Advances in Community Services Research (ACSR) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by Yayasan Pendidikan Bukhari Dwi Muslim. ACSR welcomes scholarship in community services and the social sciences from all regions. The Article section accepts Research Paper and Literature Review Paper manuscripts; Community Partnerships and Impacts accepts Community Service Articles. Both sections publish in English and use their designated manuscript templates and review forms.
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2027)
September–February
Joaquina Felicia Saru, Adiutrix Maria Irayanti Seran, Maria Imakulata Pongge, Marianus Antonius Deo Datus Banase, Maksimilianus Paulus Jati Gamatara
Pages 1–10 · DOI: 10.60079/acsr.v5i1.1201
Fitriani Latief, Ahmad Firman, Hardianty Askar, Muh Fahmi Achmad, Reila Anggun Julianti, Andi Muhammad Rifky Ramdhani
Pages 11–20 · DOI: 10.60079/acsr.v5i1.1217
ACSR publishes social science research and literature reviews through the Article section, and Community Service Articles through Community Partnerships and Impacts. Both sections publish in English.
Advances in Community Services Research (ACSR) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal dedicated to advancing research, knowledge, and practice in community services, community engagement, community partnerships, and the social sciences. The journal encourages courageous and innovative ideas that provide meaningful theoretical, empirical, methodological, managerial, practical, and societal contributions.
ACSR provides a scholarly platform for original research, critical literature synthesis, and evidence-based community service initiatives addressing important and contemporary issues in society. The journal welcomes contributions that advance scientific understanding, strengthen community engagement, and provide relevant implications for institutions, organizations, policymakers, practitioners, and communities.
ACSR publishes manuscripts exclusively in English through two distinct editorial sections: Article and Community Partnerships and Impacts . Each section has its own recognized manuscript requirements, submission template, and peer-review assessment framework.
The Article section publishes original research and critical literature reviews covering the social sciences, including communication, management, economics, culture, education, law, social health, hospital management, religion within its social context, and related interdisciplinary fields.
This section welcomes critical, comprehensive, and methodologically defensible studies addressing significant and contemporary issues in social life, institutions, organizations, communities, public policy, and societal development.
Research may examine theoretical relationships, social phenomena, organizational and managerial practices, economic and institutional conditions, cultural and educational developments, legal and policy issues, community well-being, and other relevant dimensions of social science.
Manuscripts submitted to this section must establish a clear scholarly problem, demonstrate appropriate research or review methodology, and provide meaningful empirical, theoretical, methodological, practical, or policy-related contributions. Research within a recognized social science field is eligible without a mandatory community service intervention.
A central aim of service-learning and community engagement scholarship is to encourage reciprocal and mutually beneficial relationships between communities and institutions. Institutions committed to public engagement contribute intellectual, human, and financial resources to support communities beyond their organizational boundaries.
Faculty members, students, community leaders, organizations, and individuals collaborate to identify community needs and assets, develop action plans, implement community-based initiatives, and reflect on their outcomes. Scholars and practitioners are encouraged to engage community partners in designing and implementing initiatives that address shared concerns and provide practical benefits to communities.
Articles published in this section consider partnerships between communities and institutions as important foundations for community engagement, service-learning, institutional development, and the evaluation of social and community impacts.
Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
Conceptualizations of the civic roles and responsibilities of educational institutions, including tensions arising within institutions or through interactions with communities and external partners.
The effects of engagement-oriented transformations on institutional structures, organizational practices, and policies.
Community-engaged approaches to general studies, professional development programs, curricula, and individual courses, including evaluations of educational reforms and their community-related outcomes.
Research and practice involving service-learning and community engagement across disciplines, including implications for identifying research questions, project design, instrumentation, analytical approaches, evaluation, and knowledge sharing.
The Community Partnerships and Impacts section welcomes submissions demonstrating early and continuing involvement of community collaborators in developing objectives, implementing projects, reflecting on activities, and evaluating programs.
Submissions should clearly describe the community context, identified needs, objectives, participating partners, implementation activities, outcomes, evaluation, and practical contributions. Claims concerning community benefits and impacts must be supported by the evidence and evaluation actually available.
ACSR accepts manuscripts written in English under the following section-specific manuscript classifications.
This section accepts only two manuscript types: Research Paper and Literature Review Paper .
