This page describes the ownership, governance structure, editorial independence, financing, and operational management of Jurnal Manajemen Pendidikan (JuMP). The governance framework is informed by the COPE Core Practices and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing .

1. Ownership

Any significant changes to the journal's ownership, publisher, title, or identification details will be communicated transparently through the official journal website and, where required, to relevant registration and indexing services.

2. Governance Structure

JuMP is managed through an editorial governance structure designed to ensure academic quality, transparency, accountability, and effective journal operations.

Publisher and Managing Unit

• Provide institutional, administrative, and technical support for journal publication.
• Facilitate the journal's long-term development and sustainability.
• Respect the editorial team's independence in scholarly decisions.

Editor-in-Chief

• Provides overall academic leadership and oversight of editorial policies.
• Ensures compliance with scholarly standards and publication ethics.
• Oversees editorial decisions on submitted manuscripts.

Co-Editors-in-Chief and Advisory Board

• Support editorial policy development and manuscript quality assurance.
• Provide scholarly expertise in educational management and leadership.
• Advise on journal development and academic standards.

Peer Reviewers

• Provide independent scholarly assessments of submitted manuscripts.
• Evaluate originality, relevance, methodological rigor, and academic contribution.
• Maintain confidentiality and disclose potential conflicts of interest.

Technical Editors and Editorial Support

• Support journal administration and manuscript tracking through OJS.
• Coordinate copyediting, layout, proofreading, and publication preparation.
• Assist with journal communication, metadata, and technical publication tasks.

Names, affiliations, and current editorial roles are available on the Editorial Team page .

3. Appointment and Terms of Office

Editorial appointments are administered through the journal's institutional governance arrangements. The selection of editors and advisory members considers scholarly expertise, publication experience, professional integrity, and commitment to journal quality.

• Editorial responsibilities and terms of service follow applicable institutional appointment arrangements.
• Editorial membership is reviewed periodically to maintain effectiveness and disciplinary relevance.
• Members are expected to uphold publication ethics, confidentiality, and professional conduct.
• Changes in editorial membership are reflected on the journal's official Editorial Team page.

4. Editorial Independence

JuMP is committed to protecting the academic independence of its editorial processes. Manuscript decisions should be based on scholarly merit, relevance to the journal's focus and scope, originality, methodological quality, and peer-review recommendations.

• The publisher and institutional partners do not determine the acceptance or rejection of individual manuscripts.
• Editorial decisions must not be influenced by financial, institutional, or personal interests.
• Manuscripts submitted by authors affiliated with the publisher are subject to the same academic evaluation standards as other submissions.
• Editors and reviewers must disclose relevant conflicts of interest.
• Publication fees do not guarantee acceptance or preferential editorial treatment.

5. Financing and Business Model

JuMP operates as an open-access scholarly journal. Its publication activities are supported through institutional journal management arrangements and Article Processing Charges (APCs) collected after manuscript acceptance.

• The journal does not charge fees for manuscript submission or peer review.
• APCs are payable only after a manuscript has been accepted for publication.
• Publication charges must be communicated transparently to authors through the journal's official information pages.
• Financial arrangements must remain separate from editorial decisions.

For applicable charges and payment information, please consult the journal's official author fee information before submission.

6. Operational Management

JuMP uses Open Journal Systems (OJS), hosted by Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, to administer the journal's electronic submission and publication workflow.

Editorial Workflow

1. Manuscript submission through OJS.
2. Initial editorial screening for scope, format, and submission requirements.
3. Similarity and manuscript integrity checks.
4. External peer review and editorial evaluation.
5. Revision and editorial decision.
6. Copyediting, layout, proofreading, and production.
7. Online publication and article metadata dissemination.

Quality Assurance

• Manuscripts are evaluated in accordance with the journal's submission and review requirements.
• The stated similarity threshold is below 25%, with an AI Writing threshold below 25%.
• Accepted manuscripts undergo editorial and production preparation.
• Published articles are assigned DOI identifiers under the journal's DOI infrastructure.
• Publication metadata is maintained through the OJS platform.

Detailed manuscript requirements are available in the Submission Guidelines .

7. Journal Policies

The journal's management and publication processes are guided by policies addressing editorial quality, ethical conduct, authorship, peer review, and access to published research. The following areas should be covered by the journal's published policy documents:

• Focus and Scope
• Submission and Author Guidelines
• Peer Review Process
• Publication Ethics
• Authorship and Conflicts of Interest
• Plagiarism and Research Integrity
• Generative AI Policy
• Corrections and Retractions
• Open Access and Copyright Policy
• Archiving and Digital Preservation
• Author Fees
• Complaints and Appeals

Authors, reviewers, and readers are encouraged to consult the relevant policies on the official journal website.

8. Complaints and Appeals

JuMP encourages the fair and transparent handling of complaints concerning editorial processes, publication ethics, manuscript decisions, and journal management.

1. Complaints should be submitted through the official journal contact channel, with relevant supporting information.
2. Editorial complaints are referred to the appropriate editorial representative for consideration.
3. Complaints involving an editor should be handled by another authorized editorial or institutional representative to avoid conflicts of interest.
4. Appeals concerning manuscript decisions should provide clear academic grounds and supporting evidence.
5. Complaints and appeals should be handled confidentially, fairly, and within a reasonable period.

Contact information is available on the Journal Contact page .

References

1. Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Core Practices .
2. COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, and WAME. (2022). Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing, Version 4 .