Focus and Scope

1. Mengedepankan Studi dan Penelitian yang Lebih Luas dan Akurat di Bidang Kesehatan

• Luas (Komprehensif): Jurnal ini menolak pendekatan yang sempit. Ruang lingkup penelitian didorong untuk mencakup berbagai dimensi kesehatan—mulai dari keperawatan, kesehatan masyarakat, manajemen layanan kesehatan, hingga intervensi klinis dan kebijakan publik.

• Akurat (Berbasis Bukti): Penelitian yang dimuat harus memenuhi standar metodologis yang ketat (evidence-based). Keakuratan data, validitas analisis, serta objektivitas temuan menjadi fondasi utama agar kontribusi ilmiah yang dihasilkan benar-scale dan dapat dipertanggungjawabkan secara akademis.

2. Mengungkapkan Nilai-Nilai Hakiki Kehidupan Manusia

• Kemanusiaan sebagai Pusat: Dalam pelayanan kesehatan, manusia seringkali dilihat sekadar sebagai pasien atau objek medis. Jurnal ini mendorong pengungkapan esensi terdalam dari eksistensi manusia: martabat, kerentanan, harapan, dan hak untuk mendapatkan perlakuan yang bermartabat.

• Makna Sehat dan Sakit: Studi yang dipublikasikan menggali bagaimana pengalaman sakit dan penyembuhan memengaruhi kualitas hidup manusia secara utuh, melampaui sekadar penyembuhan fisik semata.

3. Konteks Pelayanan Kesehatan yang Otentik, Mendalam, Dialogal, dan Kontekstual

• Otentik: Pelayanan kesehatan yang tulus dan jujur, lahir dari panggilan kemanusiaan yang sejati tanpa terjebak pada birokrasi yang mekanis atau komersialisasi berlebihan.

• Mendalam: Kajian dan praktik tidak dilakukan di permukaan saja, melainkan menyentuh akar permasalahan kesehatan masyarakat serta esensi hubungan antara tenaga kesehatan dan pasien.

• Dialogal: Membuka ruang kolaborasi dan komunikasi dua arah yang setara antara tenaga medis, akademisi, pasien, dan komunitas. Kesehatan dipandang sebagai hasil interaksi sosial yang dinamis, bukan instruksi satu arah.

• Kontekstual: Penelitian dan praktik pelayanan harus berpijak pada realitas sosial, budaya, dan geografis setempat. Solusi kesehatan yang ditawarkan harus relevan dengan tantangan nyata yang dihadapi oleh masyarakat di lapangan.

Secara keseluruhan, pernyataan ini menegaskan bahwa Jurnal Kesehatan Lentera Acitya hadir untuk menjembatani ketepatan sains modern dengan nurani kemanusiaan, menghasilkan riset yang tidak hanya cerdas secara intelektual, tetapi juga memanusiakan manusia.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

1. Sistem dan Jenis Peer Review

Jurnal Kesehatan Lentera Acitya menerapkan sistem Double-Blind Peer Review. Dalam proses ini:

• Identitas penulis dan penelaah dirahasiakan satu sama lain guna menghindari potensi bias atau subjektivitas dalam penilaian.

• Setiap naskah yang masuk akan melalui tahap Initial Screening (pemeriksaan pendahuluan) oleh Dewan Redaksi untuk memastikan kesesuaian topik dengan fokus dan ruang lingkup jurnal, serta pemeriksaan tingkat kemiripan menggunakan perangkat lunak anti-plagiasi (similarity check).

2. Jumlah Penelaah (Reviewers)

• Setiap naskah yang lolos seleksi awal akan ditelaah oleh minimal 2 (dua) orang mitra bestari yang ahli di bidang kesehatan, keperawatan, kebidanan, atau kesehatan masyarakat.

• Apabila terdapat perbedaan pendapat atau penilaian yang signifikan antara kedua penelaah pertama, naskah dapat dikirimkan kepada penelaah ketiga (adjudicator) sebagai penengah.

3. Kriteria Penilaian Naskah

Para penelaah diminta untuk menilai naskah berdasarkan beberapa kriteria utama:

• Orisinalitas dan Kebaruan (Novelty): Kontribusi ilmiah naskah terhadap pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan di bidang kesehatan.

• Metodologi Penelitian: Ketepatan desain penelitian, teknik sampling, instrumen, serta validitas analisis data yang digunakan.

• Kejelasan dan Kedalaman Pembahasan: Kesesuaian antara hasil temuan dan analisis teoretis serta literatur pendukung yang mutakhir.

• Format dan Sistematika: Kepatuhan terhadap pedoman penulisan jurnal, struktur artikel (IMRAD atau format yang relevan), serta kejelasan bahasa dan tata tulis.

• Referensi: Kualitas dan kemutakhiran daftar pustaka (diutamakan sumber primer seperti jurnal ilmiah dari 5 hingga 10 tahun terakhir).

4. Estimasi Waktu Proses Penelaahan

• Waktu Rata-rata Review: Proses penelaahan oleh mitra bestari biasanya memakan waktu antara 2 hingga 4 minggu sejak naskah dikirimkan kepada penelaah.

