Ownership and Management Information

Al-Aulad: Journal of Islamic Primary Education is a scholarly journal published by the Department of Islamic Primary Teacher Education (Pendidikan Guru Madrasah Ibtidaiyah, PGMI), Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung, Indonesia, in collaboration with the Indonesian Association of Islamic Primary Teacher Education Lecturers (Perkumpulan Dosen PGMI Indonesia, PD-PGMI).

The journal's institutional responsibilities, editorial structure, administrative arrangements, and commitment to editorial independence are outlined below.

1. Institutional Responsibility and Publisher

Institutional and publishing information	Details
Journal title	Al-Aulad: Journal of Islamic Primary Education
Responsible institution	UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung, Indonesia
Publishing unit	Department of Islamic Primary Teacher Education, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung
Collaborating association	Perkumpulan Dosen PGMI Indonesia (PD-PGMI)
Editor-in-Chief	Asis Saefuddin
Online ISSN	2620-5238
Print ISSN	2615-5605

Al-Aulad: Journal of Islamic Primary Education operates within the institutional framework of UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung through the Department of Islamic Primary Teacher Education, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. The publishing unit provides institutional support for the journal's continuity, scholarly development, and responsible publication practices.

Collaboration with PD-PGMI supports the journal's academic community and the dissemination of scholarship in Islamic primary education. The respective institutional and collaborative responsibilities are distinct from the editorial assessment of individual manuscripts.

Institutional responsibility for the journal does not automatically determine copyright ownership of individual articles. Copyright, licensing, and permitted reuse of published works are governed by the journal's official Copyright Notice and Licensing Policy.

2. Editorial Management

The editorial management of Al-Aulad: Journal of Islamic Primary Education is organized through the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial team, whose roles and responsibilities support the journal's scholarly quality, publication standards, and editorial procedures.

The names, academic affiliations, and editorial positions of current team members are available on the Editorial Team page.

Editor-in-Chief

The Editor-in-Chief provides academic leadership and oversees the journal's editorial direction, publication standards, and implementation of editorial policies. Responsibilities include supervising editorial decisions, ensuring the appropriate handling of manuscripts, and addressing publication ethics concerns in accordance with the journal's policies.

Handling Editors

Handling editors manage manuscripts assigned to them within their areas of expertise. Their responsibilities may include conducting preliminary assessments, identifying qualified and independent reviewers, coordinating peer review and revisions, and making recommendations or editorial decisions within their delegated authority.

Editorial Board

Editorial board members provide scholarly expertise and contribute to the journal's academic development, subject coverage, and publication quality. They may participate in manuscript evaluation, peer review, and other editorial activities when assigned and when no relevant conflict of interest exists.

External peer reviewers provide independent assessments of manuscript quality, methodological soundness, originality, and relevance to Islamic primary education. Reviewer recommendations inform the editorial process, while final publication decisions remain the responsibility of the duly authorized editor.

3. Administrative and Technical Management

The journal's editorial office coordinates administrative activities and communication among authors, reviewers, editors, and readers. Administrative and technical responsibilities may include:

Maintaining manuscript submission records and editorial correspondence.
Coordinating copyediting, typesetting, author proofreading, and publication scheduling.
Maintaining accurate article metadata, publication information, and journal website content.
Coordinating website administration and technical support with authorized personnel.
Supporting the implementation and documentation of editorial, publication ethics, copyright, and licensing policies.
Managing digital publication records and supporting preservation arrangements in accordance with the journal's actual archiving practices.

Access to confidential manuscripts, reviewer identities, editorial correspondence, and other restricted information is limited according to assigned responsibilities and applicable confidentiality requirements.

Administrative and technical responsibilities are distinct from scholarly editorial authority. Access to the journal management system does not, by itself, confer the authority to determine manuscript acceptance or rejection.

4. Editorial Independence

Al-Aulad: Journal of Islamic Primary Education is committed to maintaining editorial independence and ensuring that publication decisions are based on scholarly merit, originality, methodological rigor, relevance to the journal's aims and scope, and compliance with publication ethics requirements.

Institutional affiliation, professional relationships, association membership, financial considerations, or personal interests must not improperly influence the acceptance or rejection of a manuscript. The responsible institution and collaborating association are expected to respect the independence of editorial assessments and decisions.

Editors must disclose relevant competing interests and withdraw from handling manuscripts when their impartiality may reasonably be questioned. Submissions authored by editors or editorial board members should be handled by an appropriately independent editor in accordance with the journal's Conflict of Interest and Peer Review policies.

Publication of an article does not necessarily imply endorsement by the journal, its publishing institution, or its collaborating association of every opinion or conclusion expressed in that article. Authors remain responsible for the accuracy, integrity, arguments, and conclusions presented in their work.

5. Accountability and Contact

Questions concerning the journal's institutional responsibilities, publishing arrangements, management structure, or editorial procedures may be directed to the editorial office through the official Contact page.

Concerns involving the conduct of an editor should, where appropriate, be referred to an independent editor or another authorized representative who is not directly involved in the matter. Concerns involving the Editor-in-Chief should be referred to an appropriate institutional or publishing representative for independent consideration.

The journal aims to maintain accurate and up-to-date information about its institutional responsibilities, publishing arrangements, and editorial leadership. Material changes to these arrangements should be reflected on the relevant journal information pages.

Editorial appointments and transitions should be managed in a manner that preserves confidentiality, supports continuity of manuscript processing, and maintains the integrity of the journal's editorial procedures.