Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

This journal publishes research articles and literature articles on community education/non-formal education/out-of-school education by discussing national and global issues in the scope of public education which includes learning, institutional and program management with the aim of increasing and advancing knowledge of educational theory and practice. community/non-formal in Indonesia. The issues discussed include topics, (1) Community Based Education: literacy, literacy, equality, courses, training, skills/life skills, community counseling, empowerment/community development, social work; (2) Family-Based Education: child care, early childhood education, play groups, homeschooling.

 

Section Policies

Articles

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Peer Review Process

Research articles submitted to this online journal will be peer-reviewed by at least 2 (two) reviewers. Accepted research articles will be made available online after the journal's peer-review process. The language used in this journal is Indonesian. Peer reviews are designed to assess the validity, quality, and often originality of articles for publication. Its main purpose is to maintain the integrity of science by filtering out invalid or poor quality articles. From a publisher's perspective, peer reviews function as a filter for content, directing higher quality articles to better quality journals and thereby creating a journal brand. Running articles through a peer review process adds value. For this reason, publishers must ensure that peer reviews are strong.

 

Publication Frequency

Publication of the Journal of Education and Community Empowerment (p-ISSN:2355-7370) is conducted twice a year in May and November.

 

 

Open Access Policy

This journal can be accessed by anyone who is interested in sharing knowledge and experience in the implementation of non-formal, informal education programs and community empowerment.

 

 

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...

 

Publication Ethics

This statement clarifies ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in our journals, including the authors, the editors, the peer-reviewers and the publisher, namely Universitas Sriwijaya.

Section A: Publication and authorship 

  1. All submitted papers are subject to strict peer-review process by at least two International Reviewers that are experts in the area of the particular paper.
  2. Review processes are blind peer review.
  3. The factors taken into account in the review are relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability, and language.
  4. The possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.
  5. If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised submission will be accepted.
  6. Rejected articles will not be re-reviewed.
  7. The paper acceptance is constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
  8. No research can be included in more than one publication. 

Section B: Authors’ responsibilities

  1. Authors must certify that their manuscripts are their original work.
  2. Authors must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere.
  3. Authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere. 
  4. Authors must participate in the peer review process. 
  5. Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.
  6. All Authors mentioned in the paper must have significantly contributed to the research.
  7. Authors must state that all data in the paper are real and authentic.
  8. Authors must notify the Editors of any conflicts of interest.
  9. Authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscript.
  10. Authors must report any errors they discover in their published paper to the Editors. 

Section C: Reviewers’ responsibilities

  1. Reviewers should keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information. 
  2. Reviews should be conducted objectively, with no personal criticism of the author
  3. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments
  4. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.
  5. Reviewers should also call to the Editor in Chief’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
  6. Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers. 

Section D: Editors’ responsibilities

  1. Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.
  2. Editors are responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication.
  3. Editors should always consider the needs of the authors and the readers when attempting to improve the publication.
  4. Editors should guarantee the quality of the papers and the integrity of the academic record.
  5. Editors should publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.
  6. Editors should have a clear picture of a research’s funding sources.
  7. Editors should base their decisions solely on the papers’ importance, originality, clarity, and relevance to publication’s scope.
  8. Editors should not reverse their decisions nor overturn the ones of previous editors without serious reason. 
  9. Editors should preserve the anonymity of reviewers. 
  10. Editors should ensure that all research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
  11. Editors should only accept a paper when reasonably certain.
  12. Editors should act if they suspect misconduct, whether a paper is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.
  13. Editors should not reject papers based on suspicions; they should have proof of misconduct.
  14. Editors should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers and board members.

 

Indexing Site

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Screening Plagiarism

Skrining plagiarisme akan dilakukan oleh Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (JPPM)
 dengan menggunakan Aplikasi Turnitin