Ownership & Journal Management

The Journal of Advanced Food Technology, Cultivation, and Innovation (JAFTCI) is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published by Austronesia Akademika, operating through the Austrodemika publishing platform associated with CV. Austronesia Akademika, Indonesia. The journal serves as an academic publication platform for the dissemination of original research, scientific knowledge, and technological innovation in food science and technology, sustainable agriculture, cultivation systems, aquaculture, biotechnology, and related disciplines.

The journal's management framework distinguishes the institutional responsibilities of the publisher from the independent scientific responsibilities of the editorial team. The publisher provides organizational and administrative support, while the Editor-in-Chief and authorized academic editors oversee manuscript evaluation, peer review, scholarly quality, and publication decisions.

This policy describes the journal's publishing organization, management responsibilities, editorial governance, decision-making independence, administrative functions, accountability mechanisms, and procedures for maintaining the continuity and integrity of the scholarly publication record.

🏛️ 01. Journal Ownership and Publishing Organization

JAFTCI is published under the organizational administration and publishing responsibility of Austronesia Akademika. The Austrodemika journal publishing platform identifies the associated publishing entity as CV. Austronesia Akademika, an Indonesian publishing organization supporting scholarly communication and academic journal dissemination.

The publishing organization is responsible for providing an appropriate institutional and administrative framework within which JAFTCI can operate according to established standards of transparency, editorial independence, ethical scholarly publishing, and responsible journal management.

🏢 02. Publisher Responsibilities

The publisher provides organizational oversight and the administrative infrastructure necessary to support the sustainable operation of JAFTCI. Its responsibilities concern the continuity, accountability, and technical support of journal publishing activities rather than direct intervention in the scientific assessment of individual manuscripts.

The publisher must cooperate with the responsible editorial team when significant errors, ethical concerns, or publication integrity issues require investigation. Any resulting corrective measures must be based on appropriate evidence and transparent editorial procedures.

👥 03. Editorial Governance and Management

Scientific and editorial responsibilities are exercised through the JAFTCI editorial structure. The journal is led by the Editor-in-Chief and supported by academic editors, section editors, reviewers, and editorial production personnel operating within their respective assigned responsibilities.

The current membership of the journal's editorial team is published through the official Editorial Team information maintained by JAFTCI. Editorial appointments, roles, affiliations, and responsibilities should be updated whenever changes occur.

⚖️ 04. Editorial Independence and Scientific Decision-Making

JAFTCI recognizes editorial independence as a fundamental requirement of credible scholarly publishing. Decisions regarding manuscript acceptance, revision, rejection, and publication must be made according to the scientific and ethical merits of the work under consideration.

The publisher, administrative personnel, authors, sponsors, institutions, and other parties must not improperly influence peer-review findings or scientific editorial decisions.

Editors with relevant conflicts of interest must withdraw from the affected assessment or decision-making process. Manuscripts involving members of the editorial team must be handled through an appropriate independent editorial arrangement.

🛠️ 05. Administrative Management and Production Functions

Administrative and technical personnel support the effective operation of the journal but do not independently determine the scientific acceptance of manuscripts. Responsibilities are allocated according to authorized roles within the OJS publishing workflow.

Changes affecting the scientific meaning of accepted manuscripts must be reviewed by the authors and responsible academic editor. Production personnel must not introduce substantive scientific modifications without appropriate authorization.

🛡️ 06. Publication Ethics and Institutional Accountability

JAFTCI maintains a governance framework that supports the fair examination of research integrity concerns, potential editorial misconduct, complaints, appeals, conflicts of interest, and necessary post-publication corrections.

The editorial team and publisher must cooperate appropriately when substantiated concerns require investigation or corrective action, while maintaining confidentiality and independent scientific judgment.

📂 07. Journal Records, Data Protection, and Accountability

Editorial assignments, review reports, manuscript revisions, correspondence, publication decisions, and related administrative records must be maintained through appropriate OJS procedures and authorized information-management arrangements.

Access to confidential materials must be restricted according to legitimate editorial, administrative, and technical responsibilities. Journal management must support accurate record keeping and responsible protection of authors' and reviewers' information.

🔓 08. Financial Transparency, Copyright, and Open Access

JAFTCI applies a free-of-charge scholarly publication policy. Manuscript submission, editorial screening, peer review, article processing, copyediting, proofreading, layout preparation, and online publication are provided without author charges.

The publisher and editorial management are responsible for maintaining accurate public information on author fees, copyright ownership, licensing, publication frequency, editorial responsibilities, and applicable journal policies.

The journal's financial arrangements must not influence the scientific evaluation or acceptance of manuscripts. Readers may access published scholarly articles freely, and authors retain copyright ownership under the journal's applicable open-access licensing policy.

🔄 09. Policy Changes, Governance Updates, and Publication Continuity

Substantive changes to the journal's ownership arrangements, publisher information, editorial structure, management responsibilities, or publishing policies must be reviewed and approved by the relevant authorized editorial and publishing authorities.

Policy changes should be communicated transparently and should not retrospectively undermine legitimate author rights, documented editorial decisions, or the integrity of previously published articles.

Any future transition in journal ownership or publisher responsibilities must maintain appropriate separation between organizational management and independent scientific editorial decision-making.

📨 10. Official Journal Management and Contact Information

Questions concerning the journal's publishing organization, ownership information, editorial governance, institutional responsibilities, administrative procedures, and publication policies should be directed through the official JAFTCI communication channels.