Disclaimer

• Disclaimer The views and opinions presented in articles published by BJNHS are the responsibility of the authors and should not be interpreted as reflecting the official positions of the editorial board or the publisher.

• Publication Charges
  An Article Processing Charge (APC) of IDR 350,000 is required for each manuscript accepted for publication.

• Advertising Policy
  Ads are not allowed to appear in the printed or online versions of the script.

• Publication Information
  Borneo Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences (BJNHS) is an official journal published by the Regional Representative Council of the Indonesian National Nurses Association of South Kalimantan in collaboration with the Regional Representative Council of the Indonesian National Nurses Association of Banjarbaru City. BJNHS is a peer-reviewed journal and is published periodically every 6 months (June and December) focusing on the development of nursing and health sciences at the national and international levels.

• Article Withdrawal Policy
  Authors may withdraw their manuscript from the publication process by submitting a formal withdrawal request to the BJNHS Editorial Office via email. The request must be accompanied by an official letter signed by all authors and must clearly explain the reason for the withdrawal.
  Withdrawal requests submitted before the completion of the peer-review process will be processed without penalty. However, requests submitted after a manuscript has been accepted or is in the production stage may be subject to editorial consideration. A manuscript is considered withdrawn only after the corresponding author receives written confirmation from the BJNHS Editorial Office.

• Confidentiality
  Treats all submitted manuscripts and related communications as confidential. Information regarding submitted manuscripts, the peer-review process, editorial decisions, and correspondence between authors, reviewers, and editors will not be disclosed to any third party without appropriate authorization, except as required for the editorial and publication process.
  Authors are expected to maintain the confidentiality of all communications with BJNHS throughout the submission, review, and publication process. Correspondence with the Editorial Office must not be shared with other journals, publishers, or external parties without prior permission from the Editor-in-Chief.

• Plagiarism Screening Policy
  BJNHS is committed to maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity. All submitted manuscripts must be original and free from plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, in any form, such as ideas, data, text, figures, tables, or other published materials.
  To ensure originality, every manuscript is screened using plagiarism detection software, including Turnitin, before it is sent for peer review. BJNHS considers a similarity index of less than 20% to be acceptable. Manuscripts with a similarity score exceeding this threshold may be returned to the authors for revision or rejected at the discretion of the Editorial Board.