Journal of Rural and Tropical Nursing

About the Journal

The Journal of Rural and Tropical Nursing (JRTN) is a premier, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access international journal dedicated to advancing the frontiers of nursing science, healthcare delivery, and public health policy within rural and tropical settings.

The epidemiological landscapes of rural and tropical areas present uniquely complex challenges. These environments are characterized by dynamic, localized interactions between hosts, pathogenic agents, and environmental determinants, which disproportionately affect community health, socioeconomic well-being, and overall human capital.

JRTN operates on the foundational principle that specialized nursing approaches—particularly the integration of clinical practice with agricultural and rural ecosystems (Agronursing)—are paramount to mitigating these health disparities. We are committed to disseminating high-impact research that accelerates the attainment of global health equity and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

JRTN meticulously curates and publishes a diverse array of high-quality scholarly manuscripts, including comprehensive perspective studies, rigorous systematic and scoping review papers, short communications on emerging issues, clinical pilot projects, detailed program evaluations, and original empirical research utilizing quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods designs.

Editorial Board

The Editorial Board of JRTN comprises distinguished scholars and clinical leaders dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of scientific rigor.

Reviewers

JRTN relies on an international cadre of expert peer reviewers to ensure the validity, methodological soundness, and clinical relevance of all published literature. Reviewers are selected based on their sustained academic output (evidenced by a strong Scopus H-index) and specific sub-field expertise.

Focus and Scope

JRTN invites researchers, academics, clinical practitioners, and public health strategists to contribute original manuscripts that fall within the following deeply interconnected scopes:

Authors Guidelines

Authors must legally warrant that their submitted manuscript is fully original, has not been published previously (except as an academic thesis or preprint), and is not under concurrent review by any other journal. Submissions must adhere strictly to the word count limits and structural formatting specified in the JRTN Manuscript Template.

Mandatory EQUATOR Network Reporting Guidelines:

To ensure absolute transparency, methodological reproducibility, and the highest standards of international scientific reporting, JRTN strictly mandates that all authors format their methodology and results in accordance with the EQUATOR Network guidelines (https://www.equator-network.org). Authors must upload the completed, study-specific checklist as a mandatory supplementary file:

Publication Ethics

JRTN strictly enforces the ethical frameworks, core practices, and flowcharts established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We maintain an uncompromising stance against academic misconduct, encompassing data fabrication, falsification, coercive citation, and plagiarism.

Editorial Roles and Responsibility

The Editor-in-Chief, supported by the Editorial Board, holds the exclusive fiduciary and academic authority to determine manuscript disposition (Acceptance, Revision, or Rejection). These decisions are predicated entirely on intellectual merit, scientific validity, methodological rigor, and alignment with the journal's delineated scope.

Editors are ethically bound to evaluate all manuscripts objectively, maintaining strict neutrality regardless of the authors' race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious affiliations, ethnic origin, citizenship status, or political philosophies.

Editorial Privacy

The JRTN editorial staff guarantees absolute confidentiality throughout the peer-review lifecycle. Privileged information or ideas obtained through the peer review process must be kept strictly confidential and not used for personal competitive advantage. Information regarding a submitted manuscript will under no circumstances be disclosed to any party other than the corresponding author, designated double-blind peer reviewers, editorial board members, and the publisher's legal representatives.

Privacy Statement

The names, email addresses, institutional affiliations, and ORCID iDs entered into the JRTN Open Journal Systems (OJS) database will be utilized exclusively for the stated academic and administrative purposes of this journal. This data is protected under modern data privacy frameworks and will not be commercialized, mined, distributed, or made accessible to any unauthorized third-party entities or marketing agencies.

Crossmark History

JRTN is a fully integrated participant in the Crossref Crossmark initiative, signaling our permanent commitment to maintaining the integrity, traceability, and accuracy of the published scientific record. By clicking the standardized Crossmark logo embedded on the title page of any published JRTN article, readers will instantly retrieve the document's current metadata status, immediately highlighting any verified post-publication updates, formal errata, corrigenda, or retractions.

Journal History

The Journal of Rural and Tropical Nursing (JRTN) was conceptualized and founded to bridge critical, long-standing knowledge gaps in specialized nursing practices within underserved geographies. Formally established and managed professionally under the legal auspices of PT. Peka Merawat Negeri, the journal is steadfastly dedicated to elevating the global discourse on rural and tropical health.

Online Submission

Authors are required to utilize the secure OJS platform for all manuscript submissions. Hard-copy or email submissions will be automatically rejected. The OJS platform mandates a 5-step online submission wizard.

