Focus and Scope

Jurnal Pengabdian Tri Bhakti (JPTB) publishes scholarly articles reporting community service and engagement activities that apply science, technology, arts, and innovation to improve community welfare through empowerment, education, mentoring, training, advocacy, technology transfer, and collaborative partnerships.

The journal welcomes manuscripts in, but is not limited to, the following areas.

  • Law, legal assistance, legal awareness, and community legal empowerment
  • Economics, entrepreneurship, MSMEs, cooperatives, creative economy, and community economic empowerment
  • Public administration, governance, public services, and public policy
  • Education, learning, and community development
  • Engineering, appropriate technology, manufacturing, infrastructure, energy, and construction
  • Information technology, information systems, artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), cybersecurity, digital transformation, and digital literacy
  • Public health, family health, environmental health, and health promotion
  • Agriculture, food security, agribusiness, livestock, and food technology
  • Environment, conservation, waste management, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development
  • Communication, digital media, information literacy, and media-based community empowerment
  • Psychology, social welfare, women's empowerment, child protection, and community development
  • Tourism, culture, preservation of local wisdom, and community-based tourism
  • Rural development, Smart Village, Smart City, and social innovation
  • Student community service (KKN), MBKM initiatives, collaborative engagement, and university–community partnerships
  • Other community service activities relevant to higher education disciplines

Preferred Types of Articles

Jurnal Pengabdian Tri Bhakti (JPTB) prioritizes community service manuscripts that demonstrate novelty, measurable impact, sustainability, and significant contributions to improving community welfare. Preferred article types include:

  • Implementation of community service programs.
  • Innovative community empowerment models.
  • Application of appropriate technology to address community challenges.
  • Translation and implementation of research outcomes to benefit communities.
  • Community capacity-building programs through education, training, mentoring, or knowledge transfer.
  • Evaluation of the impact, effectiveness, and sustainability of community service programs.
  • Collaborative community engagement programs involving universities, government agencies, industry, businesses, civil society organizations, and other partners.