Ownership and Management Information

MUMTAZ : Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam is fully committed to transparency in institutional ownership, publication governance, operational management, and editorial independence in accordance with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (COPE/DOAJ). This page outlines the journal's ownership structure, management responsibilities, financial model, and institutional oversight.

1. Ownership and Official Publisher

MUMTAZ : Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam is owned and officially published by the Islamic Religious Education Study Program (Program Studi Pendidikan Agama Islam), Faculty of Tarbiyah, Universitas Islam Ibrahimy Banyuwangi (UNIIB), East Java, Indonesia.

Journal Title	MUMTAZ : Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam
Owner & Publishing Body	Program Studi Pendidikan Agama Islam, Fakultas Tarbiyah, Universitas Islam Ibrahimy Banyuwangi (UNIIB)
Parent Institution	Universitas Islam Ibrahimy Banyuwangi (UNIIB), Indonesia
Journal Website	https://ejournal.uniib.ac.id/index.php/mumtaz

The journal title, institutional affiliation, and publishing policies are presented transparently to ensure that authors, peer reviewers, and readers are never misled regarding the journal's origin, ownership, or association with any other institution.

2. Governance and Management Structure

The governance of MUMTAZ : Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam maintains a clear separation between institutional administration and academic editorial decision-making:

• Institutional Publisher (Faculty of Tarbiyah & LPPM UNIIB): Provides digital infrastructure (Open Journal Systems server hosting), institutional funding support, DOI registration (Crossref), digital archiving, and administrative oversight without interfering in individual editorial decisions.
• Editor-in-Chief: Holds ultimate responsibility and authority for the academic content of the journal, publication ethics enforcement, strategic scholarly direction, and the final decision to accept or reject submitted manuscripts.
• Journal Manager: Oversees the technical operation of the OJS platform, publishing workflow coordination, copyediting and layout production (galley proofs), metadata distribution, indexing compliance, and administrative communication.
• Editorial Board (Editors): Comprises national and international scholars who conduct initial manuscript screening, assign qualified independent peer reviewers, evaluate review reports, and guide authors through the revision process.
• Peer Reviewers: Independent subject-matter experts in Islamic education and Islamic studies who evaluate submissions objectively through a double-blind peer review process.

Full details of the current management personnel and their institutional affiliations are publicly accessible on the Editorial Team and Reviewers pages.

3. Editorial Independence

The Editorial Board of MUMTAZ : Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam operates with complete academic and editorial independence. Decisions to accept or reject a manuscript are based exclusively on its scholarly merit, originality, methodological rigor, clarity of presentation, adherence to publication ethics, and relevance to the journal's Focus and Scope.

Editorial decisions are never influenced by commercial considerations, financial relationships, political interests, or institutional pressure from the owning university. Manuscripts submitted by faculty members, researchers, or students of Universitas Islam Ibrahimy Banyuwangi—or by members of the Editorial Board—are subjected to the same rigorous, independent double-blind peer review process and are handled by editors who have no conflict of interest with the authors.

4. Revenue Sources and Financial Sustainability

To ensure long-term operational sustainability and open-access availability, MUMTAZ : Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam is supported by two transparent revenue sources:

1. Institutional Support: Annual operational funding, human resources, and IT infrastructure provided by Universitas Islam Ibrahimy Banyuwangi (UNIIB).
2. Article Processing Charges (APCs): Publication fees charged to authors only after a manuscript has been formally accepted following peer review, which cover DOI registration, copyediting, layout production, and digital preservation, as detailed on the Article Processing Charge (APCs) and Article Submission Charge (ASCs) pages.

An author's ability to pay or financial status has zero bearing on the peer review process or editorial decision-making.

5. Advertising and Direct Marketing Policy

• Advertising Policy: MUMTAZ : Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam does not accept or display commercial third-party advertisements on its website or within its published PDF articles. Announcements published on the journal website are strictly limited to academic notices, such as Calls for Papers, scholarly conferences, or editorial policy updates.
• Direct Marketing: Any direct marketing activities, including Calls for Papers or invitations to submit manuscripts conducted on behalf of the journal, are targeted, appropriate, unobtrusive, and provide truthful, transparent information regarding the journal's scope, review process, and publication fees.

6. Official Contact and Secretariat

All inquiries regarding institutional ownership, management, and governance should be directed to the editorial office:

Editorial Office of MUMTAZ : Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam
Program Studi Pendidikan Agama Islam, Fakultas Tarbiyah
Universitas Islam Ibrahimy Banyuwangi (UNIIB)
Jl. KH. Hasyim Asy'ari No. 1, Genteng, Banyuwangi, East Java 68465, Indonesia
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