Author Guidelines
Jurnal Kebidanan Malahayati
Effective from Volume 12 Number 8, August 2026
Authors are required to carefully read and follow these guidelines before submitting a manuscript to Jurnal Kebidanan Malahayati (JKM).
All manuscripts submitted to JKM must comply with the journal's aims and scope, publication ethics, peer-review policy, Artificial Intelligence Policy, and the latest JKM Article Template.
Manuscripts that do not comply with these requirements may be returned to the authors for correction before proceeding to peer review.
1. General Requirements
Manuscripts submitted to Jurnal Kebidanan Malahayati must be original scholarly work, relevant to the scope of the journal, not previously published, and not simultaneously submitted to another journal.
Authors must ensure that all information submitted through the Online Journal System (OJS), including the article title, author names, affiliations, corresponding author, abstract, keywords, and other metadata, is complete and consistent with the manuscript.
Submission and all subsequent editorial processes must be conducted through the JKM OJS.
2. Language
Manuscripts may be written in Indonesian or English.
English manuscripts must use clear and appropriate academic English.
For manuscripts written in Indonesian, the Indonesian title should be followed by the English title. The manuscript must also contain an Indonesian abstract followed by an English abstract.
Language editing does not replace the author's responsibility for the accuracy and scientific quality of the manuscript.
3. Manuscript File and Formatting
Manuscripts must be prepared using the latest JKM Article Template – August 2026.
The required format is:
File format: Microsoft Word .docx
Paper size: A4, 210 × 297 mm
Layout: One column
Top margin: 3 cm
Bottom margin: 2 cm
Left margin: 3 cm
Right margin: 2 cm
Font: Arial Narrow, 11 pt
Line spacing: Single
Alignment: Justified unless otherwise specified in the template
Authors should not modify the essential structure and formatting of the official JKM template. These requirements are consistent with the revised JKM template for Volume 12 Number 8 and subsequent issues.
4. Article Title
The article title must be concise, informative, specific, and directly reflect the main scientific phenomenon or content of the study.
The title should contain a maximum of 14 words.
Authors should avoid unnecessary inclusion of the research location or research method in the title. The research setting should normally be described in the Methods section.
In the manuscript template, the title should be written in Arial Narrow 13 pt, bold, uppercase, and centered.
5. Author Names and Affiliations
The manuscript must contain the full names of all authors and their institutional affiliations.
Affiliations should include:
Department/Study Program or Faculty, Institution, City, Country.
The corresponding author must be clearly identified and must provide an active e-mail address.
The order of authors, names, affiliations, and corresponding-author information entered in OJS must be identical to those presented in the final manuscript.
Authors are encouraged to provide an ORCID ID where available.
6. Article Information
The final published article will contain:
DOI
Received date
Revised date
Accepted date
Published/Available Online date
License information
This information will be completed and/or verified by the editorial team.
Authors must not create, estimate, or independently assign DOI numbers or editorial-history dates.
7. Abstract
The manuscript must contain a concise and structured abstract.
For Indonesian-language manuscripts, provide an Indonesian abstract followed by an English abstract.
The abstract must contain the following components:
Background: Briefly explain the problem and rationale of the study.
Objective: Clearly state the specific objective of the study.
Methods: Describe the research design, participants/sample, instrument or intervention, and main analysis.
Results: Present the principal findings, including important numerical results where relevant.
Conclusion: Provide a conclusion that directly answers the research objective.
8. Keywords
Provide 3–5 keywords or key phrases representing the main concepts of the article.
Keywords should be specific and facilitate indexing and retrieval of the article.
9. Introduction
The Introduction should establish the scientific basis and importance of the study.
It must clearly describe the current state of knowledge, the scientific problem, the research gap, the expected scientific contribution or novelty, and the research objective.
The Introduction should be supported mainly by relevant, recent, and primary scientific literature.
Authors should avoid an unnecessarily long theoretical review.
The final paragraph of the Introduction should clearly state the objective of the study.
10. Research Methods
The Research Methods section must provide sufficient detail to allow readers to understand, evaluate, and, where appropriate, replicate or verify the study.
Depending on the research design, the Methods section should describe the research design, setting and period, population or participants, sampling technique, sample size, inclusion and exclusion criteria where applicable, variables, instruments, intervention or procedures, data-collection procedures, and statistical or qualitative analysis.
