Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas

Focus and Scope

Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas (JKA) is a scientific journal published by the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas, Padang. It serves as a platform for the dissemination of scholarly work, including original research articles, literature reviews, and case reports, within the fields of medicine and health sciences. The journal aims to contribute to the advancement of medical knowledge by providing an accessible medium for researchers, academics, and practitioners to share their findings and insights. Through its diverse range of publications, JKA supports the exchange of information and the development of evidence-based practices in the healthcare and medical community.

Section Policies

Research Articles

Contains articles presenting original research findings in basic or applied/clinical medical sciences and health. The format for research articles includes a title, abstract (in Indonesian and English), introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusion, and references.

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Literature Review

A review article examining current issues in medical and health sciences. The format for literature reviews includes a title, abstract (in Indonesian and English), introduction, content, and references.

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Case Reports

Contains articles on cases in the field of medical and health sciences that require attention for wider dissemination. The format for case reports includes a title, abstract (in Indonesian and English), introduction, case description, discussion, and references.

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas (JKA) follows a rigorous double-blind peer review process, ensuring that both reviewers and authors remain anonymous to maintain fairness and impartiality. Each manuscript is evaluated by at least two independent reviewers for originality, relevance, methodology, and contribution to the field of medicine and health sciences. The editorial team makes the final decision based on reviewers' recommendations. This process ensures the publication of high-quality, reliable, and impactful research.

Publication Frequency

Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas (J. Kesehat. Andalas) is published three times a year in March, July and November

Open Access Policy

This journal is committed to the principles of open access, ensuring that all research content is freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. We believe that unrestricted access to research fosters a greater global knowledge exchange and promotes innovation.

All published articles in this journal are licensed under the **Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)** license. This permits anyone to freely read, download, copy, distribute, display, and perform the articles, as well as to create derivative works, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the journal. Furthermore, any derivative works must be distributed under the same CC BY-SA license, ensuring the same freedoms for others.

There are no charges or barriers to access, guaranteeing equitable and open dissemination of knowledge. For more details about the CC BY-SA license, please refer to the [Creative Commons website](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Publication Ethics

Background
Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas has to ensure that all published works within the journal follow ethical principles on academic publishing. It is therefore essential to set an ethical standard for all stakeholders to create a conducive environment and to avoid problems that may arise due to a certain conflict of interest. This document presents the policy of Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas on the respective publication ethics and malpractice statement as guidance for all stakeholders of the journal.

Publication and authorship
All persons listed as authors should qualify for authorship. Such authorship should be limited to persons who have contributed significantly to the conception, design, execution, data acquisition, data analysis or interpretation of the manuscript. All other persons who have participated in certain important aspects of the research but do not qualify as authors, then they should be acknowledged. Authorship is a responsibility of the corresponding author; he or she should ensure that all appropriate co-authors are included in the manuscript. The corresponding author, on behalf of all co-authors, should submit a form stating that all of them have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and have agreed to submit it for publication. Request to add or remove author(s) or to arrange the author names of the accepted manuscript before it is published, must be sent to Chief Editor.

Responsibilities of authors
Authors are obliged to follow in peer review process set by Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas. Authors are responsible to provide original and accurate data (no plagiarism, no fraudulent data) concerning the manuscript submitted, and to provide the data when they are requested. The submitted manuscript should not be under consideration or accepted for publication elsewhere. Where parts of the data have been published elsewhere, the sources have to be acknowledged or cited accordingly. When reproducing data from other sources, proper citation and permission are required. Authors should ensure that studies involving human or animals are performed according to human or animal ethics and welfare. Any potential conflict of interest has to be declared including any financial, personal, or other relationships with other people or organizations related to their work that could affect their work. All sources of financial supports for the research project and study sponsor(s) (if any) along with their role in the research or study, should be disclosed in the Acknowledgement. Authors are requested to be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.

Responsibilities of reviewers
Reviewers are requested to assist in improving the quality of the manuscript through an objective review process within a scheduled period of time and to contribute to the decision-making process on the manuscript. If reviewers find any published or submitted content similar to that under review, the editor has to be informed. Reviewers should have no conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders. Any confidentiality of information supplied by the editor or author should be maintained.

Responsibilities of editors
Editors have the complete responsibility and authority to accept or reject an article. They should have no conflict of interest with regard to articles they accept or reject. Editors should be objective and fair when conducting their duties without making any discrimination on gender, ethnic, religion, political view or geographical origin of the authors. Editors should also accept manuscripts on the basis of academic merit and without commercial influence. The anonymity of reviewers should be preserved by editors.

Publishing ethics issues
Authors, reviewers, and editors should maintain the integrity of the academic record during the whole process of publication. Business needs should be precluded from compromising intellectual and ethical standards.

Human and animal ethics issues
Authors should ensure that studies involving human and animals are performed according to human and animal ethics and welfare. All experimental animals should be cared for and used in compliance with international, national or local regulations. The authors should state explicitly in a statement/letter including the name of ethics authority and the approval number, that experiments were approved by an authority concerning the compliance with human and animal ethics and welfare.

Retraction (Erratum/Corrigendum)

The papers published in Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas will be considered for a retraction if:

• They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g. data fabrication) or honest error (e.g. miscalculation or experimental error).
• The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper crossreferencing, permission or justification (i.e. cases of redundant publication).
• It constitutes plagiarism.
• It reports unethical research.

The mechanism of retraction follows the Retraction Guidelines of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) which can be accessed at https://publicationethics.org/files/retraction%20guidelines.pdf.

Fee

Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas (JKA) is committed to promoting equitable access to scientific knowledge and supporting researchers in sharing their work. As part of this commitment, the journal does not charge any fees for the submission, processing, or publication of articles.

This means:

• No Submission Fees: Authors can submit their manuscripts free of charge.
• No Publication Fees: Accepted articles are published without any cost to the authors.

Our open-access model ensures that all articles are freely accessible to the global research community immediately upon publication, without financial barriers for authors or readers.

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