Sriwijaya Journal of Radiology and Imaging Research (SJRIR) · Published by Phlox Institute
The Sriwijaya Journal of Radiology and Imaging Research (SJRIR) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal publishing original scholarship in diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, and medical imaging science. These guidelines set out how to prepare and submit a manuscript. By submitting, authors confirm that they have read and agreed to the journal's Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement, which forms an integral part of these guidelines. Manuscripts that do not conform may be returned without review.
1. Scope and Article Types
SJRIR welcomes the following categories of manuscript:
- Original Research Articles – clinical, translational, or technical imaging studies.
- Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses – conducted and reported to recognised methodological standards (PRISMA).
- Diagnostic Accuracy and AI / Radiomics Studies – reported per STARD and CLAIM.
- Technical Notes – descriptions of imaging techniques, protocols, or innovations.
- Case Reports and Case Series – reported per CARE, with clear educational or scientific value.
- Pictorial Essays / Imaging Education – instructive image-based articles.
- Letters to the Editor and Commentaries – including post-publication discussion.
- Editorials – normally by invitation.
Important: SJRIR does not accept narrative literature reviews. Review submissions are considered only when they follow a systematic methodology (e.g., systematic review, scoping review, or meta-analysis) with an explicit, reproducible search strategy.
2. Manuscript Length, Tables, and Figures
SJRIR does not impose a limit on the word count of the manuscript, nor on the number of tables and figures. Authors should nevertheless write concisely and include only material that is necessary to support the work. All tables and figures must be cited in the text, numbered in order of appearance, and accompanied by clear legends. High image quality is expected, consistent with the journal's radiological focus.
3. Editorial and Publication Policies
All submissions are governed by the journal's Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement, aligned with the Core Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and the editorial standards of Scopus and the Web of Science Core Collection. Authors must comply with the following before and at submission.
Authorship and Contributorship
Authorship must meet all four ICMJE criteria. Each author must have contributed substantially to (1) the conception/design or acquisition/analysis/interpretation of data; (2) drafting or critical revision; (3) final approval; and (4) accountability for the work. Contributor (CRediT) roles must be declared. Honorary, guest, and ghost authorship are prohibited, and any change to the author list requires written agreement from all authors.
Research Ethics, Consent, and Privacy
Studies involving human participants must state compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki and identify the approving Institutional Review Board / research ethics committee together with the approval number; written informed consent must be confirmed. Animal studies must comply with relevant guidelines, follow ARRIVE 2.0, and state the animal ethics approval number. Patient privacy must be protected: all identifiers and DICOM metadata must be removed from images and text, and a signed Patient Consent for Publication form is required where identifiable material appears. Clinical trials must be prospectively registered, with the registry name and trial number stated at the end of the abstract.
Conflicts of Interest, Funding, AI, and Data
All conflicts of interest and sources of funding (including the funder's role) must be disclosed. Any use of artificial-intelligence or large language model tools must be disclosed in the methods or acknowledgements; AI cannot be listed as an author, and authors remain fully responsible for all content. A data-availability statement is required for all research articles.
Required Forms at Submission
Authors must upload, as supplementary files, the completed and signed Author Declaration & Submission Statement, the Copyright Notice & License Agreement, and, where applicable, the Patient Consent for Publication form. Templates are available on the journal website.
4. Reporting Guidelines
Authors must follow the relevant EQUATOR Network reporting guideline and may be asked to provide the corresponding checklist:
- STARD and CLAIM – diagnostic-accuracy and AI/machine-learning imaging studies.
- CONSORT – randomised controlled trials.
- STROBE – observational studies.
- PRISMA – systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
- CARE – case reports.
5. Manuscript Preparation
General Format
Submit the manuscript as a Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx) file, in English, using a clear standard font, double-spaced, with continuous line and page numbering. Use SI units, define all abbreviations at first use, and use generic drug names. Spelling should be consistent (British or American English).
Structure of an Original Research Article
Original research should follow the IMRaD structure:
- Title Page – concise title; full names, affiliations, and ORCID iDs of all authors; corresponding author's contact details; word count; conflict-of-interest and funding statements; acknowledgements.
