Author Guidelines

Authors submitting manuscripts to Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Sosiosaintifik (JurDikMas) must ensure that their work is original, relevant to the journal's focus and scope, and has not been published or submitted simultaneously to another journal.

General Requirements

  • The manuscript must report a community service initiative with clearly identified community needs and objectives;
  • Authors must explain the implementation process, community participation, evaluation methods, and outcomes;
  • Claims must be supported by evidence appropriate to the program and evaluation design;
  • All sources and materials obtained from others must be appropriately acknowledged;
  • Authors must use the journal's current manuscript template when available; and
  • Authors are responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of their manuscripts.

Manuscript Structure

  1. Title: accurately describe the community service activity and its main focus;
  2. Authors and Affiliations: provide author names, institutional affiliations, and corresponding author information;
  3. Abstract: summarize the community needs, objectives, methods, principal outcomes, and conclusion;
  4. Keywords: identify the main topics of the manuscript;
  5. Introduction: explain the community context, needs assessment, relevant literature, and program objectives;
  6. Methods: describe the location, participants or partners, implementation stages, community involvement, evaluation procedures, and applicable ethical considerations;
  7. Results and Discussion: present implementation findings and evaluated outcomes, interpret the evidence, and discuss limitations and sustainability;
  8. Conclusion: summarize the outcomes supported by the findings and provide relevant recommendations;
  9. Acknowledgements: acknowledge community partners and other contributors where applicable;
  10. Funding Statement: identify funding sources or state that no specific funding was received;
  11. Author Contributions: describe the contributions of each author;
  12. Conflict of Interest: disclose relevant conflicts or state that none exist;
  13. Data Availability Statement: explain the availability of supporting data and any restrictions related to privacy or consent;
  14. Declaration of Generative AI Use: disclose substantive use of generative AI, where applicable; and
  15. References: include all sources cited in the manuscript using a consistent referencing style.

Ethical Considerations

Authors must obtain relevant permissions and informed consent where applicable. Identifiable photographs, personal information, and sensitive community data must be used only with appropriate authorization. Ethical approval must be reported when required by the nature of the activity or research and the applicable institutional requirements.

Submission

Manuscripts must be submitted through the journal's online submission system. Authors must complete the submission metadata accurately and ensure that it matches the manuscript.

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