Research Paper presents original research using appropriate quantitative, qualitative, mixed-method, experimental, comparative, case-based, or other defensible research designs. The methodology, evidence, findings, and conclusions must accurately reflect the research undertaken.
Literature Review Paper presents rigorous and critical synthesis of existing scholarship through appropriate narrative, integrative, systematic, scoping, bibliometric, meta-analytical, or other defensible literature-review approaches. Reviews should demonstrate transparent methods and meaningful scholarly synthesis rather than merely describing previous studies.
Both manuscript types must follow the Advances in Research Master Manuscript Template and are assessed using the journal's standard scholarly peer-review form.
This section accepts Community Service Article manuscripts documenting community engagement, community service initiatives, collaborative programs, implementation processes, evaluation, and their demonstrated outcomes or impacts.
Manuscripts submitted to this section must follow the New ACSR Template Submission and are assessed using the dedicated Community Partnerships and Impacts Review Form , consisting of 11 section-specific assessment components.
ACSR welcomes contributions that advance empirical knowledge, theoretical understanding, methodological development, practical applications, institutional improvement, public policy, community engagement, and social development within its recognized scope.
Scientific and Scholarly Contributions include generating, testing, extending, integrating, or critically evaluating theories, concepts, evidence, relationships, analytical frameworks, and existing literature relevant to the social sciences.
Community and Practical Contributions include evidence-based improvements in community services, institutional partnerships, social programs, community participation, professional practice, organizational initiatives, and the evaluation of community-related outcomes and impacts.
Every submitted manuscript must demonstrate substantive relevance to the Aims & Scope of ACSR and comply with the manuscript requirements applicable to its selected OJS section.
Section Compliance: Research Paper and Literature Review Paper manuscripts must be submitted to the Article section. Community Service Article manuscripts must be submitted to the Community Partnerships and Impacts section. Authors must use the corresponding manuscript template.
Editorial Screening: Initial screening considers alignment with the journal's scope, manuscript classification, template compliance, originality, methodological or implementation adequacy, evidentiary support, ethical requirements, and the significance of scholarly or community-related contributions.
Manuscripts that clearly fall outside the journal's scope, use an inappropriate manuscript classification, lack sufficient scholarly or practical contribution, or fail essential submission and research-integrity requirements may be returned for correction or declined during initial editorial screening.
Publication Eligibility: Alignment with the journal's scope does not guarantee acceptance. All manuscripts remain subject to editorial evaluation, appropriate independent peer review, research and publication integrity, and the journal's applicable editorial and ethical policies.
Prospective authors should consult the current section-specific manuscript template, For Authors guidelines, For Reviewers information, publication ethics, Article Processing Charge policy, and submission requirements before submitting their manuscripts.
ACSR publishes one volume per year consisting of two issues. The journal accepts manuscripts exclusively in English and maintains distinct submission and review requirements for its two editorial sections.
ACSR accepts Research Papers and Literature Review Papers in the Article section, and Community Service Articles in Community Partnerships and Impacts. Both sections require academic English, a blinded manuscript, and a separate Title Page & Author Information Form.
Advances in Community Services Research (ACSR) accepts original, English-language scholarly manuscripts submitted through its official Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. Authors should confirm relevance to the journal's Aims & Scope before submission.
Research Paper and Literature Review Paper are the two manuscript types in the Article section. The Community Partnerships and Impacts section accepts Community Service Articles. Conceptual Papers are not a separate manuscript type. Research designs, analytical techniques, datasets, and review approaches do not constitute additional manuscript types.
The Article section covers the recognized social sciences and does not require a community service intervention. Community Service Articles must demonstrate relevance to Community Partnerships and Impacts and follow its separate template and assessment framework.
Research Paper abstract: Purpose; Research Methodology; Results; Research Limitations; Implications; Originality.
Literature Review Paper abstract: Purpose; Review Methodology; Findings; Research Limitations; Implications; Originality. Keep abstracts informative and concise; avoid unnecessary detailed statistical reporting.
Research Paper sections: Introduction; Literature Review; Research Methodology; Results; Discussion; Conclusion. Present a clear problem and contribution, appropriate scholarly grounding, transparent methods, credible analysis, a distinct interpretation of results, and evidence-supported conclusions.
Literature Review Paper sections: Introduction; Review Methodology; Review Findings / Literature Synthesis; Discussion; Conclusion. Explain how literature was identified, selected, evaluated, and synthesized, with sufficient transparency about the review process and its limitations.
