The Hasanuddin Public Health Nutrition Journal (HPHNJ) is committed to maintaining high standards of academic integrity and originality in scholarly publishing. All submitted manuscripts must represent original work and must not contain plagiarism or inappropriate reuse of previously published material.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that any ideas, data, or wording taken from other sources are properly cited and acknowledged. Direct quotations should be clearly indicated, and all sources must be referenced according to the journal’s citation guidelines.

Authors should not submit manuscripts that report substantially the same research to more than one journal at the same time. Duplicate submission or redundant publication is considered unethical and will not be accepted.

Proper acknowledgement of previous research is essential. Authors should cite relevant publications that have contributed to the development of the reported study.

All manuscripts submitted to HPHNJ will undergo similarity screening prior to the peer review process. The editorial team will evaluate manuscripts through:

• Initial editorial assessment, including manual checks for appropriate citation and referencing practices;
• Similarity analysis using plagiarism detection software (Turnitin).

Manuscripts with a similarity index exceeding 20%, or those showing clear evidence of plagiarism or improper citation, may be rejected or returned to the authors for clarification or revision at the discretion of the editorial board.

Authors are encouraged to carefully review their manuscripts prior to submission to ensure compliance with the journal’s originality requirements.