About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The aim of this journal publication is to disseminate the conceptual thoughts or ideas and research results that have been achieved in the area of community services.Pekodimas:Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat, particularly focuses on the main problems in the development of the sciences of community services areas as follows: Education for Sustainable Development, Community Services, People, Training and Education, Marketing, Appropriate Technology for teaching, Student Community Services, Enterpreneur Training and other relevan topics.

Peer Review Process

All submissions can be made using the online journal system. Every submitted manuscript will be checked by the editor. Manuscripts that do not match to the journal criteria are rejected without review. Manuscripts that match with the criteria of the journal will first be checked for plagiarism. If the standard of the similarity level of words/Similarity Index meets the specified standards, the script will be processed to peer review with a system between the author and the reviewer who do not know each other (double blind review). Each article will be reviewed by two (2) different reviewers. If the manuscript is required for revision it will be returned to the author. Editors make decisions based on the reviewers’ recommendations. The editor has full authority to make any decisions after receiving reviews and recommendations from reviewers as follows:

  • Manuscript can be accepted without change
  • Manuscript can be accepted under minor revisions (editors will check)
  • The manuscript can be accepted under major revisions with the necessarily changes recommended by the reviewer/appraiser
  • Manuscript is rejected

The illustration below is to help authors understand the submission process and the publication process of the manuscript at Pekodimas: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat.

Publication Frequency

Pekodimas : Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat is published twice a year (January and July)

Open Access Policy

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.

Publication Frequency

Pekodimas : Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat is published twice a year (January and July)

Plagiarism

Screening Plagiarism

The Plagiarism Screening Process for Pekodimas: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat will be carried out using the Turnitin application with the following conditions:

Manuscripts submitted first will be screened for plagiarism prior to the initial review process and peer assessment with a maximum word score of 20%. The manuscript report is declared ACCEPTED and has gone through the layout edit process with a maximum word information score of 20%.