Journal profile
Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas
ISSN 2301-7406 · eISSN 2615-1138 · Universitas Andalas · Indonesia
Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 4% (journal website); 28 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas is published by Universitas Andalas. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Public Health and Nutrition, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, together about 24.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas (JKA), published by the Faculty of Medicine at Universitas Andalas, is a highly regarded scientific journal dedicated to advancing knowledge in medicine and health sciences.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Husnil KadriPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 9 (9 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Health and NutritionMedicine12%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing6.6%
- Maternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsMedicine6.2%
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine4.8%
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesMedicine4.6%
- Maternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealth Professions4.4%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine4%
- Food Safety and HygieneAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SintaPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 216OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.03OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,225 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 14 | 83 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 222 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 699 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 1,713 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | 1,555 |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | 1,355 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 4%Publisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted3
- case reportsCase Reports Contains articles on cases in the field of medical and health sciences that require attention for wider dissemination.Length not stated
- literature reviewLiterature Review A review article examining current issues in medical and health sciences.Length not stated
- research articlesResearch Articles Contains articles presenting original research findings in basic or applied/clinical medical sciences and health.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license Model summary
Authors retain copyright and grant the Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 4.0) license that allows others to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material) the work for any purpose, even commercially with an …
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universitas Andalas
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English, Indonesian
- ISSN
- 2301-7406
- Electronic ISSN
- 2615-1138
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas
How long does peer review take at Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 4%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas based?
Of the 9 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (9). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas open access, and what is the APC?
Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .