For Author

Information for Authors

Authors interested in submitting manuscripts to the Journal of Tropical Community and One Health are encouraged to review the author guidelines carefully to ensure that submissions are prepared according to the journal’s standards. The journal accepts high-quality scientific articles that align with its focus and scope on tropical community health and the One Health approach.

1. Before Submission

Authors must ensure that manuscripts:

  • Are original, have not been previously published, and are not under consideration elsewhere.

  • Fit within the Focus and Scope of the journal.

  • Follow the Author Guidelines and the official journal template.

  • Adhere to ethical standards, including proper citation, research ethics approval, and avoidance of plagiarism.

  • Use appropriate reference management software (e.g., Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote) following the Vancouver Superscript Style.

2. Submission Process

Manuscripts must be submitted through the Online Journal System (OJS).
Submissions by email are not accepted.

The system requires authors to:

  • Create or log in to an author account

  • Upload the manuscript file (without author identity)

  • Upload a title page file (with author identity)

  • Enter metadata: title, abstract, keywords, affiliations, and references

  • Confirm compliance with submission requirements

Detailed instructions are available on the Online Submission page.

3. Article Types Accepted

The journal accepts:

  • Original Research Articles

  • Review Articles

  • Case Studies

  • Editorials

4. Publication Fee (APC)

  • Submission Fee: 0.00 IDR

  • Article Processing Charge (APC): Applied only after manuscript acceptance
    Authors will be notified via email regarding further processing.

5. Peer Review

All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review involving at least two qualified reviewers.
Authors may be required to revise their manuscripts and must submit detailed responses to reviewer comments.

6. Copyright and License

By submitting a manuscript, authors agree that if accepted, their work will be published under the:

Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This allows sharing and adaptation with proper attribution and the same license applied to derivative works.

7. Responsibilities of Authors

Authors must ensure:

  • Accuracy and integrity of data

  • Ethical approval for studies involving humans or animals

  • Clear declaration of conflicts of interest

  • Disclosure of funding sources

  • Correct authorship contribution statements

  • Revision submitted within deadlines

  • Responsiveness to editorial communications

8. Data and Supplementary Materials

Authors may submit:

  • Datasets

  • Figures and high-resolution images

  • Ethics approval letters

  • Instruments or questionnaires

  • Supplementary materials relevant to the study

9. Publication Ethics

The journal follows COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) standards.
Plagiarism, duplicate publication, falsification, or manipulation of data will result in rejection.

For complete instructions, visit the Author Guidelines page.
We welcome authors to contribute high-quality research that supports advancements in tropical community health and the One Health framework.