Focus and Scope

Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Jornal) accepts original manuscripts in the field of dental health , including research reports, case reports, and literature reviews. The spread of dental  health fields include: dental health promotions, preventive dentistry,  simple curative, dental public health,  nursing care of the teeth and mouth.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal)  maintains the standards of doubled blind peer review while increasing the efficiency of the process. All research articles published in the Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal)  undergo full peer review, key characteristics of which are listed below:

1. All research articles are reviewed by at least two suitably qualified experts.
2. All publication decisions are made by the journals’ Editors-in-Chief based on the reviews provided
3. Members of the advisory, international Editorial Boards lend insight, advice, and guidance to the Editors-in-Chief generally and to assist decision making on specific submissions
4. Managing Editors and  Editorial Assistants provide the administrative support that allows the Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal)  to maintain the integrity of peer review while delivering rapid turnaround and maximum efficiency to authors, reviewers, and editors alike.
5. Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal)  additionally benefits through the manuscript referral process from the high-quality peer review conducted by established journals.

Peer review of referred papers:

Editors of the Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal)  will decide promptly whether to accept, reject, or request revisions of referred papers based on the reviews and editorial insight of the supporting journals. Also, Editors will have the option of seeking additional reviews when needed. The authors will be advised when Editors decide, further review is required.

Peer review of novel submissions:

Articles submitted directly to the Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal)  will be thoroughly peer-reviewed by at least two appropriately qualified experts in the field selected by the Editor-in-Chief. The Editor-in-Chief will then decide whether to accept, reject, or request revisions based on the reviews and comments received. The Editor-in-Chief will decide whether each submission reports well-conducted research with conclusions supported by the data presented in the paper. Assessments of priority will not be a factor in decision-making, but all articles must make an incremental or novel addition to the literature.

Publication Frequency

Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal) was published twice a year in Pebuary and August. Every issue consisted of 6 articles and therefore, every volume consisted 12 articles.

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.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system 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. More...

Publication Ethics

It is the statement of ethics for the Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal)  published by Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Denpasar. This statement was adapted from the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and covered the code of ethics for chief editor, editorial board members, reviewers, and authors. This statement is based on: http://publicationethics.org

Articles published in the Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal) is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge on education, and those are a direct reflection of the writer's and institutions' quality. It is, therefore, necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behaviour for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the authors, the journal editors, the peer reviewers, the publisher, and the society.  Editors of the Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal) are committed to guaranteeing that all procedures are directed merely to facilitate objective and intellectual treatment. Further, the editors and reviewers evaluate manuscripts without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or specific political and group interest. Software is used to avoid plagiarism among the articles.

Duties Of Authors

1. Have the responsibility of ensuring only new and original work is submitted. (do not contain plagiarism)
2. Must not reproduce work that has been previously published in other journals.
3. Must not submit any articles that are being reviewed or considered by the journal to other journals simultaneously.
4. Authors are only allowed to publish their work elsewhere after receiving a formal rejection from the journal or if the journal officially accepts their request to withdraw their paper.
5. Must inform the Chief Editor or the publisher of any inaccuracy of data in their published work so that correction or retraction of the article can be done.
6. Should make significant contributions and be held accountable for any shortcomings in their work.

 Duties Of Reviewers

1. Must disclose any competing interest before agreeing to review a submission.
2. Reviewers can refuse to review any submission due to a conflict of interest or inadequate knowledge.
3. Review all submissions objectively, fairly, and professionally.
4. Reveal any ethical misconduct encountered while reviewing to the Chief Editor for further action.
5. Should ensure the originality of a submission and be alert to any plagiarism and redundant publication.
6. Must not discuss the content of the submission without permission.
7. Adhere to the time allocated for the review process. Requests for extension to review the submission are at the discretion of the Chief Editor.

Duties Of Editorial Board Members

1. Actively contribute to the development and the greater good of the journal.
2. Act as ambassadors for the journal.
3. Continuously support and promote the journal.
4. Review any work assigned to them.

Duties Of Chief Editor

1. Evaluate manuscripts fairly and solely on their intellectual merit.
2. Ensure confidentiality of manuscripts and not disclose any information regarding documents to anyone other than the people involved in the publishing process.
3. Has the responsibility to decide when and which articles are to be published.
4. Actively seek the views of board members, reviewers, and authors on how to improve/ increase the image and visibility of the journal.
5. Give clear instructions to potential contributors to the submission process and what is expected of the authors.

Ensure appropriate reviewers are selected/ identified for the reviewing process.

