Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Muhammadiyah Journal of Geriatric (MuJG) publishes information on development of clinical, preventive, curative, and therapeutic, basic science research and social aspects of diseases related to geriatrics and gerontology. The main purpose of this journal is to establish a forum for publication, education, exchange of opinions, and to promote research and publication activities globally. MuJG focuses on geriatric medicine & gerontology, basic sciences (biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, microbiology & parasitology, immunology, and other basic medical sciences on geriatrics and aging), as well as degenerative diseases and diseases that are often found in geriatric patients. MuJG accepts several types of articles, such as research articles (original articles), literature reviews and case reports.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

The Section Editor will review each submitted paper whether it is suitable for the focus and scope of the Muhammadiyah Journal of Geriatric or has major methodological weaknesses and similarity scores using Turnitin. Papers submitted to the Muhammadiyah Journal of Geriatric must have a similarity rate of less than 20%. If the manuscript meets these requirements, the manuscript will be reviewed by at least two reviewers, and the review process will use a Double-Blind Peer Review.

Utilizing feedback from the peer review process, the Editor will make a final publication decision. Average number of weeks between article submission & publication will take approximately 4 to 12 weeks. Decisions categories include:
1. Decline Submission - The manuscripts will not be published, and authors will not have the opportunity to resubmit a revised version of the manuscript to Muhammadiyah Journal of Geriatric.
2. Resubmit for Review - The submission needs to be re-worked, but it may be accepted with significant changes. However, It will require a second round of review.
3. Revisions Required - Manuscripts will be published in Muhammadiyah Journal of Geriatric under the condition that minor/major modifications are made. An editor will review revisions to ensure necessary updates are made before publication.
4. Accept Submission - Accepted manuscripts will be published in the current form, with no further modifications required.
The Accepted manuscript will be continued to copyediting, layout editing, and proofreading before it is published.

Publication Frequency

MuJG (Muhammadiyah Journal of Geriatric) published 2 (two) times in 1 year. The periodical is published in April and October.

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...

Publication Ethics

Muhammadiyah Journal of Geriatric (MuJG) adopts the COPE guidelines on publication ethics. MuJG is committed to upholding the highest standard of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against plagiarism and any publication malpractices. This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal.

DUTIES OF REVIEWERS

Promptness

The journal editors are committed to provide timely review to the authors. If a reviewer does not submit his/her report in a timely manner, the manuscript is immediately sent to another qualified reviewer.

Confidentiality

Manuscript content is treated with a high confidentiality. The journal uses single and double blind process. Reviewers cannot discuss manuscripts with any other persons, including the authors.

Standard of objectivity

Editors and reviewers are required to evaluate manuscripts based on the content. The review comment must be respectful of authors. The reviewers are required to justify their decision and recommendation.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has been cited by authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published manuscript of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and conflict of interest

Priviledged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of authors, companies, or institutions connected to the manuscripts.

DUTIES OF AUTHORS:

Publication and authorship

All persons listed as authors should qualify for authorship. Such authorship should be limited to persons who have contributed significantly to the conception, design, execution, data acquisition, data analysis or interpretation of the manuscript. All other persons who have participated in certain important aspects of the research but do not qualify as authors, then they should be acknowledged. Authorship is a responsibility of the corresponding author; he or she should ensure that all appropriate co-authors are included in the manuscript. The corresponding author, on behalf of all co-authors, should submit Copyright Transfer Form stating that all of them have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and have agreed to submit it for publication. Request to add or remove author(s) or to arrange the author names of the accepted manuscript before it is published, must be sent to Managing Editor.

Reporting standards

Author should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. A manuscript should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work wherever possible.

Originality and plagiarism

In publishing only original research, BMEB/BEMP is committed to deterring plagiarism, including self-plagiarism. Authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Manuscripts found with such problems are automatically rejected and authors are so advised.

Multiple, redundant, or concurrent publication

Authors should not concurrently submit the same manuscript for publishing to other journals. It is also expected that the author(s) will not publish redundant manuscripts, or manuscripts describing the same research in several publishing venues, after the initial manuscript has been accepted for publication. Simultaneous submission is considered unethical and is therefore unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Source

Manuscript acknowledgement of the work of others is required. Author must cite publications that have led to the authors current research.

Authorship of the manuscript

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the research reported in the manuscript.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or innaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the manuscript.

