Advances in Community Services Research (ACSR) is represented across scholarly services supporting national journal accreditation, scholarly indexing and discovery, article-level citation visibility, persistent identification, bibliographic metadata registration, international serial identification, and the dissemination of scholarly research and community-service contributions.
ACSR seeks to maintain accurate, accessible, consistent, and discoverable information about its published scholarly and community-service work across relevant academic platforms. The journal recognizes that different services perform distinct functions and that the presence of a journal or article record in one service does not automatically establish equivalent coverage or recognition in another.
Indexing Transparency Principle: ACSR distinguishes clearly between national accreditation, national scholarly indexing, research discovery, citation visibility, DOI registration, international journal identification, and formal source-journal indexing in selective databases. Each status is described according to the relevant service's actual function and verifiable coverage.
ACSR is nationally accredited at SINTA 4, as identified in its official journal profile through SINTA — Science and Technology Index, Indonesia's national platform for scholarly information, journal accreditation, research visibility, and academic performance indicators.
SINTA provides information concerning accredited Indonesian journals and related scholarly indicators. National accreditation status is distinct from journal inclusion in international selective citation databases. Accreditation classification, coverage information, and other official details should be interpreted according to the journal's current authoritative SINTA record.
Citation indicators, bibliometric measures, scholarly performance metrics, and other dynamic information displayed by SINTA may change as the platform updates its records. Authors, readers, institutions, and other interested parties should consult the official ACSR journal profile for current information.
ACSR journal and article information is represented in scholarly services supporting research discovery, bibliographic access, national scholarly indexing, citation visibility, and the identification of published research and community-service contributions. The services identified below are described according to their respective functions rather than being treated as interchangeable forms of formal source-journal indexing.
GARUDA — Garba Rujukan Digital: GARUDA provides national scholarly indexing and discovery for research publications in Indonesia. ACSR has an identifiable journal record in GARUDA, supporting access to its journal identity, bibliographic information, article records, and scholarly publication content through the national platform.
Google Scholar: Google Scholar supports scholarly literature searches, the discoverability of published ACSR articles, citation visibility, and access to research information. ACSR maintains an identifiable Google Scholar journal profile. Its indexing processes, citation counts, article matching, and profile updates are independently managed by the service and may change over time.
Dimensions: Dimensions provides research discovery, bibliographic information, connections among scholarly publications, and citation-related analytics. ACSR provides a Dimensions discovery link associated with its journal source-title information. Individual publication visibility, document coverage, classification, citation information, and record availability are subject to the service's collection, matching, access, and data-update procedures.
Coverage & Data Updates: Each external service independently determines its collection methods, record matching, citation information, journal classification, document coverage, and update frequency. Differences in record counts, citations, article coverage, or metadata between services do not necessarily indicate an error in the journal's authoritative published record. Scholarly discovery does not independently constitute formal journal indexing in a selective database.
Crossref — DOI Registration & Scholarly Metadata: ACSR uses DOI prefix 10.60079 for applicable published articles. DOI registration through Crossref supports persistent scholarly identification, citation linking, bibliographic metadata registration, article discovery, and continuity of published research and community-service records.
Crossref provides persistent-identifier and scholarly-metadata infrastructure. Its services support identification and linking of published scholarly works but do not, by themselves, establish national journal accreditation or formal source-journal indexing in selective citation databases.
ISSN International Centre — International Journal Identification: The official journal title is Advances in Community Services Research, abbreviated as ACSR, with E-ISSN 2985-9778. The journal is published online from Indonesia and is identified internationally through the ISSN system for serial publications.
ISSN identification establishes the bibliographic identity of the journal as a serial publication. It is distinct from scholarly citation performance, journal-accreditation status, DOI registration, research-discovery coverage, or formal inclusion in selective indexing databases.
Identification & Metadata Integrity: ACSR seeks to maintain consistency between published article information, DOI registration records, its official E-ISSN, journal-title metadata, author information, and other bibliographic details so that scholarly and community-service publications can be identified, cited, and retrieved accurately.
ACSR reports journal accreditation, identification, indexing, research discovery, citation visibility, DOI registration, and scholarly recognition according to the actual and verifiable function of each relevant external service. The journal aims to avoid misleading equivalence between different forms of scholarly coverage or bibliographic recognition.
Formal Source-Journal Indexing: ACSR describes itself as formally indexed, abstracted, or covered by a selective database only when inclusion can be verified through that database's official journal, source, title, or coverage record. The scope and dates of confirmed coverage should be accurately represented where applicable.
Applications, proposed submissions, ongoing evaluations, initial registration, individual article discoverability, citation records, references from indexed publications, scholarly metadata presence, or unverified third-party statements do not constitute confirmation that ACSR is formally indexed as a source journal in a selective database.
ACSR does not claim confirmed source-journal indexing in Scopus, Web of Science, DOAJ, or another selective indexing or recognition service unless corresponding inclusion and relevant coverage have been verified directly through the official service.
Scopus Citedness vs. Scopus Source Indexing: Individual ACSR articles may be cited in publications that are themselves indexed in Scopus. Such citations may contribute to the scholarly visibility of ACSR research. However, citations appearing in Scopus-indexed publications do not establish that ACSR is indexed as a source journal in Scopus. Formal source coverage must be verified through the official Scopus Sources records.
