Focus and Scope

Jurnal Masyarakat Merdeka (JMM) is a scientific journal that publishes articles reporting the implementation and results of community service and community empowerment programs in various fields. The journal aims to share practical solutions, knowledge, technology, and experiences that help communities solve problems, improve their skills, and achieve better living conditions.

JMM welcomes articles that describe community needs, the methods used to address them, the activities carried out, and the results and benefits for the target community. Articles should provide clear information about the implementation process and show how the activities contribute to community development and empowerment.

The journal covers, but is not limited to, the following areas:

  1. Education and Training: Community education, literacy programs, training, mentoring, teacher development, student development, and activities that improve community knowledge and skills.

  2. Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship: Support for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), business development, entrepreneurship, financial management, product innovation, marketing, and local economic development.

  3. Technology Application and Innovation: The application of appropriate technology, digital tools, information systems, and practical innovations to solve community problems and improve services, productivity, or daily activities.

  4. Health and Community Well-Being: Health education, disease prevention, healthy lifestyles, sanitation, nutrition awareness, and other activities that support community health and well-being.

  5. Environment and Sustainable Development: Environmental education, waste management, reforestation, conservation, clean water, renewable energy, food security, and other activities that support environmental sustainability.

  6. Social and Community Development: Social assistance, community participation, social inclusion, community organization, cultural preservation, and activities that strengthen cooperation and independence among community members.

  7. Agriculture, Fisheries, and Local Resources: Training, mentoring, appropriate technology, product development, and sustainable practices that improve the management of agricultural, fisheries, livestock, and other local resources.

  8. Institutional and Public Service Development: Assistance in improving organizational management, public services, village administration, community institutions, and cooperation between universities, government agencies, businesses, and community groups.

  9. Community Assistance and Capacity Building: Mentoring, workshops, counseling, social action, and other activities that help individuals or groups identify problems, develop solutions, and improve their ability to manage their own resources.

  10. Program Implementation and Evaluation: Reports on the implementation and evaluation of community service programs, including the methods used, community participation, results achieved, challenges encountered, and recommendations for future activities.

JMM prioritizes manuscripts that clearly explain the problems faced by the target community, the objectives of the activities, the implementation methods, and the results achieved. Manuscripts should describe the benefits of the activities and, where possible, provide evidence of improvements in community knowledge, skills, behavior, productivity, independence, or quality of life.

All submitted manuscripts must present actual community service or community empowerment activities and explain their relevance to the needs of the target community. Articles should provide a clear and systematic account of the activities, the solutions applied, and the results obtained. The use of technology is welcome but is not required, as JMM accepts community service activities from various fields.

Manuscripts that only present theoretical discussions, research findings without a community service component, or activity plans without reporting their implementation and results may be considered outside the journal's scope.