Ownership and Management Information

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Ownership and Management Information

Pedagogik Journal of Islamic Elementary School provides information about its institutional publisher, academic collaboration, editorial responsibilities, and financial transparency. This policy is informed by the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing, developed jointly by COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, and WAME.

Online ISSN

2615-3904

Publication Frequency

Three issues per year

Editor-in-Chief

Arwan Wiratman

Institutional Publisher

Institut Agama Islam Negeri Palopo

Academic Collaboration

Perkumpulan Dosen PGMI se-Indonesia

1. Institutional Ownership and Publisher Details

Pedagogik Journal of Islamic Elementary School is an institutional, peer-reviewed journal published by Universitas Islam Negeri Palopo, formerly Institut Agama Islam Negeri Palopo, in collaboration with Perkumpulan Dosen PGMI se-Indonesia.

The university serves as the institutional publisher. The journal publishes research in elementary education and related areas of Islamic education, emphasizing original contributions and their significance for educational scholarship and practice.

2. Governance and Organizational Responsibilities

Institutional Publishing Management

Institutional management is responsible for the administrative framework, publishing arrangements, and coordination of the resources needed to operate the journal.

Editorial Management

The Editor-in-Chief and appointed editors are responsible for scholarly assessment, reviewer selection, editorial decisions, and publication ethics. Current names and affiliations are available on the Editorial Team page.

3. Editorial Independence

  • Independent Scholarly Judgment: The Editor-in-Chief and editorial team exercise independent judgment over manuscript assessment and publication decisions. Institutional or commercial interests must not determine peer-review outcomes.
  • Merit-Based Decisions: Decisions are based on scientific quality, originality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, and relevance to the journal's scope.
  • Conflicts of Interest: Editors with a relevant conflict must recuse themselves. An independent editor handles affected submissions, including manuscripts authored by members of the editorial team.

4. Key Management Roles and Responsibilities

The following functions are assigned within the journal's publishing and editorial arrangements. Responsibilities may be combined or distributed among appointed editors and support personnel.

  • Institutional Publisher: Oversees publishing administration, applicable institutional requirements, infrastructure arrangements, and planning for the continuity and preservation of journal content.
  • Editor-in-Chief — Arwan Wiratman: Leads editorial policy, oversees ethical standards and the editorial team, and makes or authorizes final manuscript decisions, subject to conflict-of-interest safeguards.
  • Editorial Coordination: Manages submission intake, author correspondence, editorial assignments, and monitoring of review and revision timelines.
  • Editors and Section Editing Functions: Coordinate subject-specific double-blind review, select suitable reviewers, assess reports and revisions, and provide recommendations to the Editor-in-Chief.
  • Technical and Production Support: Coordinates copyediting, proofreading, layout, publication files, article metadata, DOI administration where applicable, and maintenance of the Open Journal Systems platform.

5. Financial Sustainability and Fee Transparency

The journal follows an open access publishing model within its institutional publishing environment. Financial arrangements must remain transparent and separate from scholarly decision-making.

  • Publication Charges: Any article processing charges or other publication fees, payment arrangements, and applicable waiver conditions must be disclosed through official journal information before authors commit to payment.
  • Other Financial Arrangements: Any sponsorship, advertising, subsidy, or other revenue arrangement must be clearly disclosed and must not influence manuscript evaluation or publication decisions.
  • Editorial Safeguards: Payment, funding source, and waiver eligibility must not determine reviewer recommendations or editorial acceptance.

For current publication charges, payment instructions, or applicable waiver information, contact the editorial office at jurnal_pijies@uinpalopo.ac.id.