Journal Ownership and Management

1. Ownership
NOTION is owned and institutionally supported by Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD), a higher education institution located in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The university provides the institutional framework and support necessary for the journal’s sustainable operation and development in accordance with established scholarly publishing standards.

2. Management and Administration
The journal is managed by Universitas Ahmad Dahlan in coordination with the university’s Scientific Publication and Journal Management Unit (Bidang Publikasi Ilmiah UAD). The management team is responsible for the journal’s administrative operations, publication workflow, editorial support, and compliance with applicable academic publishing standards and ethical guidelines.

3. Professional and Scholarly Partnerships
NOTION seeks to establish and maintain collaborations with relevant professional associations, academic institutions, and scholarly societies, including ESAI and ASCEE. These partnerships aim to strengthen academic networking, promote the exchange of scholarly knowledge, and support the journal’s commitment to national and international publishing standards.

4. Editorial Independence
NOTION maintains editorial independence in its evaluation, selection, and publication of scholarly manuscripts. Editorial decisions are made independently by the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial team based on scholarly merit, originality, relevance to the journal’s scope, the quality and validity of peer review, and compliance with publication ethics. The university’s leadership and administrative structures do not interfere with individual editorial decisions. The journal is committed to upholding the principles of fairness, transparency, academic integrity, and publication ethics, including relevant guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).