Online Submission

Author Criteria

Authors submitting manuscripts to the Empathy Journal must meet the following requirements:

1.         The manuscript must be the result of community service activities in the field of health or a related field that aligns with the journal’s focus and scope.

2.         All authors must have made a substantial contribution to the planning, implementation, evaluation, or writing of the manuscript and are responsible for their contributions.

3.         The corresponding author is responsible for communicating with the editor and journal management throughout the submission, review, revision, and publication process. The corresponding author also ensures that all authors have approved the manuscript and the order of authorship.

4.         Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not currently under review at another journal.

5.         All authors are responsible for the accuracy of the data, scientific integrity, and the final content of the published manuscript.

Manuscript Types

The Empathy Journal accepts manuscripts that report on the implementation of community service activities in the field of health and related disciplines. Manuscripts must demonstrate the application of science, technology, or education to address health issues, improve health outcomes, and empower communities. Accepted manuscript types include:

1.         Health Community Service Articles: reports on community service activities focused on health education, health promotion, disease prevention, the promotion of healthy lifestyles, and the improvement of the community’s health-related knowledge and skills.

2.         Health Community Empowerment Articles: reports on community empowerment programs through education, training, mentoring, or structured interventions involving the community, health cadres, health workers, or local stakeholders to enhance the community’s autonomy and capacity to maintain their health.

3.         Health Innovation and Technology Implementation Articles: reports on the implementation of innovations, appropriate technologies, educational media, or health aids developed or used to address public health issues, accompanied by an evaluation of the implementation results.

Manuscripts must include clear activity objectives, systematic implementation methods, measurable results and evaluations, as well as the practical benefits and sustainability of the program for the community. Literature review articles that do not report on the implementation of community service activities are not accepted.

Submission Preparation Checklist 

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

•  The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
•  The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
•  Author can use Mendeley for the references in CARA MENGGUNAKAN APLIKASI MENDELEY.pdf
•  The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
•  The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
• Author must announce ethical clearance at article