The Ammar Dharma Foundation, as the publisher of the Indonesian Journal of Nursing & Health Care, is responsible for supporting and maintaining high standards of scholarly publishing at every stage of the publication process. The publisher recognises its responsibility to uphold ethical publishing practices and to support the editorial independence of the journal.

The publisher is committed to ensuring that sponsorship, printing, distribution, commercial activities, or other business interests do not influence or interfere with editorial decisions concerning manuscripts submitted to or published in the journal.

Publication Decisions

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for making final decisions regarding which manuscripts should be published, based on the manuscript's scientific quality, relevance, originality, validity, contribution to knowledge, and compliance with the journal's editorial policies and requirements.

Editorial decisions should be informed by peer-review reports and should comply with applicable copyright, plagiarism, research integrity, and publication laws and regulations. The Editor-in-Chief may delegate editorial responsibilities to other members of the editorial team when appropriate.

Equality and Non-Discrimination

The editorial team evaluates manuscripts fairly and impartially without discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, nationality, political ideology, or other irrelevant personal characteristics of the authors.

Confidentiality

Editors and editorial staff must maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts. Information about a manuscript may only be disclosed to individuals directly involved in the editorial and peer-review process, including the authors, assigned editors, reviewers, and publisher where appropriate.

Disclosure and Use of Unpublished Material

Unpublished material contained in submitted manuscripts must not be used by editors or editorial staff for their own research or personal advantage without the explicit written permission of the authors.

1. Reporting Standards

Authors of original research articles must present their findings accurately, transparently, and objectively. Data underlying the research should be reported accurately and must not be fabricated, falsified, selectively manipulated, or deliberately misrepresented.

Manuscripts should contain sufficient methodological and analytical detail to allow other researchers to understand and, where appropriate, reproduce or replicate the research. Fabrication, falsification, and deliberate misrepresentation of research findings constitute unacceptable scientific misconduct.

2. Originality and Plagiarism

Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts represent original work. Ideas, data, words, figures, tables, or other material derived from the work of others must be appropriately acknowledged and cited.

Plagiarism, including substantial unattributed copying or inappropriate use of another person's intellectual work, is considered unethical and unacceptable. Authors are encouraged to paraphrase appropriately and provide accurate citations when using ideas or statements from other sources.

3. Duplicate, Redundant, or Simultaneous Publication

Authors must not submit or publish the same manuscript simultaneously in more than one journal. Duplicate or redundant publication is considered unethical and unacceptable publication practice.

4. Source Recognition

Authors must appropriately acknowledge all sources used in their manuscripts. References should be relevant, reliable, and directly related to the subject of the manuscript. Authors should avoid unnecessary or excessive citation and should give proper credit to influential and relevant prior work.

5. Authorship

IJNHC follows the authorship principles established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data, and who have participated in drafting or critically revising the manuscript and approved the final version.

Individuals who have contributed substantially but do not meet the authorship criteria should be appropriately acknowledged rather than listed as authors.

The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all listed co-authors have approved the final manuscript and agree to its submission and publication.

6. Hazardous Materials, Human, or Animal Subjects

If a study involves humans, animals, hazardous chemicals, biological agents, microbes, or procedures or equipment that may present unusual risks, authors must clearly describe the relevant procedures, safeguards, ethical approvals, and risk-management measures in the manuscript.

7. Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

All authors must disclose any financial, professional, personal, or other relationships that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research, interpretation of findings, or publication of the manuscript.

All sources of financial support for the research and publication should be disclosed. Where no relevant conflict exists, authors should provide an appropriate statement declaring the absence of conflicts of interest.