Journal of Integrated Economic and Community Partnerships (JIECoP) adheres to recognised ethical guidelines for research and publication and to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.
The following principles explain the journal’s identity, governance, editorial practices, access arrangements, financial transparency, and communication standards.
Journal of Integrated Economic and Community Partnerships is the official title of the journal. The name reflects the journal’s disciplinary focus in community engagement, social empowerment, and applied economics and its academic identity within Hasanuddin University. The acronym JIECoP is used consistently across the journal platform and published issues to prevent confusion and accurately communicate the journal’s origin, ownership, and scholarly scope.
JIECoP is hosted on Hasanuddin University’s official OJS platform. The website provides accurate and non-misleading information about the journal’s identity, ownership, editorial practices, aims and scope, readership, submission requirements, publication policies, and ISSN registration status. The platform is maintained to support secure access and the protection of user data during registration, submission, and peer review.
JIECoP applies a double-blind peer review process to support fair, objective, and rigorous assessment. Manuscripts that pass initial editorial screening are evaluated according to:
Reviewer reports are communicated to the corresponding author when revision or response is required. Final editorial decisions are made after considering the reviewers’ evaluations and the author’s revisions. The complete process is available in the Peer Review Process.
Faculty of Economics and Business, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia, is the official publisher and owner of Journal of Integrated Economic and Community Partnerships (JIECoP) and is responsible for the journal’s overall management and operations. The journal is managed by its editorial team under the governance structure published on the journal website.
JIECoP is overseen by an editorial governance structure that includes the Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor, and Editorial Board. Members are appointed based on relevant expertise and support academic standards, editorial integrity, peer-review quality, and responsible decision-making. Their names and affiliations are publicly listed on the Editorial Team page and updated when required.
JIECoP provides transparent editorial accountability by publicly listing editorial roles, names, and institutional affiliations. Official contact information is available on the Contact page. The journal’s principal address is at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia, and the official editorial email is jiecop@unhas.ac.id.
Authors retain copyright to their articles and grant JIECoP a non-exclusive right of first publication. JIECoP does not require authors to transfer copyright ownership to the journal or publisher.
Published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Material may be shared, distributed, reproduced, and adapted for any purpose provided appropriate attribution is given. Full details appear on the Copyright and License page.
JIECoP does not charge a manuscript submission fee or peer-review fee. An Article Processing Charge of USD 28, approximately equivalent to IDR 500,000, applies only to manuscripts that have successfully completed peer review and received formal acceptance for publication.
For payments made in Indonesia, the official payable amount is IDR 500,000. Authors are not required to make any payment during submission or peer review, and payment does not guarantee acceptance or influence editorial decisions. See Article Processing Charges.
JIECoP maintains a publicly available Publication Ethics framework. Misconduct includes fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, citation manipulation, and other unethical practices. Concerns are assessed using COPE-aligned good practice. Confirmed misconduct may lead to rejection, correction, retraction, or other proportionate action required to protect the scholarly record.
JIECoP is published twice a year, with regular issues released in April and October. Each issue publishes up to five articles that have completed editorial screening, double-blind peer review, revision, copyediting, production, and final approval.
Submissions are accepted throughout the year. When more publishable manuscripts are available than the capacity of an issue, the remaining accepted manuscripts are scheduled for the next available issue according to editorial readiness and the date of final acceptance. JIECoP does not accelerate or bypass peer review to fill an issue.
JIECoP provides immediate open access to all published content without subscription, registration, payment, or embargo barriers for readers. Its open-access arrangements and CC BY 4.0 licensing terms are explained in the Open Access Policy.
JIECoP supports long-term preservation and continued accessibility of published content through the LOCKSS system and institutional backup and restoration arrangements. Electronic content and metadata are maintained to support recovery in the event of service disruption.
Authors are encouraged to self-archive the final published version on personal websites and recognised repositories, provided complete bibliographic information is included and JIECoP is acknowledged as the original place of publication.
JIECoP operates as a non-profit scholarly journal under the Faculty of Economics and Business, Hasanuddin University. Its operations are supported by institutional resources and Article Processing Charges collected only from accepted manuscripts. Financial support and fee payments do not influence peer review, manuscript acceptance, or editorial decisions, which are based solely on scholarly merit and compliance with journal policies.
JIECoP does not accept commercial advertising on its website or within published articles. Editorial decisions are independent and are not influenced by commercial interests.
JIECoP does not conduct unsolicited direct marketing or mass solicitation of manuscripts. Calls for papers, announcements, and publication notifications are limited to registered users, recipients who have opted in, and individuals with an existing professional relationship with the journal. Communications are factual and non-misleading, and recipients may opt out at any time.
The official cover, volume, number, and publication date will appear after the issue is published.
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