Journal Management

1. Introduction

Jurnal Agrotatanen is committed to transparent, ethical, accountable, and sustainable journal management. The journal aims to publish high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarly research that contributes to the advancement of agricultural sciences and related disciplines while promoting accessibility, academic integrity, and editorial independence.

This policy establishes the governance structure, operational procedures, financial principles, editorial responsibilities, and ethical commitments that guide the management of Jurnal Agrotatanen. The journal strives to uphold internationally recognized standards of scholarly publishing, including the Core Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.

Through effective management and continuous improvement, Jurnal Agrotatanen seeks to maintain the quality, credibility, and sustainability of its publications and to serve the needs of researchers, academics, practitioners, and the wider scientific community.

2. Description

Journal management encompasses the strategic, editorial, administrative, technical, and financial activities required to operate a scholarly journal effectively and ethically.

The principal components of journal management at Jurnal Agrotatanen include:

Governance and Ownership: The organizational structure, ownership, publishing responsibilities, and accountability of the journal.
Editorial Independence: The protection of editorial decisions from inappropriate commercial, institutional, political, or personal influence.
Financial Management: The management of funding sources, operating expenses, publication fees, and other financial arrangements.
Operational Processes: The management of manuscript submission, peer review, editorial decisions, copyediting, production, publication, and digital preservation.
Editorial Team and Board Management: The appointment, responsibilities, qualifications, and professional development of editors and editorial board members.
Publication Ethics: The implementation of ethical standards concerning authorship, research integrity, conflicts of interest, peer review, corrections, retractions, and other publication-related matters.
Transparency and Accountability: The public availability of journal policies, publication procedures, ownership information, and relevant performance indicators.

3. Policy

3.1. Governance and Ownership

Jurnal Agrotatanen operates under the ownership and publishing arrangements formally established by its responsible institution or publisher. Information concerning the journal's owner, publisher, editorial office, and institutional affiliations will be made publicly available on the official journal website.

The journal's governance structure defines the respective responsibilities of the publisher, Editor-in-Chief, editorial board, and editorial office.

The publisher is responsible for providing appropriate organizational and administrative support to sustain the journal's operations. The editorial leadership is responsible for maintaining scholarly quality, implementing editorial policies, and ensuring that publication decisions follow established academic and ethical standards.

The journal will periodically review its governance arrangements to ensure that responsibilities are clearly defined and that appropriate accountability mechanisms are maintained.

3.2. Editorial Independence

Jurnal Agrotatanen upholds editorial independence as a fundamental principle of scholarly publishing.

All decisions regarding manuscript acceptance, revision, or rejection must be based on scholarly merit, scientific validity, originality, methodological rigor, clarity of presentation, relevance to the journal's aims and scope, and compliance with publication ethics requirements.

Editorial decisions are made by the Editor-in-Chief and designated handling editors in accordance with the journal's editorial policies and peer review procedures.

The journal's owner, publisher, sponsors, funding organizations, and other external parties must not improperly influence editorial decisions. The ability or willingness of an author to pay publication fees, where applicable, must not determine the acceptance or rejection of a manuscript.

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for safeguarding editorial independence and ensuring that manuscripts are evaluated fairly, consistently, and objectively.

3.3. Financial Management and Revenue Sources

Jurnal Agrotatanen is committed to transparent and responsible financial management to support the continuity and quality of its publishing activities.

The journal's operating expenses may be supported through institutional funding, publisher contributions, grants, publication fees, or other legitimate sources, depending on the journal's actual financial arrangements.

Any Article Processing Charge (APC), submission fee, or other publication-related fee must be clearly disclosed on the official journal website before authors submit their manuscripts. The information must specify the applicable amount, payment requirements, the stage at which payment is required, and any available waiver or discount arrangements.

If the journal does not charge authors any publication fees, this must be explicitly stated.

Financial support may be used to cover legitimate operational expenses, including editorial administration, peer review management, copyediting, typesetting, website maintenance, DOI registration, plagiarism screening, digital preservation, and other publishing services, as applicable.

Financial considerations must not compromise the integrity of the editorial process. Payment of a publication fee does not guarantee acceptance, and manuscripts must undergo the same applicable editorial assessment and peer review standards regardless of their funding arrangements.

3.4. Open Access Policy

Jurnal Agrotatanen supports the dissemination of scholarly knowledge and promotes access to research in accordance with its officially stated open-access policy.

