Journal of Nursing and Public Health

Publisher: Unived Press, Universitas Dehasen Bengkulu, Indonesia

Print ISSN 2338-7033  |  Online ISSN 2722-0613  |  Open access and peer reviewed

Official journal: https://jurnal.unived.ac.id/index.php/jnph

Policy introduction

The Journal of Nursing and Public Health publishes scholarship on nursing practice, healthcare delivery, epidemiology and population health. This policy sets out the editorial requirements and recommended procedures necessary to protect research integrity, patient welfare, scholarly quality and transparent publishing. It applies to relevant authors, editors, reviewers and other participants in the publication process.

1. Definition and general duty

A competing interest is a financial or non-financial relationship that might influence, or reasonably appear to influence, research design, interpretation, review or editorial decisions. All authors, editors and reviewers must disclose relevant interests. Disclosure does not automatically invalidate research.

2. Healthcare-specific interests

Report pharmaceutical, medical-device or healthcare-company funding; drug or equipment sponsorship; consulting fees; paid lectures; stock holdings; patents; clinical employment; hospital governance; patient advocacy roles; professional rivalries; institutional or political commitments; and relevant personal relationships. The role of funders in design, data access, analysis, publication decisions and writing should be stated.

3. Authors’ declarations

Each author supplies a declaration at submission and updates it if circumstances change. The corresponding author coordinates disclosures without replacing individual responsibility. A separate funding statement must name funders, grant numbers where relevant and funder roles.

4. Editors and publisher

Editors must recuse themselves from manuscripts involving their own work, close collaborators, family or financial interests; an independent editor must handle the submission. Unived Press may support journal operations but must not influence acceptance based on sponsorship or payment.

5. Reviewers

Reviewers must disclose interests before agreeing to review and decline when impartiality or confidentiality cannot be assured. Manuscripts or confidential patient information must not be used for personal, academic or commercial advantage.

6. Editorial management and consequences

The journal may request clarification, change editors or reviewers, publish disclosures, or issue a correction where material omissions are found. Serious intentional concealment may be investigated under the misconduct policy. Each decision must be proportionate and documented.

7. Required statements

No interests: “The authors declare no financial or non-financial competing interests relevant to this work.”

Interests disclosed: “The authors disclose the following competing interests: [details]. The funder’s role in the research and publication process is described in the Funding Statement.”

Implementation and governance

The Editorial Board should approve this policy, incorporate it into the Author Guidelines and applicable OJS submission or editorial workflows, and review it periodically. Any additional operational requirements described as recommendations must be verified and implemented before being represented as active journal practice.

Policy authority: Editorial Board, Journal of Nursing and Public Health

Publisher: Unived Press, Universitas Dehasen Bengkulu, Indonesia

Document status: Proposed policy for formal editorial approval.