Ownership and Management

Journal Ownership and Management

1. Journal Identity

Jurnal Fisika Unand (JFU) is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal dedicated to the publication of original research in classical and modern physics and related interdisciplinary fields.

Journal Title: Jurnal Fisika Unand (JFU)
Online ISSN: 2686-2433
Publisher: Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Andalas, Indonesia
Journal Owner: Universitas Andalas
Official Website: https://jfu.fmipa.unand.ac.id/index.php/jfu

2. Journal Ownership

Jurnal Fisika Unand is published by the Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Andalas, Indonesia.

The journal's institutional or legal ownership is held by Universitas Andalas.

The journal owner is responsible for the institutional governance of JFU within the applicable organizational framework, including the authorization of journal operations and oversight of the journal's long-term sustainability.

Ownership of the journal does not confer authority to interfere improperly with the independent academic assessment of individual manuscripts.

3. Journal Management

JFU is managed through its editorial and journal administration structure.

The journal's management responsibilities are organized as follows:

Publisher

The publisher provides institutional support for journal operations, publishing infrastructure, administrative coordination, and the sustainability of scholarly publication activities.

Editor-in-Chief

The Editor-in-Chief provides academic leadership and oversees the implementation of editorial policies, peer-review standards, publication ethics, and editorial decision-making.

Editorial Board

The Editorial Board supports the journal's scholarly direction, subject-area expertise, editorial quality, policy development, and responsible management of submitted manuscripts.

Managing and Technical Editorial Personnel

Designated journal personnel support manuscript administration, editorial correspondence, production coordination, publication metadata, website management, and the operation of Open Journal Systems (OJS).

The names and affiliations of individuals serving in these roles are provided on the journal's official Editorial Team page.

4. Editorial Independence

JFU maintains the principle of editorial independence.

Decisions concerning manuscript screening, peer-review evaluation, revision, acceptance, rejection, and post-publication editorial actions must be based on scientific merit, methodological soundness, relevance to the journal's aims and scope, and applicable publication ethics requirements.

The journal owner, publisher, institutional administrators, sponsors, and other external parties must not exert inappropriate influence over editorial decisions.

Manuscripts submitted by members of the journal's ownership, publishing, or editorial organizations must be subject to the same scholarly and ethical standards as other submissions.

Potential conflicts of interest must be disclosed and managed through independent editorial handling.

5. Governance and Accountability

JFU seeks to maintain clear responsibilities and accountability in its publishing operations.

The publisher is responsible for providing appropriate institutional and operational support, while the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board are responsible for maintaining scholarly standards and the integrity of editorial decisions.

Significant matters involving editorial governance, conflicts of interest, publication misconduct, complaints, or institutional responsibilities must be handled through the appropriate journal policies and organizational procedures.

6. Transparency of Ownership and Management

JFU makes information about its publisher, editorial leadership, and journal management available through its official website.

Material changes to the journal's ownership, publisher, or editorial management structure will be reflected in the relevant website information.

The journal does not represent its ownership or management arrangements in a manner intended to mislead authors, reviewers, readers, or other stakeholders.