Call for Papers Vol. 5 No. 2 December 2026

04-11-2026

Submission Deadline: 30 November 2026

The Indonesian Red Crescent Humanitarian Journal (IRCHUM), published by Bulan Sabit Merah Indonesia (BSMI) and accredited SINTA 4, invites researchers, academics, humanitarian practitioners, and graduate scholars to submit scholarly manuscripts for consideration in its December 2026 publication cycle.

IRCHUM welcomes rigorous, original, and analytically grounded contributions that address humanitarian challenges and advance humanitarian knowledge, policy, and practice.

Areas of Interest

  • Humanitarian action, crisis response, coordination, and protection.

  • Disaster risk reduction, disaster management, recovery, and community resilience.

  • Humanitarian health, public health, and healthcare for vulnerable populations.

  • Volunteering, humanitarian education, community empowerment, and social inclusion.

  • Humanitarian governance, law, ethics, policy, and accountability.

Eligible Manuscript Types

IRCHUM welcomes Original Research Articles (priority), Research-based Community Service Reports, Case Studies and Case Reports, Systematic Literature Reviews, and Conceptual, Theoretical, or Policy Analyses.

All submissions must demonstrate clear relevance to the journal's humanitarian Focus and Scope.

Submission Requirements

Manuscripts must be written in English only and prepared according to the current IRCHUM Author Guidelines and Article Template 2026.

For original research articles, authors should provide an abstract of approximately 150–250 words, 3–5 keywords, and references formatted in APA Style, 7th edition.

All submissions must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration by another journal. Relevant declarations concerning authorship, funding, competing interests, AI use, data availability, and research ethics must also be provided.

Manuscripts undergo initial editorial assessment. Eligible submissions proceed through the journal's double-blind peer-review process, with a standard of three independent reviewer assignments per manuscript.

Publication Charges

Submission Fee: Free

Regular Article Processing Charge (APC): IDR 500,000, payable only after formal acceptance.

An optional fast-track service is available under the journal's applicable policy for an additional IDR 500,000. Fast-track processing does not guarantee acceptance or publication.

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: 30 November 2026

Manuscripts received by this deadline will be considered for the December 2026 publication cycle. All publication decisions remain subject to editorial evaluation, peer review, revision, and production requirements.

Submission and Contact

Online Submission:
https://jurnal.bsmi.or.id/index.php/irchum/about/submissions

Author Guidelines:
https://jurnal.bsmi.or.id/index.php/irchum/guidelines

Editorial Email:
irchum.bsmi@gmail.com

We look forward to receiving scholarly contributions that strengthen humanitarian research and practice.

Editorial Team
Indonesian Red Crescent Humanitarian Journal (IRCHUM)

Advancing Scholarship for Humanity