Open Access Policy

JRTN provides immediate, unconditional Gold Open Access to its entire repository of published content. This policy is deeply rooted in the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition. There are absolutely no paywalls, embargo periods, or subscription barriers for readers, students, or academic institutions globally.

Data Sharing Policy

JRTN strongly endorses the FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable). Authors are heavily encouraged to deposit the de-identified, underlying raw data of their research in recognized public repositories (e.g., Mendeley Data, Figshare, Zenodo). A formal Data Availability Statement must be included in the manuscript.

Advertising Policy

To maintain absolute editorial independence and preserve aesthetic professionalism, JRTN enforces a strict, permanent non-advertising policy. No commercial advertisements or corporate sponsorships of any kind are permitted.

Peer Review Process

JRTN utilizes a rigorous, strictly controlled Double-Blind Peer Review process. The identities of both the authors and the reviewers are concealed from each other throughout the entire evaluation to eliminate institutional or personal bias.

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                  JRTN EDITORIAL & PEER REVIEW WORKFLOW
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 [1. AUTHOR SUBMISSION VIA OJS] 
          │
          ▼
 [2. INITIAL DESK EVALUATION]  ──────(Reject)─────► [DESK REJECTION]
  (Checks: Plagiarism <20%, Focus &                  (Due to out of scope,
   Scope match, EQUATOR guidelines,                   poor methodology, or
   Ethical clearance documentation)                   high similarity index)
          │
      (Approve for Review)
          │
          ▼
 [3. DOUBLE-BLIND PEER REVIEW INITIATION]
  (Manuscript anonymized and sent to a minimum 
   of 2 independent external expert reviewers)
          │
          ├─────────────────────────┐
          ▼                         ▼
   [Reviewer 1 Assessment]   [Reviewer 2 Assessment]
   (Methodology, novelty,    (Data analysis, clinical
    academic writing)         impact, discussion depth)
          │                         │
          └─────────────┬───────────┘
                        ▼
 [4. COMPILATION & EDITORIAL DECISION] 
          │
   ┌──────┼───────────────┬───────────────┐
   ▼      ▼               ▼               ▼
[Accept] [Minor Revision] [Major Revision] [Reject]
          │               │
          └───────┬───────┘
                  ▼
         [AUTHOR REVISION STAGE] ───► (Response to Reviewers document required)
                  │
          (Final Review & Approval)
                  ▼
 [5. PRODUCTION: COPYEDITING & PROOFREADING]
                  │
                  ▼
 [6. GALLEY APPROVAL & FINAL PUBLICATION]
  (March or September Issue Release)
                    

Archiving

To ensure long-term digital preservation, JRTN utilizes the LOCKSS and CLOCKSS distributed archiving systems. Metadata is also automatically deposited into the Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network (PKP PN).

Copyright Policy

Authors retain comprehensive copyright and full publishing rights of their intellectual property without arbitrary restrictions. Final work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Policies of Conflict

All authors are legally and ethically obligated to explicitly disclose any actual, potential, or perceived Conflicts of Interest (COI) at the time of submission. This includes financial relationships, institutional affiliations, or personal relationships.

Plagiarism and Retraction

JRTN utilizes premium industry-standard similarity detection software. Manuscripts exceeding a 20% similarity index will be returned or rejected. Severe academic misconduct may result in a formal Retraction watermarked on the article's digital footprint.

Repository Policy

JRTN enforces a highly author-friendly Zero Embargo repository policy (Sherpa/Romeo "Green"). Authors are explicitly permitted to self-archive Pre-prints, Post-prints, and Publisher's PDFs immediately upon publication.

140C Standard

JRTN is fully compliant with the 140C Open Access and Metadata Standard. Our OJS platform utilizes the OAI-PMH robust encoding standards to ensure full systemic interoperability across global library systems.

Contact

Principal Editorial Office & Secretariat:
Journal of Rural and Tropical Nursing (JRTN)
c/o PT. Peka Merawat Negeri

Corporate Address: Jl. Mastrip No. 164, Sumbersari, Jember, East Java, 68121, Indonesia

Primary Email: editor.jrtn@pekamerawatnegeri.com
OJS Support: support@pekamerawatnegeri.com / WA: +62 813-6545-1666

Publisher

PT. Peka Merawat Negeri
As the official legal publisher, PT. Peka Merawat Negeri provides comprehensive operational, infrastructural, and financial support for JRTN, ensuring workflows adhere strictly to international publishing standards.