Describe procedures actually performed. Claims of systematic searching, PRISMA use, bibliometric analysis, meta-analysis, scoping review, or another specific design must be supported by the reported methods and records. Bibliometric mapping or descriptive listing alone is insufficient without substantive scholarly synthesis and interpretation.
Tables and figures must be relevant, numbered, appropriately titled, and placed near their first substantive discussion. Figures should be clear and publication-ready, with approximately 300 DPI preferred where applicable. Ensure readable labels, consistent terminology, coherent paragraphs, and appropriate academic language; editing must not alter scientific meaning, evidence, data, or claims.
Every citation and reference must be genuine, traceable, and accurately represented. Provide DOI information where available and reconcile in-text citations with the reference list in both directions. Fabricated, fictitious, hallucinated, materially inaccurate, or unverifiable references are not permitted.
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Use the New ACSR Template Submission and follow its section order and abstract format. Explain the community context, identified needs, objectives, participating partners, implementation procedures, evaluation, and evidence-supported outcomes. Distinguish immediate outputs from outcomes and longer-term impacts; do not claim effects that were not assessed.
Provide relevant activity photographs in JPEG format at approximately 300 DPI where required by the template. Photographs must document the work, respect consent and privacy, and must not be replaced by selfies or fabricated images. Follow the community template’s conclusion guidance, with approximately 250 words recommended.
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Community Service Articles are evaluated using the dedicated Community Partnerships and Impacts Review Form with 11 assessment components. Research Papers and Literature Review Papers use the standard scholarly review form.
ORCID is required for the corresponding author; other authors should provide an ORCID where available. Keep identifying declarations out of the blinded manuscript while providing sufficient non-identifying research-method and ethics information for reviewers.
The corresponding author must confirm, on behalf of all authors, that the work is original; is not simultaneously under consideration elsewhere; accurately attributes third-party work; has been approved for submission by all listed authors in the agreed authorship order; reports genuine scholarly contributions; and includes accurate ethics, consent, permission, funding, conflict-of-interest, data availability, and AI-use declarations as applicable.
Disclose any earlier public version, overlapping work, or relevant prior dissemination to the Editorial Office. Supporting documentation may be requested where necessary. The declaration is part of the separate Title Page; no third mandatory file is introduced at initial submission. Ethics approvals, consent statements, permissions, authorization numbers, funding details, and other declarations must never be invented or inferred where they do not exist.
AI systems cannot be authors or co-authors. Disclose substantive generative AI assistance beyond routine spelling, grammar, formatting, or straightforward language correction in the Title Page. Human authors remain accountable for originality, evidence, confidentiality, calculations, citations, references, and conclusions, and must independently verify AI-assisted outputs. Complete authorship and AI policies appear on the Publication Ethics page.
Eligible manuscripts proceed from editorial screening to double-anonymous peer review, normally involving at least two independent reviewers. Reviewer comments and academic editorial decisions are communicated through OJS. Reviewer recommendations are advisory; final scientific-editorial responsibility remains with the responsible academic editor and, where applicable, the Editor-in-Chief.
When revisions are requested, submit (1) the revised blinded manuscript and (2) a point-by-point response to every substantive editorial and reviewer comment through the designated OJS revision workflow. Identify the amendment and relevant section or page; where a suggestion is not adopted, provide a respectful, evidence-based explanation.
Submit revisions within the timeframe stated in the editorial decision. A revision invitation does not guarantee acceptance. Final scientific-editorial decisions remain independent of APC payment, ability to pay, or waiver eligibility; no APC is payable before final editorial acceptance.
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Formal submissions must use the ACSR OJS system, not private email or messaging channels. Before submission, confirm scope eligibility, select the correct manuscript type, use the current template, prepare both required files, complete applicable declarations, verify citations and references, and ensure uploaded files agree with the submission metadata.
Review the journal's Open Access, licensing, privacy, publication-frequency, and APC policies before submitting. ACSR provides immediate Open Access; authors retain copyright, and published articles use CC BY 4.0. The APC is IDR 750,000 per accepted manuscript when at least one author has an institutional affiliation in Indonesia. A full waiver / IDR 0 applies when all authors are institutionally affiliated exclusively outside Indonesia. Eligibility follows institutional affiliation, not nationality, citizenship, or residence; administration begins only after final acceptance.
