1. Editorial Independence & Decision-Making

The Health Science and Nursing Research Journal (HSNRJ) is committed to maintaining editorial independence and ensuring that decisions concerning scholarly content are made according to scientific, methodological, ethical, and editorial considerations.

Editorial Independence

Editorial decisions are made independently by the Editor-in-Chief and authorized members of the editorial team.

Global Husada Berkualitas, as the publisher of HSNRJ, supports the journal's scholarly publishing activities but does not determine whether individual manuscripts are accepted or rejected.

Editorial decisions must not be influenced by commercial interests, institutional relationships, advertising, sponsorship, political considerations, personal relationships, or other factors unrelated to scholarly merit.

Basis of Editorial Decisions

Manuscripts are evaluated according to relevant criteria, including:

• relevance to the aims and scope of HSNRJ;
• originality and scholarly contribution;
• methodological rigor;
• validity and clarity of the findings;
• ethical integrity;
• quality of scientific reporting;
• results of peer review; and
• compliance with journal policies.

Acceptance is not guaranteed by institutional affiliation, academic position, previous publication with the journal, funding status, personal relationships, or payment.

Editorial Authority

The Editor-in-Chief has overall responsibility for the journal's editorial content and the integrity of its editorial decision-making process.

Editorial responsibilities may be delegated to qualified editors where appropriate.

Reviewer recommendations inform editorial decisions but do not independently determine whether a manuscript is accepted or rejected.

Publisher–Editor Relationship

The publisher supports the journal's infrastructure, continuity, accessibility, and publishing operations while respecting the professional independence of the editorial process.

Where disagreements arise between editorial and publishing interests, protection of research integrity and the credibility of the scholarly record should take precedence over commercial or organizational considerations.

Editorial Accountability

Editorial independence does not remove accountability.

Editors are expected to comply with the journal's policies on conflicts of interest, confidentiality, peer review, research integrity, complaints and appeals, corrections, and retractions.

Significant editorial decisions should be appropriately documented within the journal's editorial system.

2. Editorial Board Responsibilities

The Editorial Board of the Health Science and Nursing Research Journal (HSNRJ) supports the scientific quality, integrity, development, and international relevance of the journal.

Editorial appointments should be based on appropriate scholarly expertise, professional standing, research experience, and ability to contribute meaningfully to the journal.

Editor-in-Chief

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for providing overall scholarly and editorial leadership.

Responsibilities include:

• maintaining the scientific direction of the journal;
• safeguarding editorial independence;
• overseeing editorial and peer-review standards;
• making or supervising final editorial decisions;
• ensuring appropriate management of conflicts of interest;
• addressing research-integrity concerns;
• overseeing corrections, retractions, and other post-publication actions;
• supporting the development of the Editorial Board; and
• maintaining alignment between published content and the journal's aims and scope.

Associate and Section Editors

Associate Editors or Section Editors may:

• conduct initial assessments of submitted manuscripts;
• select appropriate independent reviewers;
• evaluate reviewer reports;
• communicate revision requirements;
• recommend or make editorial decisions within delegated authority;
• identify ethical or methodological concerns; and
• contribute to the scientific development of their respective subject areas.

Editorial Board Members

Editorial Board members are expected to:

• provide scholarly advice regarding journal development;
• support the maintenance of academic standards;
• contribute expertise relevant to the journal's scope;
• advise on emerging research areas;
• support appropriate peer-review activities where needed;
• promote responsible scholarly engagement with the journal; and
• disclose conflicts of interest relevant to their editorial responsibilities.

Editorial Board Integrity

Editorial Board membership should represent genuine scholarly involvement.

Individuals should not be listed as editors without their knowledge and consent.

HSNRJ should periodically review Editorial Board membership to ensure that affiliations, academic profiles, contact information, and professional roles remain accurate and that members continue to contribute appropriately.

Editorial Diversity

HSNRJ seeks to develop an Editorial Board representing appropriate diversity of expertise, institutions, professional backgrounds, and geographical regions.

Editorial appointments should prioritize scholarly suitability and meaningful contribution rather than symbolic representation alone.

Confidentiality

Editors must treat manuscripts, reviewer identities, editorial correspondence, and unpublished information as confidential.

Confidential information obtained through editorial responsibilities must not be used for personal, professional, financial, or competitive advantage.