DUTIES OF EDITORS:

Editors should ensure that research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
Editors should protect the confidentiality of individual information.
Editors ensure the anonymity of reviewers and authors.
Editors have a duty to act if they suspect misconduct.
Editors should not simply reject manuscripts that raise concerns about possible misconduct.

Plagiarism Policy

Muhammadiyah Journal of Geriatric FKK UMJ, Editorial board recognizes that plagiarism is not acceptable and therefore establishes the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) when plagiarism is identified in an article that is submitted for publication in Muhammadiyah Journal of Geriatric.

Definition:

Plagiarism involves the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work."

Policy:

Papers must be original, unpublished, and not pending publication elsewhere. Any material taken verbatim from another source needs to be clearly identified as different from the present original text by (1) indentation, (2) use of quotation marks, and (3) identification of the source.

Any text of an amount exceeding fair use standards (herein defined as more than two or three sentences or the equivalent thereof) or any graphic material reproduced from another source requires permission from the copyright holder and, if feasible, the original author(s) and also requires identification of the source; e.g., previous publication.

When plagiarism is identified, the Editor in Chief responsible for the review of this paper and will agree on measures according to the extent of plagiarism detected in the paper in agreement with the following guidelines:

Level of Plagiaris

1. Minor:

A short section of another article is plagiarized without any significant data or idea taken from the other paper

Action: A warning is given to the authors and a request to change the text and properly cite the original article is made

2. Intermediate:

A significant portion of a paper is plagiarized without proper citation to the original paper

Action: The submitted article is rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for one year

3. Severe:

A significant portion of a paper is plagiarized that involves reproducing original results or ideas presented in another publication

Action:

The paper is rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for five years.

It is understood that all authors are responsible for the content of their submitted paper as they all sign the Muhammadiyah Medical Journal Copyright Form. If a penalty is imposed for plagiarism, all authors will be subject to the same penalty.

If a second case of plagiarism by the same author(s) is identified, a decision on the measures to be enforced will be made by the Editorial board (Editor-in-Chief, and Editorial members) with the Chair of the Editor in Chief. The author(s) might be forbidden to submit further articles forever.

This policy applies also to material reproduced from another publication by the same author(s). If an author uses text or figures that have previously been published, the corresponding paragraphs or figures should be identified and the previous publication referenced. It is understood that in case of a review paper or a paper of a tutorial nature much of the material was previously published.

The author should identify the source of the previously published material and obtain permission from the original author and the publisher. If an author submits a manuscript to Muhammadiyah Medical Journal with significant overlap with a manuscript submitted to another journal simultaneously, and this overlap is discovered during the review process or after the publications of both papers, the editor of the other journal is notified and the case is treated as a severe plagiarism case. Significant overlap means use of identical or almost identical figures and identical or slightly modified text for one half or more of the paper. For self plagiarism of less than one half of the paper but more than one tenth of the paper, the case shall be treated as intermediate plagiarism. If self plagiarism is confined to the methods section, the case shall be considered as minor plagiarism.

If an author uses some of his previously published material to clarify the presentation of new results, the previously published material shall be identified and the difference to the present publication shall be mentioned. Permission to republish must be obtained from the copyright holder. In the case of a manuscript that was originally published in conference proceedings and then is submitted for publication in Muhammadiyah Medical Journal either in identical or in expanded form, the authors must identify the name of the conference proceedings and the date of the publication and obtain permission to republish from the copyright holder. The editor may decide not to accept this paper for publication.

However, an author shall be permitted to use material from an unpublished presentation, including visual displays, in a subsequent journal publication. In the case of a publication being submitted that was originally published in another language, the title, date and journal of the original publication must be identified by the authors, and the copyright must be obtained. The editor may accept such a translated publication to bring it to the attention of a wider audience. The editor may select a specific paper that had been published (e.g. a “historic” paper) for republication in order to provide a better perspective of a series of papers published in one issue of Muhammadiyah Medical Journal. This republication shall be clearly identified as such and the date and journal of the original publication shall be given, and the permission of the author(s) and the publisher shall be obtained.

The Muhammadiyah Medical Journal layout editor for the Journal is responsible for maintaining the list of authors subjected to penalties and will check that no authors of a submitted paper are on this list. If a banned author is identified, the layout editor will inform the Editor-in-Chief who will take appropriate measures. This policy will be posted on the web site with the instructions for submitting a manuscript, and a copy will be sent to the authors with the confirmation email upon initial receipt of their original manuscript. A sentence shall be added to the copyright transfer form to indicate that the author(s) have read the Plagiarism Policy.

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