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Eligible reviewers may receive a 10% APC discount under the journal’s APC Policy, reducing the standard IDR 750,000 charge to IDR 675,000. Waiver and discount administration remains separate from scientific evaluation and begins after final acceptance.
ACSR publishes one volume with two issues: No. 1 September–February and No. 2 March–August. The journal does not apply a continuous-publication model.
ACSR supports responsible and transparent AI-assisted scholarship while safeguarding research integrity, confidentiality, and human accountability. The policy applies to authors, editors, reviewers, and editorial personnel.
Publication Ethics & Research Integrity
Policy on the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence and AI-Assisted Technologies
Advances in Community Services Research (ACSR)
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Advances in Community Services Research (ACSR) recognizes the growing role of artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in scholarly communication, research methods, data analysis, and manuscript preparation. Such technologies may support legitimate academic activities but must be used responsibly, transparently, and consistently with research integrity and publication ethics.
This policy establishes the responsibilities of authors, editors, peer reviewers, and editorial personnel. AI-assisted technologies must not replace genuine human intellectual contributions, independent scholarly judgment, ethical research practices, confidentiality, or accountability for published findings.
This policy applies to manuscript submissions, revisions, editorial screening, peer review, publication preparation, and post-publication activities conducted by ACSR.
The policy applies to both ACSR sections: Article, covering Research Papers and Literature Review Papers, and Community Partnerships and Impacts, covering Community Service Articles. The journal’s scope and section-specific requirements continue to govern eligibility.
AI-assisted technologies include generative language models, AI-based writing and coding assistants, automated content-generation tools, and technologies capable of generating or materially transforming research-related content. Routine conventional software functions are distinguished from substantive generative AI assistance.
AI systems cannot qualify as authors or co-authors because they cannot accept responsibility for scholarly work, approve a final manuscript, disclose conflicts of interest, or respond to research-integrity concerns.
All authors must make genuine intellectual contributions, approve the manuscript, and accept responsibility for its accuracy, originality, theoretical grounding, research methodology, interpretation, references, and conclusions.
The use of AI assistance does not diminish the responsibility of human authors or replace the journal's authorship and CRediT contributorship requirements.
Authors may use AI-assisted technologies for the following purposes, provided that appropriate verification and disclosure requirements are satisfied:
Authors must not use AI to:
Authors must verify all factual claims, theoretical interpretations, statistical results, quotations, citations, and references introduced or modified through AI assistance.
AI-generated bibliographic suggestions must not be treated as confirmed scholarly sources. Authors must verify original publications, source relevance, author details, publication metadata, and DOI identifiers before citing them.
All citations and references must follow the journal's APA 7th edition requirements. The correspondence between in-text citations and the reference list must be checked in both directions.
AI-assisted analytical outputs must be validated against actual datasets, appropriate research procedures, and defensible methodological standards.
The requirements apply to all ACSR manuscript types: Research Paper, Literature Review Paper, and Community Service Article. The two editorial sections retain their distinct templates and review requirements.
Research designs, analytical techniques, bibliometric procedures, and AI-supported methods do not constitute additional manuscript types.
For Literature Review Papers, authors must independently verify the identification, selection, assessment, and synthesis of relevant publications. AI-generated summaries must not substitute for critical engagement with original scholarly sources.
Where AI forms part of a legitimate research or review methodology, authors must document the system's methodological role, relevant configuration, validation procedures, limitations, and reproducibility considerations, where applicable.
For Community Service Articles, AI must not fabricate activities, partner participation, beneficiary accounts, photographs, evaluation results, or community impacts. Report actual implementation and independently verified evidence.
All scientific-editorial decisions must be made by authorized human editors. AI systems must not independently determine acceptance, rejection, revision requirements, or the scientific merit of a submission.
Editors must assess manuscripts within the recognized ACSR Aims & Scope according to scholarly merit, research integrity, methodological appropriateness, and independent peer-review evidence.
Where confidentiality, authorization, and appropriate oversight are assured, editors may use automated technologies to:
Editors must not:
When automated screening indicates a potential integrity problem, the responsible editor must evaluate the supporting evidence and seek appropriate clarification.
AI-detection scores and similarity percentages are preliminary screening indicators, not independent proof of misconduct.
