Author guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to KAWULA: Jurnal Karya Pengabdian Masyarakat. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents, and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise, and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

  1. General information 
  • Manuscripts must be original, have not been published previously in any scientific journal, that manuscripts are not be submitted for publication elsewhere, and will not be submitted to any media during the review process, unless the authors have officially withdrawn the manuscripts from KAWULA: Jurnal Karya Pengabdian Masyarakat.
  • Manuscripts encompass a broad range of research topics in community engagement: community service activities, student study service, technical guidance, models or concepts, rural development, and other implementations to increase community participation in development and community empowerment.
  1. Manuscript file

Manuscripts are written in English or in Indonesian and use stan­dard scientific usage. Authors whose first language is not English should consult the manuscript with an English editing service before submitting it to KAWULA: Jurnal Karya Pengabdian Masyarakat.

  • The manuscript should preferably be prepared in MS Word using Adobe Garamond Pro 12 with 1.5 line spaces, except the title, abstract, table titles, image titles, and bibliography should be typed in 1 line space. The indent for the first line is 0.5 cm.
  • The manuscript should be written on A4 (210 x 297 mm) size paper.
  • All pages must be numbered in the upper right corner and line-numbered continuously.
  • Manuscripts should be prepared in English or the Indonesian language. It must be clear and concise. However, the manuscript in Indonesian, after passing the editor's review, will be asked to be translated into English.
  • All the manuscripts must comply with the journal's instructions. Failure to do so will result in the return of the manuscript and a delay in the publication process.
  • Please use the template we already prepared for the Author(s) for consistency and convenience.
  1. Content of manuscript
  • The title must be brief, clear, specific, and informative, which reflects the article's content. The length of the title maximum of 16 words. Each word of the title should start with a capitalized letter.
  • The name of the author(s) is written as a reference.
  • Affiliations/Name of institution(s) where the research was conducted must be accompanied by the full address, including institution/department, city, and country, and e-mail.
  • An abstract must be written in English, in a single paragraph, and no more than 250 words. Abstracts contain a clear statement of introduction, objective, implementation methods, results, and discussion of the findings, and conclusion, with no references cited.
  • Keywords should be written in no more than 5 (five) words or phrases.
  • Introduction: a). The background should give an understanding of the results activity previously, b). Describes the state of the arts, novelty, and objective(s). It should be written efficiently and supported by references, and no more than 2 pages. Extensive discussion of relevant literature should be included in the discussion, not in the introduction.
  • Implementation methods:
  • Method section load procedure complete used in implementation, its activities and methods analysis the impact (For example, before and after) implementation activities. Procedure implementation of PKM and KKN must be written in a way short stages, implementation, devotion,n and gives complete information, which allows the implementation activity the be repeated.
  • Results and Discussion
  • Results are presented in the form of narrative, tables, images, and or in the form of illustrations. Figures and tables must give numbers and be quoted in text, for example, like this: (Table 1) or (Figure 1) or in Table 1 or presented in Figure 1. Discussion containing interpretation from results obtained and analysis impact based on stages implementation activities, and compare or associate as well as supported by statements sourced from previously referenced scientific previously with a similar topic. Preferred source libraries are used, referring to the article, journal, or scientific/proceedings that have been published. Avoid repeating statements that have been written in the method implementation or the introduction.
  • The text should explain or elaborate on the tabular data, but numbers should not be repeated extensively within the text. Discussion should be consistent and should interpret the results clearly and concisely, and supported with suitable literature. The discussion should show relevance between the results and the field of investigation and/ or hypotheses. Results that are already described in the RESULTS should not be repeated in the DISCUSSION.
  • The conclusion should be written briefly in a single paragraph, but it should reflect the experimental results obtained. A conclusion should answer the objective of the research. Implications of results should be added, stating what the findings of this research imply for community engagement and empowerment.
  • Conflict of Interest should be stated clearly in the manuscript. Authors should clarify that there is no conflict of interest with any financial, personal, or other relationships with other people or organizations related to the material discussed in the manuscript.
  • Acknowledgement (if any) to the person(s) or institution(s) who assisted the experiment should be stated. Authors should also state the name and the number of the project.
  • References: Every manuscript must include a reference list containing only the quoted work and using the Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero software. Each entry should contain all the data needed for unambiguous identification. With the author-date system, use the following format recommended by APA Style, which includes the DOI at the very end of the reference entry, which is preceded by the label “doi:". References must be valid, published within the previous ten years, and contain at least 80% primary references (journals, theses, dissertations, and patent documents). Authors are encouraged to use the manuscript template.