Ownership and Management Policy

Ownership & Management  ·  Jurnal Civics
Who owns, funds, and governs the journal.
Ownership, governance, editorial independence, financing, and complaints.
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Ownership
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
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Governance
—  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.
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Editorial 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.
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Financing
—  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.
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Operations 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
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Complaints
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.
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