Author Guidelines

Legal Aspects

By submitting a manuscript to the Indonesian Journal of Community and Occupational Medicine (IJCOM), authors confirm that:

The manuscript is original, has not been published previously, and is not under review elsewhere.
All authors have approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission.
Authors retain copyright of the work and grant IJCOM the right of first publication.
The published article will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
For research involving human subjects:
- Ethical approval must be obtained from a relevant ethics committee.
- Approval number and name of the committee must be stated in the manuscript.
- Written informed consent must be obtained from all participants.
- The study must comply with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
For animal studies:
- Authors must ensure compliance with national regulations and the Principles of Laboratory Animal Care.

Manuscript Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted through the IJCOM online submission system.
Accepted formats: Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) for text, JPEG (.jpg) for figures (minimum 600 DPI resolution).
A corresponding author must be designated, with full contact information.
Only individuals who made significant contributions to the study should be listed as authors.

Manuscript Preparation

Language: English
Format: Microsoft Word, Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced, single-column
All pages should be numbered consecutively
Abbreviations should be minimized and defined upon first use
Figures must be submitted as separate .jpg files (minimum 600 DPI)

Title Page

The title page should include:

Full article title
Full names and academic degrees of all authors
Institutional affiliations (institution name, city, country)
Complete contact information of the corresponding author
Running title (maximum 45 characters including spaces)

Abstract and Keywords

Maximum 250 words
For Original Articles and Review Articles, use a structured format:
- Background: Research question or rationale
- Methods: Study design, setting, participants, measurements
- Results: Key findings
- Conclusions: Interpretation and relevance
Include 3–5 relevant keywords after the abstract

Main Text Structure

Organize the manuscript using the following sections:

Background: Rationale and relevant literature
Methods: Study design, data collection, ethical approval, statistical analysis
Results: Data presentation, tables and figures (do not repeat data in both)
Discussion: Interpretation of results, limitations, and conclusions
References: Vancouver style, numbered in order of appearance using superscript citations

Reference Format

Examples of reference formatting:

Journal article (single author):
Mizock BA. Alterations in fuel metabolism in critical illness: hyperglycaemia. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001;15:533–51.
Journal article (more than 6 authors):
Van den Berghe G, Wouters P, Weekers F, Verwaest C, Bruyninckx F, Schetz M, et al. Intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients. N Engl J Med. 2001;345:1359–67.
Book:
Sherwood L. Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems. 7th ed. Canada: Brooks/Cole; 2010.
Book chapter:
Gallagher M. Chapter 3: The nutrients and their metabolism. In: Mahan L, Escott-Stump S, editors. Krause’s Food and Nutrition Therapy. 13th ed. Missouri: Saunders Elsevier; 2012. p. 52–3.

Types of Manuscripts

Editorial: Maximum 2,500 words; up to 75 references
Review Article: Maximum 4,000 words; up to 75 references
Original Article / Case Report: Maximum 4,000 words; up to 40 references

Plagiarism Policy

All submitted manuscripts will be screened using plagiarism detection software. Manuscripts with significant levels of plagiarism will be rejected without peer review.