Authors should describe what was actually performed in the study rather than provide unnecessary textbook definitions. The current template explicitly requires these methodological elements.
11. Ethics and Participant Protection
Research involving human participants, human biological materials, identifiable personal information, animals, or other activities requiring ethical oversight must comply with applicable ethical standards.
For studies requiring ethical approval, authors must state the name of the Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board, ethical approval/ethical-clearance number, year of approval, and informed-consent procedure where applicable.
For studies involving children, adolescents, or vulnerable populations, parental or guardian consent and/or participant assent must be reported where relevant.
Example:
Ethical approval was obtained from the [Name of Ethics Committee], No. [approval number/year]. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
The editorial team may request a copy of the ethical-clearance document or other supporting documentation.
Authors must not provide fabricated, estimated, or unverifiable ethical-approval information.
The current JKM template also requires ethical approval and informed consent to be verified before publication.
12. Research Results
The Results section should present the analyzed findings clearly, objectively, and systematically.
Authors should report appropriate descriptive and inferential statistical results where applicable and provide confidence intervals, effect sizes, or other measures of uncertainty when scientifically relevant.
Tables and figures should support, rather than unnecessarily duplicate, information presented in the text.
Raw data should not normally be presented as the principal results unless scientifically justified.
13. Discussion
The Discussion must provide a critical interpretation of the findings rather than merely repeat the Results.
Authors should explain the principal findings, compare them with relevant previous studies, discuss agreements and differences, provide plausible scientific or clinical explanations, and explain the contribution of the study to existing knowledge.
Where relevant, authors should distinguish statistical significance from clinical or practical significance.
Important strengths and limitations of the study should also be discussed.
14. Conclusion
The Conclusion must directly answer the research objective and be supported by the results.
The Conclusion should be concise and should not simply repeat all numerical findings.
Authors should avoid conclusions or generalizations that extend beyond the evidence generated by the study.
15. Suggestion
A Suggestion section may be included when appropriate to the article type.
Suggestions should be concise, realistic, and directly related to the study findings, limitations, clinical or policy implications, or future research needs.
16. Declarations
Every manuscript must contain a clearly identifiable DECLARATIONS section placed after the Conclusion or Suggestion and before the References.
The following headings should be retained and completed. If a particular declaration is genuinely not applicable, the author should state this clearly rather than deleting the heading.
Ethics Approval and Informed Consent
Example:
Ethical approval was obtained from the [Name of Ethics Committee], No. [approval number/year]. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
Parental/guardian consent and/or participant assent should be reported where applicable.
Author Contributions
Authors must describe the contribution of each author.
Example:
A.A. contributed to conceptualization and methodology; B.B. contributed to data collection and analysis; C.C. contributed to supervision and manuscript review. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Funding
All sources of financial support must be disclosed.
If there was no external funding:
This research received no external funding.
For funded research:
This research was funded by [funder/institution], Grant No. [number].
Conflict of Interest
Authors must disclose any financial, professional, institutional, academic, or personal relationships that could potentially influence the research or publication.
If there is no conflict:
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Artificial Intelligence Declaration
Authors must disclose whether Artificial Intelligence, including generative AI, was used in manuscript preparation.
If AI was not used:
The authors declare that artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI, was not used in the preparation of this manuscript.
If AI was used:
The authors used [tool/provider] solely for [purpose, e.g., language editing/translation support]. All outputs were reviewed and verified by the authors, who remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and final content of the manuscript.
AI tools cannot be listed as authors.
The use of AI must comply with the Artificial Intelligence Policy of Jurnal Kebidanan Malahayati.
Data Availability Statement
Where applicable, authors should include a Data Availability Statement.
Example:
The data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request, subject to applicable ethics, privacy, and confidentiality requirements.
These declaration components are already incorporated into the official revised JKM template.
17. References
Jurnal Kebidanan Malahayati uses the American Psychological Association Style, 7th Edition — APA 7th Edition.
Each manuscript must contain a minimum of 30 references.
At least 80% of references should be recent, preferably published within the last 10 years, and at least 80% should consist of primary sources, particularly scientific journal articles.
Authors are required to use a reference-management application such as Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote.
Every citation appearing in the manuscript must be included in the reference list, and every reference included in the reference list must be cited in the manuscript.
Authors are responsible for verifying the accuracy of author names, publication years, article titles, journal names, volume and issue numbers, page ranges or article numbers, and DOI/URL information.