The journal will clearly explain its access arrangements, copyright provisions, and licensing terms on its official website.

Where the journal operates under a full open-access model, published articles will be made available to readers without subscription barriers, subject to the terms of the applicable Creative Commons license or other clearly stated licensing arrangements.

The journal's website must identify the license governing published articles and explain the conditions under which users may read, download, reproduce, distribute, or reuse the content.

The journal will ensure that its open-access practices are consistent with its copyright policy, author agreements, and applicable licensing terms.

3.5. Editorial Board and Editorial Team

Jurnal Agrotatanen will maintain an editorial team and editorial board with appropriate academic qualifications, subject expertise, and experience relevant to the journal's scope.

The editorial structure may include the Editor-in-Chief, managing editor, associate editors, section editors, editorial board members, and editorial office staff, according to the journal's organizational needs.

Editorial personnel are expected to:

Uphold academic integrity and publication ethics.
Ensure fair, timely, and objective manuscript assessment.
Select qualified reviewers with relevant subject expertise.
Maintain confidentiality throughout the editorial process.
Identify and appropriately manage conflicts of interest.
Support the journal's academic development and quality assurance.

The names, institutional affiliations, and editorial responsibilities of the journal's editorial personnel will be published on the official website and updated when changes occur.

Editorial appointments should be based on relevant expertise, professional integrity, experience, and commitment to the journal's aims and scope. The journal will seek appropriate diversity in disciplinary expertise, institutional representation, geographical background, and academic experience.

Editorial board membership must reflect genuine professional involvement and should not be presented in a misleading manner.

3.6. Operational Processes and Publishing Systems

Jurnal Agrotatanen will maintain clear and documented procedures for manuscript submission, editorial screening, peer review, revision, acceptance or rejection, copyediting, production, and publication.

The journal may use an online journal management system, such as Open Journal Systems (OJS), or another suitable platform to support editorial workflows and communication.

Authors will be provided with clear instructions regarding manuscript preparation, submission requirements, authorship, research ethics, references, copyright, and applicable publication fees.

The editorial office will seek to communicate decisions and requests to authors and reviewers in a timely and professional manner.

The journal will apply consistent procedures to ensure that manuscripts receive appropriate editorial assessment and that publication decisions are supported by documented editorial records.

3.7. Publication Ethics and Research Integrity

Jurnal Agrotatanen is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics and research integrity.

The journal will establish and implement policies addressing plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, data falsification, authorship disputes, conflicts of interest, unethical research practices, peer review misconduct, and other forms of publication malpractice.

Authors, reviewers, editors, and journal staff are expected to comply with the journal's applicable ethical requirements and confidentiality obligations.

Where concerns arise, the journal will investigate them fairly and systematically, following its publication ethics procedures and relevant COPE guidance.

Depending on the nature and severity of the issue, appropriate actions may include requesting clarification, rejecting a manuscript, correcting a published article, issuing an expression of concern, or retracting an article when justified.

The journal will also maintain procedures for addressing complaints, appeals, and post-publication concerns.

3.8. Training and Professional Development

Jurnal Agrotatanen encourages the continuing professional development of its editors, editorial board members, reviewers, and editorial office staff.

Training and guidance may cover publication ethics, peer review standards, research integrity, editorial decision-making, manuscript management systems, plagiarism assessment, and developments in scholarly publishing.

The journal will encourage editorial personnel to consult recognized publication ethics resources, including COPE guidance, and to participate in relevant academic and professional development activities.

3.9. Advertising and Marketing Policy

Jurnal Agrotatanen is committed to responsible, transparent, and ethical marketing practices.

If the journal accepts advertisements or sponsorships, these activities must be governed by a clear policy ensuring that commercial content is distinguishable from scholarly content and does not influence editorial decisions or peer review.

If the journal does not accept advertising, this position will be stated on its official website.

Direct marketing activities, including calls for papers, announcements, and communications with potential authors, reviewers, or readers, must be accurate, relevant, professional, and non-misleading.

The journal must not make false claims concerning indexing, accreditation, impact metrics, acceptance rates, publication timelines, or editorial affiliations. Marketing communications must accurately represent the journal's scope, review process, publication standards, and services.

3.10. Archiving and Digital Preservation

Jurnal Agrotatanen recognizes the importance of preserving its published content for future access and long-term scholarly use.

