Ownership and Journal Management

Ownership and Journal Management

WASPADA (Jurnal Wawasan Pengembangan Pendidikan)

1. Journal Identity

WASPADA (Jurnal Wawasan Pengembangan Pendidikan) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes original research articles, literature reviews, and academic studies in the field of education and related disciplines.

The journal covers various aspects of educational research and development, including teaching and learning methodologies, curriculum development, educational innovation, educational technology, teacher professional development, educational management, character education, learning assessment, and other relevant areas of educational science.

WASPADA serves as a platform for scientific communication and the dissemination of academic knowledge among researchers, lecturers, teachers, students, educational practitioners, policymakers, and other members of the academic community who are committed to advancing educational research, theory, and practice.

The journal aims to support the advancement of educational knowledge by publishing original, relevant, high-quality, and academically accountable scholarly works.

Through its publication activities, WASPADA seeks to encourage scholarly discussions, promote innovative educational practices, and contribute to the continuous improvement of education at various levels.

Publication Information:

  • Journal Title: WASPADA (Jurnal Wawasan Pengembangan Pendidikan)

  • Journal Abbreviation: WASPADA

  • Print ISSN (P-ISSN): 2580-2267

  • Electronic ISSN (E-ISSN): 2722-0435

  • Publisher: Universitas Darul Ulum Islamic Centre Sudirman GUPPI (UNDARIS)

  • Publishing Unit: Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP), Universitas Darul Ulum Islamic Centre Sudirman GUPPI

  • Publication Frequency: Twice a year (April and September)

  • DOI Prefix: 10.61689

  • Journal Management Platform: Open Journal Systems (OJS)

  • Official Website: https://ejournal.undaris.ac.id/index.php/waspada

2. Journal Ownership and Publisher

WASPADA (Jurnal Wawasan Pengembangan Pendidikan) is published by Universitas Darul Ulum Islamic Centre Sudirman GUPPI (UNDARIS), through its Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP), located in Ungaran, Semarang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia.

The publisher is responsible for providing institutional, administrative, technical, and operational support necessary to ensure the effective management and sustainable publication of the journal.

The publisher's responsibilities include supporting editorial activities, providing publication facilities, maintaining the electronic publishing platform, facilitating administrative operations, and ensuring the continuity and quality of scholarly publishing activities.

The publisher is committed to supporting an independent, transparent, professional, and quality-oriented editorial process in accordance with recognized standards of scholarly publishing and publication ethics.

All scientific decisions regarding manuscript acceptance, revision, or rejection are the responsibility of the editorial team and must be based on academic evaluation, scientific merit, and peer-review results.

Institutional support provided by the publisher must not be used to influence editorial decisions in ways that compromise scientific objectivity, academic independence, or publication integrity.

The publisher also supports the implementation of responsible research practices, including compliance with research ethics, protection of research participants, confidentiality of unpublished manuscripts, and adherence to applicable intellectual property regulations.

Information regarding the publisher's institutional identity, editorial management, organizational affiliation, and official communication channels is available through the journal's website.

3. Editorial Management Structure

The editorial management of WASPADA (Jurnal Wawasan Pengembangan Pendidikan) involves the Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board, Peer Reviewers, and Journal Management and Production Team.

Each component of the editorial structure has specific responsibilities to ensure that the journal's publication activities are conducted professionally, transparently, objectively, and in accordance with established academic publishing standards.

Editor-in-Chief

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for coordinating editorial policies, maintaining the scientific quality and integrity of published articles, overseeing the peer-review process, and ensuring that editorial decisions are made objectively and independently.

The Editor-in-Chief also provides strategic direction for journal development, promotes continuous improvement in editorial management, and ensures compliance with applicable research ethics and publication policies.

In the context of educational research, the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for ensuring that published manuscripts demonstrate academic relevance, methodological reliability, and meaningful contributions to the advancement of educational knowledge and practice.

Editorial Board

The Editorial Board is responsible for conducting preliminary manuscript evaluations, managing and monitoring the peer-review process, assessing the relevance of submitted manuscripts to the journal's disciplinary scope, and providing editorial recommendations based on their respective academic expertise.

Editorial Board members are expected to maintain academic professionalism, objectivity, independence, and confidentiality throughout the manuscript evaluation process.

The Editorial Board also contributes to maintaining the scholarly quality of articles related to educational research, curriculum development, teaching methodologies, educational technology, teacher professional development, learning assessment, and other relevant areas.

Peer Reviewers

Peer Reviewers are responsible for conducting independent scientific evaluations of manuscripts submitted for publication.

Their assessments focus on the relevance, originality, methodological appropriateness, accuracy of analysis, validity of research findings, clarity of academic arguments, and potential contributions of submitted manuscripts to educational research and development.