- Abstract – structured (Background/Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusion). For clinical trials, the registration name and number appear at the end of the abstract.
- Keywords – 3 to 6 terms, preferably from MeSH.
- Introduction – background and clearly stated objective.
- Methods – including ethics approval, study design, imaging equipment and protocols (modality, parameters, contrast agents), and statistical analysis.
- Results – presented logically, supported by tables and figures.
- Discussion – interpretation, comparison with prior work, limitations, and clinical implications.
- Conclusion.
- Declarations – ethics approval and consent; conflicts of interest; funding; author contributions (CRediT); data availability; AI-use disclosure.
- References.
Other article types should be organised appropriately to their category (e.g., case reports following the CARE structure).
Figures and Images
Submit images at high resolution (line art ≥ 600 dpi; greyscale/halftone radiological images ≥ 300 dpi) in TIFF, PNG, or JPEG. Each figure needs a descriptive legend. Arrows or markers should indicate key findings. Remove all patient identifiers and embedded DICOM metadata. Any previously published figure requires written permission and full attribution.
Tables
Provide tables as editable text (not images), each with a title and necessary footnotes, numbered in order of citation.
References
References must follow the Vancouver style in accordance with ICMJE recommendations. They are numbered consecutively in the order in which they first appear, and are cited in the text as superscript numerals. In the reference list, list the first three authors followed by "et al." where there are more than three. Include DOIs where available. Authors are encouraged to use reference-management software. The accuracy of references is the author's responsibility.
6. Submission Process
All manuscripts must be submitted by email to the editorial office at editor.sjrir@gmail.com. The email should include the manuscript file together with the required signed forms (Author Declaration & Submission Statement, Copyright Notice & License Agreement, and, where applicable, the Patient Consent for Publication form) and any relevant reporting-guideline checklists. Authors should also confirm, in the body of the email, that the submission meets every item of the Submission Preparation Checklist below. The editorial office will acknowledge receipt and assign a manuscript identification number. There is no submission fee.
Submission Preparation Checklist
Before sending the manuscript, authors must ensure the submission complies with all of the following. Submissions that do not adhere to these requirements may be returned to the authors.
- The submission is original; it has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration. It has been screened for plagiarism and self-plagiarism.
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx) format.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements in these Author Guidelines, with figures and tables placed appropriately and references formatted in the Vancouver style.
- Where available, DOIs and URLs for the references have been provided.
- For research involving human subjects, the manuscript states compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki and names the approving Institutional Review Board / research ethics committee together with its approval number, and confirms that informed consent was obtained.
- For research involving animals, the manuscript states compliance with applicable guidelines, reports per ARRIVE 2.0, and provides the animal ethics committee approval number.
- All patient identifiers and DICOM metadata have been removed from images and text. Where identifiable patient material appears, a signed Patient Consent for Publication form is attached.
- Any clinical trial has been prospectively registered, and the registry name and trial number are stated at the end of the abstract.
- Authorship meets the four ICMJE criteria; all qualifying authors are included and contributor (CRediT) roles are specified.
- All conflicts of interest and sources of funding (including the funder's role) have been disclosed in the manuscript.
- Any use of AI / large language models has been disclosed in the methods or acknowledgements; AI is not listed as an author.
- A data-availability statement is included.
- A completed and signed Author Declaration & Submission Statement is attached.
- The author(s) agree to the journal's Copyright Notice and Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license terms.
7. Peer Review
Submissions are first checked by the editorial office for scope, completeness, and ethical compliance, and screened for similarity. Suitable manuscripts undergo double-anonymised peer review by at least two independent experts. The Editor-in-Chief makes the final decision based solely on scientific merit, methodological rigour, ethical compliance, and suitability, independent of the authors' ability to pay any charge. Authors may appeal decisions in writing to the Editor-in-Chief.
8. Plagiarism Screening
Every manuscript is screened with the ORCA (Originality Recognition and Citation Analyzer) plagiarism check before review and again before acceptance. Manuscripts with unacceptable levels of overlap, including self-plagiarism, will be returned to the authors or rejected.
