Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

ARIMBI accepts and publishes research and review articles in midwifery care in Indonesia, Asia and also beyond. We accept publication in English to widen the dissemination of the articles and also in Bahasa Indonesia to ensure that the articles are well-disseminated and easily adapted to the practice of remote/local health professions education institution in Indonesia. Research articles may include empiric research, surveys, case studies, experimental studies, document analysis and historical study. In addition, review articles may incorporate meta-analyses, systematic reviews, narrative reviews and other theoretical reviews which synthesise and adapt available theories into certain contexts. The themes may include:

  • Antenatal Care
  • Intranatal Care
  • Postnatal Care
  • Philosophy of Midwive Care
  • Infant, Baby and Toddler Care
  • Contraception
  • Health Reproduction
  • Midwifery Education
  • Complementary Therapies in Midwifery

  

 

Section Policies

Articles

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Peer Review Process

ARIMBI applies a double-blind review system in which the author and reviewers do not recognise each other, and their identity is maintained to be confidential. Reviewers are obliged to declare when they found that the article that they are assigned might have any potential conflict of interest. We attempt to complete the article review and processing in 8-12 weeks after submission. The submitted articles will undergo screening and review processes below:

  1. Author’s submission
  2. Technical check by administrator (i.e., supporting document completeness)
  3. Editorial consideration after the technical check (i.e., writing style, formatting style, referencing, topic appropriateness, plagiarism check), decision:
    • Pass/Appropriate, then go to step 4 (letter of submission to be issued)
    • Fail/Inappropriate, then REJECTED, to be revised and re-submit (letter of rejection including revision suggestions to be issued) OR final rejection  (letter of permanent rejection to be issued)
  4. First Round Peer Review, double-blind (i.e., the appointment of two reviewers by the section editor, review process and results in the levels of criteria). Peer review results:
    • Both reviewers recommend for rejection (level 5), then go to step 5a
    • Both reviewers recommend for acceptance with major (level 4) or minor (level 3) revision, then go to step 5b
    • Both reviewers recommend for acceptance with revision by editors (level 2) or without revision (level 1), then go to step 5c
    • Conflicting recommendations, one reviewer suggests for level 3-4 acceptance, and the other suggests for level 1-2 acceptance, then go to step 5d
    • Conflicting recommendations, one reviewer suggests for rejection (level 5), and the other suggests for acceptance (level 1-4), then go to step 5e
  5. Editorial consideration after review, decision:
    • Submission is rejected (letter of permanent rejection to be issued, including reviewers’ and editor’s suggestions)
    • Submission is sent back to the author (letter of revision request to be issued, including reviewers’ and editor’s suggestions)
    • Submission is accepted for publication (letter of acceptance to be issued, the corresponding author to fulfil all administrative requirements), then go to step 7
    • Editorial board’s discretion and decision à to be sent back to the author (letter of revision request to be issued, including reviewers’ and editor’s suggestions) OR to be accepted for publication (letter of acceptance to be issued, corresponding author to fulfil all administrative requirements), then go to step 7
    • Editorial board’s discretion and decision à to be assigned to a third reviewer (go to step 6) OR to be sent back to the author for revision with editor’s suggestion (letter of revision request to be issued, including reviewers’ and editor’s suggestions)
  6. Second Round Peer Review, by a third reviewer, results:
    • A third reviewer recommends for rejection (level 5), then go to step 5a
    • A third reviewer recommends for acceptance (level 1-4), then go to step 5d
  7. Lay-outing by the editorial team
  8. Proofreading by the corresponding author
  9. Article final lay-outing and finalisation
  10. Article to be published

 

 

Publication Frequency

ARIMBI Journal publishes two issues annually in March and September with each number containing 7 articles.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...