Author Guidelines

Manuscript Preparation and Submission Requirements

1. General Requirements

Authors must prepare manuscripts in accordance with the current Focus and Scope, Article Types, Author Guidelines, official templates, reporting guidelines, publication ethics policies, and submission checklist of Media Publikasi Promosi Kesehatan Indonesia.

Manuscripts must present original scholarly work, demonstrate a clear and substantial contribution to health promotion, and comply with applicable research ethics and publication ethics standards. Submission does not guarantee external peer review or acceptance.

2. Article Types

MPPKI considers the following manuscript types:

1. Original Research Article
2. Review Article, including systematic review, scoping review, and meta-analysis

Authors must select the article type that accurately reflects the manuscript design and content. Detailed requirements are available on the Article Types page.

3. Required Submission Files

Authors must upload the following files separately through the OJS submission system.

4. Double-Blind Review Requirements

Include only in the Title Page

• Author names
• Author affiliations
• Email addresses
• ORCID iDs
• Corresponding-author information
• Acknowledgments
• Author contributions
• Funding information
• Conflicts of interest
• Other identifying declarations

Remove from the Main Document

• Author names and affiliations
• Author email addresses and ORCID iDs
• Acknowledgments
• Self-identifying statements
• Tracked changes and editor comments
• Author-identifying file properties and metadata

5. Title Page Requirements

5.1 Article Information

• Article type
• Full article title
• Short title of no more than 50 characters, including spaces
• Word count for abstract and main text
• Number of references
• Number of tables and figures
• Number of supplementary files

5.2 Authors and Affiliations

List all authors in the agreed publication order. Use superscript numerals to connect each author to the correct affiliation. Each affiliation should include department or unit, faculty or school, institution, city, and country.

Identify the corresponding author with an asterisk. Changes to authorship after submission require a written explanation and approval from all affected authors and the editorial team.

5.3 ORCID iDs

ORCID iDs are strongly recommended but are not mandatory. Absence of an ORCID iD alone will not result in technical return or rejection. When supplied, the ORCID iD must belong to the named author and be provided as the complete URL: https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000.

5.4 Corresponding Author

Provide the corresponding author’s full name, institutional affiliation, postal address, active institutional email address where available, and optional telephone number with country code.

6. Declarations and Transparency Statements

6.1 Author Contributions

Describe each author’s contribution using appropriate CRediT roles. All authors must approve the final manuscript and accept accountability for their contributions and the integrity of the work.

6.2 Conflicts of Interest

Declare all financial and nonfinancial interests that could reasonably be perceived to influence the research, interpretation, or publication. When no conflict exists, state: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

6.3 Funding

State the funder name, grant number, and role of the funder in study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, manuscript preparation, and publication decision. When no specific funding was received, state this explicitly.

6.4 Ethics Approval

Research involving human participants, identifiable human data, biological materials, or animals must report the approving ethics committee, approval number, approval date where available, and relevant ethical framework.

When ethics approval was not required, authors must provide a clear justification consistent with applicable institutional and national requirements.

6.5 Informed Consent

State how informed consent was obtained. When consent was waived, provide the responsible authority and justification.

6.6 Consent for Publication

Written consent for publication is required when an individual may be identified from text, images, audio, video, quotations, or case details.

6.7 Data Availability

Provide a data availability statement describing whether and how the underlying data may be accessed. Include repository information, persistent identifiers, access conditions, or reasons for restricted availability.

6.8 Trial or Protocol Registration

Provide the registry name, registration number, and registration date when prospective registration is applicable. Systematic reviews and intervention studies should provide protocol registration information where available.

6.9 Generative Artificial Intelligence

Authors must disclose the name and version of any generative AI tool used, the purpose for which it was used, and the procedures used to verify the accuracy and integrity of the final content. AI tools must not be listed as authors. Authors remain fully responsible for all submitted content.

6.10 Acknowledgments

Recognize individuals or organizations that contributed to the work but do not meet authorship criteria. Persons named in the acknowledgments should agree to be identified.

7. Anonymized Main Document

7.1 Title

Provide a concise, informative title that accurately reflects the principal topic, population, design, and setting where relevant. Do not include author-identifying information.

7.2 Structured Abstract

The abstract should summarize the essential background, objective, methods, results, and conclusion. Do not include citations, tables, figures, undefined abbreviations, or author-identifying details.

7.3 Keywords

Provide three to six standardized keywords separated by semicolons. Authors are encouraged to use established controlled vocabulary where appropriate.

8. Original Research Article Structure

8.1 Introduction

Explain the public-health or health-promotion problem, summarize relevant evidence, identify the unresolved scientific or practical gap, establish the significance of the study, and conclude with a clear objective or hypothesis.

8.2 Methods

Report sufficient information for critical evaluation and replication. Apply the reporting guideline appropriate to the study design.

Recommended Methods subsections include:

• Study Design: design and analytical framework
• Setting and Study Period: setting, geographic scope, and dates
• Participants, Sample, or Data Sources: eligibility, sampling, recruitment, sample-size basis, and analytical sample
• Variables and Measurement Instruments: outcomes, exposures, covariates, instruments, definitions, validity, and reliability
• Data Collection and Quality Control: procedures, training, calibration, missing-data handling, and quality assurance
• Statistical or Qualitative Analysis: software and version, analytical methods, effect measures, intervals, thresholds, and sensitivity analyses
• Ethical Considerations: approval, consent, confidentiality safeguards, and registration where applicable

8.3 Results

Present findings in the same logical order as the objectives and methods. Report participant flow, denominators, missing data, descriptive findings, effect estimates, uncertainty intervals, and relevant statistical results. Avoid duplicating all data in both text and tables.

