Journal Ownership, Management and Revenue Transparency

The Jurnal Ilmu Peternakan dan Veteriner Tropis (JIPVET) is committed to transparent institutional governance, accountable journal management, editorial independence, and responsible administration of publishing resources.

Clear information concerning journal ownership, publishing responsibilities, editorial management, author fees, and other sources of revenue allows authors, readers, reviewers, and other stakeholders to understand how the journal operates.

This policy describes JIPVET's institutional publishing arrangements, editorial structure, responsibilities of the publisher and editors, publication charges, and principles governing financial transparency and conflicts of interest.

The policy is informed by the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing developed by COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, and WAME.

1. Journal Identity and Institutional Publisher

JIPVET is a scholarly journal publishing research in tropical animal and veterinary sciences.

The journal is published through the Faculty of Animal Science (Fakultas Peternakan), Universitas Papua, Indonesia.

The journal's institutional publishing history is described on its official About the Journal page.

Information about the publisher must be presented accurately and must not imply affiliation with an organization that has not formally authorized such representation.

2. Ownership and Publishing Responsibilities

JIPVET operates within the institutional publishing environment of the Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Papua.

Institutional publishing responsibilities include supporting the journal's scholarly mission, administrative continuity, publishing infrastructure, and governance arrangements.

The formal ownership of the journal title, associated intellectual property, and publishing assets must be determined according to the applicable institutional records and legal arrangements.

Formal ownership record: [DATA DIPERLUKAN: CONFIRM THE LEGALLY OR INSTITUTIONALLY DESIGNATED OWNER OF THE JOURNAL TITLE AND PUBLISHING ASSETS.]

The publisher should maintain appropriate institutional records concerning authorization to publish the journal and appointment of responsible editorial personnel.

Ownership of the journal must remain distinct from authority over individual manuscript decisions. Institutional governance must protect the professional independence of scientific editors.

3. Journal Management and Editorial Structure

JIPVET's editorial organization includes an Editor-in-Chief, editorial board members, a managing editor, and editorial support personnel.

The following appointments are identified on the journal's public Editorial Team page:

The complete and current list of editorial board members, editorial assistants, and their institutional affiliations is maintained on the official Editorial Team page .

Editorial responsibilities should be assigned according to documented roles, relevant expertise, and applicable conflict-of-interest procedures.

Appointments and changes to the editorial structure must be reflected accurately on the journal website.

4. Editorial Independence and Decision-Making

Scientific and editorial decisions must be made independently of inappropriate institutional, financial, political, personal, or commercial influence.

The Editor-in-Chief and authorized handling editors are responsible for editorial decisions within their assigned areas of authority.

Manuscripts must be evaluated according to:

• Relevance to the journal's aims and scope.
• Scientific contribution and originality.
• Appropriateness of research design and methodology.
• Reliability and interpretation of findings.
• Compliance with research and publication ethics.
• Independent peer-review assessments where applicable.
• Adequacy and transparency of research reporting.

Neither the publisher nor a funding or sponsoring organization may require an editor to accept or reject an individual article for reasons unrelated to its scientific and ethical evaluation.

The payment of publication charges, a request for a fee waiver, or an author's institutional affiliation must not influence editorial decisions.

Where an editor has a relevant conflict of interest, the manuscript must be reassigned to an appropriately authorized, unconflicted editor.

The relationship between publisher responsibilities and editorial authority is further explained in the Editorial Decision-Making and Independence Policy.

5. Editorial Board Membership and Accountability

JIPVET's editorial board should consist of scholars and specialists with expertise relevant to the journal's subject areas.

Editorial appointments should be based on relevant professional competence, scholarly experience, and the journal's operational needs.

Editorial board members may contribute to:

• Supporting the development of editorial policies.
• Providing specialist advice on manuscript assessment.
• Identifying appropriate independent reviewers.
• Promoting research integrity and publication quality.
• Supporting the journal's scholarly development.

Editorial board membership does not automatically confer authority to determine the outcome of every manuscript.

Individuals exercising article-level editorial authority must be appropriately appointed and free of relevant conflicts of interest.

The journal should maintain accurate names and affiliations of editorial personnel and review membership periodically.

6. Publishing Model and Author Fees

JIPVET operates an open-access publishing model under which published articles are made freely accessible to readers.

The journal's publicly stated author fee schedule includes:

JIPVET does not charge authors merely for submitting a manuscript.

The published article publication fee is IDR 1,000,000 per accepted article.

The applicable charges, payment requirements, and status of fee-waiver arrangements are addressed in the journal's Article Processing Charges (APC) and Waiver Policy .

Payment of an APC does not guarantee acceptance, expedited review, or preferential editorial treatment.

Readers are not required to pay an article-access fee to read published articles.

