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Ownership and Management
Journal Governance
Ownership and Management
Information concerning the ownership, publishing responsibility, editorial management, and institutional governance of the Jurnal Agroekoteknologi Tropika Lembab.
Jurnal Agroekoteknologi Tropika Lembab (JATL), internationally titled Humid Tropical Agroecotechnology Journal, is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published and managed within Mulawarman University, Indonesia. This page describes the institutional structure and the respective responsibilities involved in the governance and publication of the journal.
Institutional Information
Owner
Mulawarman University
The journal is institutionally owned by Mulawarman University, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Publisher
Mulawarman University
Mulawarman University is responsible for the institutional framework supporting the publication and sustainability of the journal.
Managing Institution
Department of Agroecotechnology
The journal is managed by the Department of Agroecotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Mulawarman University.
Journal Management
The journal is managed by an editorial organization consisting of the Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board, Section Editors, Managing Editors, Reviewers, and supporting editorial personnel. Their respective responsibilities include:
- establishing and implementing the journal's editorial policies;
- conducting the initial evaluation of submitted manuscripts;
- selecting qualified and appropriate peer reviewers;
- supervising the peer-review and editorial decision-making processes;
- maintaining the academic quality, integrity, and relevance of published articles;
- managing copyediting, production, publication, and article metadata;
- maintaining the continuity, accessibility, and transparency of the journal.
Core Principle
Editorial Independence
Editorial decisions are based on the scholarly merit, originality, relevance, methodological quality, and ethical integrity of each manuscript. Decisions are made independently by the journal's authorized editors through the established editorial and peer-review procedures.
The owner, publisher, managing institution, sponsors, and other parties must not interfere with decisions to accept, request revision of, or reject a manuscript. Institutional affiliation, financial considerations, personal relationships, and commercial interests must not determine editorial decisions.
Roles and Responsibilities
1
Owner and Publisher
Provide institutional support, publishing infrastructure, and general oversight required to maintain the continuity and accessibility of the journal.
Provide institutional support, publishing infrastructure, and general oversight required to maintain the continuity and accessibility of the journal.
2
Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board
Hold authority and responsibility for editorial policies, peer-review supervision, editorial decisions, publication quality, and the protection of research integrity.
Hold authority and responsibility for editorial policies, peer-review supervision, editorial decisions, publication quality, and the protection of research integrity.
3
Peer Reviewers
Provide objective, confidential, constructive, and evidence-based evaluations to support editorial decisions and improve manuscript quality.
Provide objective, confidential, constructive, and evidence-based evaluations to support editorial decisions and improve manuscript quality.
4
Editorial and Technical Staff
Support manuscript administration, communication, copyediting, layout, metadata management, online publication, and the maintenance of the journal website.
Support manuscript administration, communication, copyediting, layout, metadata management, online publication, and the maintenance of the journal website.
Funding and Sponsorship
Institutional, financial, or technical support provided to the journal does not confer authority over editorial decisions. Any sponsorship or other material support relevant to journal operations should be disclosed transparently. Such support must not influence manuscript assessment, reviewer selection, editorial decisions, or the conclusions presented in published articles.
Publishing Fees and Editorial Decisions
Any applicable publication or author fee is administered separately from the academic evaluation of manuscripts. Payment of a fee does not guarantee acceptance or publication. Manuscripts remain subject to the journal's editorial screening, peer-review process, ethical standards, and publication requirements.
Transparency and Accountability
JATL is committed to transparent journal governance. The composition of the editorial team and reviewers is presented on the journal website. Any person involved in manuscript handling must disclose circumstances that could create an actual, potential, or perceived conflict of interest.
Questions or concerns related to journal governance, editorial management, or publication practices may be submitted to the journal's official contact. Matters involving an editor will be handled by another authorized editor or appropriate institutional authority who is not involved in the matter.
Journal Identity
| Journal title | Jurnal Agroekoteknologi Tropika Lembab |
| English title | Humid Tropical Agroecotechnology Journal |
| Journal abbreviation | JATL |
| Online ISSN | 2621-394X |
| Print ISSN | 2622-3570 |
| Owner and publisher | Mulawarman University |
| Managing institution | Department of Agroecotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Mulawarman University |
| Country of publication | Indonesia |
