Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

E-Dimas: Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat mainly focuses on developing knowledge of community service. The scope of community service includes:

  1. Applied Technology
    Applying scientific knowledge and technology to the practical aims of human life or the change of the human environment. It includes the use of technology that is beneficial for society and the environment. It can be any form of technology that is easy to apply, such as digital technology, machines, and types of equipment. It covers not only sophisticated but also simple forms of technology. It is implemented in many areas, such as industry, education, etc.

  2. Product Design and Development
    Implementation involves designing and developing products for many applications. It includes identifying a market opportunity, clearly defining the user’s needs and problem, creating a proper solution for that problem, and validating the solution with real users.

  3. Technopreneur
    This topic includes identifying modern technologies and creating technological opportunities by presenting commercial products and services. It includes creating employment opportunities, empowering local resources, business diversification and decentralization, technological advancement, and capital formation.

  4. Information Technology and Information Systems
    This topic includes the application of technology involving the development, maintenance, and use of computer systems, software, and networks for the processing and distribution of data. It includes using information technology for education, services, and marketing. This topic also covers using information technology and systems to develop small and medium enterprises and empower communities.

  5. Education Technology
    This focuses on providing educational technology to experts, developers, teachers, students, and others with a professional or personal interest in educational technology. It covers the learning, teaching, and assessment process using technology.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

Submitted papers are evaluated by anonymous referees by single-blind peer review for contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation. The Editor shall inform you of the review results as soon as possible. The peer-review process can be seen in the figure.

The process can be described as follows.

  1. An editor first reviews the submitted manuscript. It will be evaluated whether it is suitable for the E-Dimas (Educations-Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat) focus and scope or has a major methodological flaw and similarity score by using Turnitin. The decision is to reject or accept for the review process.
  2. The manuscript will be sent to at least two anonymous reviewers (double-blind Blind Review). Reviewers' comments are then sent to the corresponding author for necessary actions and responses.
  3. Afterward, the editorial team meeting suggested the final decision on the revised manuscript to the authors.
  4. Finally, the Editor will send the final decision to the corresponding author.
  5. The accepted manuscript then continued to the copyediting and layout editing process to prepare the camera-ready paper.

Review Outcomes

The Editor will make a final publication decision using feedback from the peer review process. Decision categories include:

  • Reject—Rejected manuscripts will not be published, and authors will not have the opportunity to resubmit a revised version to this journal.
  • Accept with Major Revision—Manuscript will be reviewed again after some major modifications are made.
  • Accept with Minor Revisions—Manuscripts receiving an accept-pending-revisions decision will be published in this journal if minor modifications are made. An editor will review revisions to ensure necessary updates are made before publication.
  • Accept—Accepted manuscripts will be published in the current form without further modifications.

 

Publication Frequency

E-Dimas: Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat is published four times a year, in each volume: March, June, September, and December.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate 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...