The mission of Engagement: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat is to serve as the premier peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal to advance theory and practice related to all forms of outreach and engagement. This includes highlighting innovative endeavors; critically examining emerging issues, trends, challenges, and opportunities; and reporting on studies of impact in the areas of public service, outreach, engagement, extension, engaged research, community-based research, community-based participatory research, action research, public scholarship, service-learning, and community service.

Focus

Engagement: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat aims to provide a forum for international researchers on applied Society Development and Engagement to publish the original articles.

Scope

The scope of Engagement: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat are Society Development and Engagement.

This journal contains research-based community service results such as PAR (Participatory Action Research), ABCD (Asset Based Community Development), CBR (Community-Based Research), Service Learning, Community Development, and other methodologies.

Engagement: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat accept submission from all over the world. All accepted articles will be published on payment of an article-processing charge, and will be freely available to all readers with worldwide visibility and coverage.

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Indexed

Peer-Reviewed

In the reviewing process, there are at least two reviewers for each manuscript in the related topic. In addition, author(s) can also propose the candidate of reviewers. Judgement from the first reviewer will be main priority for editor to make decision, if there are only two reviewers. In case of three reviewers, decision will be made from at least two reviewers. Three weeks will be needed for reviewer to complete one round reviewing process.

Generally, the candidate of reviewers will be chosen based on their reputation in the international publication number and quality. Next step, The Editor send the invitation letter for each candidate of reviewer. After the candidate of reviewer informed their availabilities for reviewing process, Editor create account for each reviewer and then send manuscript by OJS.

All reviewing process are in double blind review and managed by editor in the OJS.

Articles are evaluated on the criteria outlined below.

• The appropriateness or fit for the mission of the Engagement: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat
• The significance in contributing new knowledge (advancing a field of study; or providing best practices or lessons-learned);
• The rigor and appropriateness of the scholarship; and
• The readability and flow of the information and ideas presented.

Additional criteria based on the following manuscript types: as a research article, as a reflective essay; as a project with promise article; as a dissertation abstract; or as a book review.

Engagement: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat published twice a year, on May and November.

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

All articles published Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. We are continuously working with our author communities to select the best choice of license options, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.

Archiving and indexing automatically through indexers that have been registered for Engagement: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat, these are:

1. Google Scholar
2. Moraref
3. Crossref
4. DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
5. Garuda (Garba Rujukan Digital)
6. Sinta (Science and Technology Index)
7. One Search Indonesia

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Engagement: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat, is a proper channel for publication of papers in Society Development and Engagement. Manuscripts reporting experimentation or research in field crops will be accepted for review as papers.

 

Author Guidelines

This guideline is regenerated since publication from May 2018. So, the manuscript that has been publish since December 2018, follow this Author Guidelines.

File to download: 

1. Author Guidelines
2. Journal Publishing Agreement

 

Before You Begin

Here introduces the manuscript, and put a nomenclature if necessary, in a box with the same font size as the rest of the manuscript. The paragraphs continue from here and are only separated by headings, subheadings, images and formula. The section headings are arranged by numbers, bold, 12 pt and with Cambria Font. Total words in Manuscript is range from 4000 to 8000 words.

Engagement: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat manuscript should be divided into the following sections: (1) Title page, (2) Abstract and Keywords (4) Introduction, (5) Methods, (6) Results and Discussion, (7) Conclusion, (8) Acknowledgements if any, and (9) References. Filling the title page is required when your manuscript is ready to publish. The manuscript title should be clear, concise, informative, and limited to 10 words including conjunctions. Subtitles, colons, and nonstandard abbreviations are unacceptable.

For Author that will submit the new manuscript to our system, please remove the name of Author because our peer-review process is double-blind review. You as an author will be required to accept the Journal Publishing Agreement for when you submit your manuscript to our journal. This agreement covers authorship, originality and conflicts of interest. Please read this agreement to ensure your submission complies.

To verify the originality of your manuscript, it will be checked by the plagiarism detection service TURNITIN. Please write your manuscript into our template that we provide.

 

Language

Your submitted manuscript must be in good, grammatically correct English. If English is not your native language, you should seek the help of an English Language Editing service or professional translator. If your manuscript is accepted to be published on our journal, we also arrange a proofreading process to make sure language on your manuscript is suitable for academic purpose. The type of English for this manuscript is "American English".