3. Editor Conflict of Interest Policy

Editors of the Health Science and Nursing Research Journal (HSNRJ) must maintain impartiality and disclose relationships or interests that could reasonably affect, or appear to affect, their editorial judgment.

Editorial Conflicts

Potential conflicts may arise from:

• recent or ongoing research collaboration;
• close personal or professional relationships;
• employment or institutional relationships;
• financial interests;
• academic competition;
• supervisory relationships;
• involvement in the research being evaluated; or
• other circumstances that could reasonably compromise editorial independence.

Recusal

An editor with a significant conflict of interest must not manage the editorial evaluation or decision for the manuscript concerned.

The manuscript should be assigned to another qualified editor who can handle it independently.

Submissions from Editors

Editors and Editorial Board members are not automatically prohibited from submitting manuscripts to HSNRJ.

However, manuscripts authored or co-authored by an editor must be handled independently by another qualified editor.

The submitting editor must have no access to confidential reviewer selection, reviewer reports, editorial deliberations, or decision-making beyond what is normally available to an author.

Such manuscripts must undergo the same editorial and peer-review standards applied to other submissions.

Publisher and Institutional Submissions

Manuscripts submitted by individuals affiliated with the publisher, supporting organizations, or institutions represented within the journal's governance must not receive preferential editorial treatment.

Editorial decisions must remain based on scholarly merit and the journal's established policies.

Transparency

Relevant conflicts should be disclosed and appropriately managed.

Where necessary, editorial records should document recusal and reassignment to protect the integrity of the decision-making process.

4. Data Sharing & Availability Policy

The Health Science and Nursing Research Journal (HSNRJ) supports responsible research transparency and encourages authors to make data underlying published findings available when ethically, legally, and practically appropriate.

Data Availability Statement

Authors should include a Data Availability Statement describing whether the data supporting the findings of the study are available and, where applicable, how they may be accessed.

Examples may include:

Publicly available data:
“The data supporting the findings of this study are available in [repository name] at [persistent identifier or DOI].”

Available on reasonable request:
“The data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request, subject to applicable ethical and privacy restrictions.”

Restricted data:
“The data are not publicly available because they contain information subject to participant confidentiality, ethical approval, institutional, or legal restrictions.”

No new data:
“No new data were generated or analyzed in this study.”

Human Participant Data

Data sharing must comply with:

• informed consent;
• research ethics approval;
• participant confidentiality;
• applicable privacy and data-protection requirements;
• institutional policies; and
• applicable laws and regulations.

Authors must not publicly disclose identifiable or potentially re-identifiable participant data when doing so would violate ethical or legal obligations.

Research Repositories

Where appropriate, authors are encouraged to deposit non-sensitive research data in trustworthy repositories that provide appropriate preservation, access conditions, metadata, and persistent identifiers.

Data Supporting Published Findings

Editors may request access to data or supporting documentation when necessary to evaluate significant questions concerning the accuracy, reproducibility, or integrity of a manuscript.

Failure to provide relevant evidence without reasonable justification may affect editorial decisions or lead to further investigation.

Transparency and Reproducibility

Where appropriate, authors are encouraged to provide sufficient methodological information, analytical procedures, protocols, instruments, code, or other research materials to facilitate scientific evaluation and reproducibility.

Data sharing does not override obligations relating to privacy, confidentiality, informed consent, intellectual property, or legitimate legal restrictions.

5. Preprint Policy

The Health Science and Nursing Research Journal (HSNRJ) recognizes the role of preprints in facilitating early scholarly communication.

Preprints and Prior Publication

Posting a manuscript on a legitimate, non-commercial or recognized scholarly preprint server before submission to HSNRJ is generally not considered prior journal publication.

Authors should disclose the existence of a preprint at the time of submission and provide its persistent identifier or link where applicable.

During Peer Review

Authors should avoid presenting a preprint as though it has undergone peer review or has been formally accepted by HSNRJ.

The journal's peer-review process remains independent of the availability of a preprint.

After Publication

When a manuscript previously available as a preprint is published by HSNRJ, authors are encouraged to update the preprint record with a citation and DOI link to the final published article where the preprint platform permits.

Media and Public Communication

Authors should clearly distinguish preliminary findings presented in a preprint from findings that have undergone formal journal peer review.

