Ownership and Management Information

1. Journal Ownership

The Journal Economics Science and Administration (ESA) is a peer-reviewed academic journal focused primarily on the advancement of economics, business, and administrative sciences. The journal is jointly owned and published by two legal higher education entities based in Indonesia: Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (STKIP) Harapan Bima NTB in collaboration with Sekolah Tinggi Ekonomi Syari’ah (STES) Harapan Bima NTB. The journal operates under an official open-access publishing framework to provide an unrestricted, global platform for scholars, researchers, and practitioners to publish high-quality theoretical and empirical investigations.

  • Journal Title: Journal Economics Science and Administration

  • Journal Initials / Abbreviation: ESA / J. Econ. Sci. Admin.

  • Legal Entities (Publishers): Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (STKIP) Harapan Bima NTB & Sekolah Tinggi Ekonomi Syari’ah (STES) Harapan Bima NTB

  • Country: Indonesia

  • Online ISSN (E-ISSN): 3063-1351

  • Publication Frequency: Biannually (2 issues per year, published in January and July)

  • DOI Identifier: https://doi.org/10.56842/esa by Crossref

  • Indexing & Citation Analysis: Google Scholar, Garuda

2. Publisher and Institutional Affiliation

The publication and administrative workflows of the journal are managed collaboratively by STKIP Harapan Bima NTB and STES Harapan Bima NTB. These institutions provide the essential infrastructure, IT support, hosting environment, and regulatory governance for the journal's electronic publishing operations. All manuscript handling—from initial desk submission, double-blind peer review, copyediting, and Crossref DOI minting to final galley dissemination—is executed systematically via the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.

3. Journal Management

The Journal Economics Science and Administration is managed by an independent editorial board led by Editor-in-Chief Suhartanto, S.E, S.Pd., S.Kom, M.A.P. The editorial team comprises qualified scholars and disciplinary experts across microeconomics, macroeconomics, business, finance, and public administration. The editorial management is responsible for:

  • Overseeing initial manuscript screening, similarity checks (Turnitin), and desk rejections.

  • Coordinating an objective, double-blind peer-review process involving at least two independent expert reviewers per manuscript.

  • Enforcing publication ethics, retraction guidelines, and anti-misconduct protocols aligned with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

  • Supervising the biannual production pipeline to ensure that accepted articles are finalized, formatted, and published accurately in January and July.

4. Editorial Independence

The journal firmly adheres to the principle of complete editorial independence. While the publishing institutions (STKIP Harapan Bima NTB and STES Harapan Bima NTB) provide financial, technical, and institutional hosting, they do not interfere with editorial decision-making. Decisions to accept, revise, or reject a submitted manuscript rest entirely on the academic merit, empirical validity, methodological rigor, and relevance of the work, guided by peer-reviewer evaluations and editorial board consensus. Publication decisions remain strictly insulated from commercial, political, personal, or institutional pressures.

5. Transparency and Accountability

The Journal Economics Science and Administration maintains absolute transparency regarding its organizational ownership, publishing entity, operational management, peer-review model, author fees, and ethical standards. All regulatory guidelines, author requirements, copyright policies, and archiving practices are made publicly available on the journal's official portal. Any governance updates, editorial appointments, or structural changes within the publishing institutions are promptly updated on the masthead to maintain institutional transparency and accountability before national accreditation bodies and international indexers.

6. Contact Information

For inquiries concerning journal administration, institutional partnership, indexing verification, manuscript processing, or editorial governance, stakeholders may contact the editorial secretariat through the following channels:

  • Editor-in-Chief: Suhartanto, S.E, S.Pd., S.Kom, M.A.P.

  • Publishers: STKIP Harapan Bima NTB & STES Harapan Bima NTB

  • Country: Indonesia

  • Official Journal System: Open Journal Systems (OJS)

  • Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.56842/esa

7. Final Statement

The Journal Economics Science and Administration (ESA) is owned and operated under the professional governance of STKIP Harapan Bima NTB and STES Harapan Bima NTB. Driven by rigorous double-blind peer-review practices, strict adherence to COPE publication ethics, transparent organizational management, and complete editorial independence, the journal remains dedicated to disseminating trustworthy, high-impact scholarly research across the global economic and business landscapes.