Journal Policies (COPE Transparency)
This page sets out how Journal of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (JALF) meets the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), DOAJ, OASPA and WAME.
1. Ownership and management
Journal of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (JALF) is owned and published by PT Zuliya Smart Consulindo, a limited liability company established under Indonesian law (deed No. 80 of 2020; latest amendment deed No. 03 of 8 September 2026, approved by the Minister of Law, AHU-0089811.AH.01.02.TAHUN 2026; business identification number NIB 0220003122062), Jl. Dinar Elok No. 18, Meteseh, Tembalang, Semarang 50271, Central Java, Indonesia. The journal is managed by the company's scholarly publishing unit, Research Center Progresif.
2. Governing body and editorial team
Editorial decisions rest with the Editor-in-Chief (Dr. Bounmy Keohavong, Souphanouvong University, Lao PDR) and the editorial board, whose full names and affiliations are listed on the Editorial Team page. Reviewers are listed on the Reviewers page. The publisher does not take part in editorial decisions.
3. Contact
Editorial office: jalf@researchcenterprogresif.org · WhatsApp +62 811-2550-7144 · Contact page.
4. Peer review process
All research articles undergo double-blind peer review by at least one independent external reviewer (two wherever two qualified reviewers are available) with expertise in the field. Manuscripts are first screened by the editor for scope, originality and similarity; the decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief on the basis of the reviewers' reports. Details: Peer Review Process.
5. Publishing schedule
Journal of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (JALF) publishes two issues a year, published at the end of April and December. Accepted articles are placed in the next issue that has space (a maximum of seven articles per issue).
6. Access, copyright and licensing
All content is open access immediately on publication. Authors retain copyright; articles are published under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. See Open Access Statement and Repository and Self-Archiving Policy.
7. Author fees and revenue sources
There is no submission fee and no article processing charge during the journal's founding period (see Article Processing Charges). The journal is financed by the publisher. Any future fee will be announced on this site before it applies to new submissions, and fees never influence editorial decisions.
8. Publication ethics and research misconduct
The journal follows COPE Core Practices. The duties of editors, reviewers and authors, and the handling of plagiarism, data fabrication, duplicate publication, citation manipulation and authorship disputes, are set out in the Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement and the Plagiarism and Originality Policy. Suspected misconduct is handled following the COPE flowcharts.
9. Conflicts of interest
Authors, reviewers and editors must declare any financial or personal relationship that could influence their work. Editors and reviewers do not handle manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest; a manuscript authored by an editor of this journal is handled independently by another editor and is reviewed in the same way as any other submission.
10. Corrections, retractions and expressions of concern
Errors in published articles are corrected through a linked correction notice. Articles are retracted, or an expression of concern is published, in accordance with the COPE Retraction Guidelines; the original article remains online, clearly marked, and linked to the notice.
11. Complaints and appeals
Authors may appeal an editorial decision, and anyone may raise a complaint about the journal's processes, by writing to jalf@researchcenterprogresif.org with the manuscript number and the grounds for the appeal or complaint. Complaints are acknowledged and handled by an editor not involved in the original decision, following COPE guidance; the outcome is communicated in writing.
12. Data sharing and reproducibility
Authors are asked to state in a Data Availability Statement where the data supporting their findings can be accessed, or why they cannot be shared. Publicly available data must be cited with their source and date of access.
13. Use of generative AI
Authors must disclose any use of generative-AI tools and remain responsible for the content; AI tools cannot be authors. Reviewers must not upload manuscripts to AI tools.
14. Archiving
Content is stored on the publisher's servers with regular backups and is openly harvestable through OAI-PMH. Enrolment in a long-term preservation service (PKP Preservation Network/LOCKSS) will follow once the journal receives its ISSN; this page will be updated when it is in place.
15. Advertising and direct marketing
The journal does not carry advertising. Calls for papers and invitations to review are sent by the editorial office only to researchers in relevant fields; every message explains how to stop receiving further messages.
Research ethics and consent
Research involving human participants (including surveys, interviews and focus groups), personal data or animals must have been approved by an appropriate ethics committee, or must follow the applicable institutional and national rules. Authors state in the manuscript's declarations the approving body and reference number, or explain why approval was not required, and confirm that informed consent was obtained from participants. The editors may request supporting documents and may decline manuscripts that do not meet these requirements.
Preprints
Authors may post the submitted version of their manuscript on a non-commercial preprint server or an institutional repository. Please disclose any preprint (with its DOI or link) at submission; posting a preprint does not affect editorial consideration. After publication, authors are asked to link the preprint to the published version of record.