Particular care should be exercised when communicating preliminary findings that could influence clinical decisions, public health behavior, or healthcare policy.

Ethical and Legal Considerations

Preprint posting does not exempt authors from obligations concerning participant privacy, research ethics, copyright, confidentiality, competing interests, or responsible communication of health-related research.

6. Repository & Self-Archiving Policy

The Health Science and Nursing Research Journal (HSNRJ) supports responsible dissemination and preservation of scholarly work.

Author Self-Archiving

Subject to the copyright and licensing terms applicable to the article, authors may deposit and share permitted versions of their work through:

• institutional repositories;
• subject repositories;
• personal academic websites;
• institutional profiles; and
• other legitimate non-commercial scholarly platforms.

Published Version

For articles published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), authors may share and deposit the published Version of Record in accordance with the terms of that license.

Where possible, repository records should include:

• complete bibliographic information;
• the article DOI;
• identification of HSNRJ as the journal of publication; and
• the applicable license.

Embargo

HSNRJ does not impose an embargo on lawful sharing of articles published under its applicable open-access license.

Version of Record

Authors and repositories are encouraged to clearly identify the final published article as the Version of Record and link to the official article landing page through its DOI.

Responsible Sharing

Self-archiving must respect third-party copyright, participant confidentiality, ethical restrictions, and other legal obligations associated with the published material.

7. Advertising, Sponsorship & Direct Marketing Policy

The Health Science and Nursing Research Journal (HSNRJ) maintains a clear separation between editorial decision-making and commercial, promotional, or sponsorship activities.

Advertising

Advertising, if accepted by the journal or publisher, must not influence editorial decisions.

Advertisements must be clearly distinguishable from scholarly and editorial content.

Acceptance of advertising does not constitute endorsement by HSNRJ, its editors, or Global Husada Berkualitas of the advertised product, service, organization, or claim.

Sponsorship

Financial or organizational sponsorship must not influence:

• manuscript acceptance or rejection;
• reviewer selection;
• editorial decisions;
• interpretation of research findings; or
• conclusions presented in published articles.

Relevant sponsorship associated with individual studies must be transparently disclosed.

Editorial Independence

Editors must not be required to accept, reject, prioritize, delay, or modify scholarly content for advertising, sponsorship, fundraising, or commercial reasons.

Direct Marketing

Communications intended to attract manuscript submissions, reviewers, editors, or readers should be accurate, professional, targeted appropriately, and not misleading.

HSNRJ must not make false or exaggerated claims regarding:

• indexing status;
• impact metrics;
• acceptance rates;
• peer-review speed;
• editorial-board membership;
• publication guarantees; or
• affiliations with organizations.

The journal must not guarantee manuscript acceptance in exchange for submission, payment, institutional relationships, or other benefits.

Privacy

Contact information collected through journal activities should not be used for inappropriate unsolicited marketing or transferred to unrelated third parties for commercial purposes without an appropriate legal or ethical basis.

8. Digital Preservation & Archiving Policy

The Health Science and Nursing Research Journal (HSNRJ) recognizes that long-term preservation is essential to maintaining the accessibility and integrity of the scholarly record.

Preservation Commitment

HSNRJ and Global Husada Berkualitas are committed to maintaining appropriate measures to preserve published scholarly content and associated metadata over the long term.

The journal seeks to ensure that published articles remain accessible even in the event of changes to the journal's website, publishing platform, or technical infrastructure.

Preservation Measures

The journal should maintain appropriate technical and organizational measures, including:

• routine backups of journal content and databases;
• secure storage of publication files and metadata;
• preservation of article identifiers and bibliographic metadata;
• maintenance of the Version of Record;
• protection against accidental data loss; and
• implementation of recognized digital preservation services when available.

External Preservation Services

When HSNRJ participates in a recognized preservation network or archival service, such as PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, Portico, or another appropriate service, the journal website will identify the service actually in use.

HSNRJ will not claim participation in an external preservation service unless that participation is active and verifiable.

DOI and Metadata Preservation

Where Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are assigned, the journal should maintain accurate DOI metadata and persistent links to published content.

Corrections, retractions, or other post-publication changes should be appropriately reflected in the journal's metadata and article records.

Continuity of the Scholarly Record

In the event that the journal ceases publication, reasonable efforts should be made to preserve previously published content through the journal's established archival and preservation arrangements.