Editorial Process

Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Bayanika (JPMB) implements an editorial process to ensure that every published manuscript meets academic quality standards, is relevant to the journal’s focus and scope, and complies with scholarly publication ethics. All manuscripts submitted through the OJS system will go through several stages, including initial screening, review, revision, editorial decision, and publication.

The editorial process of JPMB consists of the following stages:

1. Manuscript Submission

Authors submit manuscripts through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform of JPMB. Manuscripts must be prepared using the official journal template and must follow the author guidelines. Authors must also ensure that the manuscript has not been previously published and is not under review or consideration by another journal or publication outlet.

2. Initial Screening by the Editor

The editor conducts an initial screening to assess the manuscript’s relevance to the journal’s focus and scope, completeness of article structure, compliance with the journal template, language quality, metadata completeness, and adherence to publication ethics. Manuscripts that do not fit the journal’s scope or do not meet the basic requirements may be returned to the authors or rejected at this stage.

3. Similarity Check

Manuscripts that pass the initial screening may be checked for similarity using similarity-checking software. This process aims to ensure manuscript originality and prevent plagiarism, duplicate publication, or other forms of academic misconduct. If a high or unusual similarity level is identified, the editor may request clarification or revision from the authors.

4. Reviewer Assignment

Manuscripts that meet the initial requirements will be assigned to reviewers with expertise relevant to the manuscript topic. Reviewers are responsible for providing objective, constructive, and confidential assessments of the manuscript’s substance, implementation method, results and discussion, activity impact, and contribution to the development of community service practices.

5. Peer Review Process

JPMB applies a peer review process to maintain the quality of published articles. Reviewers evaluate manuscripts based on relevance, clarity of the partner’s problem, appropriateness of the activity objectives, suitability of the implementation method, quality of data and evaluation results, impact on the partner, depth of discussion, citation accuracy, and compliance with the author guidelines and publication ethics.

6. Revision by Authors

Based on comments from reviewers and editors, authors may be required to revise their manuscripts. Revisions may be minor or major, depending on the level of improvement needed. Authors must respond clearly to reviewer comments and revise the manuscript according to the editor’s instructions.

7. Editorial Decision

After the review and revision process is completed, the editor will make a decision on the manuscript. The editorial decision may include:

  1. accepted for publication;

  2. accepted with minor revisions;

  3. major revisions and resubmission for further review;

  4. rejected.

The final decision on the manuscript rests entirely with the editor, based on the review results, revision quality, journal policy, and editorial considerations.

8. Copyediting and Layout

Accepted manuscripts proceed to the copyediting and layout stage. At this stage, the manuscript is reviewed for formatting, writing consistency, metadata completeness, tables, figures, references, and compliance with the journal template. The article is then prepared in its final format for publication.

9. Article Publication

Articles that have completed the editorial, review, revision, copyediting, and layout processes will be published online on the official JPMB website. Published articles are openly accessible to readers in accordance with the journal’s open access policy.

JPMB is committed to conducting its editorial process transparently, objectively, professionally, and in accordance with the principles of scholarly publication ethics.