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Author Guidelines

 

Manuscript Components

Research result article consists of a title, author's name, abstract in English, keywords, introductions, methods, results, discussions, conclusions and recommendations, and bibliography.

Review article consists of a title, authors name, abstract in English, keywords, introductions, contents, closings, and bibliography.

WRITING GUIDE

Title

  • The title is written in English language and informative, concise, and not too long or short (5 -12 word).
  • Consists of the variables under study and describes the content of the manuscript.
  • The title does not contain abbreviations or formulas.
  • The title page should include the title of the manuscript only. The names of authors should be deleted to ensure double blinding of the paper during the peer review process.

Abstract and Keyword

  • The abstract is concisely written, about the most important ideas and contain the problems or research objectives, research method, and research results.
  • Written in Indonesian and English language with 150-250 words maximum.
  • Keywords contain main words consisting of 3-5 words

Introduction

The introduction is presented in an integrated manner without subtitle. It is written in the form of paragraphs with a length of 15-20% the length of the article and contains:

  • Background or research rational
  • Theoretical basis 
  • Gap analysis
  • State of art
  • Research objective

Method 

The method is written with a length of 15-20% the length of the articles and contain:

  • The study design
  • Data collection techniques and data sources
  • Method of data analysis
  • Write in full the location of the study, number of respondents, how to process the results of observations or interviews or questionnaires, how to measure performance benchmarks

Results and Discussion

Results and discussion are presented with a length of 60-70% the length of the articles. The results represent a major part of scientific articles containing:

  • Results of data analysis
  • Results of hypothesis testing
  • It can be presented with a table or graph to clarify results verbally
  • A discussion is an important part of the entire scientific article. The purposes of the discussion are: answer the research problem, interpret the findings, integrate the findings of research into the existing knowledge, and formulate a new theory or modify the existing theories (what/how, why, what else)
  • The serial number that is used is number (1), (2), (3), and so on, do not need to use a composite number. Hyphens should not change the serial number.

Conclusion

  • Contain conclusions and recommendations.
  • Conclusions contain answers to the research questions
  • Recommendations refer to the results of research and practical form of action, specify to whom and for what recommendation intended.
  • Written in essay form, not in numerical form.

References

  • Contain literature that is referenced in the content, arranged alphabetically, and written in the format Harvard
  • Fully written, appropriate with the references in the content
  • Only load literature referenced in the content
  • Source of references are 80% from literature published last 10 years.
  • References are at least 80% from research articles in journals or research reports.
  • The article should refer to the article published in the Midwifery and Nursing Research Journal.
  • Bibliography format is format Harvard
  • Management reference application such as Mendeley, Zotero or Endnote, should be used by authors when citing a reference.

 

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).

  2. Ensure the originality of the study by attaching a letter of authenticity of research

  3. Attaching the license certificate of ethics (Ethical Clearance) for articles involving humans or experimental animals (PDF)

  4. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided
  5. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end
  6. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal
  7. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed
 

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).