Ownership and Management Policy
Ownership & Management
Who owns, funds, and governs the journal.
Ownership, governance, editorial independence, financing, and complaints.
Policy update · effective from 2027
From 2027, copyright in new articles is held by the authors, and the journal publishes three issues a year (March, July, November). Information for articles published up to Volume 23 (2026) is unchanged.
01Ownership▾
Jurnal Civics: Media Kajian Kewarganegaraan is owned and published by Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY), a public, not-for-profit institution. The journal is managed by the Department of Civic Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, Law, and Political Science (FISIP), UNY.
| Owner and publisher | Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) |
| Managing unit | Department of Civic Education, FISIP, UNY |
| Collaboration partner | AP3KnI, since 2019 |
| p-ISSN / e-ISSN | 1829-5789 / 2541-1918 |
| DOI prefix | 10.21831 |
| Schedule and language | Three issues per year from 2027 (March, July, and November; until 2026: April and October), in English |
| Licence | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
| Contact | journalcivics@uny.ac.id, Sleman, Yogyakarta |
02Governance▾
— The publisher appoints the Editor-in-Chief, provides support, approves policies, and guarantees editorial independence.
— The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for content, decisions, and ethics, and leads the editorial team.
— Other roles: Managing Editor, Section/Associate Editors, Book Review Editor, Editorial Board, and a technical team. See the Editorial Team.
— The Editor-in-Chief serves a five-year term, renewable once. Other editors serve renewable five-year terms. See Appointment, Term and Removal.
— Editors declare conflicts of interest every year.
03Editorial independence▾
— Editors decide on scholarly merit and peer review, without interference from the publisher, the partner, or funders.
— Submissions from UNY staff and students receive no preferential treatment and go through double-anonymous review.
— The journal monitors the share of in-house authors to keep authorship diverse.
04Financing▾
— UNY and AP3KnI fund the journal.
— An Article Publication Charge is payable only after acceptance. See Author Fees.
— The journal carries no advertising or sponsored content.
05Operations and quality▾
| Platform | Open Journal Systems (OJS) |
| Screening | initial screening within 7 days |
| Decisions | first decision in about 6 weeks; final decision within 4 months |
| Similarity check | maximum 20% overall, no single match above 1% |
| DOI | registered with Crossref |
| Preservation | PKP Preservation Network, LOCKSS, Garuda, and university servers |
| Indexed in | DOAJ, SINTA, Garuda, Google Scholar |
| Records | kept confidentially for at least five years |
| Policy review | at least every two years |
06Complaints▾
Send complaints to the Editor-in-Chief through the journal website or journalcivics@uny.ac.id. They are acknowledged within 7 working days and answered within 30 days. A complaint that stays unresolved may be referred to the publisher. See the Complaints Policy.
