Author Guidelines

Instructions for the author of HealthSmart: Journal of Public Health

  • The text submitted by the author is the original scientific paper, has never been published, and is not being submitted for publication in other media/journals.
  • The text proposed may be the study's results (field/literature), conceptual ideas, studies, application of theories, and criticism in the social, humanities, and technology.
  • Scripts can be written in Indonesian or English. The manuscript is in Times New Roman, font 11, with single (1) spacing and a single-column format. 
  • Article files are submitted in DOC, DOCX, or RTF extensions
  • Article Format has met the Article Template.
  • The article must be under 20 % checked by plagiarism software.
  • The article does not contain the results of plagiarism, falsification, and fabrication of data.
  • References at least 20 articles (required with DOI article) with APA 7th Style.
  • We recommend you use reference manager tools, such as Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote, etc., to manage manuscript references.

Paper Title

This is your opportunity to attract the reader's attention. Remember that readers are the potential authors who will cite your article. Identify the main issue of the paper. Begin with the subject of the paper. The title should be accurate, unambiguous, specific, and complete. Do not contain infrequently used abbreviations.

The paper's title should be in 14 pt bold Font Times New Roman and be left. The title should have 0 pts space above and 0 pts below.

Author's Name and Affiliations

Write author (s) names without titles and professional positions such as professor, doctor, production manager, etc. Do not abbreviate your last/family name. Always give your First and Last names. Write clear affiliation of all Authors. Affiliation includes the name of the department/unit, the name of the university, an address, and country. Please indicate the Corresponding Author (include email address) by adding an email symbol in superscript behind the name.

Author names should be in 11 pt Times New Roman with 0 pts above and 0 pts below. Author addresses are superscripted by numerals and centered over both columns of manuscripts. Author affiliations University name/institution/research study/company should be in 11 pt Book Antiqua. The body of the text should commence single lines (24 points) below the last address.

Present/permanent address. If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done or was visiting, a 'Present address' (or 'Permanent address') may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address where the author did the work must be retained as the main affiliation address. Start by adding an email symbol and then email, font Times New Roman11pt.

Abstract

All contributing authors' names should be added, and their names should be arranged in the correct order for publication. An accurate email address should be supplied only by the corresponding author. Each author's full name must be present in the exact format they should appear for publication, including or excluding any middle names or initials as required. The affiliation of each contributing author should be correct on their individual author’s name.

The criteria of authorship are as follows: Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; Final approval of the version to be published; Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

The word Abstract should be put on the left, in bold, 11 points, and in paragraph space after 0 points. The abstract should summarize all research (aim, scope, result, and conclusion) with a maximum of 150 words, justified, 11 points, and single spacing. For keywords, write in italics and then separate using the symbol (;) with a maximum of 5 words.

Article Organization The body of articles should be organized (at least) into the IMRaD structure as follows;

  • Provides adequate background or context (problem and its significance) of the study. The subject should not be written extensively. It is expected that the rationale or purpose of the survey (gap analysis), the objective in general and specific, and the hypothesis (if any) should be expressed clearly. Present a clear "state of the art" of the subject, discussing literature and its theoretical concepts. A concise general background may be included in the article. Present at least 5 (five) recent related works to support the novelty of the research.
  • The methodology provides sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Methods already published should be summarized and indicated by a reference. If quoting directly from a previously published method, use quotation marks and also cite the source. Any modifications to existing methods should also be described. Indicate the participants observed, including demographic data, number of respondents, the rationale of respondent’s selection, etc. Describe the design of the experiment, such as the experiment procedures, surveys, interviews, observation characteristics, etc. Write the complete research procedure. Be sure that explanations made in the article will allow other researchers to reproduce the work or make future work out of it.
  • Results and discussions. Write results in a logical sequence. Results with essential findings should be present first. When presenting results in a table or figure, do not repeat all those contents in the text. Present only the summary of the text. Describe only new and important aspects of the study. Do not repeat all information from the results section or any section above. Present limitations of the study. Write the issues that are new or unsolved for future research. This section consists of What/How the presented data were produced; no raw data should be present in the article. The produced data are presented in tables or figures with an explanation of the results/findings from the work. The section must also address connections between findings and basic concepts or hypotheses made earlier. The authors should also express whether any arguments were needed relating to other works by other researchers. Write the implications of the work related to theoretical or applications.
  • Conclusions. The conclusion should be linked to the title and objectives of the study. Do not make statements that are not adequately supported by your findings. Write the improvements made to the industrial engineering field or science in general. Do not make further discussions, repeat the abstract, or only list the results of research results. Do not use bulleted points; use paragraph sentences instead. maximum 100 words.
  • Acknowledgments: Those who contribute but do not meet all criteria for authorship should not be listed as authors, but they should be acknowledged at the end of the text. Only the names of the persons, but not their roles, should be written under the acknowledgment section. Authors must declare all sources of external research funding in their article, and a statement to this effect should appear in the Acknowledgements section. Authors who wish to include these items should save them together in the MS Word file to be uploaded with the submission. If they are to be included, a brief professional biography of 100 words maximum should be supplied for each named author.
  • Symbols and units, numbers

If symbols are defined in a nomenclature section, symbols and units should be listed alphabetically with their definition and dimensions in SI units. Please use the SI set of units as much as possible. Wherever the application domain uses a different set of units widely, please minimize the use of non-standard units or non-standard symbols for those units. For example, the use of a for the year (annum) is depreciated, and y is encouraged instead. Similarly, h should be used for hours instead of hr and t instead of ton or tonne. Taking care of the case in which the measurement units are typed is essential. E.g., Km does not mean kilometers, but Kelvin meters.

