Ownership and Management

Journal Affiliation and Supervision

Kamaya: Jurnal Ilmu Agama is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Jayapangus Press, Indonesia. The journal is dedicated to advancing academic knowledge, interdisciplinary research, and scholarly discourse in the fields of religious studies and cultural studies, with particular emphasis on the theoretical, philosophical, historical, social, and cultural dimensions of religion.

The journal publishes Original Research Articles and Review Articles addressing a broad range of topics within religious and cultural studies, including religious education, religious texts and literature, theology, religious philosophy, yoga, religious law, religious communication, religious cultures, religious moderation, cultural studies, regional languages, regional literature, the academic study of religion, and local wisdom. The journal may also consider Case Studies and Literary Studies on a limited and selective basis, provided that they demonstrate academic originality, methodological rigor, and clear relevance to its focus and scope.

Kamaya: Jurnal Ilmu Agama welcomes contributions from national and international scholars that offer theoretical, empirical, interpretative, and interdisciplinary perspectives on religious beliefs, practices, traditions, institutions, and their relationships with cultural and social life. The journal seeks to facilitate critical academic dialogue, promote scholarly understanding of religious and cultural diversity, and contribute to the advancement of religious and cultural scholarship at national and international levels.

As the publisher, Jayapangus Press provides institutional oversight, publishing infrastructure, administrative coordination, and technical support to ensure the journal's sustainable operation and compliance with established scholarly publishing standards. The publisher respects the editorial independence of the journal and does not interfere with the scientific evaluation of manuscripts, independent peer-review assessments, or final editorial decisions.

Editorial Management

The editorial management of Kamaya: Jurnal Ilmu Agama is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all scholarly publishing activities, including manuscript submissions, initial editorial screening, reviewer selection, peer-review coordination, manuscript evaluation, editorial decisions, and the publication and dissemination of accepted scholarly articles.

All editorial activities are conducted in accordance with the journal's established editorial policies, author guidelines, peer-review procedures, publication ethics, and academic quality standards. The editorial team is committed to maintaining transparency, fairness, confidentiality, academic integrity, editorial independence, and professional accountability throughout the publication process.

Editorial decisions are made independently based on the scholarly quality, originality, methodological rigor, relevance to the journal's focus and scope, ethical compliance, and potential contribution of submitted manuscripts to religious and cultural studies.

The evaluation process considers the academic significance of research findings, the strength of theoretical and conceptual arguments, the appropriateness of research methodologies, and the contribution of manuscripts to understanding religious phenomena, cultural practices, religious traditions, and their broader social and intellectual contexts.

Decisions regarding manuscript acceptance, revision, or rejection are made by the editorial team based on scholarly merit and informed by independent peer-review assessments. Reviewer recommendations serve as academic advice, while final editorial authority remains with the journal's designated editors in accordance with its established editorial policies.

The editorial team is also responsible for identifying and managing potential conflicts of interest, addressing allegations of plagiarism, research misconduct, publication malpractice, and other ethical concerns, and implementing appropriate editorial actions in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policies and internationally recognized principles of responsible scholarly publishing.

Platform Management and Technical Support

The online publishing platform of Kamaya: Jurnal Ilmu Agama is managed and maintained with technical and administrative support from Jayapangus Press. This support includes maintaining the journal's electronic publishing infrastructure, facilitating online manuscript submission and editorial workflows, supporting peer-review administration, coordinating electronic publication processes, and ensuring the accessibility, functionality, and operational reliability of the journal's official website.

Technical and administrative support is intended to facilitate efficient and reliable journal operations, preserve the integrity and accessibility of published scholarly content, and support the effective dissemination of research in religious and cultural studies to scholars, researchers, educators, students, and the wider academic community.

Platform management and technical administration are conducted separately from editorial decision-making processes. Technical personnel and publishing support staff do not exercise authority over the scholarly evaluation of manuscripts, independent reviewer assessments, or final editorial decisions concerning manuscript acceptance, revision, or rejection.

Through clearly defined responsibilities among the publisher, editorial management, and technical support personnel, Kamaya: Jurnal Ilmu Agama is committed to maintaining accountable journal governance, editorial independence, transparent publishing procedures, ethical scholarly communication, and the continuous improvement of academic publishing quality.

These institutional and editorial arrangements aim to strengthen the journal's credibility, sustainability, and contribution to the advancement and international dissemination of scholarly knowledge in religious and cultural studies.