8.4 Discussion

Interpret the findings without repeating the Results section. Explain the principal findings, compare them with relevant evidence, discuss plausible explanations, identify strengths and limitations, and describe implications for health-promotion research, policy, education, or practice.

Recommended Discussion subsections include:

• Principal Findings
• Comparison With Existing Evidence
• Strengths and Limitations
• Implications for Research, Policy, Education, or Practice

8.5 Conclusion

Directly answer the study objective, reflect the magnitude and certainty of the findings, avoid unsupported recommendations, and do not introduce new data.

9. Review Article Structure

Review Articles must use transparent, systematic, and reproducible methods. Narrative reviews without a defined search and study-selection method are not considered.

The manuscript should include, as applicable:

• Structured abstract
• Introduction and review objective
• Protocol and registration information
• Eligibility criteria
• Information sources and search dates
• Complete search strategy
• Study-selection process
• Data-extraction process
• Risk-of-bias or critical-appraisal methods
• Evidence-synthesis methods
• Study-selection flow diagram
• Results of individual studies
• Synthesis of results
• Limitations of evidence and review methods
• Implications and conclusion

10. Reporting Guidelines

Authors must use the reporting guideline appropriate to the study design. Applicable standards may include STROBE, CONSORT, TREND, PRISMA, PRISMA-ScR, COREQ, SRQR, CHEERS, STARD, SQUIRE, or TIDieR.

A completed reporting checklist may be required during submission, editorial screening, peer review, or revision.

11. References

• Use numbered citations in order of first appearance.
• Apply Vancouver style consistently.
• Ensure every in-text citation appears in the reference list.
• Ensure every reference listed is cited in the manuscript.
• Verify author names, article titles, journal titles, year, volume, issue, and page information.
• Include a DOI or stable URL when available.
• Prioritize relevant, accurate, and sufficiently current evidence.
• Avoid excessive, irrelevant, coercive, or metric-oriented citation.
• Do not cite sources that have not been read and verified.

12. Tables

• Number tables consecutively in order of first citation.
• Provide a concise and informative title.
• Use editable table format rather than images.
• Define all abbreviations and symbols in table notes.
• Report statistical tests and significance indicators clearly.
• Avoid duplicating information already presented in the text or figures.
• Obtain permission for previously published material where required.

13. Figures

• Number figures consecutively in order of first citation.
• Provide publication-quality image files.
• Ensure text, symbols, and labels remain legible.
• Provide a complete figure legend for every figure.
• Define all abbreviations, panels, symbols, and statistical annotations.
• Remove identifying participant information unless consent for publication has been obtained.
• Obtain permission for copyrighted material where required.

14. Supplementary Material

Supplementary material may include questionnaires, detailed intervention materials, protocols, additional tables or figures, statistical code, datasets, multimedia files, or completed reporting checklists.

• Label each supplementary file clearly.
• Cite supplementary files in the main manuscript.
• Remove identifying information when necessary for peer review.
• Ensure supplementary content complies with ethics, privacy, copyright, and licensing requirements.

15. Language and Writing Quality

Manuscripts must be written in clear, professional, and grammatically accurate English. Authors are responsible for language quality, terminology consistency, and readability.

Language editing does not guarantee acceptance. Editorial decisions are based on scope relevance, originality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and scientific contribution.

16. File and Formatting Requirements

• Submit editable Microsoft Word files.
• Use the official Title Page and Anonymized Main Document templates.
• Replace all bracketed placeholders.
• Delete all instructional text.
• Remove tracked changes and unresolved comments.
• Use consistent headings and subheadings.
• Define abbreviations at first use.
• Use international measurement units and standard terminology.
• Ensure tables and figures are cited in numerical order.

17. OJS Metadata

The submitting author must enter complete and accurate metadata into OJS. The metadata must match the Title Page and final manuscript.

Required metadata include:

• Article title
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Full author names in the correct publication order
• Author affiliations
• Countries
• Email addresses
• ORCID iDs when supplied
• Funding information where applicable
• References when required by the OJS workflow

18. Authorship Changes

Requests to add, remove, reorder, or replace authors after submission must be submitted in writing with a clear justification and written agreement from all affected authors.

The editorial team may decline authorship changes that are inadequately justified, inconsistent with contribution records, or requested after acceptance without exceptional grounds.

19. Revised Manuscripts

A revised submission should include:

• A clean revised manuscript
• A marked version showing changes when requested
• A detailed point-by-point response to editors and reviewers
• Updated Title Page and declarations where applicable
• Updated reporting checklist where applicable

Authors should respond respectfully and specifically to every comment. When a recommendation is not followed, provide a clear scientific or methodological justification.

20. Manuscript Withdrawal

Authors who wish to discontinue editorial processing must submit a formal withdrawal request in accordance with the journal Article Withdrawal Policy. A manuscript is not considered withdrawn until the journal issues written confirmation.

21. Final Submission Check

☐ The manuscript is within the Focus and Scope.

☐ The correct article type has been selected.

☐ The official templates have been used.

☐ All placeholders and instructional text have been removed.

☐ The Title Page and Main Document are separate.

☐ The Main Document is fully anonymized.

☐ The Turnitin Similarity Report does not exceed 20%.

☐ The appropriate reporting guideline has been followed.

☐ Ethics and transparency declarations are complete.

☐ References, tables, figures, and supplementary files are complete.

☐ OJS metadata match the submitted files.

☐ All authors have approved the submission.