The journal will implement appropriate measures for maintaining publication records, article files, and associated metadata. Such measures may include regular backups, secure storage, institutional repository deposits, and participation in recognized digital preservation services, where available and applicable.

Any participation in external preservation services, such as the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), Portico, or other recognized services, will be stated publicly only when the relevant arrangement has been confirmed.

The journal's detailed preservation procedures are described in its Digital Archiving and Long-Term Preservation Policy.

3.11. Journal Metrics and Performance Reporting

Jurnal Agrotatanen may periodically report relevant operational and publication indicators to promote transparency and support continuous improvement.

Such indicators may include manuscript submission numbers, acceptance rates, publication frequency, review turnaround times, and other relevant measures, where reliable data are available.

All reported statistics must be accurate, appropriately contextualized, and presented without misleading interpretations.

Journal metrics must not replace qualitative assessment of research quality or be used to make unsupported claims about the journal's academic standing.

4. Implementation and Operational Requirements

4.1. Website Transparency

The official Jurnal Agrotatanen website serves as the primary source of information about the journal's identity, policies, and publishing practices.

The website should provide clear, accessible, and up-to-date information concerning:

Journal ownership, publisher, institutional affiliations, and editorial office.
Aims, scope, subject coverage, and target readership.
Names, affiliations, and responsibilities of the Editor-in-Chief and editorial board members.
Instructions for authors and manuscript submission procedures.
Peer review processes and editorial decision-making procedures.
Publication ethics and research integrity policies.
Conflict of interest and funding disclosure requirements.
Copyright, licensing, and open-access arrangements.
Publication fees, waivers, or an explicit statement that no fees are charged.
Indexing, abstracting, and journal accreditation information, where applicable.
Digital archiving and long-term preservation arrangements.
Procedures for complaints, appeals, corrections, and retractions.
Current contact information for the editorial office.

All information must accurately reflect the journal's actual practices and must be updated when relevant policies or arrangements change.

4.2. Editorial Office Management

The editorial office will coordinate manuscript processing and maintain appropriate communication with authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher.

Operational responsibilities include manuscript tracking, reviewer invitations, editorial correspondence, revision management, publication preparation, and the maintenance of relevant editorial records.

The journal will establish procedures for handling delays, technical problems, complaints, and post-publication issues. Communications should be professional, impartial, and consistent with the journal's policies.

4.3. Appointment and Oversight of Editorial Personnel

The appointment of the Editor-in-Chief and editorial board members will be based on relevant academic expertise, professional experience, research contributions, and commitment to publication ethics.

The journal will define the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of editorial personnel and periodically review the effectiveness of its editorial structure.

Appropriate measures will be implemented to manage editorial conflicts of interest. Editors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts when a relevant conflict could compromise their impartiality.

Manuscripts submitted by the Editor-in-Chief, editors, editorial board members, or journal staff must be managed through an independent editorial process that prevents the submitting individual from participating in decisions concerning their own manuscript.

4.4. Use of Supporting Software and Tools

Jurnal Agrotatanen may use appropriate digital tools to support manuscript processing, editorial quality assurance, and publication management.

These tools may include:

Online manuscript submission and peer review management systems.
Plagiarism or similarity-checking software.
Language editing and proofreading tools.
DOI registration and metadata management services.
Website security, backup, and digital preservation tools.

The journal will use such tools according to its actual technical capabilities, institutional arrangements, and editorial requirements.

The use of automated tools does not replace the professional judgment of editors or the responsibility of authors for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of their work.

4.5. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Policy Updates

The journal's management policies and operational procedures will be reviewed periodically by the editorial leadership in consultation with the publisher, where appropriate.

Reviews may consider publication quality, editorial efficiency, transparency, compliance with publication ethics standards, technological developments, feedback from authors and reviewers, and changes in scholarly publishing practices.

Necessary revisions will be communicated through the official journal website. The journal will seek to ensure that its policies remain consistent with applicable COPE guidance and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.

5. Commitment to Continuous Improvement

Jurnal Agrotatanen is committed to maintaining a transparent, ethical, accountable, and sustainable scholarly publishing environment.

Through effective governance, independent editorial decision-making, responsible financial management, rigorous publication ethics, and appropriate preservation practices, the journal seeks to ensure that its publications contribute reliably to the advancement of agricultural sciences and related disciplines.

This policy serves as a framework for continuous improvement and will be implemented in conjunction with the journal's other editorial, ethical, and operational policies.