Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (ABDIKEMAS) publishes scholarly manuscripts that contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge and professional practice across community service disciplines. The journal welcomes empirical, theoretical, methodological, and evidence-synthesis contributions relevant to its Aim and Scope.

Topics include nursing; midwifery; pharmacy; sanitation; medical laboratory engineering; education for sustainable development; community services; local food security; nutrition and public health; community empowerment; social access; and border and less-developed regions. ABDIKEMAS encourages scholarship that demonstrates sensitivity to community, cultural, institutional, and geographical contexts. Contributions should promote critical inquiry, respect for human dignity and human rights, and responsible dissemination of community service knowledge.

All manuscripts must be original, scientifically rigorous, ethically conducted, relevant to the journal's scope, written in Indonesian or English, and prepared in accordance with ABDIKEMAS Author Guidelines and Publication Ethics. Submissions are subject to editorial assessment and, where applicable, peer review.

Original Research Article

Original Research Articles report original and previously unpublished empirical research that makes a substantive contribution to community service sciences and professional practice.

ABDIKEMAS welcomes research employing quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods approaches, including surveys, experiments, quasi-experiments, longitudinal studies, comparative research, case studies, ethnography, interviews, document analysis, and other scientifically appropriate designs.

An Original Research Article should generally include:

• Abstract and Keywords;
• Introduction;
• Methods;
• Results;
• Discussion;
• Conclusion; and

The Results and Discussion sections may be combined where appropriate to the research approach and journal guidelines.

Authors should clearly explain the research problem, theoretical framework, research design, data sources, sampling or case-selection procedures, and analytical methods. Studies involving human participants must comply with applicable research ethics requirements, including informed consent, confidentiality, and ethical approval (e.g., from a recognized ethics committee), and must state the approval number where required.

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Systematic Review articles provide a rigorous and transparent synthesis of existing research addressing a clearly formulated question relevant to community service sciences.

This category includes systematic reviews, systematic reviews with meta-analysis, meta-analyses, scoping reviews, mapping reviews, and qualitative evidence syntheses, where appropriate.

Authors should clearly describe:

• the research question and review objectives;
• eligibility criteria;
• databases and other information sources;
• search strategies and search dates;
• study-selection procedures;
• data-extraction procedures;
• assessment of methodological quality or risk of bias, where applicable; and
• methods of analysis and evidence synthesis.

Reviews should critically assess the strength, limitations, and contextual relevance of the available evidence. Systematic reviews should follow recognized reporting standards appropriate to the review design, such as PRISMA, where applicable.

Review Article

Review Articles provide comprehensive, critical, and balanced analyses of established or emerging topics in community service sciences.

A Review Article should go beyond a descriptive summary of previous publications. Authors are expected to synthesize relevant scholarship, examine theoretical and empirical debates, evaluate major developments, identify research gaps, and propose directions for future investigation.

Relevant topics may include community service practice, community health interventions, community empowerment programs, health policy, nursing and midwifery community care, pharmacy community services, sanitation and environmental health programs, nutrition and local food security, education for sustainable development, and other issues within the journal's scope.

Review Articles should generally contain:

• Abstract and Keywords;
• Introduction;
• Relevant Thematic or Conceptual Subsections;
• Critical Discussion;
• Conclusion; and

Authors should explain the scope and basis of literature selection sufficiently to make the review's coverage and limitations clear.

Conceptual and Theoretical Article

Conceptual and Theoretical Articles develop, examine, integrate, or critically evaluate concepts, theories, analytical frameworks, models, or propositions relevant to community service sciences and professional practice.

These contributions may address community service theory, community empowerment models, community health policy, health promotion, ethics, community service systems, and related areas.

Manuscripts should present a clear and original scholarly argument. Authors are expected to establish the conceptual foundations of their analysis, engage critically with relevant literature, consider competing explanations, and explain the contribution of the proposed argument or framework.

Conceptual and Theoretical Articles may propose:

• new concepts or analytical distinctions;
• theoretical models and propositions;
• integration or reinterpretation of existing theories;
• critical evaluations of established frameworks; and
• context-sensitive explanations of community service phenomena.

Arguments should be logically developed and supported by appropriate scholarship. Where relevant, authors should explain how the proposed framework could inform community service practice, community health policy, or professional practice.

