Focus and Scope

Ragom: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat is an open-access, peer-reviewed, bilingual journal aims to bridge the gap between academic theory and practical community application by disseminating evidence-based solutions to societal challenges.

The journal welcomes original articles, conceptual frameworks, and field-report analyses from academics, researchers, practitioners, and community advocates worldwide.

To ensure thematic alignment, the journal specifically focuses on the application of Social Sciences and Humanities within the context of community development. The scope of the journal encompasses, but is not limited to, the following sub-themes:

• Community Empowerment & Social Development: Strategies, frameworks, and participatory initiatives aimed at strengthening vulnerable social groups, promoting gender equality, and mitigating social disparities.
• Public Education & Capacity Building: Innovative methodologies and training programs designed to enhance public literacy, institutional governance, community awareness, and civic engagement.
• Socio-Cultural Preservation & Humanistic Innovation: Projects focusing on community-based cultural development, local wisdom preservation, humanistic approaches to conflict resolution, and community arts or heritage.
• Public Policy & Social Advocacy: Initiatives that translate public policy into community actions, foster legal literacy, and promote grassroots advocacy to improve societal welfare.
• Socio-Economic Empowerment: Micro-enterprise development, creative economy initiatives at the community level, and capacity building for local cooperatives or village-owned enterprises (BUMDes).
• Digital Transformation & Society: Implementation of digital literacy and information technology solutions to solve social communication, administrative, or educational issues within rural and urban communities.

The journal publishes original community service articles that go beyond simple activity narratives. Submitted manuscripts must clearly demonstrate:

1. A rigorous baseline assessment of the community’s problem.
2. The clear application of scholarly or scientific methodologies to resolve the problem.
3. A measurable evaluation of the project's impact and long-term sustainability.