Eligible submissions must continue through ACSR's double-anonymous peer-review process, normally involving at least two independent qualified human reviewers.
Peer reviewers are selected for their subject knowledge, methodological competence, academic experience, and ability to provide an independent evaluation of the submitted research.
Every review report must represent the reviewer's own critical assessment. The responsibility for evaluating scientific quality, theoretical contribution, methodology, evidence, and conclusions cannot be transferred to an AI system.
Reviewers may use AI-assisted tools to improve grammar, spelling, clarity, or translation of comments independently written by the reviewer.
Such assistance must not disclose the manuscript, unpublished findings, participant information, confidential editorial correspondence, or identifiable submission content to an unauthorized AI platform.
Reviewers who identify credible indications of fabricated references, invented datasets, manipulated findings, or undisclosed substantive AI misuse must communicate their concerns confidentially to the responsible editor.
Concerns should be supported by specific evidence. Reviewers must not independently accuse authors, contact their employers, or treat AI detector outputs as definitive evidence of misconduct.
ACSR requires the protection of research participants, institutional records, unpublished manuscripts, restricted datasets, and confidential editorial materials.
These responsibilities are particularly important in social science research and community initiatives involving identifiable participants, vulnerable groups, community partners, health or household information, photographs, interviews, and restricted institutional records.
When AI-generated responses, synthetic organizational scenarios, or simulated observations are legitimately investigated as research objects, authors must identify their artificial origin, explain the study procedures, and avoid presenting them as genuine participant data.
Routine spelling correction, conventional grammar checking, formatting, or straightforward language correction without substantive content generation does not normally require a separate AI declaration.
Substantive use of generative AI must be disclosed, including extensive language restructuring, translation of manuscript drafts, generation or debugging of analytical code, AI-assisted research procedures, and other material assistance affecting manuscript preparation or analysis.
Mandatory submission placement: The AI-use declaration must be included in the separate Title Page & Author Information Form.
ACSR applies double-anonymous peer review. Author-identifying declarations must not appear in the blinded manuscript.
Where AI or automated technologies materially contribute to research design, data collection, coding, analysis, experimental procedures, or literature-review methodology, sufficient non-identifying methodological information must also be included in the blinded manuscript.
This requirement does not introduce a third mandatory file at initial submission. The separate Title Page and the blinded manuscript remain the two required submission documents.
A. Language Editing or Translation
The authors used [AI tool, developer, and version] to assist with [describe the language editing or translation activities] during manuscript preparation. All assisted content was subsequently reviewed and corrected by the authors to preserve the intended scholarly meaning. The authors verified the final text and accept full responsibility for its accuracy, originality, and integrity.
B. Technical or Coding Assistance
The authors used [AI tool, developer, and version] to assist with [describe the technical or programming task]. Relevant procedures are reported in the Research Methodology section. All assisted code, calculations, and analytical outputs were independently tested and verified against the study data. The authors remain fully responsible for the validity of the findings.
C. AI as Part of a Research Method
The study employed [AI system or model] for [specific research procedure]. The methodological role, relevant configuration, validation procedures, ethical considerations, and limitations are described in the manuscript. The authors independently assessed the outputs and accept full responsibility for the reliability and interpretation of the research.
D. Optional Declaration of No Substantive AI Use
The authors declare that no substantive generative AI assistance was used in the intellectual development, analysis, interpretation, or preparation of this manuscript beyond routine conventional editing functions, where applicable.
Authors must adapt these statements to reflect their actual practices. Disclosure does not authorize activities otherwise prohibited under the journal's research integrity and publication ethics policies.
Suspected AI-related misconduct must be addressed through an objective, evidence-based, and proportionate editorial procedure consistent with applicable publication-ethics requirements.
AI-detection scores, automated classifications, or unsupported allegations are not sufficient grounds for a finding of misconduct.
ACSR may examine relevant manuscript materials, research records, cited sources, methodological documentation, AI-use declarations, and explanations from the concerned parties.
Before disciplinary action is imposed, the concerned party should receive a reasonable opportunity to respond, subject to appropriate confidentiality and conflict-of-interest safeguards.
A peer-review report generated without independent scholarly assessment, or prepared through a serious breach of manuscript confidentiality, may be invalidated and excluded from editorial decision-making.
Depending on the established facts and severity, the journal may issue a formal warning, terminate an assignment, or remove the individual from its active reviewer pool.