7. Sources of Revenue and Institutional Support

Transparency concerning the journal's business model and sources of publication-related revenue is an important part of responsible journal governance.

Article publication charges are a publicly documented financial component of JIPVET's publishing model.

The journal also operates within the institutional publishing environment of the Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Papua.

Institutional publishing affiliation must not be interpreted as confirmation of a specific financial subsidy or budget allocation without supporting records.

The following information requires confirmation by the authorized publisher administration before a complete statement of revenue sources can be made.

Categories for which the journal receives no income should be identified explicitly as "None" following administrative verification.

Any verified financial arrangement that may reasonably affect editorial independence must be disclosed and appropriately managed.

The existence of a revenue source does not authorize the payer, sponsor, or supporting organization to influence the assessment of individual manuscripts.

8. Sponsorship, Advertising, and Commercial Relationships

JIPVET recognizes that sponsorship, advertising, and commercial relationships, where applicable, must be managed transparently and independently of editorial assessment.

Current advertising acceptance status: [DATA DIPERLUKAN: CONFIRM WHETHER JIPVET ACCEPTS PAID ADVERTISING.]

If advertising is accepted, the journal must publish its applicable advertising policy.

The advertising policy should identify:

• The categories of advertisements that may be accepted.
• The authorized individual or unit responsible for advertising approval.
• The criteria for rejecting inappropriate advertisements.
• The distinction between advertising and editorial content.
• Whether advertisements are contextual, behavioral, or otherwise selected.

Advertising and sponsorship must not determine manuscript acceptance, peer-review outcomes, or publication decisions.

Any sponsored content must be clearly identified and must not be presented as independently reviewed scholarship unless it has undergone the applicable editorial process.

Commercial relationships must be considered under the journal's conflicts-of-interest requirements.

9. Waivers, Invoicing, and Financial Administration

Financial administration must be separated from scientific and editorial decision-making.

Publication charges should be invoiced and processed through arrangements authorized by the publisher.

The publisher should maintain documented procedures for:

• Author fee notifications and invoicing.
• Verification of authorized payment instructions.
• Recording and reconciling payments.
• Issuing appropriate payment confirmations.
• Handling financial disputes and payment errors.
• Administering formally approved waivers or reductions, where available.

Individuals determining manuscript acceptance must not exercise article-level authority over the payment or waiver decision for the same article.

A waiver or reduction must not be represented as available unless its eligibility and authorization conditions have been established.

The current fee and waiver information is provided on the journal's APC and Waiver page.

Specific payment account details should be verified against the publisher's authorized financial administration before being communicated to authors.

10. Special Issues, Partnerships, and Direct Marketing

Special issues, supplements, conference-related publications, and collaborative publishing activities may create additional governance and financial considerations.

If such activities are undertaken, JIPVET should clearly state their editorial arrangements, publication requirements, and any applicable additional charges.

Guest editors, where appointed, must be subject to the journal's editorial independence and conflicts-of-interest policies.

Sponsors or external partners must not be granted authority to override independent editorial decisions.

Direct marketing and invitations to submit manuscripts must accurately represent the journal's identity, publication scope, peer-review practices, fees, and indexing status.

JIPVET must not use misleading claims about indexing, impact, publication speed, acceptance probability, or editorial endorsement to attract submissions.

All promotional communications should be appropriate, relevant to their recipients, and consistent with the journal's publicly stated policies.

11. Conflicts of Interest, Complaints, and Oversight

Financial, institutional, personal, and professional interests may create conflicts affecting journal governance.

Relevant conflicts must be disclosed and managed in accordance with the journal's Conflicts of Interest and Funding Disclosure Policy.

Editorial personnel must not receive improper benefits or preferential treatment linked to manuscript acceptance decisions.

Concerns involving editorial independence, ownership influence, publication fees, or procedural fairness may be reported through the appropriate journal communication channels.

Complaints should be examined by an authorized person who does not have a relevant conflict of interest in the matter.

When a concern involves the Editor-in-Chief or another senior editorial decision-maker, it should be referred to an appropriately authorized, unconflicted individual or body.

Financial complaints should be handled through the appropriate administrative process, without improperly affecting scientific decisions.

The journal's Complaints and Appeals Policy provides further information about procedural concerns.

12. Public Information, Periodic Review, and Accountability

JIPVET should maintain accurate and accessible public information concerning its publisher, editorial management, fee arrangements, and applicable policies.

Material changes to journal ownership, publishing responsibility, editorial leadership, business model, or author charges should be reflected promptly on the official website.

The publisher and journal management should periodically examine the consistency of public information with institutional and administrative records.

Statements concerning revenue, sponsorship, advertising, and institutional support must be based on information that can be verified.

The journal should distinguish confirmed arrangements from proposed procedures that have not yet been implemented.

Public disclosure should also remain consistent with applicable privacy, financial administration, and institutional accountability requirements.