About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Indonesian Journal of Clinical Pathology And Medical Laboratory (IJCPML) 

Indonesian Journal of Clinical Pathology and Medical Laboratory (IJCPML) is a journal published by the "Indonesian Association of Clinical Pathology and Medical Laboratory (Perhimpunan Dokter Spesialis Patologi Klinik dan Kedokteran Laboratorium/PDS PatKLIn)” professional association. This journal displays articles in the Clinical Pathology and Medical Laboratory scope. Clinical Pathology has a couple of subdivisions, namely: Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology and Serology, Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Hepatology, Cardiovascular, Endocrinology, Blood Transfusion, Nephrology, and Molecular Biology. Scientific articles of these topics, mainly emphasize on the laboratory examinations, pathophysiology, and pathogenesis in a disease.

Peer Review Process

The decision to publish a paper is based on an editorial assessment and peer review. Initially, all papers are assessed by an editorial committee consisting of members of the editorial team. The prime purpose is to decide whether to send a paper for peer review and to give a rapid decision on those that are not. The rejection is based on the novelty or the relevancy with the scope of this journal and, simultaneous submissions of the same manuscript to different journals.

Initial Editorial Assessment

IJCPML are eager to provide a rapid publication process through an initial assessment conducted by an editorial committee consisting of the editorial team members. The primary purpose is to decide whether to send the paper for peer-review or to reject it. The main point is scope, compliance with the guideline, and language. Sometimes a paper will be returned to the author with a request for revisions with the purpose to help editors in deciding whether or not to send it out for review. Authors may expect the decision of the Initial Editorial Assessment from this stage of the review process within 1-2 weeks of submission.

Review Process

After passing the Initial Editorial Assessment, the article will be sent to peer-reviewers. The peer-review process involved at least two reviewers for each manuscript selected based on their expertise. All reviewing process is done by the double-blind review, which means the authors and peer-reviewers do not know each other’s identity. The reviewers should complete the review within four weeks in each reviewing round after the review request was sent.

Decision-Making Process

The decision to accept for publication is based on the peer reviewer's recommendations, based on which two acceptance recommendations are required. If there is a difference in the two reviewers’ recommendations, the editor has the right to seek the third reviewer's consideration. The final decision to publish is made by the editor-in-chief, editorial committee (national or international advisory board) by considering the advice from reviewers.

Publication Frequency

IJCPML is a Journal published online three times a year at the beginning of the year (March), middle of the year (July) and at the end of the year (November).

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.

Publication Ethics

Indonesian Journal of Clinical Pathology and Medical Laboratory is a peer-reviewed electronic international journal. This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the chief editor, the Editorial Board, the peer-reviewer­­­­­ and the publisher. This statement is based on COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication

Indonesian Journal of Clinical Pathology and Medical Laboratory an article in a peer-reviewed is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher, and the society.  

PDS PatKLIn as publisher of IJCPML takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing extremely seriously and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. In addition, the PDS PatKLIn and Editorial Board will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful and necessary.

Publication decisions

The editor of the IJCPML journal is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair play

An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Editor

Publication Decisions
The editor-in-chief of IJCPML is responsible for determining the manuscripts that have been submitted to be peer reviewed and if the manuscript is meeting the editorial policies and journal's requirement it will be published. Validation of research or literature review and the importance of the manuscript for scientific development, subsequent researchers as well as readers of IJCPML has always been a major consideration in decision making. Editors of IJCPML may refer to the Board of Editors directives and always refer to the rules and regulations that exist in the Republic of Indonesia regarding copyright and plagiarism. Chairman of the board of editors may authorize other members of the editor for decision-making by observing the peer review results.
 
Equality
The editor will always uphold the sense of fairness and fairness at all times in evaluating the manuscript regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, religion and belief, ethics, citizenship or political ideology of the author.


Confidentiality
Editors and all editorial staff are not allowed to disclose information about manuscripts that have been signed by IJCPML to anyone other than to the corresponding author, editorial board, and publisher if feasible.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Promptness

Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards

Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention

Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication

An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects

If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or another substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Accreditation Certificate

IJCPML Journal has been certificated as a Scientific Journal by The Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology.

Updated Accreditation Number: No: 36a/E/KPT/2016, Tanggal 23 Mei 2016 

Valid thru: 2026

References Management

Every article submitted to IJCPML Journal suggests use reference management software by Mendeley.

Plagiarism Screening

To avoid plagiarism all submissions are screened using Turnitin software before undergoing the review process. Our plagiarism standard is less than 20%.

Article Charge

If your paper  is accepted the authors will be charged as follow:

  • Member PDS PatKLIn: IDR 1,000,000
  • Non-member PDS PatKLIn: IDR 2,000,000

Journal History

Journal History:
Clinical Pathology journal was first published in 1975, with the name of Indonesian Journal of Clinical Pathology. The journal's ISSN was 0854-4263. The Central Editorial Board was based in Jakarta with Rustadi Sosrosumiharjo dr., MS., Sp.PK as the executive president. The journal stopped publishing in 1998, at the number 1, volume 5. In November  2005 the Clinical Pathology journal was once again published, under the name of the Indonesian Journal of Clinical Pathology and Medical Laboratory (IJCPML) centered in Surabaya. The Journal's ISSN was still the same 0854-4263. Publish in 2005-2013 was led by Prof. Dr. Prihatini, dr., Sp.PK(K), in 2014 until now, it is now led by Dr. Puspa Wardhani, dr, SpPK (K). Keeping up with advances in technology, IJCPML became an open access journal, starting by having an e-issn from LIPI in 2015, making a website affiliating with Airlangga University with an url of https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/IJCPML in 2014. Since 2018, it had its own website with an url link of https://www.indonesianjournalofclinicalpathology.org/index.php/patologi

The Journal's Vision and Mission
"Indonesian Journal of Clinical Pathology and Medical Laboratory” has been published by "Association of Clinical Pathologist (Perhimpunan Dokter Spesialis Patologi Klinik dan Kedokteran Laboratorium/PDS PatKLIn)” in Indonesia with an aim to create a scientific insight that is trusted in Clinical Pathology and Medical Laboratory in Indonesia. We hope that this tool can be used not only by members of the Clinical Pathology Association of Indonesia but also can be used as a source of literature for colleagues, students or anybody who needs it. Scientific articles that have not been published anywhere else, can be published in this magazine. Different methods that have not or have been accepted in the world of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine can be discussed thoroughly in articles chosen by the Board of editors. This magazine is also a tool of study for members of the medical profession to state their scientific opinions. It is hoped that this may help increase the quality of service in the diagnostic field for the community.