Ownership and Management
MACHINERY: Jurnal Teknologi Terapan is owned by Politeknik Negeri Sriwijaya Palembang and is officially managed by the Mechanical Engineering Department. While the university provides essential institutional backing and oversees administrative and operational development, the journal's operations, including manuscript processing, peer review, and publication, are handled entirely by an editorial board that adheres strictly to established editorial policies and publication ethics.
Editorial decisions are made completely independently by the editorial team, based solely on each manuscript's originality, scientific merit, methodological rigor, relevance to the journal's scope, and compliance with ethical standards. Institutional ownership does not compromise the objectivity of the peer-review process or interfere with editorial autonomy.
Journal owners are responsible for appointing and dismissing editors, establishing official appointments through a formal decree issued by the Rector. Upon hiring, owners must provide a clear contract outlining the editor's rights, duties, authority, and conflict resolution mechanisms, with performance evaluated using agreed-upon metrics such as readership, submission volume, and processing times. Furthermore, termination must only occur for substantial reasons, including scientific misconduct, fundamental disagreements over editorial direction, poor performance, or behavior that breaches professional trust.
