Focus and Scope

Buletin Pengabdian: Bulletin of Community Services (Bull. Community. Serv.) is a scientific journal that publishes articles on the results of community service activities ("PENGMAS"), the student study service (Kuliah Kerja Nyata or KKN), appropriate technology, models or concepts and or other implementations in order to increase community participation in development and community empowerment

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Buletin Pengabdian: Bulletin of Community Services is applying the peer-review process. The authors are welcome to suggest at least five potential reviewers along with name and their email address. However, the decision to determine the appropriate reviewers is right of editor. The approved gallery proof of manuscript will early view online as early as possible upon received from author and final proofreading by editor in chief.

Publication Frequency

Published THREE times a year: April, August and December

Open Access Policy

The journal provides direct open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More..

Ethics Policy

POLICY OF ETHICS AND MALPRACTICES
BULETIN PENGABDIAN: BULLETIN OF COMMUNITY SERVICES

Background
Buletin Pengabdian has to ensure that all published works within the journal follow the ethical principles of academic publishing. It is therefore essential to set an ethical standard for all stakeholders to create a conducive environment and to avoid problems that may arise due to a certain conflict of interest. This document presents the policy of Buletin Pengabdian on the respective publication ethics and malpractice statement as guidance for all stakeholders of the journal.

Publication and authorship
All persons listed as authors should qualify for authorship. Such authorship should be limited to persons who have contributed significantly to the conception, design, execution, data acquisition, data analysis, or interpretation of the manuscript. All other persons who have participated in certain important aspects of the research but do not qualify as authors, then they should be acknowledged. Authorship is the responsibility of the corresponding author; he or she should ensure that all appropriate co-authors are included in the manuscript. The corresponding author, on behalf of all co-authors, should submit a form stating that all of them have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and have agreed to submit it for publication.

Responsibilities of authors
Authors are obliged to follow in peer review process set by Buletin Pengabdian. Authors are responsible to provide original and accurate data (no plagiarism, no fraudulent data). Concerning the submitted manuscript, provide the data when requested. The submitted manuscript should not be under consideration or accepted for publication elsewhere. Where parts of the data have been published elsewhere, the sources have to be acknowledged or cited accordingly. When reproducing data from other sources, proper citation and permission are required. Authors should ensure that animal studies are performed according to animal ethics and welfare. Any potential conflict of interest has to be declared. Authors are requested to be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.

Responsibilities of reviewers
Reviewers are requested to assist in improving the quality of the manuscript through an objective review process within a scheduled period of time and to contribute to the decision-making process on the manuscript. If reviewers find any published or submitted content similar to that under review, the editor has to be informed. Reviewers should have no conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors, and/or the research funders. Any confidentiality of the information supplied by the editor or author should be maintained.

Responsibilities of editors
Editors have the complete responsibility and authority to accept or reject an article. They should have no conflict of interest with regard to articles they accept or reject. Editors should be objective and fair when conducting their duties without making any discrimination on gender, ethnicity, religion, political view, or geographical origin of the authors. Editors should also accept manuscripts on the basis of academic merit and without commercial influence. Editors should preserve the anonymity of reviewers.

Publishing ethics issues
Authors,  reviewers, and editors should maintain the integrity of the academic record during the whole process of publication. Business needs should be precluded from compromising intellectual and ethical standards.

Authors could refer to International Standards for Editors and Authors  (http://publicationethics.org/ international-standards-editors-and-authors) by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) for policies that are not stated in these instructions.

Secretariat:

LPPM USK Office 
Rectorat Building of USK, South Wing 2nd Floor.
Jl. T. Nyak Arif . Kopelma Darussalam. Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia

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