Ownership and Management Information

1. Ownership

Jurnal Pengmas Kestra (JPK) is published by the Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (LPPM), Institut Kesehatan Medistra Lubuk Pakam, Indonesia.

The publisher is responsible for providing institutional and administrative support and ensuring the sustainability of the journal as a scholarly platform for disseminating the outcomes of community service activities, particularly in the fields of health sciences, health promotion, community empowerment, and public health.

The publisher is committed to supporting the journal's continuous development, maintaining publication quality, and promoting the dissemination of scholarly contributions that benefit communities and healthcare practices.

Publisher Address:

Jurnal Pengmas Kestra (JPK)
Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (LPPM)
Institut Kesehatan Medistra Lubuk Pakam
Jl. Sudirman No. 38, Lubuk Pakam
Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia

2. Management Information

The management of Jurnal Pengmas Kestra (JPK) is carried out by an editorial team consisting of the Editor-in-Chief, Editors, Editorial Board members, and Peer Reviewers, in accordance with the journal's established organizational structure.

The editorial team is responsible for manuscript management, coordinating the peer-review process, making editorial decisions, and maintaining high standards of scholarly quality and publication ethics.

The Editor-in-Chief oversees and coordinates the overall editorial process, ensuring that all submitted manuscripts are evaluated and processed in accordance with the journal's editorial policies and publication guidelines.

The Editorial Board provides academic guidance and recommendations to support the journal's quality improvement, scholarly development, and editorial standards.

The Peer Reviewers conduct independent and objective evaluations of submitted manuscripts based on their expertise, assessing the scholarly quality, relevance, clarity, implementation methods, and reported outcomes of community service activities.

All individuals involved in journal management are expected to uphold professionalism, confidentiality, impartiality, and integrity throughout the publication process.

3. Relationship Between Publisher and Editorial Board

The Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (LPPM), Institut Kesehatan Medistra Lubuk Pakam, as the publisher of Jurnal Pengmas Kestra (JPK), provides institutional, administrative, and operational support to ensure the continuity and sustainability of journal publication.

Meanwhile, the editorial team independently performs its academic and editorial responsibilities in accordance with its designated authority and the journal's established policies.

The separation of responsibilities between the publisher and the editorial team is intended to ensure that journal management is conducted professionally, transparently, and accountably.

The publisher supports the journal's development and publication operations without interfering with the independent scholarly assessment of submitted manuscripts or editorial decision-making.

4. Editorial Independence

Editorial decisions at Jurnal Pengmas Kestra (JPK) are based on scholarly quality, originality, relevance to the journal's focus and scope, appropriateness of implementation methods, contributions to community service practices, and compliance with publication ethics.

Decisions regarding manuscript acceptance, revision, or rejection are made independently by the editorial team based on editorial assessments and the outcomes of the peer-review process.

The publisher must not interfere with editorial decisions to promote commercial, personal, institutional, or other interests that could compromise the integrity of scholarly publication.

Any potential conflicts of interest must be appropriately disclosed and managed to safeguard the independence, objectivity, fairness, and integrity of the editorial and publication processes.

The journal is committed to maintaining editorial independence in accordance with internationally recognized principles of responsible scholarly publishing, including those promoted by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

5. Transparency and Accountability

Information regarding the publisher and editorial management of Jurnal Pengmas Kestra (JPK) is made publicly available through the journal's official website.

The publisher's name, institutional affiliation, and address must be presented accurately and consistently across the journal's website, article pages, publication metadata, and official journal documents.

The journal is committed to maintaining transparency in its editorial structure, publication policies, peer-review procedures, and institutional responsibilities.

Any changes to the publisher's identity, institutional affiliation, or editorial management structure will be updated and communicated through the journal's official information channels.

These practices aim to ensure accountability, strengthen public trust, and maintain the credibility and integrity of Jurnal Pengmas Kestra (JPK) as a scholarly publication dedicated to community service and community engagement.