DOIs should be provided where available.
Fabricated, inaccurate, or unverifiable references are prohibited.
18. Tables and Figures
Tables and figures should be placed as close as practical to their first citation in the manuscript.
Tables and figures must be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals.
Table titles should appear above the table.
Figure captions should appear below the figure.
All abbreviations must be defined in table or figure notes.
Authors should avoid presenting exactly the same data simultaneously in both a table and a figure unless scientifically justified.
Where copyrighted material is reproduced or adapted, authors are responsible for obtaining the necessary permission and providing appropriate attribution.
19. Peer Review Process
Manuscripts that pass the initial editorial, administrative, ethical, and similarity screening will proceed to peer review.
Each manuscript will be assigned to at least two independent reviewers through the journal's blind peer-review process.
Reviewers are selected based on their expertise and relevance to the subject of the manuscript.
Authors are required to respond appropriately to all reviewer and editor comments and submit revised manuscripts through OJS.
The peer-review and revision history must remain traceable within the journal's OJS. This is also an explicit priority in JKM's current internal quality-improvement audit.
20. Publication Ethics
Authors must comply with the Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement of Jurnal Kebidanan Malahayati.
Plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship, citation manipulation, fabricated ethical approval, undisclosed conflicts of interest, and other forms of research or publication misconduct are not acceptable.
The editorial team may request explanations, source documents, original data, ethical-clearance documents, or other supporting information when necessary to assess research integrity.
21. Plagiarism and Similarity Screening
Submitted manuscripts may be screened using plagiarism-detection software.
A similarity report is an editorial screening tool and should not be interpreted solely on the basis of a numerical similarity percentage.
The editorial team will assess the source, context, nature, and extent of similarity before making a decision.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that all quoted, paraphrased, adapted, and reproduced material is appropriately cited.
22. Artificial Intelligence Policy
Authors must comply with the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy of Jurnal Kebidanan Malahayati.
AI cannot be listed as an author or co-author.
Authors remain fully responsible for the scientific validity, accuracy, originality, references, interpretation, and final content of manuscripts prepared with AI assistance.
Relevant use of AI must be transparently disclosed in the manuscript.
23. Submission through OJS
Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the JKM Online Journal System.
All authors must be entered into the OJS metadata.
The order of authors in the OJS must correspond exactly to the order appearing in the manuscript.
Authors should ensure that the article title, abstract, keywords, affiliations, corresponding-author information, and other metadata are complete before completing submission.
All revisions should be uploaded and documented through OJS.
24. Final Editorial and Pre-Publication Verification
Before publication, the JKM editorial team will perform final quality control to verify consistency between the accepted manuscript, OJS metadata, author information, ethical information, declarations, references, tables and figures, DOI, article history, and final PDF/galley.
The final PDF must contain a complete DOI and article history following editorial production. The revised JKM template already includes these items in its pre-publication checklist.
SUBMISSION PREPARATION CHECKLIST
Before completing submission, authors must confirm that:
- The manuscript is original, has not been previously published, and is not under consideration by another journal.
- The manuscript uses the latest JKM Article Template – August 2026.
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word (.docx) format.
- The manuscript uses A4 paper, one-column format, Arial Narrow 11 pt, and single spacing.
- The article title contains no more than 14 words.
- Author names, affiliations, corresponding-author information, and OJS metadata are complete and consistent.
- The structured abstract and 3–5 keywords are complete.
- The Introduction clearly identifies the research gap, novelty/scientific contribution, and research objective.
- The Methods contain sufficient information for scientific evaluation and replication or verification.
- Ethical approval, ethical-clearance number/year, and informed consent are included where applicable.
- All tables and figures are numbered, cited in the text, legible, and internally consistent.
- The Conclusion directly answers the study objective without overclaiming.
- Ethics Approval and Informed Consent, Author Contributions, Funding, Conflict of Interest, and Artificial Intelligence Declaration have been completed.
- The manuscript contains at least 30 references, with ≥80% recent references and ≥80% primary sources.
- References follow APA 7th Edition and have been checked using a reference manager.
- DOI/URL information has been included in references where appropriate and available.
- The manuscript complies with the Publication Ethics, Peer Review, Plagiarism Screening, and Artificial Intelligence policies of JKM.
- The authors understand that the final DOI, article history, and license information will be completed or verified by the JKM editorial team.
