About the Journal

General Description

JUKES (Jurnal Kesehatan Wira Buana) is an international peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal published by Universitas Wira Buana (Lampung, Indonesia). Founded to foster excellence in scientific health research, JUKES provides an open-access platform for health professionals, medical researchers, nurse clinicians, epidemiologists, and academics to disseminate high-impact empirical investigations and clinical advances.

The journal encompasses a comprehensive array of clinical, public health, and interdisciplinary health domains, actively encouraging cross-disciplinary discourse between preventive community medicine, clinical interventions, health policy reforms, and biomedical breakthroughs.

Aims and Scope Highlights

The primary aim of JUKES is to disseminate innovative scientific evidence, critical clinical evaluations, and community health interventions that advance medical knowledge and public health outcomes. Key thematic areas include:

• Nursing & Clinical Care: Adult and pediatric nursing, critical and emergency care, community health, and mental health.
• Midwifery & Reproductive Health: Antenatal and postnatal care, maternal and neonatal health, family planning, and women's health.
• Public Health & Epidemiology: Health promotion, environmental and occupational health, and infectious/non-communicable disease epidemiology.
• Health Policy & Management: Health economics, hospital administration, health systems, and quality assurance.
• Pharmacy & Pharmacology: Clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutical technology, community pharmacy, and natural product discovery.
• Nutrition & Dietetics: Clinical nutrition, maternal-child nutrition, and community nutritional status.

Peer Review & Publication Ethics

All submitted manuscripts are subjected to a strict Double-Blind Peer Review process conducted by at least two external subject matter experts. JUKES strictly enforces anti-plagiarism policies using Turnitin (similarity index must not exceed 20%) and aligns editorial standards with the ethical guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), ICMJE, and DOAJ principles of transparency.

Open Access & Copyright Policy

JUKES is dedicated to open scholarly dissemination. All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, allowing anyone to share and adapt the material provided appropriate credit is given. Authors retain full copyright over their work.

Digital Preservation & Archiving

All published articles and issues are permanently preserved digitally through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) via decentralized LOCKSS architecture, national repositories (GARUDA, Indonesia OneSearch), and digital library archives.