Ownership and Management Information

Jurnal Bimbingan Penyuluhan Islam (JBPI) is published by Universitas Islam Negeri Jurai Siwo Lampung and managed by the Faculty of Ushuluddin, Adab and Da'wah. The publisher provides institutional support to ensure the continuity and sustainability of the journal as a scholarly publication platform for disseminating research and academic studies in the fields of Islamic guidance and counseling, counseling psychology, mental health, Islamic psychology, socio-religious counseling, rehabilitation counseling, multicultural counseling, and other related areas within the journal's scope.

Publisher's Address

Universitas Islam Negeri Jurai Siwo Lampung
Jl. Ki Hajar Dewantara 15 A, Iringmulyo, Metro Timur, Kota Metro, Lampung, Indonesia.

Journal Management

Jurnal Bimbingan Penyuluhan Islam is managed by an editorial team consisting of an Editor-in-Chief, managing/editorial staff, an Editorial Board, and peer reviewers in accordance with the journal's current organizational structure.

The editorial team is responsible for managing manuscript submissions, conducting initial editorial screening, coordinating the peer-review process, communicating with authors and reviewers, making editorial decisions, and maintaining scholarly, ethical, and publication standards.

The Editor-in-Chief coordinates the overall editorial process and ensures that submitted manuscripts are handled in accordance with the journal's editorial policies and publication ethics.

The Editorial Board supports the academic development and quality improvement of the journal, while peer reviewers conduct independent scholarly evaluations of manuscripts based on their expertise. Manuscripts considered suitable for further processing undergo a double-blind peer-review process involving at least two reviewers.

Relationship Between Publisher and Editorial Board

Universitas Islam Negeri Jurai Siwo Lampung, as the publisher, provides institutional, administrative, technological, and organizational support to ensure the continuity and sustainability of Jurnal Bimbingan Penyuluhan Islam.

The Faculty of Ushuluddin, Adab and Da'wah supports the journal's management within the institutional structure of the university. Meanwhile, the editorial team performs its scholarly and editorial responsibilities independently in accordance with the journal's editorial policies, peer-review procedures, publication ethics, and applicable scholarly publishing standards.

The division of responsibilities between the publisher and the editorial team is intended to ensure that the journal is managed professionally, transparently, responsibly, and with appropriate academic independence.

Editorial Independence

Editorial decisions of Jurnal Bimbingan Penyuluhan Islam are based on scholarly quality, originality, relevance to the journal's focus and scope, methodological soundness, contribution to knowledge and professional practice, and compliance with publication ethics.

Decisions regarding the acceptance, revision, resubmission, or rejection of manuscripts are made by the editorial team based on editorial assessment and recommendations obtained through the peer-review process.

The publisher and institutional management must not interfere with editorial decisions for commercial, personal, political, institutional, or other inappropriate interests.

Editors and reviewers are expected to maintain objectivity and disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest that may affect their judgment. Where a conflict of interest exists, the manuscript should be handled by another qualified editor or reviewer.

Academic and Editorial Responsibility

The editorial team is responsible for safeguarding the integrity of the scholarly record and ensuring that manuscripts are processed fairly and consistently.

The journal applies editorial and peer-review procedures designed to maintain academic quality, confidentiality, impartiality, and ethical publication practices.

Authors remain responsible for the originality, accuracy, integrity, and ethical compliance of the scholarly work they submit.

Transparency and Accountability

Information regarding the publisher, journal management, editorial team, peer reviewers, contact information, editorial policies, and publication procedures is made publicly available through the official website of Jurnal Bimbingan Penyuluhan Islam.

The publisher's identity and institutional affiliation should be consistently stated on the journal homepage, article metadata, journal documents, and other official publication information.

Any changes concerning the publisher, institutional identity, journal management structure, editorial team, or relevant publication policies will be updated through the journal's official information channels to maintain transparency and accountability.

Jurnal Bimbingan Penyuluhan Islam is committed to maintaining professional, transparent, accountable, and ethically responsible journal management while preserving the independence of scholarly editorial decision-making.