Author Guidelines
Updated 10 November 2018
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
All manuscripts should be submitted online and then are automatically acknowledged by e-mail which mentions tracking article ID for future reference. In case you do not receive acknowledging e-mail, please resubmit the article (or check spam). Do not send articles by e-mail or post. The progress of a manuscript through the editorial process can be subsequently tracked by authors on the web-site.
Please check the publication ethics and malpractice statement before submitting your paper. In addition, manuscript in incorrect format may result in rejection. Manuscript text should be submitted in word file only (.doc, .docx). Please be consistent. The same elements should be keyed in exactly the same way throughout the manuscript.
TYPES OF ARTICLES & GUIDELINES
BNJ issues usually contain between 5 and 25 papers, with an average of about 10-15 papers per issue.
All submitted manuscripts would be subjected to screening and there would be a zero tolerance for manuscripts that demonstrate any evidence of unattributed "cutting and pasting" also called as plagiarism. BNJ strongly discourages duplication/reduplication of data already published. If and when duplication is detected after publishing in BNJ, the journal will be forced to retract such articles. Copyright permission should be obtained from the copyright holder in advance if a published Table/Figure is included.
The following documents must be included in the submission (mandatory):
(1) Title page file:
This must include the following information:
- Title of the manuscript
- Names (spelled out in full) of all the authors*, and the institutions with which they are affiliated
- Corresponding author's details (name, email, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers)
- Declaration of conflict of interest
- Funding
- Acknowledgment
- Author contribution (Clearly state the contribution of each author)
- Ethical consideration (State the complete name of institutions or ethics committee and approval number)
(2) Copyright form
A statement that the material contained in the manuscript has not been previously published and is not being concurrently submitted elsewhere. This form should be signed by at least correspondence author.
(3) Main text:
The main text of articles should follow the guidelines of each type of article:
- Original Research Article
- Quantitative Studies
- Qualitative studies
- Mixed Methods
SUBMISSION OF REVISED PAPER
To submit revised manuscript, you should upload two files, namely: 1) main document with all changes according to the reviewers and editor feedback, please highlight all changed text using red font or use track changes, 2) a response to the editor and reviewers' comments, which includes a point by point response (listed or in a table) to the feedback given in the decision email, alongside your revised manuscript files.
To submit revised papers please log in to your account. Please do not submit your revised manuscript as a new submission, as revised manuscripts are processed differently.
TABLES
Tables should be self-contained and complement, not duplicate, information contained in the text. They should be supplied as editable files, not pasted as images. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the table, legend, and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. All abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: †, ‡, §, ¶, should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the headings. Put the tables in the main content in the appropriate position, instead of putting them under the references.
FIGURE LEGENDS
Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.
FIGURES
Although authors are encouraged to send the highest-quality figures possible, for peer-review purposes, a wide variety of formats, sizes, and resolutions are accepted.
REFERENCES
There is a change of reference and citation format since Vol 3(6) based on the Editors' agreement due to the previous format is not available in the Mendeley software that the majority of authors use for submission in BNJ.
APA (American Psychological Association) format 6th Edition with DOI assigned is used for citation and references.
Examples of references:
For journal articles:
Gunawan, J. (2018). Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) and publication ethics: A journal manager’s perspective. Belitung Nursing Journal, 4(6), 528-529. https://doi.org/10.33546/bnj.665
For books:
Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2010). Essentials of nursing research: Appraising evidence for nursing practice. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
For web page:
Sherman, R. O. (2015). Self-management in leadership. Retrieved from http://www.emergingrnleader.com/self-management-in-leadership/
EDITORIAL PROCESS
A manuscript will be reviewed for possible publication with the understanding that it is being submitted to Belitung Nursing Journal alone at that point in time and has not been published anywhere, simultaneously submitted, or already accepted for publication elsewhere.
The journal expects that authors would authorize one of them to correspond with the Journal for all matters related to the manuscript. All manuscripts received are duly acknowledged. On submission, receiving editors review all submitted manuscripts initially for suitability for formal review. Manuscripts with insufficient originality, serious scientific or technical flaws, or lack of a significant message are rejected before proceeding for formal peer-review. Manuscripts that are unlikely to be of interest to the Belitung Nursing Journal readers are also liable to be rejected at this stage itself.
Manuscripts that are found suitable for publication in Belitung Nursing Journal are sent to two or more expert reviewers. The journal follows a double-blind review process, wherein the reviewers and authors are unaware of each other identity. Every manuscript is also assigned to a member of the editorial team, who based on the comments from the reviewers, takes a final decision on the manuscript. The comments and suggestions (acceptance/ rejection) received from reviewers are conveyed to the corresponding author. If required, the author is requested to provide a point by point response to reviewers comments and submit a revised version of the manuscript. This process is repeated till reviewers and editors are satisfied with the manuscript.
Manuscripts accepted for publication are copy edited for grammar, punctuation, print style, and format. The corresponding author is expected to return the corrected proofs within three or seven days. Page proofs are sent to the corresponding author. The corresponding author is expected to return the corrected proofs within three days. It may not be possible to incorporate corrections received after that period. The whole process of submission of the manuscript to final decision and sending and receiving proofs is completed online.
EARLY VIEW
Early View articles are peer reviewed and accepted articles to be published in this publication. When the final article is assigned to volumes/issues of the publication, the Early View article version will be removed and the final version will appear in the associated published volumes/issues of the publication. The date an article was first made available online will be carried over. Please be aware that, although Early View articles do not have all bibliographic details available yet, they can already be cited, using DOI number. In addition, Early View articles are not considered to be preliminary “pre‐publications” in this journal.
Author Fees
This journal charges the following author fees.
Article Processing and Publication Charge: 60.00 (USD)
This is made possible by an article-processing and publication charge that covers the range of publishing services we provide. This includes provision of online tools for editors and authors, article production and hosting, liaison with abstracting and indexing services, and customer services. It also includes website and server maintenance.
The payment is made when your article is editorially accepted, is charged to either you, or your funder, institution or employer.
Publication charge for Indonesian author is 800,000 IDR.
(Biaya publikasi dibayar setelah artikel dinyatakan accepted untuk di publikasikan)
