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Submission Preparation Checklist

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.
  • The manuscript is original, has not been previously published, and is not under consideration by another journal.
  • The manuscript aligns with the journal's Focus and Scope and provides a clear scholarly contribution to community engagement, empowerment, or development.
  • The manuscript follows the current Author Guidelines and the official Khidmatuna manuscript template.
  • The manuscript has been anonymized for double-blind peer review, and complete author information has been entered into OJS.
  • All references are properly cited, and DOI or URL information is provided where available.
  • Research ethics, authorship contributions, conflicts of interest, funding, and the use of artificial intelligence have been appropriately disclosed.
  • All authors have approved the submission and agree to comply with the journal's publication ethics and copyright policies.

Author Guidelines

Khidmatuna: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat welcomes original scholarly contributions in community engagement, empowerment, and development. All manuscripts must align with the journal's Focus and Scope and comply with its editorial and publication ethics policies.

1. General Requirements

  • Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration by another journal.

  • The journal prioritizes original research articles and selectively accepts critical review articles relevant to community development.

  • Manuscripts may be submitted in English, Indonesian, or Arabic, subject to appropriate academic language quality and the availability of qualified editorial assessment.

  • Manuscripts should contain approximately 5,000–9,000 words, excluding references, and be prepared in Microsoft Word format (.docx), using A4 paper, Garamond 12-point font, and 1.5 line spacing.

  • Submissions must follow the journal's manuscript template. Author-identifying information must be removed from files submitted for double-blind peer review; complete author details must be provided through OJS.

  • All manuscripts must be submitted through the journal's online submission system.

2. Manuscript Structure

Title: Concise, informative, and representative of the manuscript's scholarly focus.

Abstract: A 150–250-word summary presenting the purpose, methodology, principal findings, and contributions. The abstract must be accompanied by 3–5 relevant keywords.

Introduction: Presents the community context, identified problems or development opportunities, relevant literature, research gaps, and the study's objectives.

Methods: Describes the research or community engagement approach, location and participants, intervention procedures, community involvement, data collection, analytical techniques, and relevant ethical considerations.

Results and Discussion: Presents empirical findings, intervention outcomes, or documented community development processes. Findings must be critically interpreted in relation to relevant literature, methodological limitations, and contributions to community empowerment and development.

Conclusion: Summarizes the principal findings, scholarly contributions, practical implications, and relevant recommendations without introducing unsupported claims.

Declarations: Authors must disclose relevant contributions, funding, conflicts of interest, substantive AI use, and ethical approval or informed consent where applicable.

References: All cited sources must be included in the reference list. Authors are encouraged to use reference management software such as Mendeley or Zotero and provide DOI links where available.

3. Critical Review Articles

Critical review articles must present a transparent review methodology, critical synthesis of relevant literature, identification of knowledge gaps, and an original scholarly contribution. Their structure may be adapted to the review methodology employed.

4. Editorial Assessment

Submissions are screened for scope, originality, methodological adequacy, scholarly contribution, and compliance with publication ethics before external peer review.

Authors should consult the journal's Peer Review Process, Artificial Intelligence Policy, Authorship and Research Integrity Policy, and Article Processing Charges for further information.

Copyright Notice

Authors publishing in Khidmatuna: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat retain the copyright to their work and grant the journal the right of first publication.

Published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0), which permits sharing, distribution, and adaptation, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given and adapted works are distributed under the same or a compatible license.

Authors may distribute their published articles through institutional repositories, personal websites, or other scholarly platforms, with proper acknowledgment of the original publication in Khidmatuna.

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