International Journal of Adolescent and Pediatric Health

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts to the International Journal of Adolescent and Pediatric Health (IJAPH) through the journal's online submission system.

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IJAPH is an online-only, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by PT Inovasi Multi Guna, Indonesia.

The journal publishes scholarly work relevant to adolescent health, pediatric health, child development, nursing, clinical care, public health, health promotion, digital health, health technology, education, and related interdisciplinary fields.

Authors should review the journal's Focus and Scope, Author Guidelines, Section Policy, Research Ethics Policy, Peer Review Policy, and Publication Ethics policies before submitting a manuscript.

Author Guidelines

All manuscripts are initially assessed by the Editor-in-Chief or a designated editor to determine whether they are suitable for IJAPH.

Initial editorial assessment considers:

  • relevance to the journal's Focus and Scope;
  • compliance with manuscript preparation requirements;
  • originality and scholarly contribution;
  • methodological quality;
  • ethical compliance;
  • completeness of author and manuscript metadata;
  • conflicts of interest and funding disclosure; and
  • overall suitability for peer review.

Manuscripts that do not meet essential submission, ethical, or scholarly requirements may be declined before external peer review.

Manuscripts that pass the initial editorial screening will normally proceed to double-blind peer review, usually involving at least two independent reviewers.

Reviewer recommendations are advisory. Final editorial decisions are made through the journal's editorial process.

Before Submitting

Authors should ensure that:

  • the manuscript represents original scholarly work;
  • the manuscript is not simultaneously under consideration by another journal;
  • substantially related previous dissemination has been appropriately disclosed;
  • all listed authors meet the journal's authorship requirements;
  • all authors have approved the submitted version;
  • the corresponding author has permission to communicate with the journal on behalf of all authors;
  • appropriate ethics approval, exemption, or waiver has been obtained where required;
  • informed consent, parental or guardian permission, and assent have been obtained where applicable;
  • consent for publication has been obtained for identifiable patient or participant information where required;
  • conflicts of interest and funding sources have been disclosed;
  • tables, figures, images, and other materials are appropriately numbered and cited;
  • permission has been obtained for third-party copyrighted material where necessary;
  • references have been checked for accuracy and completeness; and
  • substantive use of artificial intelligence or AI-assisted technologies has been disclosed where required.

Double-Blind Manuscript Preparation

IJAPH applies a double-blind peer-review process.

Authors should therefore submit:

1. Title Page

The title page should contain:

  • manuscript title;
  • full names of all authors;
  • institutional affiliations;
  • corresponding author information;
  • email addresses;
  • ORCID iDs where available;
  • funding information;
  • conflict of interest statement; and
  • other author-identifying information.

2. Blinded Manuscript

The manuscript prepared for peer review should not contain unnecessary information that reveals the identity of the authors or their institutions.

Authors should remove:

  • author names;
  • author affiliations;
  • author email addresses;
  • acknowledgments identifying the authors;
  • institutional identifiers where unnecessary for scientific interpretation; and
  • identifying information in document properties where practicable.

Ethics information should remain sufficiently detailed to permit ethical assessment while avoiding unnecessary disclosure of author identity during review where possible.

Manuscript Types

IJAPH accepts manuscript categories described in the journal's Section Policy, including:

  • Original Research Articles
  • Review Articles
  • Case Reports and Case Studies
  • Short Communications and Brief Reports
  • Commentaries and Perspectives
  • Editorials
  • Health Intervention, Education, and Practice Reports
  • Study Protocols

Authors should select the section that most closely corresponds to their manuscript during submission.

The editorial team may reassign a manuscript to a more appropriate section when necessary.

Submission Preparation Checklist

Before completing submission, authors must confirm that:

  • The submission complies with the Author Guidelines and Section Policy.
  • The manuscript is within the Focus and Scope of IJAPH.
  • The manuscript has not been published in substantially the same form elsewhere and is not under simultaneous consideration by another journal.
  • Relevant preprints, conference papers, theses, reports, or related previous publications have been disclosed where applicable.
  • All authors meet appropriate authorship criteria and have approved the submission.
  • Author names, affiliations, and metadata are accurate.
  • ORCID iDs have been provided where available.
  • The manuscript has been prepared appropriately for double-blind peer review.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  • Tables and figures are numbered, titled, and cited appropriately in the manuscript.
  • Permission has been obtained for copyrighted photographs, figures, tables, datasets, or other third-party material where required.
  • Ethical approval, exemption, or waiver has been obtained where applicable.
  • Informed consent and consent for publication have been obtained where required.
  • Research involving minors includes appropriate parental or guardian permission and assent where applicable.
  • Funding sources and conflicts of interest have been disclosed.
  • Clinical trial registration information is included where applicable.
  • Substantive use of AI or AI-assisted technologies has been appropriately disclosed.
  • The manuscript does not contain plagiarism, fabricated or falsified material, or undisclosed duplicate publication.

Submission of a manuscript indicates that the authors agree to comply with IJAPH's editorial, ethical, copyright, licensing, and publication policies.

Article Processing Charge

IJAPH applies an Article Processing Charge (APC) of IDR 100,000 per accepted article, according to the journal's current APC Policy.

There is:

  • no submission fee;
  • no peer-review fee; and
  • no fee for rejected manuscripts.

The APC is payable only after formal acceptance.

Payment does not influence peer review, reviewer selection, editorial decisions, manuscript acceptance or rejection, or publication priority.

Authors should review the current Article Processing Charge Policy before submission.

Copyright and Open Access

Authors retain copyright to their published work.

Articles published in IJAPH are distributed under the:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Published articles are freely accessible online in accordance with the journal's Open Access Policy.

Research Ethics

Research involving human participants, children or adolescents, identifiable health data, human biological materials, clinical trials, or animals where applicable must comply with the journal's Research Ethics Policy.

Authors may be asked to provide supporting ethical documentation during editorial assessment.

Originality and Similarity Screening

Submitted manuscripts may be screened using appropriate similarity-detection tools.

Similarity reports are used as screening aids and not as automatic determinations of plagiarism.

IJAPH does not determine plagiarism solely on the basis of a fixed similarity percentage.

Authors should review the journal's Plagiarism and Research Integrity Policy before submission.

Artificial Intelligence

AI or AI-assisted technologies must not be listed as authors.

Human authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, ethical integrity, confidentiality, citations, and conclusions of submitted manuscripts.

Substantive AI use should be disclosed according to the journal's relevant policies.

Privacy

Personal information submitted through the IJAPH website and OJS platform is used for legitimate journal administration, manuscript processing, peer review, editorial communication, publication, and related scholarly publishing activities.

IJAPH does not sell personal information or use it for unrelated commercial purposes.

Additional information is available in the journal's Privacy Statement.

Questions About Submission

For questions regarding manuscript preparation, submission requirements, article categories, or editorial procedures, please contact:

Editorial Office: editorialijaph@img.co.id

Publisher: PT Inovasi Multi Guna
Publisher Email: hello@img.co.id
Phone/WhatsApp: +62 851 2131 1860
Publisher Website: https://img.co.id
Journal Website: https://journal.img.co.id/index.php/ijaph