Ownership and Management Information Policy
Ownership and Management Information Policy
1. Purpose
This policy describes the ownership, publishing responsibilities, management arrangements, and editorial independence of the Journal of Health Sciences (JHS). It is intended to provide transparent information to authors, reviewers, readers, and indexing or accreditation bodies.
2. Journal Identity and Ownership
Journal title: Journal of Health Sciences (JHS).
Institutional affiliation: Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya (UNUSA), Indonesia.
Legal owner / owning unit: [CONFIRM OFFICIAL LEGAL ENTITY OR UNIT].
Publisher of record: [CONFIRM EXACT PUBLISHER NAME AS DISPLAYED IN THE JOURNAL AND ISSN RECORDS].
Official journal website: https://journal2.unusa.ac.id/index.php/JHS
The owner and publisher details must be confirmed against the journal’s governing documents and registration records before this policy is published.
3. Ownership Responsibilities
The verified journal owner is responsible for institutional oversight, ensuring the journal has appropriate resources, and supporting lawful and ethical publishing operations. Ownership does not confer authority to influence editorial decisions concerning individual manuscripts. Any change of ownership or publisher should be disclosed transparently on the journal website.
4. Publisher Responsibilities
The publisher supports the journal’s infrastructure, publication platform, archiving arrangements, administrative operations, and implementation of publication-ethics policies. The publisher should make the journal’s contact details, publishing policies, applicable charges, and relevant institutional information publicly accessible. Financial or institutional interests must not determine whether an individual manuscript is accepted.
5. Journal Management Structure
The journal is administered through an editorial management structure that may include the Editor-in-Chief, editorial board, managing editor or editorial office, peer reviewers, and technical support personnel. The current names, affiliations, and responsibilities of officeholders should be published and kept up to date on the journal’s Editorial Team and Contact pages.
Responsible management unit: [CONFIRM UNIT].
Editorial office contact: [INSERT VERIFIED OFFICIAL EMAIL AND ADDRESS].
6. Editorial Independence
The Editor-in-Chief and authorized editors have responsibility for decisions on manuscript suitability, peer review, revisions, acceptance, rejection, and post-publication editorial actions. Decisions are made on scholarly merit, relevance to the journal’s scope, methodological quality, ethical compliance, and the integrity of the scholarly record. Owners, institutional administrators, sponsors, and advertisers must not interfere with individual editorial decisions.
7. Roles and Accountability
Editor-in-Chief: Oversees editorial policy, quality assurance, peer review, publication decisions, and responses to publication-ethics concerns.
Editorial Board: Advises on academic scope, editorial standards, reviewer expertise, and policy development.
Managing Editor / Editorial Office: Coordinates submissions, communication, production workflows, and recordkeeping under editorial oversight.
Reviewers: Provide independent, confidential, timely, and evidence-based assessments while disclosing conflicts of interest.
Publisher / Owner: Provides governance and operational support while respecting editorial independence.
8. Conflicts of Interest and Transparency
Editorial staff, reviewers, and decision-makers must disclose relevant financial, professional, institutional, or personal conflicts of interest. Manuscripts involving editors or persons in positions of authority should be handled by an independent editor with no relevant conflict. JHS should publicly disclose the owner, publisher, editorial leadership, and contact information, and promptly update material changes.
9. Complaints, Appeals, and Ethical Oversight
Complaints concerning editorial conduct, ownership influence, or management practices may be submitted through the official journal contact channel. Complaints should be assessed impartially, with conflicted persons excluded from decision-making. Appeals and allegations of research or publication misconduct should be handled under the journal’s applicable published policies and informed by relevant Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidance.
10. Review and Amendments
This policy should be reviewed periodically by the editorial leadership and publisher. Substantive amendments should be dated and published on the journal website. Any approved changes must be consistent with the journal’s governing documents and actual management arrangements.
Implementation Checklist (remove before publishing)
Confirm the legal owner, publisher of record, and management unit against official documentation.
Insert verified editorial contact details and link to the current Editorial Team page.
Obtain approval from the Editor-in-Chief and authorized publisher representative.
Publish as a public OJS page titled “Ownership and Management” and enter that exact URL in ARJUNA.
Record the approval/effective date and remove all bracketed placeholders.