Ownership and Management Information

AL MANAR: Jurnal Komunikasi dan Pendidikan Islam is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published by STAI Masjid Syuhada Yogyakarta, Indonesia, through STAIMS PRESS. The journal publishes scholarly contributions in communication and Islamic education, with a focus on Islamic education in Southeast Asia.

The journal is committed to transparent institutional governance, responsible editorial management, academic independence, and the integrity of scholarly publishing.

1. Institutional Ownership and Publishing Responsibility

AL MANAR operates under the publishing responsibility of STAI Masjid Syuhada Yogyakarta, Indonesia, with STAIMS PRESS identified as its publisher.

The publishing institution supports the journal's institutional continuity, administrative operations, publication infrastructure, and sustainable dissemination of scholarly research.

The journal's academic publishing activities are conducted in accordance with applicable institutional policies, relevant regulations, established editorial procedures, and recognized standards of publication ethics.

The journal seeks to foster scholarly cooperation and academic exchange among researchers, educators, and professionals working in communication, Islamic education, and related fields.

2. Editorial Management Structure

The editorial management of AL MANAR is organized under the leadership of an Editor-in-Chief, supported by Editors with relevant academic expertise and disciplinary backgrounds.

The Editor-in-Chief provides academic and editorial leadership, oversees the quality and integrity of the publication process, and is responsible for final editorial decisions concerning submitted manuscripts.

The Editors contribute subject expertise to manuscript assessment, editorial evaluation, peer-review coordination, and the development of the journal's academic quality and international scholarly engagement.

Editorial responsibilities are carried out in accordance with the journal's policies on peer review, publication ethics, confidentiality, and competing interests.

The current editorial composition, institutional affiliations, and relevant academic profiles are publicly available on the journal's official Editorial Team page:

https://journal.staimsyk.ac.id/index.php/almanar/about/editorialTeam

3. Editorial Independence

AL MANAR upholds editorial independence in decisions concerning manuscript evaluation, peer review, acceptance, rejection, and publication.

Editorial decisions are to be based on scholarly merit, originality, methodological rigor where applicable, ethical compliance, clarity of argumentation, and relevance to the journal's focus and scope.

The publisher, institutional administrators, sponsors, and other external parties must not improperly influence editorial judgments or interfere with independent peer-review procedures.

The Editor-in-Chief and designated editors are responsible for safeguarding editorial impartiality, maintaining confidentiality, and ensuring that actual, potential, or perceived competing interests are appropriately disclosed and managed.

Editorial independence also requires that decisions remain separate from commercial considerations, publication charges, personal relationships, institutional interests, or pressure to favor particular authors or viewpoints.

4. Management Responsibilities and Accountability

The editorial management of AL MANAR is responsible for implementing transparent and consistent procedures throughout the scholarly publication process.

These responsibilities include:

Maintaining the quality and integrity of editorial assessment and peer review.
Ensuring compliance with publication ethics and research-integrity standards.
Managing manuscript submissions, editorial correspondence, and publication workflows.
Supporting the accessibility, discoverability, and preservation of published scholarly content.
Addressing editorial complaints, appeals, and allegations of publication misconduct fairly and responsibly.
Disclosing and managing competing interests that may affect editorial decisions.
Maintaining transparent communication with authors, reviewers, readers, and other stakeholders.

The publishing institution and editorial management exercise their respective responsibilities in accordance with the journal's established policies, applicable ethical requirements, and commitment to academic independence.

5. Transparency of Ownership and Management

AL MANAR is committed to providing publicly accessible information about its publishing institution, publisher, editorial management, academic scope, publication policies, and official communication channels.

Information concerning the journal's institutional publishing arrangements and editorial organization is made available through its official website and Editorial Team page.

The journal's official website is accessible at:

https://journal.staimsyk.ac.id/index.php/almanar

Information about the current editorial team is available at:

https://journal.staimsyk.ac.id/index.php/almanar/about/editorialTeam

Official inquiries concerning journal management, editorial procedures, and publication policies may be submitted through the journal's Contact page:

https://journal.staimsyk.ac.id/index.php/almanar/about/contact

6. Changes in Ownership and Management

Any significant changes in the journal's institutional publishing arrangements, publishing responsibility, management structure, or editorial leadership should be documented and communicated transparently through the journal's official publication platform.

Changes in editorial management must not compromise the independence of editorial decisions, the integrity of the peer-review process, or the continuity of the scholarly record.

The journal and its publishing institution are committed to maintaining responsible governance, ethical accountability, transparent communication, and sustainable scholarly publishing practices.

This policy should be read together with the journal's Publication Ethics, Peer Review Process, Conflict of Interest Policy, Copyright Policy, and Archiving and Digital Preservation Policy.