manuscript Preparation Guidelines.

12. Reporting Guidelines

Authors should follow internationally recognized reporting guidelines appropriate to their study design. Examples include:

• CONSORT for randomized controlled trials;
• STROBE for observational studies;
• PRISMA for systematic reviews and meta-analyses;
• PRISMA-ScR for scoping reviews;
• COREQ or SRQR for qualitative studies;
• CARE for case reports; and
• Other relevant guidelines available through the EQUATOR Network.

Where appropriate, authors may be requested to submit a completed reporting checklist.

13. Submission Process

All manuscripts should be submitted electronically through the official NERS Jurnal Keperawatan online submission system. Authors are responsible for:

• Registering or logging into the journal system;
• Entering complete and accurate manuscript metadata;
• Providing complete author information;
• Uploading the required files;
• Completing the required declarations; and
• Confirming the submission.

Information entered into the online submission system should be consistent with the information contained in the submitted files.

14. Initial Editorial Assessment

Following submission, manuscripts will undergo an initial editorial assessment. This assessment may include evaluation of:

• Relevance to the journal's scope;
• Completeness of the submission;
• Compliance with the Author Guidelines;
• Compliance with the Manuscript Preparation Guidelines;
• Adherence to the journal template;
• Language quality;
• Research and publication ethics;
• Scientific quality;
• Originality; and
• Similarity or plagiarism screening.

Manuscripts that do not meet the journal's basic requirements may be returned to the authors for correction or may not proceed to external peer review.

15. Peer Review

Manuscripts that pass the initial editorial assessment may proceed to peer review in accordance with the journal's Peer Review Policy. Reviewers assess manuscripts according to criteria such as:

• Originality;
• Relevance;
• Scientific rigor;
• Methodological quality;
• Clarity of presentation;
• Validity of analysis;
• Significance of the findings; and
• Compliance with ethical standards.

Peer-review reports provide recommendations to the editor, but final editorial decisions remain the responsibility of the journal's editors.

16. Manuscript Revision

When revisions are requested, authors should respond carefully and systematically to all comments from editors and reviewers. A revised submission should normally include:

• A revised manuscript; and
• A detailed point-by-point response to reviewer and editor comments.

Authors should clearly indicate how each comment has been addressed. If an author does not agree with a suggested revision, an appropriate scientific justification should be provided. Revision does not automatically guarantee acceptance.

17. After Acceptance

Accepted manuscripts may undergo copyediting, formatting, language checking, reference checking, and other production processes before publication. The corresponding author may receive galley proofs for final checking. At the proof stage, authors should carefully verify:

• Author names;
• Affiliations;
• Correspondence details;
• Title;
• Abstract;
• Tables;
• Figures;
• References;
• Typographical errors; and
• Other production-related details.

Only minor corrections should normally be made at the proof stage. Substantial scientific changes may require editorial approval.

18. Copyright and Licensing

Authors should review the journal's current Copyright and Licensing Policy before submission and publication. Authors are responsible for ensuring that all third-party material included in the manuscript is used appropriately and that necessary permissions have been obtained. This includes copyrighted:

• Figures;
• Tables;
• Questionnaires;
• Photographs;
• Measurement instruments; and
• Other published material.

19. Post-Publication Responsibilities

Authors remain responsible for the integrity of their work after publication. If authors identify a significant error, omission, inaccurate information, undisclosed conflict of interest, or other concern that could affect the interpretation or reliability of a published article, they should promptly inform the journal.

Authors are expected to cooperate with the journal in any reasonable post-publication inquiry. Where necessary, the journal may issue a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other appropriate notice in accordance with its publication policies.

20. Relationship with Other Journal Policies

The Author Guidelines should be read together with the journal's related pages and policies, particularly:

• Focus and Scope;
• Manuscript Preparation Guidelines;
• Publication Ethics;
• Authorship and Contributorship Policy;
• Ethical Oversight Policy;
• Conflicts of Interest Policy;
• Data and Reproducibility Policy;
• Peer Review Policy;
• Plagiarism Policy;
• Generative Artificial Intelligence Policy;
• Copyright and Licensing Policy;
• Open Access Policy;
• Publication Fees; and
• Post-Publication Discussions and Corrections Policy.

Authors are expected to familiarize themselves with all policies relevant to their manuscript before submission.

21. Author Responsibility

Submission of a manuscript to NERS Jurnal Keperawatan indicates that the authors have read and understood the journal's relevant guidelines and policies and agree to comply with the journal's editorial and ethical requirements.

The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that communication with the journal is accurate and timely and that all co-authors are appropriately informed throughout the submission, peer-review, revision, and publication process.