Ownership and Management

POLICY 2026

Ownership and Management

Publisher, journal management, and editorial independence
This policy clarifies who owns and manages the journal and how academic decision making is protected from institutional and financial interference.

Ownership and publisher

Islam Realitas: Journal of Islamic and Social Studies is owned and published by Universitas Islam Negeri Sjech M. Djamil Djambek Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The journal is institutionally managed through Rumah Jurnal (Scholarly Publishing Center).

Management responsibilities

Publisher
Provides institutional authorization, infrastructure, governance support, financial administration, legal support where required, and continuity of the journal platform.
Rumah Jurnal
Supports journal management, OJS administration, publication infrastructure, metadata, DOI-related workflows, quality assurance, and journal-development coordination.
Editor-in-Chief
Has primary academic responsibility for editorial direction, integrity of editorial decisions, peer-review oversight, and implementation of journal policies.
Editorial Team
Conducts screening, reviewer selection, conflict checks, editorial assessment, revision management, production coordination, and ethical case handling according to assigned roles.

Editorial independence

Ownership does not confer authority to determine the scientific outcome of individual manuscripts. The Publisher, sponsors, administrative units, payment processors, and other institutional actors must not interfere with acceptance or rejection decisions. Editors must be able to make decisions based on scholarly merit and integrity, and must recuse themselves when a relevant conflict of interest exists.

Revenue and financial separation

The journal may receive institutional support and Article Processing Charges as disclosed in the Author Fees policy. Financial administration must be separated from scholarly decision making. Editors and reviewers must not be rewarded on the basis of article acceptance, and an author's ability or inability to pay must not influence editorial assessment.

Governance basis: Permendiktisaintek No. 9 of 2026; Directorate General of Science and Technology Decision No. 374/DST/D.D1/HM.01.01/2026; COPE Core Practices; and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (Version 5, 2026).