Editorial Policy

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Editorial Policy

Editorial independence, scholarly quality, transparency, and responsible community engagement publishing.

Policy Overview

Jurnal Pengabdian dan Pengembangan Masyarakat Indonesia (JPPMI) maintains editorial policies designed to safeguard the quality, integrity, fairness, and transparency of its scholarly publication process.

This policy defines the responsibilities and principles governing manuscript assessment, editorial decision-making, peer review, authorship, ethical oversight, publication integrity, and post-publication management.

It applies to the Editor-in-Chief, editors, editorial board members, reviewers, authors, and the publisher, according to their respective roles.

Editorial Policy Information

1. Editorial Governance and Independence

Editorial decisions are based on scholarly merit, relevance to the journal's focus and scope, originality, methodological quality, ethical compliance, and the contribution of a manuscript to community engagement and development.

Manuscripts are evaluated fairly without discrimination based on nationality, gender, religion, political opinion, institutional affiliation, or other characteristics unrelated to scholarly quality.

• The Editor-in-Chief has final responsibility for manuscript acceptance, revision, or rejection.
• The publisher provides operational support without determining individual editorial decisions.
• Article processing charges, sponsorship, institutional relationships, and commercial interests do not influence editorial outcomes.
• Editors must disclose relevant conflicts of interest and withdraw from handling manuscripts when impartiality cannot be maintained.
• Manuscripts submitted by editors or editorial board members must be handled by an independent editor.

Editorial Board Appointment

Editorial board members are selected according to relevant subject expertise, publication experience, scholarly integrity, contribution to community engagement, availability, and independence. The journal also considers appropriate disciplinary, institutional, geographic, and demographic diversity. Membership and participation are reviewed periodically.

2. Manuscript Submission and Initial Screening

All manuscripts must be submitted through the journal's official submission system and comply with the current Author Guidelines.

Submission confirms that the listed authors approve the manuscript, that the work is not simultaneously under consideration elsewhere, and that relevant overlap with earlier articles, reports, preprints, theses, or conference publications has been disclosed.

Initial editorial screening considers:

• Suitability for the journal's focus and scope.
• Originality and substantive community engagement contribution.
• Clear identification of community needs and program objectives.
• Transparency of intervention methods and outcome evaluation.
• Manuscript structure, completeness, and anonymous-review requirements.
• Accuracy of references, declarations, and publication metadata.
• Ethical oversight, permissions, and consent where applicable.

JPPMI uses text-similarity screening to support assessment of originality and attribution. Similarity percentages are interpreted together with the nature and context of matched material.

Manuscripts may be returned for correction or declined without external peer review when they fall outside the journal's scope, do not meet minimum scholarly standards, contain substantial duplication, or raise unresolved serious ethical concerns. Withdrawal requests must be submitted by the corresponding author with the agreement of the author group.

3. Peer Review and Editorial Decisions

Manuscripts that pass initial editorial screening undergo double-anonymous peer review by at least two independent reviewers selected for relevant academic and methodological expertise.

The identities of authors and reviewers are concealed from one another during peer review. Reviewers are required to evaluate manuscripts objectively, preserve confidentiality, declare conflicts of interest, and provide constructive recommendations.

Peer review of community engagement manuscripts emphasizes:

• Relevance and evidence of the community problem.
• Quality of needs assessment and intervention design.
• Meaningful involvement of community partners.
• Appropriateness of implementation and evaluation methods.
• Credibility of reported results and conclusions.
• Critical discussion, limitations, and sustainability.
• Ethical treatment of participants and responsible reporting.

Authors receiving revision requests must respond to editorial and reviewer comments and provide a revised manuscript with an appropriate response document.

Reviewer recommendations are advisory. The final editorial decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief or an authorized editor. Additional review may be requested when evaluations differ substantially or specialist assessment is needed.

4. Authorship, Contributions, and Artificial Intelligence

Authorship and Contributorship

Authorship is limited to individuals who make substantial contributions, participate in manuscript drafting or critical revision, approve the final version, and accept responsibility for the integrity of the work.

Authors must provide an accurate contribution statement. Changes to authorship or author order require documented justification and agreement from the affected authors.

Gift, guest, purchased, honorary, coercive, and ghost authorship are prohibited.

5. Human Participants, Community Consent, and Privacy

JPPMI is committed to protecting the rights, dignity, autonomy, safety, and privacy of individuals and communities participating in reported programs.

Community engagement does not always constitute human-participant research. Formal ethics review or an authorized exemption determination is required when mandated by applicable law, institutional rules, funding conditions, or the nature and risks of the activity.