Citation counts, database coverage, bibliometric indicators, and related scholarly metrics are dynamic and may change as external platforms update their records. A temporary citation count, discovery record, or article-level citation does not constitute permanent journal accreditation or formal indexing status.
ACSR seeks to maintain complete, accurate, consistent, transparent, and traceable scholarly metadata across its official Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, published research and community-service articles, authoritative Versions of Record, DOI registration records, and relevant scholarly indexing and discovery services.
Authorship & Institutional Metadata: Essential information includes accurate author names and author order, institutional affiliations, corresponding-author information, ORCID identifiers where applicable, and other appropriate authorship or contributor information necessary for reliable attribution and scholarly identification.
Article & Publication Metadata: Scholarly records should accurately identify article titles, abstracts, keywords, eligible manuscript types, OJS editorial sections, publication language, actual publication dates, publication years, annual volumes, numbered issues, DOI information, applicable article identifiers, and other bibliographic details required for accurate discovery and citation.
Section Classification: ACSR maintains two editorial sections: Article, accepting Research Paper and Literature Review Paper manuscripts, and Community Partnerships and Impacts, accepting Community Service Article manuscripts. The designated section and manuscript classification should be accurately represented in OJS and relevant publication metadata.
Research & Rights Metadata: Where applicable, published metadata may include funding information, acknowledgements, CRediT contributions, copyright information, Open Access license details, and other appropriate publication declarations required for transparent scholarly communication.
Version of Record Consistency: The official published Version of Record serves as the authoritative reference for article content and formal publication information. Essential bibliographic metadata should remain consistent with the published article, OJS article page, DOI registration record, and other relevant scholarly systems.
External Metadata Differences: Third-party services may independently harvest, classify, transform, merge, match, or update bibliographic records. Temporary differences may occur between ACSR's authoritative publication information and records maintained by external platforms. Such differences do not independently authorize modifications to the journal's valid published scholarly record.
Where a material metadata discrepancy is identified, ACSR may initiate an appropriate correction through its editorial and technical procedures or request an update from the relevant external service when possible. Corrections should preserve the authenticity, traceability, and integrity of article records, DOI information, publication dates, and established scholarly citations.
ACSR continues to strengthen its scholarly publishing practices, editorial governance, international academic participation, independent peer-review procedures, research-integrity safeguards, publication ethics, accurate DOI and metadata registration, responsible Open Access publishing, digital preservation arrangements, and the discoverability of published research and community-service articles.
The development of scholarly indexing and recognition is treated as an ongoing process of strengthening journal quality, transparency, discoverability, and compliance with relevant service requirements. Consideration of additional recognized indexing, abstracting, accreditation, or discovery services does not independently establish journal inclusion or coverage.
When ACSR obtains confirmed journal-level coverage, formal recognition, or an appropriately verified change in status with an external service, the journal may update its public information to reflect the actual status, effective coverage, and relevant official record. Planned applications, preliminary evaluations, or anticipated recognition must not be presented as completed indexing achievements.
The current ACSR Indexing, Discovery & Recognition framework reflects the journal's stated accreditation, scholarly-discovery, identification, metadata, and indexing-transparency policies. Changes to these policies or the journal's scholarly-publishing practices should be applied prospectively, except where legitimate corrections are required to address established errors.
External scholarly services may retain historical descriptions, article records, journal classifications, disciplinary categories, publication-frequency information, indexing details, or other metadata created or harvested at an earlier time. Such records should be assessed according to their provenance, date, and actual bibliographic purpose.
Historical third-party descriptions do not automatically redefine the journal's current Aims & Scope, two OJS editorial sections, accepted manuscript types, publication-frequency policy, editorial governance, peer-review procedures, or other current requirements. Where an external description is materially inaccurate or obsolete, ACSR may request an appropriate update through the relevant service.
Publication Frequency: ACSR publishes one annual volume containing two regular numbered issues. Its established publication periods are Issue No. 1: September–February and Issue No. 2: March–August.
Scholarly Record Protection: Previously published research and community-service articles, actual publication dates, annual volume and numbered-issue assignments, author information, DOI records, bibliographic metadata, and valid historical citations remain part of the journal's permanent scholarly record. Current indexing or metadata policies do not authorize retrospective renumbering, artificial date changes, or undocumented alterations of valid published information.
Questions concerning ACSR national accreditation, DOI registration, ISSN information, scholarly indexing and discovery, citation visibility, metadata discrepancies, journal identifiers, or potentially inaccurate external scholarly records may be directed to the official ACSR Editorial Office.
Metadata & Indexing Correspondence: Muslim Muslim, Managing Editor, coordinates administrative inquiries concerning metadata, DOI records, ISSN information, national accreditation, scholarly discovery, indexing status, and communication with external scholarly services. Official correspondence may be sent to advancesresearch@gmail.com.
Principal Academic Editorial Contact: Matters requiring scientific-editorial oversight may be referred to Muhammad Ridwan Manulusi, Editor-in-Chief, through the journal's established editorial procedures.
Requests involving scientific-editorial judgments, authorship disputes, material post-publication changes, research integrity, or corrections affecting the substantive published record must be referred to the responsible academic editor or Editor-in-Chief. Metadata maintenance and indexing administration do not independently authorize changes to scientific-editorial decisions or the substantive content of published articles.