Ownership and Management

Journal Affiliation and Supervision

Metta: Jurnal Ilmu Multidisiplin is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published by Jayapangus Press, Indonesia. The journal is dedicated to advancing academic knowledge, interdisciplinary research, and scholarly discourse across the humanities, social sciences, management, and related multidisciplinary fields.

The journal focuses on three principal areas: Humanities, encompassing arts, history, languages, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater, and cultural studies; Social Sciences, including geography, sociology, education, political science, law, public policy, social studies, history, philosophy, and anthropology; and Management, covering commerce, economics, finance, accounting, corporate governance, human resource management, marketing management, quality management, and training and development.

The journal primarily publishes Original Research Articles and Review Articles that contribute to theoretical development, empirical understanding, methodological advancement, and practical applications within its established Focus and Scope. Case Studies and Literary Studies may also be considered on a limited and selective basis, provided that they demonstrate scholarly originality, methodological rigor, substantial academic contributions, and clear relevance to the journal's multidisciplinary coverage.

Metta: Jurnal Ilmu Multidisiplin welcomes contributions from national and international scholars that offer theoretical, empirical, conceptual, interpretative, and interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary academic issues. The journal encourages research integrating different disciplinary approaches, examining complex social, cultural, economic, institutional, and organizational phenomena, and contributing to the advancement of scholarly knowledge 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 Metta: Jurnal Ilmu Multidisiplin and does not interfere with the academic evaluation of manuscripts, independent peer-review assessments, reviewer recommendations, or final editorial decisions.

The publisher's responsibilities are distinguished from those of the editorial team to ensure transparency, accountability, academic integrity, and independence throughout the publication process.

Editorial Management

The editorial management of Metta: Jurnal Ilmu Multidisiplin 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 Focus and Scope, Author Guidelines, Review Guidelines, Publication Ethics, Conflict of Interest Policy, and other applicable editorial policies.

The journal implements a single-blind peer-review system, in which reviewers are aware of the authors' identities, while reviewers' identities remain confidential. Manuscripts that pass the initial editorial screening are evaluated by at least one independent reviewer with relevant academic expertise.

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 scholarly quality, originality, methodological rigor, relevance to the journal's Focus and Scope, ethical compliance, and the potential contribution of submitted manuscripts to the humanities, social sciences, management, or related multidisciplinary fields.

The evaluation process considers the academic significance of research findings, the strength of theoretical and conceptual arguments, the appropriateness of research methodologies, the quality of scholarly analysis, and the contribution of manuscripts to disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge.

Decisions concerning manuscript acceptance, revision, or rejection are made by the authorized editorial team based on academic merit and informed by independent peer-review assessments. Reviewer recommendations serve as scholarly advice, while final editorial authority remains exclusively 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, authorship disputes, and other ethical concerns, and implementing appropriate editorial actions in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policies.

When concerns arise regarding published articles, the editorial team is responsible for evaluating and implementing appropriate corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions in accordance with the journal's established policies and internationally recognized principles of responsible scholarly publishing.

All editorial decisions must remain independent of financial considerations, institutional influence, personal relationships, and other inappropriate external interests.

Platform Management and Technical Support

The online publishing platform of Metta: Jurnal Ilmu Multidisiplin is managed and maintained with technical and administrative support from Jayapangus Press through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.

This support includes maintaining the journal's electronic publishing infrastructure, facilitating online manuscript submissions and editorial workflows, supporting peer-review administration, coordinating electronic publication processes, managing publication metadata, and ensuring the accessibility, functionality, and operational reliability of the journal's official website.

Technical and administrative support is intended to facilitate efficient journal operations, maintain the integrity and accessibility of published scholarly content, and support the effective dissemination of multidisciplinary research to scholars, researchers, educators, students, policymakers, professionals, and the wider academic community.

The journal supports responsible digital publishing practices, including the management of article metadata, online publication records, journal archives, and applicable digital preservation procedures.

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.

The publisher and technical support personnel may assist with manuscript processing, publication preparation, website maintenance, electronic dissemination, and other operational activities without compromising the independence of the editorial team.

Through clearly defined responsibilities among the publisher, editorial management, and technical support personnel, Metta: Jurnal Ilmu Multidisiplin 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, operational transparency, and contribution to the advancement and international dissemination of scholarly knowledge across the humanities, social sciences, management, and related multidisciplinary fields.