PEER-REVIEWED · OPEN ACCESS · e-ISSN 2987-1530 · TWICE YEARLY
Sriwijaya Journal of Forensic and Medicolegal
Research and scholarship in forensic medicine and medicolegal practice
SJFM publishes Original Articles, Case Reports / Case Studies, and Systematic Reviews / Meta-analyses for an international scholarly audience.
Manuscripts passing editorial screening undergo double-blind peer review by at least three independent reviewers. Articles are freely available immediately upon publication under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Authors retain copyright.
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
I have read the Article Processing Charges policy. Submission is free. If the manuscript is accepted, the APC is IDR 1,500,000 or USD 125; fee waivers are not available. Payment does not influence the editorial decision.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Author Guidelines
Sriwijaya Journal of Forensic and Medicolegal
Author Guidelines
Prepare the manuscript with the appropriate journal template. Initial submissions are sent by email; manuscripts that pass editorial assessment are registered in OJS for peer-review tracking.
Initial submission: email the completed manuscript and supporting documents to editor.sjfm@gmail.com. Do not submit an unassessed manuscript directly through OJS.
Submit an editable Microsoft Word (.docx) file in English, using Cambria and continuous line numbering.
Keep the title concise (maximum 20 words) and provide a structured abstract of no more than 250 words with 3–5 keywords in alphabetical order.
Identify all authors, affiliations and the corresponding author accurately. Use CRediT roles for author contributions.
Limit the manuscript to five tables and/or figures. Supply figures at 300 dpi in TIFF, PNG or high-quality JPEG format.
Include statements on AI-assisted tools, funding, conflicts of interest, ethics approval, informed consent, data availability and acknowledgements, as applicable.
Use Vancouver referencing, NLM journal abbreviations and DOI links when available. List the first three authors followed by “et al.”
Provide at least 15 references, prioritising primary literature and predominantly sources published within the last ten years.
All submissions must be original, within the journal’s scope and compliant with the Journal Policies.
Original Article
Use the IMRaD structure. Methods must clearly report study design, participants, variables, ethics and statistics. Results should include effect estimates, confidence intervals and exact p values where applicable, followed by a focused discussion, limitations and conclusion.
Case Report / Case Study
Follow CARE and include case identification, setting, clinical or forensic examination, data sources, ethics/consent, chronological findings, diagnosis, management, outcome, comparison with relevant cases, medicolegal implications and limitations.
Systematic Review / Meta-analysis
Follow PRISMA 2020. State the PICO/PECO/PIRO question and protocol registration; report databases, dates and reproducible search strategies, eligibility criteria, independent screening/extraction, risk-of-bias methods, synthesis, heterogeneity, publication bias and GRADE certainty.
Before emailing your submission
Attach the completed template, cover letter and applicable reporting checklist. Use the subject line: New Submission – Article Type – Corresponding Author.
Authors retain copyright and publishing rights in articles published in Sriwijaya Journal of Forensic and Medicolegal (SJFM), without transfer of copyright to the journal or publisher.
The authors remain the holders of commercial rights in their work. Third-party reuse is subject to the applicable article license. The journal’s standard license is CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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