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Author Guidelines

Authors should read these guidelines and the journal’s policies before submission. IRCHUM accepts manuscripts written in English only. All submissions must be within the journal’s humanitarian Focus and Scope. Manuscripts must be original, not published previously and not simultaneously under consideration elsewhere.

1. Submission and File Preparation

  • Submit through the IRCHUM Open Journal Systems (OJS) portal; submissions via private messaging or email are not a substitute for OJS records.
  • Use the approved IRCHUM Article Template 2026 (editable DOCX format). The official template is part of these Author Guidelines; no separate Article Template Information page is required.
  • Use A4 paper, one-column text and consistent journal formatting. Original research manuscripts are ordinarily 3,000–5,000 words including references, figures and tables; other formats should remain proportionate to their scholarly purpose and are subject to editorial approval.
  • Submit complete author names (without titles or professional qualifications in the author metadata), institutional affiliations, city and country, email addresses, and a designated corresponding author. Author order and contribution must be agreed before submission.
  • Supply accurate metadata in OJS and identify the manuscript category; ensure the metadata and manuscript file agree.

Article Template 2026 — required components. The approved template must contain the English title, author names, full institutional affiliations and corresponding-author details; an English abstract and 3–5 keywords; the manuscript sections appropriate to the article type (including Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, and Acknowledgements where applicable); APA 7 references; and correctly presented tables and figures. It must also include Author Contributions, Funding, Competing Interests, Artificial Intelligence Use, Data Availability, and Ethics Approval declarations, as applicable. Detailed requirements appear in Sections 2–6 below.

2. Title, Abstract and Keywords

Titles must be concise, accurate, informative and reflect the central finding, research focus or contribution rather than relying on a fixed word count. All manuscripts must provide a title and abstract in English. The full manuscript text, keywords and corresponding OJS submission metadata must also be in English.

For original research articles, prepare a stand-alone abstract of approximately 150–250 words covering the research context or objective, methods, principal findings and conclusion. Do not include bibliographic citations or references to tables or figures. Provide 3–5 specific keywords reflecting the article’s central concepts.

3. Manuscript Structure

  • Introduction: problem and significance, relevant state of the art, critical overview of recent literature, research gap/novelty and clear research objective.
  • Methods: design, setting, participants or materials, sampling and data collection, analytical approach, research ethics, and methodological limitations where relevant.
  • Results and Discussion: principal findings supported by clear evidence, analytical interpretation, comparisons with recent literature and explanation of scientific or humanitarian implications. A combined Results and Discussion section is acceptable.
  • Conclusion: a direct response to the study objective, key contribution and implications, without introducing new results.
  • Special article types: systematic reviews, case reports, research-based community service reports and conceptual studies may use an adapted structure appropriate to their methods, provided that their analytical contribution remains explicit.

4. References and Citations

Use APA Style, 7th edition, consistently for in-text citations and references. Original research articles should have at least 15 references. The journal targets more than 80% primary research sources and more than 80% of references published within the most recent ten years. Relevant seminal sources may still be cited when scientifically justified. The two percentages are assessed separately and should not be confused.

All references cited in the article must appear in the reference list, and all reference-list entries must be cited. Include DOIs or stable URLs when available; use a reference manager where appropriate.

5. Tables, Figures and Supplementary Materials

Number tables and figures sequentially and cite each in the text. Place table titles above tables and figure captions below figures. Tables should remain editable and should not be submitted as screenshots. Provide legible high-resolution figures and acknowledge permissions for copyrighted materials.

6. Required Declarations

  • Author Contributions: describe each author’s substantive contributions; authorship must reflect genuine scholarly work.
  • Funding: disclose funding source and grant number, or explicitly state that no external funding was received.
  • Competing Interests: identify financial, personal, institutional and other relevant conflicts, or state that none are declared.
  • Artificial Intelligence Use: disclose permitted grammar, spelling or translation support, or state that no AI tools were used. AI may not be an author and may not replace scientific judgment.
  • Data Availability: explain whether supporting data or materials are public, restricted, available on request or not applicable, with appropriate reasons.
  • Ethics Approval: for human or animal research, provide ethics-committee details, approval number and year when required; otherwise provide an ethically justified compliance statement according to journal policy.

7. Integrity, Similarity and AI Requirements

All submissions are screened for possible text overlap and research-integrity concerns. Similarity percentages are screening indicators, not automatic findings of plagiarism. Authors must disclose all permissible AI-supported language assistance. Systematic Literature Reviews must be prepared and conducted without generative AI, including for literature screening, extraction, appraisal, analysis, synthesis and drafting.

