Section Policies

JPPM (Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat) publishes scholarly contributions that advance theoretical understanding, empirical knowledge, and evidence-informed practices in nonformal education, informal education, community education, lifelong learning, and community empowerment.

All submissions must be consistent with the journal's focus and scope, demonstrate scholarly originality, and comply with its ethical and editorial standards.

Journal sections

Research Articles

This section publishes original empirical research employing quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods approaches.

Research articles should make a significant contribution to the development of knowledge, educational practices, or policies related to nonformal and informal education, adult learning, community development, family education, or community empowerment.

Manuscripts should clearly articulate the research problem, theoretical or conceptual foundation, methodology, findings, discussion, and implications.

Research articles are subject to editorial screening and double-anonymous peer review.

Review Articles Proposed section, subject to Editorial Board approval

This section accommodates systematic literature reviews, scoping reviews, and other rigorous evidence syntheses relevant to the journal's scope.

Review articles must present a clearly defined research question, transparent search and selection procedures, appropriate methods of synthesis, and a substantive contribution to knowledge.

Systematic reviews should follow relevant reporting guidelines, such as PRISMA, where applicable.

Review articles are subject to editorial screening and double-anonymous peer review.

General section requirements

All manuscripts submitted to JPPM must:

1	Be original scholarly works that have not been published previously or submitted simultaneously to another journal.
2	Demonstrate clear relevance to the journal's focus and scope.
3	Follow the journal's author guidelines and manuscript template.
4	Comply with research ethics, authorship requirements, and publication integrity standards.
5	Provide appropriate citations, acknowledgements, funding disclosures, and conflict of interest statements.
6	Undergo initial editorial screening before being considered for external peer review.

The Editorial Board reserves the right to determine the appropriate manuscript section and reject submissions that do not meet the journal's academic, ethical, or editorial requirements.