• When approval was required and obtained, authors must report the approving body, reference number, and date.
• When formal review was not required, authors must provide an accurate explanation of the applicable basis.
• Participation must be voluntary, appropriately informed, and consistent with applicable consent requirements.
• Additional safeguards must be applied to vulnerable participants.
• Identifiable photographs, quotations, recordings, and personal information require appropriate publication consent.
• Personal and sensitive data must be protected against unauthorized disclosure.
• Animal-related community programs must observe applicable professional and animal welfare requirements.

6. Data Transparency and Required Declarations

Manuscripts must provide transparent and accurate information about program implementation, evaluation data, supporting documentation, and relevant limitations.

Authors are expected to include the declarations applicable to their work:

• Ethics approval, exemption, or explanation when formal review was not required.
• Informed consent and consent for publication, where applicable.
• Funding and material support.
• Conflicts of interest.
• Author contributions.
• Generative AI use or non-use.
• Data availability and applicable restrictions.
• Acknowledgments.

Supporting data, instruments, protocols, and materials should be made available when ethically, legally, and practically appropriate.

Restrictions arising from participant privacy, informed consent, community agreements, intellectual property, or third-party rights must be respected and explained in the relevant declaration.

7. Publication Integrity, Misconduct, and Conflicts of Interest

JPPMI does not tolerate fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, redundant publication, inappropriate image manipulation, citation manipulation, fraudulent authorship, peer-review interference, or other conduct that compromises scholarly integrity.

Editors assess suspected misconduct objectively, confidentially, and proportionately. When justified, the editorial office may request explanations and supporting evidence or consult relevant institutions, ethics bodies, or independent specialists.

Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose financial and non-financial interests that could reasonably influence their activities or scholarly judgment.

Disclosing a conflict does not automatically prevent publication. Relevant conflicts must be appropriately managed, and editorial participation must be reassigned when impartiality cannot be assured.

8. Complaints and Appeals

Authors, reviewers, readers, and other stakeholders may raise complaints concerning journal procedures, editorial conduct, review integrity, or published content.

Authors may appeal editorial decisions when they identify a substantial factual error, procedural irregularity, or an unmanaged conflict of interest.

• Complaints or appeals should be submitted through the official journal contact channel.
• Appeals should normally be submitted within 30 calendar days of the relevant decision.
• The request must identify the manuscript or article and explain the concern with supporting information.
• An editor not directly involved in the original decision should review the appeal whenever practicable.
• Complaints involving the Editor-in-Chief may be assigned to an independent senior editor or appropriately authorized publisher representative.

One substantive appeal is normally considered for each editorial decision. An appeal does not guarantee that the original decision will be reversed.

9. Corrections, Retractions, and Post-Publication Integrity

JPPMI is responsible for responding to credible concerns that affect the accuracy, reliability, attribution, legality, or ethical integrity of published articles.

A correction may be issued when an error requires formal amendment but does not invalidate the article's central contribution.

Retraction may be necessary when findings are unreliable, serious misconduct has occurred, publication is substantially redundant, or significant ethical concerns invalidate the work.

An expression of concern may be issued when serious questions remain unresolved and readers need to be informed while an appropriate assessment is ongoing.

Published notices should be dated, clearly identified, freely accessible, and linked to the affected publication. Retracted articles generally remain accessible as part of the scholarly record with an appropriate retraction label, except where legal, privacy, or safety considerations require otherwise.

10. Open Access, Copyright, and Publication Charges

JPPMI provides immediate open access to published scholarly articles. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication and applicable non-exclusive publication rights.

Unless otherwise stated on the article, publications are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Payment is requested only after formal acceptance and does not guarantee acceptance, preferential peer review, or publication in a particular issue. Long-term access, archiving, and permitted repository deposit are managed according to the journal's applicable policies.

Editorial Standards and Reference Framework

JPPMI's editorial practices are informed by recognized principles of scholarly publishing, including relevant guidance developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

Additional guidance may be drawn from the World Medical Association's Declaration of Helsinki, where human-participant research is involved, and from the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) for transparent author contributions.

Reference to these organizations and frameworks indicates the use of relevant published guidance and does not imply journal membership, accreditation, endorsement, or formal affiliation with those organizations.

Policy Review and Implementation

JPPMI reviews its editorial policies periodically to maintain clarity, transparency, consistency, and alignment with applicable publication standards.

This Editorial Policy provides the journal's general editorial framework. Where an approved subject-specific JPPMI policy establishes more detailed procedures or a later implementation date, the specific policy applies to that matter.

Editorial Policy Version 2.0 | Effective 22 August 2026