Promotif: Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat (PJKM) is a national peer-reviewed journal published by the Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Palu. The journal provides a scholarly platform for researchers, academics, practitioners, policymakers, students, and public health professionals to communicate research findings, reviews, and evidence relevant to population health.
Journal Identity
| Journal Title |
Promotif: Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat |
| Journal Initials |
Promotif |
| Standard Abbreviation |
Promot J Kesehat Masy |
| Print ISSN |
2089-0346 |
| Online ISSN |
2503-1139 |
| DOI Prefix |
10.56338/promotif |
| Publisher |
Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Palu |
| Publication Model |
Peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal |
| Publication Languages |
English and Indonesian |
Mission and Scholarly Role
PJKM supports the production, communication, and practical application of public health knowledge. The journal seeks to connect scientific evidence with health services, policy development, professional practice, community programmes, population health management, and efforts to improve health equity and health outcomes.
Advance Knowledge
Publish credible research and critical reviews that strengthen the public health evidence base.
Inform Practice
Support health practitioners, programme managers, educators, and institutions in evidence-informed action.
Support Policy
Communicate findings relevant to health systems, public policy, prevention, and population-level interventions.
Promote Collaboration
Provide a publication forum for interdisciplinary and multisectoral public health scholarship.
Public Health Coverage
The journal welcomes manuscripts addressing public health science, philosophy, policy, systems, services, interventions, and practice. Core areas include, but are not limited to:
Epidemiology Health Promotion and Behaviour Environmental Health Occupational Health and Safety Biostatistics and Population Studies Health Administration and Policy Reproductive Health Public Health Nutrition Health Services and Systems Community and Global Health Disaster and Emergency Health Other Public Health Topics
Article Types
Original Research Articles
Empirical quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, implementation, evaluation, laboratory, field, policy, or health-service research.
Review Articles
Systematic reviews, scoping reviews, integrative reviews, narrative reviews, or other evidence-synthesis manuscripts that follow an appropriate reporting standard.
Short Reports
Concise reports of relevant public health findings, preliminary evidence, programme evaluations, surveillance observations, or focused analyses.
Manuscripts must comply with the current Author Guidelines, official manuscript template, applicable reporting guideline, publication-ethics requirements, and integrated Submission Checklist.
Publication Frequency
Two Issues per Year
PJKM is published in June and December.
December
Second annual issue
The publication schedule refers to the journal's regular issues. Editorial processing, review, revision, production, and publication planning remain subject to manuscript readiness and journal workflow.
Peer Review and Editorial Assessment
Submitted manuscripts undergo an initial editorial assessment for scope, completeness, originality, ethical compliance, reporting quality, anonymization, and conformity with journal requirements. Manuscripts that pass screening are evaluated through the journal's double-blind peer-review process by reviewers with relevant subject expertise.
Editorial Screening Similarity Assessment Double-Blind Review Editorial Decision
The final decision rests with the authorised editor and is based on scientific merit, methodological quality, ethical compliance, relevance, reviewer evaluations, and the journal's editorial policies.
Open Access and Copyright
PJKM provides immediate open access to its published content. Readers may access journal articles without a subscription or institutional login. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication. Published content is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Under CC BY-SA 4.0, users may share and adapt the work for lawful purposes, provided that appropriate attribution is given and derivative works are distributed under the same licence.
Publication Ethics and Research Integrity
PJKM expects authors, editors, reviewers, and journal personnel to uphold research integrity, confidentiality, transparency, impartiality, responsible authorship, accurate reporting, appropriate citation, ethical participant protection, and disclosure of relevant interests. Suspected misconduct is handled according to the journal's publication-ethics and post-publication policies.
Originality and Attribution Ethical Approval and Consent Conflict-of-Interest Disclosure Data and Reporting Integrity Corrections and Retractions Complaints and Appeals
Primary Readership and Contributors
Researchers
Public health and interdisciplinary scholarship.
Practitioners
Health-service and community professionals.
Policymakers
Decision-makers and programme managers.
Educators and Students
Academic and professional learning communities.
Publisher
Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Palu
Jl. Rusdi Toana No. 1, Palu City, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Principal editorial contact: jurnalpromotif@unismuhpalu.ac.id
Journal support contact: jurnal@unismuhpalu.ac.id
Related Journal Information
Editorial Board Reviewer Board Journal Metrics Abstracting & Indexing Contact FAQs
Information review: Journal identity, publication frequency, editorial procedures, licences, contact details, and other operational information may be revised when official journal arrangements change. Current indexing and accreditation information should be consulted on the separate Abstracting & Indexing page.
PJKM publishes two peer-reviewed public health issues each year—in June and December.