• Total Waktu Publikasi: Dari pertama kali naskah diserahkan (submission) hingga keputusan akhir (accepted/rejected), proses rata-rata membutuhkan waktu sekitar 4 hingga 8 minggu, bergantung pada kecepatan revisi yang dilakukan oleh penulis.

5. Prinsip Perekrutan Penelaah (Reviewers)

Dewan Redaksi merekrut mitra bestari berdasarkan prinsip-prinsip profesionalisme dan integritas akademik:

• Keahlian Akademik (Expertise): Memiliki latar belakang pendidikan minimal Magister atau Doktor serta rekam jejak publikasi yang kuat di bidang ilmu kesehatan atau rumpun ilmu terkait.

• Rekam Jejak Publikasi: Aktif menulis dan mempublikasikan artikel di jurnal bereputasi nasional maupun internasional.

• Integritas dan Objektivitas: Bebas dari konflik kepentingan dan berkomitmen untuk memberikan masukan yang konstruktif secara objektif dan tepat waktu.

Publication Frequency

Jurnal Kesehatan "Lentera Acitya" yang diterbitkan oleh Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan (STIKes) Fatima Parepare mengimplementasikan sistem penerbitan berkala yang terstruktur secara konsisten guna memastikan diseminasi informasi ilmiah di bidang kesehatan dapat diakses oleh masyarakat akademisi dan praktisi kesehatan secara berkesinambungan.

Jadwal Terbit Berkala

• Periode Pertama (Januari s.d. Juni): Edisi semester awal yang mencakup akumulasi riset, kajian literatur, dan artikel konseptual yang dihimpun pada paruh pertama tahun berjalan.

• Periode Kedua (Juli s.d. Desember): Edisi semester akhir yang menampung kontribusi ilmiah dari berbagai akademisi, peneliti, dan tenaga kesehatan untuk paruh kedua tahun berjalan.

Signifikansi dan Kontribusi Akademik

Penerbitan yang dilakukan sebanyak dua kali dalam setahun (semi-annual) ini dirancang untuk:

• Menjaga dinamika publikasi ilmiah tetap aktif dan responsif terhadap perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi di sektor kesehatan.

• Memberikan kepastian waktu (timeline) bagi para peneliti, dosen, mahasiswa, dan praktisi kesehatan dalam merencanakan serta menyerahkan naskah artikel ilmiah mereka.

• Mendukung peningkatan mutu tridharma perguruan tinggi, khususnya dalam aspek penelitian dan pengabdian kepada masyarakat yang berbasis eviden ilmiah.

Catatan: Konsistensi jadwal terbitan ini merupakan komitmen STIKes Fatima Parepare dalam membangun iklim akademik yang produktif serta memperluas jangkauan diseminasi hasil riset kesehatan berkualitas tinggi di tingkat regional maupun nasional.

Open Access Policy

Jurnal Kesehatan Lentera Acitya menganut dan menerapkan Kebijakan Akses Terbuka Penuh (Full Open Access Policy) sebagai bentuk komitmen nyata dalam memajukan diseminasi ilmu pengetahuan di bidang kesehatan, keperawatan, kebidanan, dan kesehatan masyarakat. Kebijakan ini memastikan bahwa seluruh artikel, hasil penelitian, ulasan ilmiah, serta naskah akademik yang telah melewati proses penelaahan sejawat (peer-review) dan diterbitkan, dapat diakses, dibaca, diunduh, disalin, didistribusikan, dicetak, serta digunakan secara gratis dan tanpa hambatan finansial oleh siapa pun di seluruh dunia.

Landasan dan Tujuan Kebijakan

• Demokratisasi Pengetahuan Medis: Menghilangkan sekat-sekat berlangganan (paywall) agar akademisi, praktisi medis, peneliti, mahasiswa, pembuat kebijakan, dan masyarakat umum dapat memanfaatkan temuan riset kesehatan terkini secara cepat dan setara.

• Peningkatan Dampak Ilmiah (Citation Impact): Artikel yang dapat diakses secara bebas memiliki probabilitas lebih tinggi untuk dibaca, dirujuk, dan disitasi oleh peneliti lain di kancah nasional maupun internasional, sehingga mendongkrak visibilitas institusi penulis dan reputasi jurnal itu sendiri.

• Akselerasi Inovasi Kesehatan: Membantu para klinisi dan tenaga kesehatan di lapangan untuk segera mengaplikasikan bukti ilmiah terbaru (evidence-based practice) demi peningkatan mutu pelayanan kesehatan masyarakat secara langsung.

Ketentuan Penggunaan dan Lisensi (Licensing Terms)

Seluruh naskah yang dipublikasikan di Jurnal Kesehatan Lentera Acitya dilindungi di bawah kerangka lisensi Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) atau lisensi yang setara. Ketentuan utama dari lisensi ini meliputi:

• Atribusi Wajib: Pengguna dan pembaca, baik secara komersial maupun non-komersial, tetap wajib memberikan kredit pengakuan yang layak kepada penulis asli dan Jurnal Kesehatan Lentera Acitya sebagai sumber publikasi pertama.

