Ownership and Management

Journal and Publisher Identity

Journal Name: Kertha Semaya: Journal Ilmu Hukum
Publisher: Faculty of Law, Udayana University
Managing Unit: Publication Unit, Faculty of Law, Udayana University
E-ISSN: 2303-0569
Publication Frequency: Monthly (January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December)
Address: Faculty of Law, Udayana University, Jalan Pulau Bali No. 1, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
Journal Website: [https://ejournal3.unud.ac.id/index.php/kerthasemaya/index](https://ejournal3.unud.ac.id/index.php/kerthasemaya/index)

Kertha Semaya Journal was first published electronically using Open Journal Systems (OJS) in December 2012 by the Faculty of Law, Udayana University, with Online ISSN 2303-0569.

1. Journal Ownership

Kertha Semaya: Journal Ilmu Hukum is a scientific journal published by the Faculty of Law, Udayana University, and managed by the Publication Unit of the Faculty of Law, Udayana University.

The Faculty of Law, Udayana University, through the journal management unit, is responsible for providing institutional and administrative support to ensure the sustainable publication of Kertha Semaya: Journal Ilmu Hukum. Such support includes providing and maintaining electronic publishing infrastructure, managing the journal website, providing administrative support, and supplying other facilities required for scientific publication.

Scientific and editorial management of Kertha Semaya: Journal Ilmu Hukum is carried out by the Editorial Board under the leadership of the Editor-in-Chief. The Editorial Board is responsible for managing submitted manuscripts, executing the peer-review process, conducting editorial evaluations, making publication decisions, and implementing editorial policies and publication ethics.

In fulfilling its responsibilities, the Editorial Board holds the authority to determine the suitability of a manuscript based on scientific quality, alignment with the journal's focus and scope, originality, and peer-review evaluations.

2. Editorial Independence

Institutional ownership and management of Kertha Semaya: Journal Ilmu Hukum shall not influence the independence of the Editorial Board in conducting the editorial process and determining manuscript publication suitability.

Decisions regarding the acceptance, revision request, or rejection of articles are made based on academic and editorial considerations, including scientific quality and contribution, originality, accuracy of legal research methodology, clarity of argumentation, relevance to notarial law and related legal fields, peer-review results, and compliance with publication ethics guidelines.

The Faculty of Law, Udayana University, the Publication Unit, sponsors, partners, and any other supporting entities are not permitted to exert undue intervention in the scientific evaluation process or editorial decisions.

Principle of Editorial Independence: All editorial decisions of Kertha Semaya: Journal Ilmu Hukum must be based on scientific considerations, objectivity, academic integrity, and publication ethics, free from personal, commercial, institutional, political, or any other non-academic interests.

3. Management Structure

The management of Kertha Semaya: Journal Ilmu Hukum involves institutional, editorial, and administrative elements operating according to their respective functions and responsibilities. The management structure comprises:

a. Publisher and Journal Manager: The Faculty of Law, Udayana University, together with the Publication Unit of the Faculty of Law, Udayana University, responsible for institutional support, publication sustainability, infrastructure provision, and administrative governance.
b. Editor-in-Chief: Responsible for leading the implementation of editorial policies, coordinating manuscript management, safeguarding editorial independence, and ensuring the quality and integrity of scientific publications.
c. Managing Editors / Editors: Responsible for initial manuscript evaluations, assessing alignment with the journal's focus and scope, coordinating the peer-review process, communicating with reviewers and authors, and providing recommendations for editorial decision-making within their authority.
d. Peer Reviewers: Responsible for conducting independent, objective, and professional scientific reviews based on relevant subject expertise, and providing recommendations regarding content quality, methodology, novelty, and publication suitability.
e. Editorial and Administrative Team: Responsible for supporting manuscript management, editorial communication, copyediting and formatting, article preparation for publication, archiving, and maintaining the journal publishing system.
f. The structure and membership of the Editorial Board and peer reviewers may be updated based on management needs and developments. Information regarding the composition of the Editorial Board is disclosed on the official website of Kertha Semaya: Journal Ilmu Hukum to ensure management transparency.

4. Publisher and Manager Responsibilities

The publisher and management of Kertha Semaya: Journal Ilmu Hukum are committed to ensuring high-quality, independent, transparent, and accountable scientific publishing by fulfilling the following obligations:

a. Providing and maintaining an Open Journal Systems (OJS)-based publishing infrastructure to support electronic manuscript submission, management, review, and publication.
b. Safeguarding the independence of the Editorial Board in conducting editorial workflows and making publication decisions based on academic considerations and publication ethics.
c. Ensuring editorial policies, author guidelines, journal scope, publication ethics regulations, and journal management information are available and accessible to authors, reviewers, and the public via the official journal website.
d. Supporting objective and independent peer-review processes conducted by qualified reviewers with relevant subject matter expertise.
e. Upholding academic integrity principles through manuscript originality checks, including the use of similarity checking tools like Turnitin, and handling allegations of plagiarism, conflicts of interest, and other publication ethics violations.
f. Ensuring continuous access to published articles, including supporting electronic archiving, maintenance, and preservation in accordance with journal policies.
g. Conducting continuous evaluation and enhancement of journal governance through capacity building for the Editorial Board and reviewers, system updates, and substance quality improvement to meet national and international scientific publishing standards.
h. Supporting transparency and accountability in journal governance by providing clear information regarding the publisher, management, editorial structure, manuscript review process, and publication policies via the official website of Kertha Semaya: Journal Ilmu Hukum

The management of this journal adheres to COPE Journal Management Guidelines.