Aims and Scope

Aim

This journal publishes the results of community service activities based on scientific research in the fields of social, education, sports, language, business and economics, technical and vocational studies, art, technology, and innovation, aimed at improving the quality of life and sustainable community welfare.

Scope

The journal welcomes contributions from a wide range of disciplines, with a particular focus on, but not limited to, the following areas:

  1. Research and Innovation

    Community service based on research and innovation. Focuses on service programs that are grounded in scientific research or novel approaches. The activities must demonstrate evidence-based interventions and offer innovative solutions to real community issues.

  2. Technology and Science

    Appropriate technology and applied innovation. Involves the development and application of low-cost, context-relevant technologies that address specific problems faced by communities, especially in rural or resource-limited areas.

  3. Social and Economy

    Refers to projects that aim to improve the economic standing and social resilience of marginalized or vulnerable populations through inclusive practices and sustainable interventions. Social inclusion and community networking involves increasing community access to resources, information, or services and building networks that foster collaboration among community members or between institutions and the public.

  4. Education

    Education for sustainable development. Includes initiatives that promote long-term thinking, environmental awareness, and responsible citizenship through formal or non-formal education that aligns with the UN's SDGs.

  5. Law

    Community service activities in the field of law focus on the application and development of legal science that directly benefit society through initiatives such as legal education and outreach on citizens’ rights and obligations, legal assistance in dispute resolution and legal aid, and policy implementation through advocacy and regulatory dissemination. These activities also include law-based community empowerment in the economic, social, environmental, and governance sectors; strengthening digital legal literacy and personal data protection in the era of digital transformation; and fostering synergy between law and local wisdom.

  6. Education, Learning, and Literacy

    Covers formal and non-formal education, teacher and educational staff capacity building, community learning, basic literacy, digital literacy, numeracy literacy, science literacy, financial literacy, character education, and community competency development related to education.

  7. Medicine and Community-Based Health Services

    Covers health education, disease prevention, health screening, promotive and preventive services, maternal and child health, reproductive health, elderly health, family health, occupational health, environmental health, and strengthening community health services related to medicine.

  8. Public Health

    Covers health promotion, clean and healthy living behavior, sanitation, community nutrition, field epidemiology, environmental health, occupational health, school health, risk factor control, community health resilience, and strengthening community-based health systems related to public health.

  9. Pharmacy and Rational Drug Use

    Covers education on drug use, drug storage, treatment adherence, community pharmacy, natural product utilization, drug information services, prevention of drug misuse, pharmaceutical assistance, and other empowerment activities related to pharmacy.

  10. Nursing and Community Care

    Covers community nursing, family nursing, assistance for chronic patients, elderly care, community-based rehabilitation, health education, increasing the independence of patients and families, and strengthening the capacity of health cadres related to nursing.

  11. Community Empowerment through Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Local Business Development

    Covers MSME development, cooperatives, creative economy, social entrepreneurship, digital marketing, financial literacy, business management, household economic strengthening, village economy, and empowerment activities related to economics.

  12. Agriculture, Forestry, Food, and Regional Resilience

    Covers community agriculture, cultivation practices, urban farming, post-harvest processing, local agribusiness, food security, land conservation, environmental rehabilitation, agroforestry, community-based forest management, non-timber forest products, and empowerment activities related to agriculture and forestry.

  13. Community Empowerment through Engineering, Appropriate Technology, and Applied Innovation

    Covers appropriate technology, applied engineering, production tools, environmental technology, clean water management, sanitation, renewable energy, simple infrastructure, service digitalization, community information systems, and other empowerment activities related to engineering.

  14. Community Empowerment through Science and Basic Sciences

    Covers applied mathematics, community statistics, applied biology, applied chemistry, applied physics, environmental science, science education, and the use of basic sciences to solve local problems and support community innovation.

  15. Community Empowerment in Law, Legal Awareness, and Social Advocacy

    Covers legal education, community-based legal aid, protection of community rights, family and social legal awareness, health law, environmental law, agrarian law, social mediation, strengthening community institutions, and empowerment activities related to law.

  16. Empowerment of Women, Children, Youth, and Vulnerable Groups

    Covers social inclusion, protection of vulnerable groups, strengthening the role of women, youth empowerment, assistance to children and families, and social-justice-based community development.

  17. Environment, Sustainable Development, and Local Resource Management

    Covers waste management, natural resource conservation, climate change, adaptation and mitigation, regional management, sustainable development, and strengthening community capacity to protect environmental quality.

  18. Community Governance, Local Institutions, and Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration

    Covers strengthening community organizations, assisted villages, community governance, local leadership, public participation, and partnerships among universities, government institutions, businesses, schools, health facilities, social institutions, and civil society organizations.

  19. Social Intervention, Program Evaluation, and Community Transformation

    Covers empowerment models, community assistance, program monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment, good practices, local capacity strengthening, social transformation, and models that can be replicated and expanded.