About Journal

BIKKM: Berkala Ilmiah Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Masyarakat (Scientific Periodical Journal of Medicine and Public Health) is a journal published by the Faculty of Medicine Islamic University of Indonesia since 2023 with the title BIKKM: Berkala Ilmiah Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Masyarakat, which used to be Scientific Periodical Journal of Medicine and Public Health as a translation.

Focus & scopes

We focus on publishing ethically and methodologically rigorous scientific research, including original research, literature reviews, and case reports in the medicine and public health fields. Appropriate subjects for publication in BIKKM: Berkala Ilmiah Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Masyarakat (Scientific Periodical Journal of Medicine and Public Health) include:

Anatomy
Allergy and Immunology
Biomedicine
Cancer and stem cells
Cardiovascular
Cell and molecular biology
Child health
Dermatology
Digital Health
Epidemiology
Geriatrics
Histopathology
Hospital Administration and Management
Health Administration
Health Promotion
Healthcare Administration
Healthcare Management
Internal medicine
Medical education
Microbiology
Neuro-psychiatric medicine
Ophthalmology and Oral medicine
Parasitology, vector biology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Public Health
Pulmonology
Radiology
Reproductive science
Surgery, including orthopaedic and urology

Peer Review Process
All submitted manuscripts are subject to a double-blind review process, through an online system. The review process takes 4-8 weeks, and its primary focus is the novelty of the manuscripts and their contributions to the field of medical and public health sciences.

Peer review procedures

The corresponding author submits the manuscript through BIKKM's online system
The BIKKM Editor Board will identify the quality of manuscript and the possibility of cases of scientific misconduct including authorship, ownership, and plagiarism.
The Editor Board notifies the submissions and informs the authors if the papers are suitable for the journals. Therefore, the manuscript will be sent to two reviewers for reviewing process.
All of the contributions of the BIKKM are subject to a double-blind peer-review, which means that neither the author(s) nor the reviewers know the identity of the other.
At least two reviewers review every submitted paper. The review process is an online process and contains a clear referees' statements concerning paper's publishing approval or its rejection
In case of minor revisions, the article is sent to the author(s) together with a referees opinions. The authors are asked to respond to the referees' comments and make the appropriate adjustments in the text. Then, the authors send back the corrected version.
The Editorial Board makes the final decision on publication.

Publication Frequency
The journal publishes two issues in one volume a year.

Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Journal History
This journal has been established since 2023 as BIKKM :Berkala Ilmiah Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Masyarakat published by the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Islam Indonesia.

Plagiarism

All manuscripts must be free of plagiarized content. All authors are advised to use plagiarism detection software to perform similarity checks. The editor checks the plagiarism detection of articles in this journal using Turnitin software. The maximum limit of similarity is 25%.

When plagiarism is identified, the Section Editor responsible for the review of the manuscript and the Editor-in-Chief will agree on measures according to the extent of plagiarism detected in the manuscript in agreement with the following guidelines. The Editor-in-Chief shall have the authority to deviate from these guidelines on a case-by-case basis.