Methods and Measurement Article

Methods and Measurement Articles present significant methodological developments relevant to community service research.

These may include:

• development and validation of research instruments;
• construction and evaluation of community service indicators and indices;
• survey design and measurement;
• community intervention and program evaluation procedures;
• qualitative and mixed-methods innovations;
• content analysis and discourse analysis methods;
• digital and computational research methods;
• approaches to causal inference and community program evaluation; and
• cross-cultural adaptation and assessment of measurement equivalence.

Manuscripts should clearly identify the methodological problem, explain the proposed approach, and demonstrate its value through appropriate empirical evidence, applications, simulations, or worked examples.

Instrument and index studies should explain the conceptual basis, item or indicator selection, data sources, analytical procedures, and relevant evidence of reliability and validity (including sensitivity and specificity where applicable).

Particular attention should be given to the social, cultural, institutional, and linguistic appropriateness of methods and measurements. Authors should address transparency, reproducibility, data protection, and ethical considerations where applicable.

Brief Research Report

Brief Research Reports present original empirical research or significant preliminary findings in a concise format.

Suitable contributions may include focused analyses of community service cases, community health initiatives, community program evaluations, public health surveillance, or other issues within the journal's scope.

These manuscripts must maintain the same standards of scientific rigor, research ethics, transparency, and methodological quality expected of full Original Research Articles. Preliminary findings should be explicitly identified, with appropriate limits placed on their interpretation.

A Brief Research Report should generally include:

• Abstract and Keywords;
• Introduction;
• Methods;
• Results;
• Discussion and/or Conclusion; and

The shorter format should not omit essential information required to assess the credibility of the research. Authors should clearly explain the study's contribution, limitations, and implications.

Perspective

Perspective Articles present scholarly viewpoints on important, emerging, or contested issues in community service sciences and professional practice.

These articles may examine community health policy debates, community service practice challenges, community empowerment developments, health equity, digital transformation in community services, or other relevant topics.

Perspectives should be evidence-based, analytically clear, academically balanced, and properly referenced. Authors should engage with relevant scholarship and competing viewpoints while clearly distinguishing established evidence, scholarly interpretation, and normative arguments.

A Perspective Article should offer a substantive contribution to academic debate. Unsupported opinion, partisan promotion, and commentary without adequate scholarly grounding do not meet the requirements of this article type.

Global, Cultural, and Contextual Perspectives in Community Service Sciences

ABDIKEMAS recognizes that community service phenomena develop within diverse community, cultural, linguistic, historical, religious, institutional, and geographical contexts. Accordingly, the journal encourages scholarship that examines these contexts explicitly and avoids unwarranted generalization across communities and settings.

ABDIKEMAS encourages authors to:

• incorporate local, national, international, or comparative perspectives where relevant;
• recognize diversity in community experiences, community institutions, and cultural traditions;
• consider how social determinants and structural inequalities influence research questions, methods, and interpretations;
• respect human dignity, diversity, and human rights;
• evaluate the contextual relevance of theories, concepts, and measurements;
• distinguish empirical findings from normative judgments and policy preferences;
• promote responsible exchange and dissemination of community service knowledge; and
• develop interdisciplinary dialogue that strengthens understanding of contemporary community challenges.

ABDIKEMAS welcomes studies of Indonesia and other societies, including comparative and cross-national research. Contributions should explain how their findings advance broader scholarly debates while remaining attentive to the specific contexts in which the research was conducted.

The journal particularly encourages research involving underrepresented populations, regions, and communities, including scholarship that examines marginalized voices, unequal access to community services, social exclusion, and differences in community outcomes.

Research on sensitive topics—including vulnerable populations, stigmatized conditions, and sensitive community data—should use precise terminology, avoid stigmatizing generalizations, and explain relevant measures to protect participants and sensitive information.

Editorial Consideration

Acceptance of an article type does not guarantee publication. All submissions are initially assessed for relevance to the Aim and Scope of Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (ABDIKEMAS), originality, academic quality, methodological adequacy, ethical compliance, and contribution to the literature.

The Editorial Team reserves the right to recommend reclassification when a manuscript's content, methodology, or scholarly contribution does not correspond to the article type selected during submission.

Authors must ensure that their manuscripts are written in Indonesian or English and comply with the journal's Author Guidelines before submission.