Ownership and Managemen

AL WASATH Jurnal Ilmu Hukum, is under the ownership of the  Faculty of Law, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Indonesia (UNUSIA). The responsibility of owners in this journal adopts International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Owners have a responsibility to appoint and dismiss editors. Owners should provide editors at the time of their appointment with a contract that clearly states their rights and duties, authority, the general terms of their appointment, and mechanisms for resolving conflict. The editor’s performance may be assessed using mutually agreed-upon measures, including but not necessarily limited to readership, manuscript submissions and handling times, and various journal metrics. Appointments are made officially by attaching the dean's decision letter.

Owners should only dismiss editors for substantial reasons, such as scientific misconduct, disagreement with the long-term editorial direction of the journal, inadequate performance by agreed-upon performance metrics, or inappropriate behavior that is incompatible with a position of trust.