Verified editorial misuse may lead to reassignment of a manuscript, withdrawal of handling authority, formal corrective action, or review of editorial appointment status.
An editor with a relevant conflict of interest must not determine the outcome of an investigation involving their own conduct.
When concerns are identified after publication, ACSR may request an author explanation, review supporting research documentation, consult independent specialists, and take appropriate editorial action.
Depending on the evidence and severity of the issue, the journal may publish a correction, Expression of Concern, or retraction.
Post-publication notices must be transparent and linked to the original publication. The Version of Record must not be silently modified to conceal material research-integrity concerns.
| Party | Main Responsibility | AI-Related Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Authors | Produce original, ethical, and verifiable scholarship. | Verify outputs, safeguard participants and research data, and disclose substantive AI use. |
| Reviewers | Provide independent and competent scholarly evaluation. | Protect confidentiality and do not delegate scientific judgment to AI. |
| Editors | Maintain impartial and independent editorial decisions. | Independently assess automated screening results and retain human decision authority. |
| Editorial Office | Maintain submissions, administrative records, and communication procedures. | Apply appropriate access controls, confidentiality measures, and documentation requirements. |
This policy complements the journal's existing publication-ethics, authorship, peer-review, plagiarism, confidentiality, research ethics, complaints, and post-publication policies.
The ACSR policy framework governs editorial and publication procedures. Valid historical articles, issues, publication dates, DOI records, and other bibliographic information are preserved; genuine integrity concerns are evaluated through the journal’s applicable procedures.
Historical manuscripts, editorial records, valid publications, and bibliographic information are not automatically invalidated by subsequent policy changes. Concerns about earlier publications must be evaluated on their merits under applicable research-integrity procedures.
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ACSR applies double-anonymous peer review and immediate Open Access under CC BY 4.0; authors retain copyright. Read the complete policies on authorship, research integrity, complaints, corrections, and retractions.
Advances in Community Services Research (ACSR) follows responsible scholarly publishing practices informed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The sections below state the journal's core policies; operational author and reviewer instructions appear on their respective pages.
The ACSR policy framework governs editorial and publication procedures. Valid historical articles, issues, publication dates, DOI records, and other bibliographic information are preserved; genuine integrity concerns are evaluated through the journal’s applicable procedures.
Authorship is limited to individuals who have made a substantial scholarly contribution, participated in drafting or critical revision, approved the final submitted version, and accepted accountability for the work. Ghost, guest and gift authorship are not permitted.
Every submission must accurately identify author contributions using CRediT, with corresponding-author ORCID and applicable author declarations documented on the separate Title Page & Author Information Form. Changes to the author list require justification and agreement of all affected authors; post-publication changes must be documented transparently.
Authors must confirm that the work is original, is not concurrently submitted elsewhere, properly attributes prior work, includes no fabricated or manipulated research materials, and is approved by all listed authors. Any overlapping work, publicly available earlier version or relevant prior dissemination must be disclosed for editorial assessment. A separate mandatory originality letter is not required when the Title Page includes the necessary declaration.
ACSR prohibits plagiarism, unattributed copying, inappropriate text recycling, redundant publication, duplicate submission, fabricated or unverifiable citations, citation manipulation, and misrepresentation of existing research. Sources of text, data, images, tables, methods and other protected material must be accurately attributed.
Similarity policy: ACSR applies a maximum overall similarity threshold of 25% as an initial editorial-screening requirement. Similarity-detection software may be used at initial submission and, when necessary, after revisions.
A similarity score is not proof of plagiarism or a substitute for editorial judgment. Editors review the source, extent, location, context, quotation and attribution of matching passages. A score at or below 25% does not excuse plagiarism; a higher score may trigger clarification, correction or rejection depending on the evidence and journal policy.
In-text citations, references, quotations and DOI details must be accurate, complete and verifiable, following the journal's required APA 7 style.
Manuscripts passing initial screening normally undergo double-anonymous assessment by at least two independent reviewers. Reviewer recommendations are advisory, and the responsible academic editor evaluates the complete scholarly record before the final decision.
Editors and reviewers must disclose and manage relevant conflicts. Editorial decisions must not be influenced by ownership, financial interests, advertising, sponsorship, institutional relationships, APC payments or waiver eligibility.