 

Manuscript

All manuscripts must be formatted to 30 mm margins, single-spaced, with Cambria 12pt font, with page size of 210 mm x 297 mm (A4 size). Including the body of the manuscript, references, endnotes, tables, and figures, all material should be no longer than 10 single-spaced pages. The Manuscripts should be written in English and prepared in accordance with the submission guidelines of the journal. The total word count of the manuscript should be between 6000 to 8000 words.

On this journal, type of manuscript is Applied Science Paper. An applied science paper is based on original research related to community engagement program. The kind of research depends on your field or the topic of community engagement (a program that has be done, an experiment, the impact of your program, survey, interview, questionnaire, etc.). The research paper will be based on the analysis and interpretation between theory and community engagement program and you need to explain the problems faced by the local community where the program is conducted.

 

Author Guidelines

GUIDING PRINCIPLES
An acceptable manuscript will meet the following general criteria: it reports a worthwhile contribution to science, sound methodology was used and is explained with sufficient detail so that other capable scientists could repeat the experiments. Conclusions are supported by data, manuscripts is concise, well written, and understandable.

MANUSCRIPT FORMAT
Manuscript should be arranged in the following standard format: Title, Author's Name and Affiliation, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Method, Result, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements, Conflicts of Interest, and References.

The manuscript must be typed using Cambria font, on A4 paper size with 2 cm margins on all four sides. The main text should be in 12 pt font size with 1.15 line spacing. Please ensure your manuscript is paginated and includes line numbers for review purposes.

MANUSCRIPT STRUCTURE & COMPONENTS

1. Title (Cambria, Size 16, Capitalize Each Word)
   The title must reflect the issue and focus of community service, subject of devotion, action, and strategies, and the purpose of expected social changes.
2. Author’s Identity (For Initial Submission - Blind Review)
   Do not write the identity of authors in the manuscript file for review. The author's identity (names, affiliations, and email addresses) must be provided separately in the submission system. The manuscript submitted for review should be anonymized.
3. Article History and Abstract (Cambria, size 11 font Italic)
   This section is to be presented in a table format as shown below. The abstract should contain:
• Background: The issue and focus of community service, the subject of devotion, and the purpose.
• Purpose of the Study: The study's purpose and objectives.
• Methods: The methods or theoretical framework applied.
• Results: The main findings of the study.
  The abstract has a maximum of 150 words.

 

1. Introduction (Cambria, size 13)
   The introduction should provide a brief overview of the study within a broader context and emphasize its importance. It must contain:
• A description of the situation analysis or the objective conditions of the subject of community service (assisted community), identifying the issues and focus of the service.
• The reasons for selecting the community service subject.
• The expected social changes or community service goals, supported by both qualitative and quantitative data.
• A review of the current state of research, highlighting key publications.
• The main objective of the work and a brief mention of the principal conclusions.
• All technical terms, symbols, abbreviations, and acronyms should be defined the first time they are introduced.
  References should be cited according to APA style.
  (Main Text: Cambria, size 12, Spacing: before 6 pt; after 6 pt, Line spacing: 1.15)
2. Method (Cambria, size 13)
   This section must contain an explanation of:
• The research approach, the subjects of the study, and the research procedures.
• The materials and instruments used, the data collection process, and the analysis techniques employed.
• In the context of community service, it should describe the process of joint community action planning (community organizing), specifying the subjects of community service, the location of the service, and the involvement of the assisted community in the planning and organizing process.
• The methods or strategies used to achieve the expected goals.
• The stages of community service activities, which can be illustrated with a flow chart or diagram.
  (Main Text: Cambria, size 12, Spacing: before 6 pt; after 6 pt, Line spacing: 1.15)
3. Result (Cambria, size 13)
   This section must be supported by sufficient data and describe:
• The outcomes of the community service process.
• The dynamics of the assistance activities (variety of actions, forms of technical or program interventions).
• The emergence of expected social changes (e.g., new institutions, shifts in behavior, rise of local leaders, new awareness).
• The research results and findings should address the research questions or hypotheses from the introduction.
  Tables and figures must be cited in numerical order.
  (Main Text: Cambria, size 12, Spacing: before 6 pt; after 6 pt, Line spacing: 1.15)
4. Discussion (Cambria, size 13)
   The discussion should provide:
• An interpretation of the results and relate them to the original research question or objectives.
• A description of the community service results, with a theoretical discussion relevant to the findings.
• An exploration of how the results answer the research questions (what/how) and a scientific interpretation for each finding (why).
• A discussion on whether the results align with previous studies and highlight any differences.
• The findings and their implications in the broadest context, and may suggest future research directions.
  This section must be supported by relevant theoretical perspectives and references from the literature, following APA style.
  (Main Text: Cambria, size 12, Spacing: before 6 pt; after 6 pt, Line spacing: 1.15)
5. Conclusion (Cambria, size 13)
   The conclusion should:
• Answer the objectives of the research and the research discoveries.
• Not simply repeat the results but reflect on the theoretical implications of the findings.
• Provide recommendations for community service based on the results.
• Offer a theoretical reflection on how the findings contribute to understanding the community service process and highlight the expected or actual social changes.
• Suggest future research directions.
  (Main Text: Cambria, size 12, Spacing: before 6 pt; after 6 pt, Line spacing: 1.15)
6. Acknowledgements (Cambria, size 13)
   Acknowledge any support not covered by the author's contribution or funding sections (e.g., administrative and technical support, donations in kind).
   (Main Text: Cambria, size 12, Spacing: before 6 pt; after 6 pt, Line spacing: 1.15)
7. Conflicts of Interest (Cambria, size 13)
   Declare any conflicts of interest or state, "The authors declare no conflict of interest."
   (Main Text: Cambria, size 12, Spacing: before 6 pt; after 6 pt, Line spacing: 1.15)
8. References (Cambria, size 13)
   References must be written according to APA Style rules.
   (Main Text: Cambria, size 12, Spacing: before 12 pt; after 12 pt; Line spacing: 1)

