About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Journal of Nursing Science Update (JNSU) [formerly known as Jurnal Ilmu Keperawatan: Journal of Nursing Science] is a media to share scientific studies about nursing published by the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Universitas Brawijaya. This journal covered basic nursing sciences, pediatric nursing, medical surgical nursing, maternity nursing, emergency nursing, mental health nursing, community nursing, family nursing, gerontic nursing, and nursing, and health policy. This journal is delimited into topics related to original research, reviews, case studies, and letter to the editor, which contribute to the development of the nursing scientific field.


We aim to promote the development of nursing research into clinical evidence in practice. Our audience is the national and international nursing community, educators, health professionals, policymakers, and interested public members worldwide.

Peer Review Process

In the review process, the Journal of Nursing Science Update involves writers, editors, section editors, and reviewers. This Journal applies the Double-Blind Review model to maintain confidentiality in the review process. The editor first checks each incoming manuscript. Suppose the article meets the focus, scope, and guidelines for writing the Journal of Nursing Science Update, the manuscript is continued to the reviewer to review the content and novelty of the manuscript. Otherwise, the manuscript will be returned to the author. The reviewer will examine each manuscript for approximately 1-2 weeks with the criteria for evaluating the manuscript as stated in the Reviewer Guideline. The average time for manuscript submission to be accepted is about eight weeks.

Open Access Policy

Journal of Nursing Science Update 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, under the creative commons license used. However, if the data in this article is used as material in writing articles or others, you must quote and include the author’s name of the article in the paper that is made.

Frequency

This journal is published twice a year in May and November.

Charges

JNSU Journal applies fees to authors as follows:
1. Article Submission: 0.00 (IDR)
2. Article Publication: 400k (IDR)

The editor will inform you for the payment (via email or via your JNSU account) after your manuscript gets accepted and ready to be published. 

Journal History

Journal of Nursing Science Update (JNSU) is a media to share scientific studies about nursing published by the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya. This journal is peer-reviewed and published twice a year in May and November. It contains articles about emergency nursing, basic nursing science, community nursing, mental health nursing, pediatric nursing, maternity nursing, geriatric nursing medical and surgical nursing, and management nursing.
 
Jurnal Ilmu Keperawatan (JIK): Journal of Nursing Science, with p-ISSN 2088-6012 and e-ISSN 2598-8492, was first published in 2013 and discontinued in Vol. 9, No. 2, 2021. For 2022, JIK is changed to the Journal of Nursing Science Update (JNSU), 
 
Jurnal Ilmu Keperawatan (JIK): Journal of Nursing Science was changed to Journal of Nursing Science Update with a new ISSN number with e-ISSN 2829-0003 and p-ISSN 2829-7075 started in Vol. 10, No. 1, the Year 2022 . Since its inaugural issue in 2013, this journal has been published in Indonesian. However, since publishing volume 9, number 1 in 2021, this journal has used English to improve the quality of articles and the coverage of visitors from all over the world. This journal has been indexed in Google Scholar, Garuda, SINTA Science, and Technology index, and Crossref.