License and Copyright

Authors who publish with the Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal) agree to the following terms:

1. Authors have retained full articles copyright and grant the Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal) right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors can enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal) published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or edit it in a book), with an acknowledgement of initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) before and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (see also deposit policy and archiving on page journal).

Plagiarism Policy

Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal) board recognizes that plagiarism is not acceptable and therefore establishes the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) when plagiarism is identified in an article that is submitted for publication in the Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal). All the manuscripts will be subjected to pre-screening of plagiarism check by using Turnitin Software. The editor will conduct the screening process once the paper is received.

Definition:

Plagiarism involves the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's original work."

Policy:

Papers must be original, unpublished, and not pending publication elsewhere. Any material taken verbatim from another source needs to be identified as different from the present original text by (1) indentation, (2) use of quotation marks, and (3) identification of the source. Any document of an amount exceeding fair use standards (herein defined as more than two or three sentences or the equivalent thereof) or any graphic material reproduced from another source requires permission from the copyright holder and, if feasible, the original author(s) and also involves identification of the source; e.g., previous publication. When plagiarism is identified, the Editor Chief responsible for the review of this paper and will agree on measures according to the extent of plagiarism detected in the article in agreement with the following guidelines:

Level of Plagiarism

1. Minor:

A short section of another article is plagiarized without any significant data or idea taken from the other paper

Action: A warning is given to the authors and a request to change the text and properly cite the original article is made

2. Intermediate:

A significant portion of a paper is plagiarized without proper citation to the initial paper

Action: The submitted article is rejected, and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for one year

3.  Severe :

A significant portion of a paper is plagiarized that involves reproducing original results or ideas presented in another publication

Action: The paper is rejected, and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for 2 years.

It is understood that all authors are responsible for the content of their submitted paper as they all checked the Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal) Checklist Form. If a penalty is imposed for plagiarism, all authors will be subject to the same punishment. If the second case of plagiarism by the same author(s) is identified, a decision on the measures to be enforced will be made by the Editorial board (Editor-in-Chief and Editorial members) with the Chair of the Editor in Chief. The author(s) might be forbidden to submit further articles forever. This policy also applies to material reproduced from another publication by the same author(s). If an author uses text or figures that have previously been published, the corresponding paragraphs or data should be identified and the previous publication referenced. It is understood that in the case of a review paper or a paper of tutorial nature, much of the material was previously published.

The author should identify the source of the previously published material and obtain permission from the original author and the publisher. If an author submits a manuscript to Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal)  with significant overlap with a document submitted to another journal simultaneously, and this overlap is discovered during the review process or after the publications of both papers, the editor of the other journal is notified, and the case is treated as a severe plagiarism case. Significant overlap means the use of identical or almost identical figures and identical or slightly modified text for one-half or more of the paper. For self-plagiarism of less than one-half of the paper but more than one-tenth of the article, the case shall be treated as intermediate plagiarism. If self-plagiarism is confined to the methods section, the matter shall be considered minor plagiarism.

If an author uses some of his previously published material to clarify the presentation of new results, the previously published article shall be identified, and the difference to the present publication shall be mentioned. Permission to republish must be obtained from the copyright holder. In the case of a manuscript that was originally published in conference proceedings and then is submitted for publication into Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal)  either in identical or in expanded form, the authors must identify the name of the conference proceedings and the date of the printing and obtain permission to republish from the copyright holder. The editor may decide not to accept this paper for publication.

However, an author shall be permitted to use material from an unpublished presentation, including visual displays, in a subsequent journal publication. In the case of a paper being submitted, that was originally published in another language, the title, date, and journal of the original publication must be identified by the authors, and the copyright must be obtained. The editor may accept such a translated release to bring it to the attention of a wider audience. The editor may select a specific paper that had been published (e.g., a "historic" paper) for republication to provide a better perspective of a series of articles published in one issue of Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal) . This republication shall be identified as such, and the date and journal of the original publication shall be given. The permission of the author(s) and the publisher shall be obtained.

The Jurnal Kesehatan Gigi (Dental Health Journal)  layout editor for the journal is responsible for maintaining the list of authors subjected to penalties and will check that no authors of a submitted paper are on this list. If a banned author is identified, the layout editor will inform the Editor-in-Chief who will take appropriate measures. This policy will be posted on the website with the instructions for submitting a manuscript, and a copy will be sent to the authors with the confirmation email upon initial receipt of their original paper. A sentence shall be added to the copyright transfer form to indicate that the author(s) have read the Plagiarism Policy.