Ownership and Management Information
JCS: Journal of Communication Studies is committed to transparency, operational integrity, and high standards of governance in academic publishing.
Institutional Ownership and Publishing Entity
- Publishing Institution: The Islamic Communication and Broadcasting Study Program, Faculty of Islamic Da'wah and Communication, INSURI Ponorogo.
- Institutional Governance: The journal operates under the official supervision of the Faculty of Islamic Da'wah and Communication, an accredited higher education institution in Indonesia.
- Institutional Support: INSURI Ponorogo provides organizational infrastructure, digital hosting services, technical platform maintenance, and long-term repository archiving for JCS.
Editorial Management and Independence
- Editorial Autonomy: The Editorial Board operates with full editorial independence. Editorial decisions regarding peer review, manuscript acceptance, and rejection are made solely on the basis of scholarly quality, originality, and relevance to communication studies, free from commercial, institutional, or political influence.
- Management Structure: The journal's management team consists of:
- Editor-in-Chief: Oversees the journal's overall strategic direction, publication quality, and final editorial decisions.
- Managing Editor: Coordinates the journal's day-to-day operations, initial manuscript screening, reviewer assignments, and publication scheduling.
- Editorial Board: Comprises national and international academic experts specializing in communication studies and digital media.
- Peer Reviewers: Independent subject-matter experts responsible for evaluating manuscripts through a double-blind peer-review process.
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