About This Journal
Folia Medica Indonesiana is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal, focusing in medicine in Indonesia and other the developing countries. The aim of this journal is to highlight research and development leading to the progress of basic and clinical health sciences. This journal follows the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). This journal publishes four times a year (January - March, April - June, July - September, and October - December). This journal welcomes submissions of original research articles, systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses, and case series with scoping review discussions. Folia Medica Indonesiana upholds rigorous ethical standard, and applies a double-blind peer-review, and has been accredited by The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology of The Republic of Indonesia (the latest is no. 158/E/KPT/2021; from volume 56, issue 4 [2020] to volume 61, issue 3 [2025]. This journal has also been indexed in the ASEAN Citation Index (ACI) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). From October 2024, Folia Medica Indonesiana has been using the Digital Commons © migrated from the prior OJS 3 platform.
See the Focus and Scope for a complete coverage of the journal.
Journal History
Folia Medica Indonesiana is the medical journal of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia. The journal's first volume, Berita Research Kedokteran Surabaja, was published in 1964. The first graduates were inaugurated in December 1955, for those who had been studying medicine at the previous medical education institution in Surabaya. The faculty departments were strengthened with the addition of new staff. In 1959, the first specialists who were completely educated at Universitas Airlangga finished their studies. Departments that previously lacked reliable experts now have skilled lecturers. Moreover, affiliation with the University of California, USA, was also established in the early 1960s. With this progress and the presence of new specialists, medical education at Universitas Airlangga entered a new stage, an era of research. As a result, a medical journal was required to publish the findings of various medical research studies. The first edition of the first volume, January–April 1964, marked the dawn of the medical-scientific writing tradition at this university. As a journal listed in some of the world's top libraries since its founding, its quality seemed satisfactory. At the end of the 1960s, the journal changed its name to Madjalah Kedokteran Surabaja, and then in the 1970s, the spelling was adjusted to become Majalah Kedokteran Surabaya. After three decades, the world has entered an era of globalization. Medical education in this country, like anywhere else, is confronted with the reality of global competition. To cope with this challenge, in the middle of 1997, the journal again changed its name to Folia Medica Indonesiana. The editorial and administrative management, as well as the physical appearance of the journal itself, were improved. The Folia Medica Indonesiana, written entirely in English, has been published quarterly until now.
Publishing Schedule
This journal publishes four times a year (January - March, April - June, July - September, and October - December). Each published article has a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI) number, whereby they become searchable and citable without delay.
Publisher/Editorial Office
Publisher
Universitas Airlangga
Gedung Airlangga University Press, Campus C Universitas Airlangga, Mulyorejo, Kec. Mulyorejo, Surabaya, Jawa Timur 60115
Email: adm@lipjphki.unair.ac.id
Editorial Office
Folia Medica Indonesiana
The Unit of Journal Consortium and Folia Medica Indonesiana
Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga
Jl. Prof. DR. Moestopo No.47, Pacar Kembang, Kec. Tambaksari, Surabaya, Jawa Timur 60132
Email: fmi@journal.unair.ac.id
Language
Folia Medica Indonesianal publishes articles in English.
Digital Archiving
All articles published in Folia Medica Indonesiana are archived in CLOCKSS to ensure a distributed archiving system among participating libraries, allowing those libraries to create permanent archive of the journal for preservation and restoration. Articles also receive Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) from the CrossRef organization to guarantee they can always be retrieved.
Speed of Acceptance
The average time from submission to the first editorial decision ranges from 42 to 70 days, while the time from editorial acceptance to publication averages from 14 to 21 days. This journal has a 60% acceptance rate.
