Ownership and Management Policy

1. Ownership

At-Ta’dib: Journal of Pesantren Education is published by the Faculty of Tarbiyah, University of Darussalam Gontor, Indonesia. The journal is dedicated to advancing scholarly research and discussion on pesantren education through peer-reviewed, open-access academic publishing.

Journal Information	Details
Owner and Publisher	Faculty of Tarbiyah, University of Darussalam Gontor, Indonesia
Collaboration partner	Forum Komunikasi Pesantren Muadalah (FKPM) Perkumpulan Prodi Pendidikan Agama Islam Indonesia (PPPAII)
Journal Title	At-Ta’dib: Journal of Pesantren Education
Print ISSN / Online ISSN	0216-9142 / 2503-3514
DOI Prefix	10.21111
Publication Schedule	Two issues per year, published in June and December
Publication Languages	English, Arabic, and Indonesian
License	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Editorial Contact	attadib@unida.gontor.ac.id
Official Website	https://tadib.journal.unida.gontor.ac.id/index.php/tadib/index

2. Governance and Management

The Faculty of Tarbiyah, University of Darussalam Gontor, provides the institutional framework for the journal’s publication and management. The editorial team is responsible for the journal’s scholarly content, editorial workflow, peer-review coordination, and publication ethics.

The journal’s principal editorial roles are:

Editor-in-Chief: Ihwan Mahmudi
Managing Editor: Saiful Anwar
Editorial Board and Section Editors: Responsible for subject-specific editorial assessment and other duties assigned by the Editor-in-Chief.
Reviewers: Provide independent scholarly evaluations of submitted manuscripts.

The current editorial team and affiliations are available on the Editorial Team page.

3. Editorial Independence

Editorial decisions at At-Ta’dib: Journal of Pesantren Education are based on scholarly quality, originality, relevance to the journal’s focus and scope, methodological rigor, peer-review reports, and compliance with publication ethics. The Editor-in-Chief and authorized editors are responsible for making publication decisions independently of financial considerations, institutional affiliations, personal relationships, or other competing interests. Manuscripts submitted by authors affiliated with the publisher or its related institutions are subject to the same editorial screening, peer-review requirements, and publication standards as other submissions. No author receives preferential treatment because of their institutional position or relationship with the journal. Editors must disclose relevant competing interests and refrain from handling submissions when their impartiality may reasonably be questioned. Such manuscripts should be assigned to an independent editor wherever practicable.

4. Financing and Financial Transparency

The journal’s publication and operational arrangements are administered within its publishing framework at the Faculty of Tarbiyah, University of Darussalam Gontor. Any author fees, including the Article Processing Charge (APC), must be clearly stated on the journal’s official website. Financial considerations must not influence peer-review outcomes or editorial decisions. Authors should consult the journal’s Article Processing Charge policy for applicable fees and payment conditions. The journal will maintain transparency regarding its funding arrangements, author charges, and any relevant commercial relationships. Any advertising, sponsorship, or external financial support, if applicable, must not compromise editorial independence.

5. Operations and Quality Assurance

Platform	Open Journal Systems (OJS)
Screening	initial screening within 7 days
Decisions	first decision in about 6 weeks; final decision within 4 months
Similarity check	maximum 20% overall, no single match above 1%
DOI	registered with Crossref
Preservation	PKP Preservation Network, LOCKSS, Garuda, and university servers
Indexed in	SINTA, Garuda, Google Scholar
Records	kept confidentially for at least five years
Policy review	at least every two years