Peer Review and Publication Process

Gema Kesehatan is committed to a transparent, timely editorial process. On average, manuscripts are published within 30–90 days of submission, depending on the extent of revisions required. The stages below outline this process in detail.

Authors submit their manuscript through the journal's online submission system. The editor-in-chief then conducts an initial administrative and similarity check, reviewing the manuscript's adherence to the Gema Kesehatan template, its references, writing quality, and potential plagiarism. During editorial screening, the manuscript is further evaluated against the journal's scope and basic eligibility requirements, then assigned to an appropriate editor in the relevant field for further processing. Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements at either stage are rejected and returned to the author.

Manuscripts that pass this initial screening are forwarded to the reviewer team through a double-blind peer review process, which takes approximately two to four weeks. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable for publication following peer review are rejected at this stage. Following the reviewers' assessment, the editor relays their comments to the author, who then revises the manuscript accordingly. Manuscripts requiring only minor revisions are resubmitted directly for the editor's evaluation. Manuscripts requiring major revisions undergo a second round of peer review before proceeding, to ensure the reviewers' concerns have been fully addressed.

Once the revisions are deemed satisfactory, the editor-in-chief issues a final editorial decision. Accepted manuscripts then proceed to payment of the Article Processing Charge (APC) prior to entering production.

The manuscript then undergoes copyediting and layout, followed by a final proofreading stage. Once completed, the article is published online, with issues released twice a year, on the last day of June and December.