POST-PUBLICATION DISCUSSION

Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Bidang Sains dan Teknologi, abbreviated as ABDIKAN, welcomes scholarly discussion of its published articles when the discussion is based on evidence. The editorial office handles such contributions.

Examples are questions about the methods of an activity, alternative interpretations of the results, the results of a similar program that was carried out in another community or region, comments on the use of the program or the technology by partners, and other substantive observations.

1Choosing the Right Route

Not every concern about an article belongs on this page. Please choose the route that fits your purpose.

Your purpose	Where to go
To comment on the method, the analysis, or the interpretation of an article, or to report the results of a replication	This page (section 2)
To report an error that needs a correction	Correction and Retraction
To report suspected plagiarism, fabrication, or other misconduct	Allegations of Misconduct
To submit new work that responds to an article	Author Guidelines and Peer Review Process

2Submitting a Scholarly Comment

Please write to the editorial office at jurnal.abdikan@gmail.com with the subject line Scholarly Comment: [Article Title and DOI]. The comment can be written in Indonesian or in English, and it is signed with the full name, the affiliation, and the email address of the sender.

No.	The comment should include
1	The title and the DOI of the article.
2	The specific issue that is raised.
3	The reasoning or the evidence that supports it.
4	The relevant references.
5	Any competing interest, as described in the Conflicts of Interest policy.

Guidelines for a good comment

Keep the comment concise. Direct the criticism at the work and not at the authors. Separate the errors that are established from the questions that are still open and from differences of interpretation. Do not include confidential information, or details that identify participants, partners, or community members, unless they are essential.

3Editorial Consideration and Author Response

Topic	How the journal proceeds
Assessment	The editors assess the relevance, the clarity, the evidence, and the contribution of the comment.
Response of the authors	The authors of the article may be invited to respond, and the editors may consult independent specialists. The right of the authors to respond does not allow them to decide whether a valid criticism is considered.
Disagreement	Disagreement alone does not guarantee that a comment is published.
Other platforms	A concern that is raised on another platform may be examined once it has been brought to the attention of the journal.
Integrity concerns	A concern about integrity is assessed without first requiring a published comment.

4Publication and Status of Comments

A comment that is approved, and the reply to it, are clearly labeled and linked to the article.
Correspondence that is assessed by the editors is not presented as having passed standard peer review.
Publication of a comment is not guaranteed, and the journal does not promise a fixed timeline.

Public criticism is not restricted. This procedure does not limit lawful public criticism of an article, or the reuse of an article outside the journal as permitted by its license. Please see the Licensing page.