When providing numerical values followed by measurement units, please leave a regular or non-breaking space between each value and the measurement unit. This also includes percentages and degrees Celsius (e.g., 42 % or 35 %, 234 C, 504 K). This rule also applies to the unit for a liter, which is recommended as capital L. The authors are encouraged to render the numbers according to the international rules, specifying the dot as a decimal separator and the comma as a thousand separator.

Equations

Make sure that the placing and numbering of equations are consistent throughout your manuscript.

(1)

(2)

Left aligns the equation and puts the number of the equation flush-right, using a Right Tab on the right margin. Please reference equations in the text by writing: Eqn.... (do not use Equation ...) In principle, variables are to be presented in italics.

Figures and Tables

Figures and tables should be originals or sharp prints. Please use the SI set of units as much as possible. Figures and tables should be centered and placed either at the top or at the bottom of the page. Please do not render tables as pictures, and please do not use font sizes that are too small in the illustrations. Please use the following fonts in your illustrations: Book Antiqua and Symbol, or use fonts that look similar.

If your figures and tables are created in a Microsoft Office application (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), then please supply 'as is' in the native format, too. Regardless of the application used other than Microsoft Office, when your electronic artwork is finalized, please 'Save as' or convert the images to one of the following formats (note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below):

  • EPS (or PDF): Vector drawings embed all used fonts.
  • TIFF (or JPEG): Color or grayscale photographs (halftones), keep to a minimum of 300 dpi.
  • TIFF (or JPEG): Bitmapped (pure black & white pixels) line drawings, keep to a minimum of 1000 dpi.
  • TIFF (or JPEG): Combinations of bitmapped line/half-tone (color or grayscale), keep to a minimum of 500 dpi.

Set table number and title flush left above table. Horizontal lines should be placed above and below table headings and at the bottom of the table. Vertical lines should be avoided. The title should use Times New Roman 11, with 0 pt before and 6 pt after the paragraph, left justified at the top of the table. Tables have to be included in the text. If a table is too long to fit one page, the table number and heading should be repeated on the next page before the table is continued. Alternatively, the table may be spread over two consecutive pages (first an even-numbered, then an odd-numbered page) turned by 90 without repeating the heading.

Figure captions

Fig. 1 Captions should be placed below each illustration, font Book Antiqua, 11 pts. Figures and figure captions should be placed in the center; two narrow figures may be placed side-by-side. Please reference figures in the text by writing: Fig.... (do not use Figure ..).

Figures and Tables

To give our readers a sense of continuity, we encourage you to identify HEALTHSMART: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTHarticles of similar research in your papers. Please check the literature on the papers published in HEALTHSMART: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTHin recent years at https://ejournal.fikesunras.ac.id/index.php/nutrismart.

For citation and model citation, we use the American Psychiatric Association (APA); you can find it using Mendeley or other reference manager programs or citation machines on the internet, such as http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-report/manual.

References must be listed at the end of the paper. Do not begin them on a new page unless this is absolutely necessary. Authors should ensure that every reference in the text appears in the list of references and vice versa.

Some examples of how your references should be listed are given at the end of this template in the References section, allowing you to assemble your reference list according to the correct format and font size. When you are referencing conference proceedings, page numbers should be provided. If proceedings are unavailable, the lecture identification, e.g., lecture number, should be provided instead. When referencing websites, an author or authoring institution should be provided. The date of the last access should be provided as well.

Acknowledgments

Collate acknowledgments in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title, or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, or proofreading the article, etc.). Acknowledgment must be written in this paper. Using 11 pt font Book Antiqua, 6 pt after headings.

References

  • Book:
    Gibney, M. J., Lanham-New, S. A., Cassidy, A., & Vorster, H. H. (2009). Introduction to human nutrition (2nd ed.). Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Journal Article:
    Smith, J., & Brown, R. (2020). The impact of dietary patterns on metabolic health: A systematic review. Journal of Nutrition and Health, 29(4), 567–578. https://doi.org/10.xxxx/abcd
  • Conference Paper:
    Jones, L., & Taylor, M. (2018, June). Nutritional interventions for addressing childhood obesity: A community-based approach. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Nutrition Science (pp. 45–52).
  • Online Resource:
    World Health Organization. (2022). Healthy diet. Retrieved October 10, 2024, from https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/healthy-diet

 Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check that their submissions comply with all of the following items. Submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines may be returned to authors.

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor has it been before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, Doc, Docx, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  4. The text is single-spaced, uses a 12-point font, employs italics rather than underlining (except with URL addresses), and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points rather than at the end.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines found in About the Journal.
  6. The instructions in Ensuring a Double-Blind Review have been followed if submitting to a peer-reviewed journal section.

Articles checked for similarity below 20%