Author Guidelines

Introduction

Indonesian Journal of Community Service in Education (IJCSE) is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal dedicated to publishing high-quality articles reporting community engagement, educational innovation, knowledge transfer, and community service activities across all fields of education.

The journal aims to disseminate innovative practices, implementation results, scholarly reflections, and evidence-based solutions generated through educational community engagement. Published articles are expected to demonstrate meaningful collaboration between educational institutions and communities and contribute to addressing educational, social, cultural, technological, and community development challenges.

General Manuscript Requirements

Authors must ensure that manuscripts submitted to IJCSE comply with the following general requirements:

1. The manuscript must report original community service or community engagement activities and must not have been previously published or simultaneously submitted to another journal.
2. Manuscripts may be written in English or Bahasa Indonesia using clear, academic, and grammatically appropriate language.
3. The manuscript must be prepared using the official IJCSE article template.
4. The manuscript should contain approximately 5,000–7,000 words, including tables, figures, and references.
5. The manuscript must be free from plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, and other forms of publication misconduct.
6. All manuscripts will be screened using plagiarism-detection software before entering the review process.
7. Authors must ensure that all individuals listed as authors have made substantial contributions to the work.
8. The submitted manuscript file must be in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx).

Manuscript Specifications

Manuscript Structure

The manuscript should be organized into the following sections:

• Title
• Author Names and Affiliations
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Introduction
• Problem and Target Beneficiaries (optional)
• Method
• Results and Discussion
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgment (optional)
• References

Title

The title must be concise, informative, and accurately reflect the content of the article. It should contain no more than 20 words and be written in Garamond 14 pt, bold, centered, with 18 pt spacing before and after the title.

Author Names and Affiliations

Author names must be written without academic titles. Each author's institutional affiliation, city, country, and email address must be provided. The corresponding author must be clearly identified.

Abstract

The abstract must be written in English and Bahasa Indonesia and contain no more than 150 words. It should briefly present the background or objective, method, principal results, and conclusion of the community service activity. The abstract should be written in Garamond 9 pt and should not contain citations, tables, figures, or undefined abbreviations.

Keywords

Authors must provide 3–8 keywords or key phrases that represent the principal concepts and scope of the article. Keywords should be separated by semicolons.

Introduction

The introduction should explain the background of the community problem, urgency of the activity, relevant theoretical or empirical foundations, previous community engagement activities, research or implementation gap, objectives, and expected contributions of the program.

Problem and Target Beneficiaries

This optional section should describe the principal problems experienced by the partner community, the needs identified through preliminary analysis, and the characteristics of the target beneficiaries.

Method

The method section should describe the approach, implementation stages, activity location and period, characteristics and number of participants, roles of community partners, instruments, data collection techniques, evaluation procedures, and indicators used to measure the success of the program.

Results and Discussion

This section should present the implementation process, measurable outcomes, participant responses, products or innovations generated, achievement of program indicators, challenges, and program impacts. The findings must be critically discussed by relating them to relevant theories and previous studies. Tables, figures, photographs, or other supporting evidence may be included where appropriate.

Conclusion

The conclusion should provide a concise synthesis of the principal results, achievement of objectives, practical implications, and recommendations for the sustainability or further development of the program. It should not merely repeat the results and discussion section.

Acknowledgment

Authors may acknowledge funding institutions, partner organizations, community members, technical contributors, or other individuals who supported the implementation of the activity but do not meet the criteria for authorship.

Tables, Figures, and Equations

Tables: Table titles must be placed above the table. Only the word “Table” and its number should be bold. Tables should use Garamond 10 pt with 1.15 line spacing and must be referred to in the manuscript text.

Figures: Figure captions must be placed below the figure. The word “Figure” and its number should be bold. Figures must be clear, readable, appropriately numbered, and accompanied by source information when applicable.

Equations: Equations must be created using MathType or the Microsoft Word equation editor and numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals.

References and Citation Style

All in-text citations and reference entries must follow APA 7th Edition style. Authors are strongly encouraged to use reference management software such as Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero to ensure consistency and accuracy.

• At least 80% of the references should consist of primary sources, particularly peer-reviewed journal articles.
• References should primarily have been published within the last ten years.
• Every source cited in the manuscript must appear in the reference list, and every source in the reference list must be cited in the manuscript.
• Authors should include the DOI for journal articles whenever available.
• Unpublished sources, anonymous websites, and non-academic references should be used only when essential.

Online Submission

All manuscripts must be submitted through the IJCSE Open Journal Systems portal. Submissions sent directly by email will not be processed.

1. Visit the IJCSE Journal Portal .
2. Create an author account through the Registration Page .
3. Log in to your account and select New Submission.
4. Complete all required submission stages: Start, Upload Submission, Enter Metadata, Confirmation, and Next Steps.
5. Confirm that the manuscript complies with all submission checklist requirements.
6. Upload the manuscript in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx) using the official journal template.
7. Download the official template here .
8. Complete all metadata fields, including the article title, author details, affiliations, abstract, keywords, and references.
9. Upload supplementary files when applicable.
10. Review all submission details and click Finish Submission.