Reviewers are expected to provide constructive, objective, and evidence-based comments and recommendations that assist authors in improving the scientific quality of their manuscripts.

Reviewers must maintain confidentiality, disclose potential conflicts of interest, and refrain from using unpublished information obtained through the peer-review process for personal or third-party benefit.

Journal Management and Production Team

The Journal Management and Production Team provides technical and administrative support for the journal's editorial and publication activities.

Its responsibilities include managing the OJS platform, administering manuscript submissions, coordinating editorial communications, conducting copyediting, preparing article layouts and formatting, managing publication metadata, supporting electronic publication, and maintaining the journal's digital archives.

The management team also assists in ensuring the accuracy of publication information and the continuous accessibility of published scholarly articles.

The composition and identities of the journal's editorial management and peer reviewers are made available through the official journal website.

Editorial Team:

https://ejournal.undaris.ac.id/index.php/waspada/pages/view/Editor

Reviewer Team:

https://ejournal.undaris.ac.id/index.php/waspada/pages/view/Reviewer

4. Editorial Independence

WASPADA (Jurnal Wawasan Pengembangan Pendidikan) upholds the principle of editorial independence throughout all stages of manuscript evaluation, peer review, editorial decision-making, and scholarly publication.

Decisions regarding the acceptance, revision, or rejection of manuscripts must be based on scientific quality, originality, relevance to the journal's aims and scope, methodological rigor, peer-review findings, and compliance with publication ethics.

The publisher, sponsors, institutional authorities, and other external parties are not permitted to interfere with editorial processes in ways that may compromise scientific independence, objectivity, or the integrity of publication decisions.

The payment of publication fees, where applicable, does not guarantee manuscript acceptance and must not influence the judgments or decisions of editors and peer reviewers.

All manuscripts must be evaluated fairly, consistently, and professionally, regardless of the authors' institutional affiliations, academic positions, personal relationships, professional backgrounds, or financial circumstances.

Editorial decisions must be based exclusively on academic considerations and must remain free from inappropriate personal, institutional, commercial, or political influence.

The journal is committed to maintaining transparent and accountable editorial procedures that safeguard the credibility of published research.

In evaluating educational research, editorial independence also requires careful consideration of methodological validity, research reliability, ethical compliance, and the potential implications of research findings for educational theory, policy, and practice.

5. Management Transparency

WASPADA (Jurnal Wawasan Pengembangan Pendidikan) is committed to maintaining transparency, public accessibility of information, and accountability throughout its editorial management and publication activities.

The journal provides publicly accessible information for authors, readers, peer reviewers, researchers, and other members of the academic community regarding the following matters:

  1. Journal Aims and Scope: Information regarding the journal's academic disciplines, research topics, and types of manuscripts eligible for publication.

  2. Editorial Policies: Guidelines governing manuscript submission, editorial evaluation, peer review, revision procedures, and publication decisions.

  3. Peer-Review Process: Information concerning scientific evaluation procedures, reviewer responsibilities, and the principles of objectivity and independence in manuscript assessment.

  4. Research and Publication Ethics: Policies concerning academic integrity, originality, authorship, conflicts of interest, protection of research participants, and procedures for handling suspected ethical violations.

  5. Copyright and Licensing: Information regarding copyright ownership, publication rights, licensing provisions, and the permissible reuse of published scholarly works.

  6. Publication Fees: Information regarding manuscript submission fees, article processing charges, or other publication-related costs, where applicable.

  7. Publication Schedule: Information regarding publication frequency, scheduled publication periods, and the journal's publication archives.

  8. Official Contact Information: Communication channels available to authors, readers, reviewers, and other relevant stakeholders.

Changes to journal management policies must be implemented in a planned, transparent, and responsible manner, taking into consideration the interests of authors, readers, reviewers, and the broader academic community.

The journal strives to ensure that all published policies remain clear, consistent, and aligned with actual editorial and publishing practices.

Management transparency also includes the availability of information regarding editorial responsibilities, procedures for handling complaints, and post-publication policies intended to maintain the reliability and integrity of the scholarly record.

The journal is committed to responsible communication and the continuous improvement of its management practices in accordance with recognized principles of academic publishing.

6. Electronic Journal Management

All manuscript submission, evaluation, editorial management, and publication activities at WASPADA (Jurnal Wawasan Pengembangan Pendidikan) are conducted electronically through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.

The platform facilitates manuscript administration, editor assignments, peer-review activities, author revisions, editorial decisions, publication preparation, and scholarly archiving.

The journal management team is responsible for maintaining the security, reliability, availability, and sustainability of its electronic publishing system.

Electronic journal management responsibilities include:

  1. Protecting user accounts and information stored within the journal management system.

  2. Maintaining the confidentiality of unpublished manuscripts and information obtained during editorial evaluation and peer review.

