Ownership and Management

Ownership

Idarotuna: Journal of Administrative Science is owned and published by the Office Administration Study Program, Akademi Komunitas Teknologi Syarifuddin (AKTS), Lumajang, Indonesia.

Journal Management

The journal is managed by the Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board, managing editors, and technical team. They are responsible for manuscript screening, peer-review management, editorial decisions, copyediting, publication, metadata management, DOI registration, and digital archiving.

Editorial Independence

The journal owner and publisher do not interfere with editorial decisions. Manuscripts are evaluated solely based on originality, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, relevance to the journal’s scope, and peer-review recommendations.

Editorial decisions must not be influenced by financial, commercial, institutional, political, or personal interests.

Responsibilities of the Publisher

The publisher supports the continuity, infrastructure, accessibility, and sustainability of the journal. The publisher is also responsible for protecting editorial independence, maintaining the publication schedule, and preserving published content.

Responsibilities of the Editorial Board

The Editorial Board is responsible for maintaining academic quality, publication ethics, research integrity, and a fair peer-review process. Editors must disclose conflicts of interest and must not handle manuscripts involving close personal, professional, or institutional relationships.

Transparency

Information concerning journal ownership, publisher identity, editorial members, contact details, publication fees, peer-review procedures, copyright, licensing, and ethical policies is publicly available on the journal website.

Any change in ownership, publisher, journal title, ISSN, editorial leadership, or publication frequency will be announced transparently and communicated to the relevant registration and indexing services.

Publication Ethics

The journal’s management follows internationally recognized publication-ethics principles, including guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Allegations of misconduct will be investigated fairly, confidentially, and independently.

Journal Continuity

The owner and publisher are committed to regular publication, DOI maintenance, digital preservation, and permanent access to published articles. If the journal ceases publication or changes publisher, its archives and bibliographic records will remain accessible whenever possible.