Focus and Scope

Jurnal Ilmiah Kebidanan (The Journal of Midwifery) published by Midwifery Department of Health Polytechnic, Ministry of Health, Denpasar. Jurnal Ilmiah Kebidanan (The Journal of Midwifery) is a scientific journal which aims to disseminate various scientific writings to improve public health, especially maternal and child health. Jurnal Ilmiah Kebidanan (The Journal of Midwifery) is published periodically (twice a year), in May and October.

Jurnal Ilmiah Kebidanan (The Journal of Midwifery) provides immediate open access to its content to all readers. The articles in Jurnal Ilmiah Kebidanan (The Journal of Midwifery) include developments and researches in public health, especially maternal and child health.

Jurnal Ilmiah Kebidanan (The Journal of Midwifery) accepts manuscripts from original research articles, reviews, clinical case, research letters, and letters to the editor, including:

• Pregnancy
• Birth
• Postpartum and Breastfeeding
• Newborns, Neonates, Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool
• Adolescence
• Premarital and Preconception
• Family Planning
• Health reproductive
• Midwifery Community
• Education in Midwifery
• Holistic Midwifery Care
• Complementary Midwifery Care

Section Policies

Article

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Review

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

The submitted manuscript will be checked by an editor whether it is suitable with our focus and scope or has a major methodological flaw in four weeks. Staff will check whether the requirements are complete in one week. The authors will be given two weeks after notification is sent to complete the incomplete requirements. Failure to complete will make the manuscript rejected without being reviewed.

The manuscript is checked by the Editor. Manuscript is reviewed by two members. Reviewers come from various institutions with their expertise. The submitted paper is evaluated with double-blind peer review.

The manuscript are: 

• Accepted without correction,
• Revised with small corrections,
• Revised with many corrections, and
• Rejected.

The corresponding author is given the opportunity to improve the article based on the advice received from the reviewer. Certain information whether articles received and published or rejected is given to the author of the sender in writing. The duration of the review process can be up to 3 months. If the author does not fulfill the process within 6 months, the publisher has right to stop it.

Publication Frequency

Jurnal Ilmiah Kebidanan (The Journal of Midwifery) is published periodically (twice a year), in May and October.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. All articles published Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. We are continuously working with our author communities to select the best choices of license options: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA)

Archiving

This journal utilizes LOCKSS systems to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.