Ownership and Management Information

The Indonesian Journal of Research and Educational Review (IJRER) maintains full transparency regarding its institutional ownership, legal governance, executive management structure, and financial sustainability models, in strict compliance with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing established by COPE.

1. Institutional Ownership and Publisher Details: IJRER is an official, peer-reviewed international scholarly journal owned and published by the Education and Talent Development Center Indonesia (ETDC Indonesia) in collaboration with the Doctor of Education Program, Postgraduate School, Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

2. Governance and Organizational Structure: The management of IJRER operates under a dual-tier structure comprising the Publisher Executive Board (institutional oversight and administrative management) and an Independent International Editorial Board (academic and peer-review governance).

3. Editorial Independence Mandate

• Separation of Governance: The institutional publisher (Education and Talent Development Center Indonesia (ETDC Indonesia) in collaboration with the Doctor of Education Program, Postgraduate School, Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar) guarantees complete editorial independence to the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board.
• Merit-Based Decisions: Publication decisions are made solely on the scientific quality, originality, methodological rigor, and educational relevance of manuscripts. Neither the publisher's executive leadership nor commercial interests exert any influence over peer-review outcomes or editorial decisions.

4. Key Management Roles and Responsibilities

• Publisher Representative: Ensures legal compliance, institutional funding support, infrastructure hosting, and long-term digital preservation.
• Editor-in-Chief: Directs strategic journal policy, upholds COPE ethical compliance, oversees associate editors, and renders final manuscript decisions.
• Managing Editor: Coordinates daily editorial operations, manages manuscript intake, assigns section editors, and maintains review timelines.
• Section/Associate Editors: Oversee domain-specific double-blind peer reviews, select expert reviewers, and synthesize reviewer evaluations.
• Technical & Production Editor: Handles copyediting, XML formatting, PDF layout typesetting, Crossref DOI registration, and OJS platform maintenance.

5. Financial Sustainability and Business Model: IJRER operates as a self-sustaining Open Access journal under a transparent non-profit financial model:

• Revenue Sources: Journal operations are supported through a combination of institutional publishing subsidies provided by Education and Talent Development Center Indonesia (ETDC Indonesia and Article Processing Charges (APCs) paid by authors or their funding agencies post-acceptance.
• Non-Commercial Mandate: IJRER does not sell advertising space, accept commercial sponsorships, or engage in commercial marketing that could compromise academic objectivity.
• Financial Transparency: All processing charges and waiver policies are publicly disclosed on the journal's official Author Fees page.