Assessment follows the selected ACSR section. Article submissions are evaluated for their social science research or review contribution; Community Service Articles are evaluated for their community context, partnership, implementation, evidence, outcomes, and contribution using the dedicated 11-component form.
Editors must not handle their own submissions or manuscripts involving a material conflict; an appropriate independent editor must be assigned. Reviewers must decline or consult the editor when an independent assessment cannot be assured.
APC administration begins only after final scientific-editorial acceptance. APC payments and waiver verification remain separate from scientific decisions. Production includes administrative verification, copyediting, proofreading, metadata checks and Version-of-Record preparation; it is not a continuation of ordinary peer review. Closed scientific matters should be reopened only if a material scientific, integrity, ethical, legal, authorship, metadata or publication blocker is identified. The official APC policy governs charges, waivers and payment procedures.
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Authors must secure necessary ethics review, informed consent, organizational permissions and data-use authorization where applicable. Research involving human participants, sensitive records or other protected materials must meet relevant ethical and legal requirements. Approval and consent claims must never be fabricated or misrepresented.
Funding and material financial or non-financial competing interests must be disclosed, including an explicit no-conflict statement when applicable. Relevant professional, institutional, collaborative, competitive, supervisory and personal interests must also be declared. A data availability statement should accurately describe research data that are openly available, available on reasonable request, included with the article, legitimately restricted, non-shareable or not applicable. Editors may request relevant documentation for legitimate research-integrity checks.
Permitted assistance: AI tools may assist with routine spelling, grammar, language readability and appropriately controlled technical tasks, provided human authors review the results and retain responsibility. AI systems cannot be authors or co-authors.
Disclosure: Substantive AI assistance beyond routine spelling, grammar, formatting or straightforward language correction must be disclosed in the separate Title Page. State the tool or service, purpose, parts of the work affected, and nature or extent of assistance; include a version or access date when relevant for reproducibility. A declaration of no substantive AI use may be included where applicable.
Research methods: When AI or automated systems materially contribute to data collection, coding, analysis, experimental procedures or literature-review methods, describe the relevant reproducible procedures in the blinded manuscript without revealing author identities.
Prohibitions and accountability: Authors must verify factual claims, calculations, quotations, citations, DOI records and interpretative conclusions. Fabricated references, invented data or images misrepresented as authentic scientific evidence are unacceptable. Confidential third-party data must not be uploaded to unauthorized or insecure AI services. Reviewers and editors must not expose confidential submissions to insecure external systems or delegate scholarly judgment to AI.
ACSR provides immediate Open Access to the published Version of Record without subscription or journal-imposed embargo. Authors retain copyright in their scholarly work; copyright ownership is not transferred to ACSR or its publisher.
The published article is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits sharing and adaptation, including commercial reuse, with appropriate attribution, license identification and indication of changes.
Author sharing and self-archiving must follow the journal’s published License & Copyright and Archiving & Digital Preservation policies, with clear version identification, appropriate credit, and respect for third-party rights. Authors are responsible for permissions covering material outside the article’s CC BY license.
ACSR considers evidence-based concerns about research misconduct, plagiarism, authorship, citation manipulation, editorial or administrative conduct, reviewer behavior, peer-review manipulation, false ethics or consent information, conflicts of interest and procedural fairness. Complaints or appeals should identify the submission or publication and explain the concern with available supporting evidence.
Under appropriate confidentiality and conflict-of-interest safeguards, the journal may request an explanation, supporting files, independent scholarly advice or verification from institutions, research-integrity offices, ethics committees, funders or other relevant bodies as appropriate. Authors or other parties affected by an allegation should have a reasonable opportunity to respond. Outcomes are determined by the evidence and the seriousness of the concern, not by unsupported accusations.
Editorial appeals must state substantive procedural, factual or ethical grounds. Disagreement alone does not automatically justify reversal of a scholarly decision.
Readers and researchers may submit professional, evidence-based comments, clarifications or concerns about published work. Where justified, ACSR may invite an author response, consult specialists or issue an editorial notice.
An otherwise reliable article with a material error that does not invalidate its principal findings may require a correction. Unresolved serious concerns or an ongoing investigation may require an Expression of Concern. Fundamentally unreliable findings, serious plagiarism, established misconduct, unethical research or another substantial integrity problem may require retraction. Notices must be transparent, identifiable and linked to the original article. ACSR does not silently replace the Version of Record to conceal material changes.
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