• Kebebasan Distribusi: Pembaca diizinkan untuk mengunduh, membagikan, mencetak, dan membuat turunan karya selama ketentuan atribusi terpenuhi, tanpa perlu meminta izin khusus dari pengelola jurnal.

Komitmen Pembebasan Biaya Pembaca (No Reader Fees)

Jurnal Kesehatan Lentera Acitya menegaskan bahwa:

• Tidak ada biaya berlangganan (No Subscription Fees) yang dibebankan kepada individu institusi atau pembaca untuk mengakses arsip jurnal.

• Tidak ada pembatasan waktu (No Embargo Period); segera setelah sebuah artikel dinyatakan lulus tahap produksi dan diterbitkan secara daring (online publishing), konten tersebut langsung tersedia untuk publik secara cuma-cuma.

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Publication Ethics

Our Publication Ethics are based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Duties of Authors

Reporting Standards: Authors should present an accurate account of the original research performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Researchers should present their results honestly and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation. A manuscript should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable. Manuscripts should follow the submission guidelines of the journal.
Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original work. The manuscript should not be submitted concurrently to more than one publication unless the editors have agreed to co-publication. Relevant previous work and publications, both by other researchers and the authors’ own, should be properly acknowledged and referenced. The primary literature should be cited where possible. Original wording taken directly from publications by other researchers should appear in quotation marks with the appropriate citations.
Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publications: Author should not in general submit the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently. It is also expected that the author will not publish redundant manuscripts or manuscripts describing same research in more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Multiple publications arising from a single research project should be clearly identified as such and the primary publication should be referenced
Acknowledgement of Sources: Authors should acknowledge all sources of data used in the research and cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given.
Authorship of the Paper: The authorship of research publications should accurately reflect individuals’ contributions to the work and its reporting. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to conception, design, execution or interpretation of the reported study. Others who have made significant contribution must be listed as co-authors. In cases where major contributors are listed as authors while those who made less substantial, or purely technical, contributions to the research or to the publication are listed in an acknowledgement section. Authors also ensure that all the authors have seen and agreed to the submitted version of the manuscript and their inclusion of names as co-authors.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors should clearly disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
Fundamental Errors in Published Works: If the author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in the submitted manuscript, then the author should promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects: The author should clearly identify in the manuscript if the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use.

Duties of Editor

Publication Decisions: Based on the review report of the editorial board, the editor can accept, reject, or request modifications to the manuscript. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision. Editors have to take responsibility for everything they publish and should have procedures and policies in place to ensure the quality of the material they publish and maintain the integrity of the published record.
Review of Manuscripts: Editor must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated by the editor for originality. The editor should organize and use peer review fairly and wisely. Editors should explain their peer review processes in the information for authors and also indicate which parts of the journal are peer reviewed. Editor should use appropriate peer reviewers for papers that are considered for publication by selecting people with sufficient expertise and avoiding those with conflicts of interest.
Fair Play: The editor must ensure that each manuscript received by the journal is reviewed for its intellectual content without regard to sex, gender, race, religion, citizenship, etc. of the authors. An important part of the responsibility to make fair and unbiased decisions is the upholding of the principle of editorial independence and integrity. Editors are in a powerful position by making decisions on publications, which makes it very important that this process is as fair and unbiased as possible.
Confidentiality: The editor must ensure that information regarding manuscripts submitted by the authors is kept confidential. Editors should critically assess any potential breaches of data protection and patient confidentiality. This includes requiring properly informed consent for the actual research presented, consent for publication where applicable.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: The editor of the Journal will not use unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript for his own research without written consent of the author. Editors should not be involved in decisions about papers in which they have a conflict of interest

Duties of Reviewers

Confidentiality: Information regarding manuscripts submitted by authors should be kept confidential and be treated as privileged information. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
Acknowledgement of Sources: Reviewers must ensure that authors have acknowledged all sources of data used in the research. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. The reviewers should notify the journal immediately if they come across any irregularities, have concerns about ethical aspects of the work, are aware of substantial similarity between the manuscript and a concurrent submission to another journal or a published article, or suspect that misconduct may have occurred during either the research or the writing and submission of the manuscript; reviewers should, however, keep their concerns confidential and not personally investigate further unless the journal asks for further information or advice.
Standards of Objectivity: Review of submitted manuscripts must be done objectively and the reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments. The reviewers should follow journals’ instructions on the specific feedback that is required of them and, unless there are good reasons not to. The reviewers should be constructive in their reviews and provide feedback that will help the authors to improve their manuscript. The reviewer should make clear which suggested additional investigations are essential to support claims made in the manuscript under consideration and which will just strengthen or extend the work
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers. In the case of double-blind review, if they suspect the identity of the author(s) notify the journal if this knowledge raises any potential conflict of interest.
Promptness: The reviewers should respond in a reasonable time-frame. The reviewers only agree to review a manuscript if they are fairly confident they can return a review within the proposed or mutually agreed time-frame, informing the journal promptly if they require an extension. In the event that a reviewer feels it is not possible for him/her to complete review of manuscript within stipulated time then this information must be communicated to the editor, so that the manuscript could be sent to another reviewer.

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