  3. Ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of published article metadata.

  4. Managing editorial records, communication histories, and publication archives responsibly.

  5. Supporting the electronic preservation and long-term availability of published scholarly articles.

  6. Maintaining access to published content in accordance with the journal's open-access and archiving policies.

  7. Supporting the management of article identification and bibliographic information, including Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), where available.

  8. Protecting personal information, research documentation, and confidential data obtained from authors, reviewers, and research participants.

Electronic journal management is conducted in accordance with the principles of information security, confidentiality, transparency, accountability, and responsible scholarly publishing.

Personal information and confidential materials obtained during manuscript submission and evaluation must not be disclosed or used by unauthorized parties.

The journal seeks to continuously improve its electronic publishing infrastructure to enhance editorial efficiency, strengthen metadata quality, support scholarly discoverability, and promote the accessibility of published research.

Through effective electronic management, WASPADA aims to maintain a reliable, professional, and sustainable scholarly publishing environment.

7. Journal Sustainability and Development

WASPADA (Jurnal Wawasan Pengembangan Pendidikan) is committed to continuously improving the quality of its editorial management, expanding academic collaboration, and strengthening the involvement of qualified researchers, editors, and peer reviewers.

Journal development initiatives are directed toward maintaining publication consistency, improving the scientific quality of published articles, expanding the dissemination of scholarly knowledge, and enhancing the visibility and academic impact of publications at national and international levels.

The journal seeks to contribute to the advancement of educational research through the dissemination of scientific findings relevant to teachers, educational institutions, curriculum developers, researchers, policymakers, and educational practitioners.

Efforts to support journal sustainability and development may include:

  1. Improving editorial management quality and publication workflow efficiency.

  2. Strengthening peer-review standards to maintain the quality and credibility of scholarly articles.

  3. Enhancing the academic competence and professional networks of editors and peer reviewers.

  4. Adopting appropriate electronic publishing technologies that support transparency and accessibility.

  5. Improving publication metadata, digital archiving, and the discoverability of scholarly articles.

  6. Developing academic collaboration with universities, research institutions, schools, educational organizations, and professional communities.

  7. Increasing the visibility and dissemination of research findings through relevant indexing services and scholarly communication platforms.

  8. Encouraging high-quality educational research focusing on teaching innovation, curriculum development, educational management, character education, educational technology, and the improvement of learning outcomes.

All journal development activities are conducted in accordance with the principles of accountability, editorial independence, academic professionalism, scientific integrity, institutional responsibility, and compliance with publication ethics.

Through these commitments, WASPADA (Jurnal Wawasan Pengembangan Pendidikan) aims to contribute sustainably to the advancement of educational knowledge, innovation in teaching and learning, professional development of educators, and the improvement of educational quality.

The journal also seeks to strengthen its role as a scholarly publication platform that supports meaningful academic discussions and the responsible dissemination of educational research.

8. Public Communication and Information

Inquiries, requests for information, complaints, and official communications concerning journal ownership, editorial management, publication policies, or other journal-related activities may be submitted through the official communication channels provided by WASPADA (Jurnal Wawasan Pengembangan Pendidikan).

The editorial management is committed to facilitating professional, transparent, and responsible communication with authors, peer reviewers, readers, educational practitioners, and other relevant stakeholders.

Communications regarding manuscript submissions, peer-review procedures, revisions, editorial decisions, research ethics, and publication-related concerns will be handled in accordance with the journal's established procedures and editorial responsibilities.

Official Journal Information:

  • Journal Name: WASPADA (Jurnal Wawasan Pengembangan Pendidikan)

  • Publisher: Universitas Darul Ulum Islamic Centre Sudirman GUPPI (UNDARIS)

  • Publishing Unit: Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP)

  • Editorial Address: Jl. Tentara Pelajar No. 13, Ungaran, Semarang Regency, Central Java 50514, Indonesia

  • Institutional Journal Email: waspada.fkip@undaris.ac.id

  • Official Website: https://ejournal.undaris.ac.id/index.php/waspada

Official Contact Page:

https://ejournal.undaris.ac.id/index.php/waspada/about/contact

Additional information regarding the editorial structure, journal policies, publication archives, and communication procedures may be obtained through the journal's official website.

All inquiries and reports will be handled by considering the nature of the concerns, editorial responsibilities, confidentiality requirements, and principles of professional academic communication.

WASPADA (Jurnal Wawasan Pengembangan Pendidikan) is committed to maintaining professional, transparent, independent, accountable, and sustainable scholarly journal management while supporting the publication and dissemination of high-quality educational research.

Through responsible editorial practices and continuous institutional development, the journal seeks to strengthen its contribution to educational science, teacher professional development, learning innovation, and the advancement of educational practices.