8. Editorial Assessment, Review and Revision

Completed submissions enter Initial Editorial Assessment, ordinarily targeted for completion within 14 days. Manuscripts that pass this screening proceed to double-blind review by three independent qualified reviewers. The journal normally allows up to two rounds of author revision; revised submissions must include a point-by-point response to editorial and reviewer comments. The Editor-in-Chief makes the final publication decision.

9. Charges and Publication

Submission is free. The regular APC is IDR 500,000, payable after formal acceptance. An optional fast-track add-on costs an additional IDR 500,000, making the total IDR 1,000,000 for an accepted fast-track article. Fast-track does not guarantee acceptance, LoA or a fixed publication date. See the Publication Charges and Fast-Track Review Policy.

10. Additional Guidance

Before submission, consult the Focus and Scope, Peer Review Process, Publication Ethics, OJS Submission Preparation Checklist and Copyright Notice.

Submission Preparation Checklist

The corresponding author should confirm each requirement before finalising an OJS submission. Incomplete submissions may be returned for correction before editorial assessment.

  1. The manuscript is original, unpublished, and not simultaneously under consideration by another journal.
  2. The study addresses a clearly defined humanitarian or social-humanitarian question within IRCHUM’s Focus and Scope.
  3. The manuscript category is correctly selected and the file follows the official article template.
  4. All authors consent to the submission, have genuine contributions, and are listed in an agreed order.
  5. OJS metadata correctly includes the title, abstract, keywords, all authors, full affiliations, email addresses and corresponding author.
  6. The full manuscript, title, abstract, keywords and corresponding OJS submission metadata are in English.
  7. The text provides a research problem, state of the art, research gap/contribution, appropriate methods, evidence, critical analysis and a clear conclusion.
  8. References are complete, accurate and formatted consistently in APA 7; at least 15 are supplied for an original research article, with more than 80% primary and more than 80% published within the past ten years as separate targets.
  9. All tables, images, figures and supporting materials are properly numbered, cited, legible and accompanied by permissions where necessary.
  10. A complete Author Contributions Statement is included.
  11. Funding and Competing Interests statements are included, including explicit “none” declarations where applicable.
  12. An AI Use Statement discloses permitted language-related assistance or states that no AI was used; no AI is credited as an author.
  13. A Data Availability Statement is supplied, with access restrictions explained if necessary.
  14. Ethics-committee identification, approval number and year are supplied when applicable, or an appropriate ethical compliance statement is included.
  15. The manuscript contains no fabricated data, unsupported references, plagiarism, duplicate publication or undisclosed author contributions.
  16. The corresponding author is prepared to respond to reviewer comments and submit a point-by-point revision report.
  17. An optional nomination of an independent external reviewer, if submitted, is made only through the designated form; the author accepts that reviewer selection belongs exclusively to editors.
  18. The author understands the regular APC of IDR 500,000 is payable only following formal acceptance and does not influence any editorial decision.

Optional Fast-Track: I understand that I may remain in standard peer review without any extra service fee. If I opt for fast-track, the add-on is IDR 500,000 on top of the regular accepted-article APC of IDR 500,000, and I understand that it does not guarantee acceptance or publication in a fixed time.

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Copyright Notice

Authors retain copyright to their work and grant Indonesian Red Crescent Humanitarian Journal the right of first publication. Authors are responsible for confirming that their submitted content is original or properly attributed and that permissions have been obtained for any copyrighted third-party materials.

For articles published from Vol. 4 No. 1 (2025), the final published article is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. Readers may copy, redistribute, adapt and build upon the material for lawful purposes, including commercial purposes, provided appropriate attribution is given, a link to the license is supplied and changes are indicated.

The license applying to a particular article must be stated consistently in the article’s online metadata, PDF galley and the journal’s current copyright information. Previously published material retains the license applicable to its original publication unless validly changed through an appropriate legal process.

Full license text: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Privacy Statement

Names, affiliations, email addresses and other personal data supplied through the IRCHUM website and OJS workflow are processed for legitimate journal-management purposes, including manuscript submission, peer review, editorial communication, production, publication, indexing, account administration and preservation of publication records.

Personal data are accessed only by authorised personnel and service providers as necessary for these purposes, subject to appropriate confidentiality and security measures. Public article metadata, including author names, affiliations and corresponding-author contact details, may be disseminated in accordance with the journal’s publication policies.

Unpublished manuscripts, reviewer reports, personal contact details and confidential research data must not be disclosed without an appropriate editorial or legal basis. Users may contact the editorial office to request correction of inaccurate personal information or inquire about the handling of their data, subject to record-preservation and other applicable obligations.

Editorial contact: irchum.bsmi@gmail.com.