 

 

NOTE :

Please be advised that once an article has been accepted for publication, any requests to add additional authors will be subject to a charge. A fee of IDR 300,000 will be applied for each additional author added to the article. This policy is in place to cover administrative costs and ensure the accuracy of author contributions. We kindly ask authors to finalize their author list before submission to avoid any additional fees

 

Proofs will be sent by e-mail to the listed corresponding author. Any corrections must be returned within one week of receipt and should only cover typesetting errors. All corrections and the signed copyright form must be returned to us in one communication. Proofreading is solely the responsibility of the authors.

After publication, the Corresponding Author will receive one copy of the journal. The online published article can be freely accessed and downloaded from the website.

For further advice please contact:

Secretariat of Engagement: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat, Asosiasi Dosen Pengembang Masyarakat (ADPEMAS), Jl. Ahmad Yani 117 Surabaya 60237
E-mail : jurnalengagement@gmail.com

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.

1. Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that if accepted for publication, copyright of the article shall be assigned to Engagement: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat.

The copyright transfer agreement and publishing ethical statement gives the Publisher the permission of the author(s) to publish the Work, and it empowers the Publisher to protect the Work against unauthorized use and to properly authorize dissemination of the Work by means of printed publications, offprints, reprints, electronic files, licensed photocopies, microform editions, translations, document delivery and secondary information sources such as abstracting, reviewing and indexing services, including converting the Work into machine readable form and storing it in electronic databases. It also gives the author(s) broad rights of fair use.

The copyright transfer agreement and publishing ethical statement should be filled with respect to article and be signed originally and sent to the Editorial Office in the form of original mail, or scanned document file (softcopy).

1. Authors must declare all such interests (or their absence) in writing upon submission of a manuscript. This competing declaration includes conflicts or potential conflicts of all listed authors. If any conflicts are declared, Engagement: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat will publish them with the paper. In cases of doubt, the circumstance should be disclosed so that the editors may assess its significance.

All the listed authors are requested to fill in completely all section.

1. Authors must submit the competing interest and publication ethics forms at supplementary files.
2. Authors must follow Engagement: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat template and guideline.
3. The submission file is in Open Office, Microsoft Word, RTF, or Word-Perfect document file format.
4. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
5. Typed at one side of white paper of A4 size, in single column, 1.5 space line, 10 point Garamond font and should be given line numbers. Margins on all four sides are 2 cm. All figures and tables are placed at the end of manuscript pages.
6. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in AUTHOR GUIDELINE, which is found in About the Journal.
7. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
8. Authors must read the submission preparation check list carefully and obey Engagement: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat requirements.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

This journal charges the following author fees.

Article Submission: 0.00 (IDR)
Authors are not required to pay an Article Submission Fee as part of the submission process to contribute to review costs.

Article Publication: 1.000.000 (IDR)

Additional Charge for translate (optional): 750.000 (IDR)

 

NOTE :

Please be advised that once an article has been accepted for publication, any requests to add additional authors will be subject to a charge. A fee of IDR 300,000 will be applied for each additional author added to the article. This policy is in place to cover administrative costs and ensure the accuracy of author contributions. We kindly ask authors to finalize their author list before submission to avoid any additional fees