Publication Policies

On this page, you will find information about the following publication policies:

For details on Aim and Scope; Peer Review Process; Appeals Process; and Plagiarism Policy, please visit the Editorial Policies page.

For more on ethical considerations, such as Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement; Research Involving Human and Animal Subjects; Process for Identification of and Dealing with Allegations of Research Misconduct; and Withdrawal, Correction, and Retraction Policy, please refer to our Ethics and Integrity page.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal follows an open-access publishing model, ensuring immediate, worldwide, and unrestricted access to the full text of all published articles. Readers are free to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full content without any subscription or access fees.

Open access supports the broad dissemination of knowledge by removing barriers to academic research. All original research articles published by IISTR are freely and permanently available online upon publication, under a Creative Commons (CC) license that allows unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction, provided the original work is properly cited. Authors benefit from open access in the following ways:

  • High Availability and Visibility: Free and global access increases readership and exposure.

  • Rigorous Peer Review: Each submission undergoes a high-quality, single- or double-blind peer review process.

  • Fast and Cost-Efficient Publication: Accelerated publication timeline with no subscription charges for readers.

  • Increased Citations: Open access articles tend to receive more citations and greater academic impact.

Data Sharing and Availability

To promote transparency, reproducibility, and data reuse in public health research, authors are encouraged to share the data supporting their findings. When possible, datasets should be deposited in trusted public repositories, with access links provided in the published article.

Authors with manuscripts involving surveys, experiments, case studies, or other empirical public health studies are encouraged to include a data availability statement indicating whether the data are publicly available, available upon request, or restricted due to ethical, legal, or institutional constraints (e.g., patient confidentiality, informed consent limitations, or institutional policies).

All shared data must be anonymized and comply with applicable data protection and privacy regulations. Authors should also provide sufficient documentation to enable data reuse. Noncompliance with this policy may affect publication decisions.

For any questions or further information, please contact us at editor@journal.iistr.org.

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License and Permission

Preprints

Authors who have submitted or plan to submit their articles to the Indonesian Institute of Science and Technology Research (IISTR) may post their preprints in the following locations:

IISTR does not consider this to be a form of prior publication. However, the editorial office must be notified prior to the submission (e.g., through the cover letter/letter to the editor). On the preprint's side, the following statement must be included on the initial screen:

"This work has been submitted to the IISTR for possible publication. The article may be published in the IISTR journal without notice, after which this version may no longer be accessible."

Upon acceptance of the article by IISTR, the author must replace the posted preprint article with either (1) the full citation to the IISTR work with the DOI, or (2) the accepted version of the article with the DOI and appropriate citation to the corresponding IISTR journal. No other changes may be made to the accepted article.

Author-submitted Articles

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access). Authors may share or post their author-submitted article in the following ways:

Upon acceptance, the previously posted article must be replaced with either (1) the complete citation to the IISTR work with the DOI, or (2) the accepted version of the article with the DOI and appropriate citation to the corresponding IISTR journal. No other changes may be made to the accepted article.

Accepted and Published Articles

Unless otherwise noted, all articles in IISTR journals are published with a CC-BY-SA license. This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. If reusers remix, adapt, or build upon the material, reusers must license the modified material under identical terms.

Under the premise of legal publishing, the corresponding author is required to grant a publishing license to IISTR on behalf of all authors (see the copyright section below). Note that IISTR is a Crossref member, and all IISTR journals comply with The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) for open citations.

Once the submitted paper is accepted for publication, authors will be invited to fill in an electronic statement letter form. If the form hasn't been received along with the final revised manuscript, the publication of the manuscript may be postponed.

Manuscripts submitted for publication must be original, previously unpublished, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. If previously published materials written by others have to be used, the copyright owner's permission must be obtained prior to submission. The author takes responsibility for checking whether the material submitted is subject to copyright or ownership rights. To avoid delay in publication, it would be better for authors to start obtaining all the permissions as early as possible. If in any doubt about the copyright, the authors are encouraged to apply for permission. IISTR Publications cannot publish material from other publications without permission. If any unpermitted material used in the article is found, the article will be rejected or removed from our website, even if it has already been published.

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Unless otherwise stated, all articles published by IISTR are distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This means that anyone may copy, distribute, and transmit the work, provided that proper attribution is given to the original author(s) and the article’s initial publication in this journal is clearly acknowledged.

Authors retain copyright of their work or, where applicable, it is retained by other copyright holders. Authors agree that the manuscript will remain permanently open access on IISTR’s platform under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Authors may enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published version of the article (e.g., posting it to an institutional repository or including it in a book), as long as its initial publication in this journal is properly credited.

The IISTR retains the right of first publication and reserves the right to archive, format, and—where necessary—paraphrase the content (with the author’s consent) to enhance its presentation and accessibility.

Rights for Publisher

To protect the rights and interests of both parties, IISTR requires a license from the corresponding author (on behalf of all authors) clearly stating the rights granted to the publisher. Upon acceptance, authors grant IISTR the right of first publication and authorize IISTR to:

  1. Publish, reproduce, distribute, display, and store the manuscript;
  2. Translate the manuscript into other languages;
  3. Create adaptations, summaries, extracts, and abstracts of the manuscript;
  4. Create derivative work(s) based on the manuscript, provided no plagiarism/ethical infringement is conducted;
  5. Link the manuscript to third-party material;
  6. License third parties to perform any of the above activities (with the author’s consent);
  7. Initiate legal proceedings, on behalf of the author(s), if copyright infringement occurs.