9. Copyright and Licensing
Authors retain copyright of their work. Articles are published open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license, permitting non-commercial reuse with proper attribution to the author(s) and citation of the original publication in SJRIR, with adapted material distributed under the same license. Authors must sign the journal's Copyright Notice & License Agreement.
10. Article Processing Charge (APC)
SJRIR is an open-access journal. There is no submission fee; an Article Processing Charge applies only after a manuscript has been accepted for publication. Editorial decisions are based solely on academic merit, peer-review results, ethical compliance, and journal suitability, and are not influenced by the author's ability to pay.
Standard APC
| Author category | Article Processing Charge |
|---|---|
| Authors affiliated with institutions in Indonesia | IDR 2,500,000 |
| Foreign authors (standard, where no discount applies) | USD 225 |
Discounts for Foreign Authors
- Authors from Global South support countries (Tier A), including Least Developed Countries and low-income countries, are eligible for a 50% discount from the standard APC.
- Authors from ASEAN member states are eligible for a 25% discount from the standard APC, as part of the journal's regional academic collaboration support policy.
- Authors who are not affiliated with institutions in Tier A countries and are not from ASEAN member states are charged the standard APC (USD 225).
This policy promotes equitable access to scholarly publishing for authors from the Global South while strengthening academic collaboration and research visibility within Southeast Asia.
Mixed-Country Authorship
For manuscripts with authors from more than one country, the applicable APC tier is determined by the institutional affiliation country of the corresponding author at the time of submission. If there is more than one corresponding author, the tier follows the country of the primary corresponding author listed in the submission system.
Payment and Conditional Acceptance
- After a manuscript completes peer review and is accepted, the journal issues a Conditional Acceptance Notification together with the APC invoice. The Official Letter of Acceptance (LoA) is issued only after the APC payment has been completed and confirmed by the editorial office.
- Authors must complete payment within 3 calendar days of the invoice date. If payment is not completed within this period and no prior written agreement has been approved by the editorial office, the manuscript may be considered withdrawn due to non-payment, and the journal reserves the right to discontinue further editorial, copyediting, layout, DOI registration, and publication processes.
- The APC is charged only after editorial acceptance and does not influence peer-review outcomes or editorial decisions.
- If an author repeatedly fails to complete APC payment after conditional acceptance without valid justification, the journal may record the case for internal administrative purposes, and future submissions from the same corresponding author may require APC payment confirmation before the issuance of any formal acceptance document.
ASEAN Member States (25% discount)
| No. | Country | No. | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunei Darussalam | 6 | Philippines |
| 2 | Cambodia | 7 | Singapore |
| 3 | Lao PDR | 8 | Thailand |
| 4 | Malaysia | 9 | Timor-Leste |
| 5 | Myanmar | 10 | Viet Nam |
Global South Support Countries (Tier A) – 50% discount
| No. | Country | No. | Country | No. | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 16 | Guinea | 31 | Rwanda |
| 2 | Angola | 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 32 | Senegal |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 18 | Haiti | 33 | Sierra Leone |
| 4 | Benin | 19 | Iran | 34 | Solomon Islands |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 20 | Kiribati | 35 | Somalia |
| 6 | Burundi | 21 | Lesotho | 36 | South Sudan |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 22 | Liberia | 37 | Sudan |
| 8 | Chad | 23 | Madagascar | 38 | Tanzania |
| 9 | Comoros | 24 | Malawi | 39 | Togo |
| 10 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 25 | Mali | 40 | Tuvalu |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 26 | Mauritania | 41 | Uganda |
| 12 | Djibouti | 27 | Mozambique | 42 | Ukraine |
| 13 | Eritrea | 28 | Nepal | 43 | Yemen |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 29 | Niger | 44 | Zambia |
| 15 | Gambia | 30 | Palestine |
11. Corrections, Retractions, and Withdrawal
Requests to withdraw a manuscript must be made in writing to the editorial office. Post-publication corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions are handled in accordance with COPE guidance, as detailed in the Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement.
12. Contact
Questions regarding submission or these guidelines may be directed to the editorial office at editor.sjrir@gmail.com, or via the journal website: https://phlox.or.id/index.php/sjrir.