Focus and Scope

Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi is published by the University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara (UMSU) in collaboration with the Asosiasi    Pendidikan    Ilmu    Komunikasi    Perguruan    Tinggi Muhammadiyah  (APIK PTM)   that published twice a year in January and July. First published in January 2017

Jurnal Interaksi : Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi contains writings focused on the results of the research and contemporary thinking of communication science, Media, communication technology, applied communications, in a variety of views or perspectives.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Publication Frequency

Jurnal Interaksi : Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi published twice a year. The first volume will be published on January and second volume in July.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and availability of its published scholarly content. The journal recognizes the importance of digital preservation in maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record and ensuring that published articles remain accessible to readers, researchers, and the academic community over time.

Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasiimplements digital archiving practices to minimize the risk of content loss resulting from technical failures, website disruptions, or changes in the journal's publishing platform.

1. Digital Preservation

Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasipreserves its published articles and related publication metadata in digital formats through its journal management system. The journal takes reasonable measures to maintain the integrity, authenticity, and accessibility of its published content.

Digital preservation activities may include maintaining electronic copies of published articles, retaining publication metadata, performing routine backups, and transferring archived content when necessary to support continued access.

2. Online Accessibility

Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasiaims to ensure that published articles remain accessible through its official journal website. The journal endeavors to maintain access to previously published issues, article files, abstracts, bibliographic information, and associated metadata.

If the journal website experiences temporary technical problems, the editorial team will take reasonable steps to restore access to the published content.

3. Long-Term Preservation and Archiving Services

Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasisupports recognized digital preservation practices and may participate in established digital archiving services, such as LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe).

4. Content Integrity

Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi is committed to preserving the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record. Published articles will not be altered without appropriate editorial justification. When corrections, Expressions of Concern, or retractions are necessary, the relevant notices will be clearly identified and linked to the affected articles in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policy and applicable COPE guidance.

Where technically feasible, previous publication records and associated editorial notices will be retained to maintain transparency and traceability.

5. Access in the Event of Journal Discontinuation

If Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi ceases publication or its official website becomes permanently unavailable, the journal will make reasonable efforts to preserve access to previously published content through available archival copies, institutional repositories, digital preservation services, or other appropriate arrangements.

The journal aims to ensure that its published scholarly record remains available for future research and reference, subject to applicable copyright, licensing, and preservation requirements.

6. Authors' Responsibilities and Copyright

Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted manuscripts comply with Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi's copyright, licensing, and publication requirements. The journal's archiving practices do not diminish authors' rights or alter the applicable licensing conditions of published articles.

Authors and readers should consult the relevant article's licensing statement for information about permitted reuse, distribution, and repository deposit.

7. Policy Review

Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi will periodically review its archiving practices to maintain alignment with developments in digital preservation, scholarly publishing, and relevant technical standards. The journal may update its preservation arrangements as appropriate to strengthen the long-term accessibility and integrity of its published content

Ownership and Management Information

Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi is committed to transparency and accountability in its ownership, governance, and management. The journal provides clear information about its ownership, publishing institution, editorial leadership, and management structure to support trust among authors, readers, reviewers, and the wider academic community.

1. Journal Ownership

Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi is published by Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara (UMSU), through its designated journal publishing and management structure.

The journal operates within the institutional framework of UMSU and follows the university's applicable policies, regulations, and academic publishing standards. Its ownership and institutional affiliation are disclosed to ensure transparency regarding the organization responsible for the journal's publication.

2. Journal Management

Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi is managed by an editorial team responsible for coordinating manuscript submissions, peer review, editorial decisions, publication processes, and compliance with publication ethics.

The journal's management structure includes the Editor-in-Chief, editors, editorial board members, reviewers, and administrative personnel, according to the journal's organizational arrangements. Each role is expected to support the quality, integrity, and sustainability of the journal's scholarly publishing activities.

Information about the journal's editorial team, institutional affiliations, and relevant responsibilities is made available through the journal's official website.

3. Editorial Independence

Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi maintains editorial independence in the evaluation and selection of manuscripts. Editorial decisions are based on scholarly quality, originality, relevance, methodological rigor, research integrity, and compliance with the journal's publication policies.

Although the journal operates under the institutional ownership and publishing framework of UMSU, ownership and institutional affiliation do not entitle any party to improperly influence editorial decisions or interfere with the impartial assessment of manuscripts.

Editors are expected to exercise their responsibilities independently and ethically, without undue influence from financial, institutional, personal, or commercial interests.

4. Responsibilities of the Publisher

The publisher supports the journal's administrative, technical, and operational requirements to facilitate the effective management and dissemination of scholarly publications.

The publisher is responsible for supporting the journal's publishing infrastructure, maintaining appropriate institutional oversight, and facilitating the implementation of publication policies. These responsibilities must be carried out in a manner that respects editorial independence and protects the integrity of the scholarly record.

5. Transparency and Accountability

Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi is committed to providing accurate and accessible information about its ownership, publishing institution, editorial leadership, and management arrangements.

Any significant changes to the journal's ownership, institutional affiliation, publishing responsibilities, or management structure will be reflected on the journal's official website as appropriate.

The journal encourages authors, reviewers, readers, and other stakeholders to consult its official website for the latest information about its editorial team, publication policies, and management structure.

6. Policy Review

Jurnal Interaksi: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi will periodically review this policy to ensure that its ownership and management information remains accurate, transparent, and consistent with recognized standards of scholarly publishing, including the principles promoted by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).