Rights for Authors

Authors retain copyright and full publishing rights to their work without restrictions, and are free to use their articles for both commercial and non-commercial purposes without seeking permission from IISTR, such as:

  1. Post a PDF of the published article;
  2. Make copies for personal use, commercial use, or teaching;
  3. Republish part or all of the article in another book or edited volume they authored or edited, as long as no self-plagiarism occurs. Please note that completely reusing work that the authors have already published without making appropriate changes is considered self-plagiarism;
  4. Reuse illustrations, figures, or research data in future works;
  5. Use the article in course packs;
  6. Use the content for research presentations and academic meetings;
  7. Reuse all or part of the published manuscript in future works, whether commercial or non-commercial;
  8. Include their material in other publications, provided that IISTR is cited as the original place of publication. Written in advance, notification to the IISTR editorial office is recommended.

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA)

All content published by IISTR, unless otherwise indicated, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA). This permits anyone to share and adapt the material for any purpose, even commercially, provided proper attribution is given, a link to the license is provided, and any changes are indicated. Adaptations must be distributed under the same license as the original.

CC BY-SA includes the following elements:
BY  – Credit must be given to the creator
SA  – Adaptations must be shared under the same terms

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Embargo Policy

JPHS does not enforce a standard embargo period for accepted manuscripts. Once accepted and processed, all articles are promptly made publicly available under the Article in Press section before being assigned to a journal issue. However, upon request from funders, institutions, or other relevant stakeholders, we may apply a temporary embargo, during which public access is delayed. Such requests must be made and approved during the submission or acceptance stage.

Note: While JPHS does not routinely coordinate media embargoes, authors or affiliated institutions planning media releases may request a media embargo. These will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)-assisted Technology

At submission, the journal should require authors to disclose whether they used artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technologies (such as Large Language Models (LLMs), chatbots, or image creators) in the production of submitted work. Authors who use such technology should describe, in both the cover letter and the submitted work, how they used it. Chatbots (such as ChatGPT) should not be listed as authors because they cannot be responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the work, and these responsibilities are required for authorship. Therefore, humans are responsible for any submitted material that includes the use of AI-assisted technologies. Authors should carefully review and edit the result because AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete, or biased. Authors should not list AI and AI-assisted technologies as authors or co-authors, nor cite AI as an author. Authors should be able to assert that there is no plagiarism in their paper, including text and images produced by the AI. Humans must ensure there is appropriate attribution of all quoted material, including full citations.

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Author Fees and Payment Policy

Article Submission Fee: USD 0 / IDR 0

Authors are not required to pay any submission fee as part of the review process.

Article Processing-Publication Charge (APC): USD 90 / IDR 1,500,000

  • The APC applies to all accepted manuscripts and must be paid within two weeks of acceptance. The charges cover the cost of assigning a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), digital hosting, editing/layout, plagiarism checking, and proofreading. A printed copy of the issue containing the article is available for an additional fee and must be requested via email at editor@journal.iistr.org.
  • For manuscripts exceeding 20 pages, an additional charge of USD 6 / IDR 100,000 per extra page will apply.
  • Author biographies are exempt from APC charges.

Waiver Policy

  • Partial or full waivers may be granted at the editor’s discretion for authors facing financial constraints, excessive manuscript length, or other valid reasons. Authors requesting a waiver must clearly state their request in the "Comments to the Editor" section during the submission.
  • Waiver requests submitted after acceptance are unlikely to be considered.

Payment Process

Instructions for APC payment via bank transfer/PayPal will be provided upon acceptance. If you wish to apply for a waiver, please email the Editorial Office before submission with the following details:

  • Author names and affiliations
  • Research funding information
  • Summary of research

For inquiries, contact editor@journal.iistr.org. We are committed to ensuring that publication fees do not become a barrier to disseminating high-quality research.

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Digital Archiving and Preservation

The journal maintains a cutting-edge local facility for storing complete, accurate digital versions of published papers. Content is stored in XML and PDF formats, with most files available in both to ensure accessibility. All electronic content, including the website and manuscripts, is hosted across three servers: one for online access and two for backup. Each published article is assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) by Crossref, and publications are archived globally for long-term digital preservation. Articles are permanently accessible in HTML and PDF formats, and metadata is made available in compliance with Open Archives Initiative protocols, enabling automated inclusion in other digital archives. The journal also uses the PKP PRESERVATION NETWORK (PKP PN) with the LOCKSS program to create a distributed archiving system, allowing participating libraries to preserve and restore journal content. Additionally, all articles are preserved in the Indonesian National Repository Garuda - Garba Rujukan Digital, among other repositories.

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Statement on Accuracy and Responsibility

The IISTR strives to publish accurate and reliable information across all its content. Nonetheless, IISTR, along with its editorial staff, board members, guest editors, and affiliated parties, make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the completeness, accuracy, or appropriateness of the published material for any purposes. The views and interpretations presented within publications are those of the respective authors and do not necessarily reflect those of IISTR or its affiliates. The accuracy of the published materials should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. IISTR disclaims liability for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and other outcomes, whether direct or indirect, that may result from the use or interpretation of the published material.

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