Ownership and Management Information

1. Journal Ownership

The International Journal Linguistics of Sumatra and Malay (IJLSM) is a scholarly journal managed by the Doctoral Program in Linguistics, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia, and published by TALENTA Publisher, Universitas Sumatera Utara.

The journal was established in 2022 to support the advancement and international dissemination of linguistic research, particularly research concerning the languages of Sumatra and Malay linguistic traditions.

IJLSM operates within the academic environment of Universitas Sumatera Utara and is committed to scholarly independence, editorial integrity, transparency, and the responsible dissemination of research.

2. Publisher Information

Publisher: TALENTA Publisher

Institution: Universitas Sumatera Utara (University of Sumatera Utara)

Country: Indonesia

Official Website: https://talenta.usu.ac.id/

TALENTA Publisher serves as the publishing platform for IJLSM and supports the journal's publication and dissemination activities through its academic publishing infrastructure.

3. Journal Management

The journal is managed by the Doctoral Program in Linguistics, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara. The journal's management structure supports the administration of submissions, coordination of peer review, editorial decision-making, publication preparation, and dissemination of published articles.

The journal's editorial and management responsibilities are distributed among the Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor, editorial board members, and other editorial personnel in accordance with their respective roles.

The Editor-in-Chief provides academic and editorial leadership, while the Managing Editor coordinates the journal's operational and administrative processes. Editorial board members contribute subject expertise and support the journal's scholarly development and publication standards.

4. Editorial Leadership

The journal's editorial leadership includes the following positions:

  • Editor-in-Chief: Mulyadi

  • Managing Editor: Erikson Saragih

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for overseeing the journal's academic direction, maintaining editorial standards, and making or supervising editorial decisions. The Managing Editor coordinates the day-to-day editorial workflow and supports communication among authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher.

Additional information about the editorial board, including members' names, institutional affiliations, and areas of expertise, is provided on the journal's Editorial Team page.

5. Editorial Independence

IJLSM is committed to maintaining editorial independence in the evaluation and selection of manuscripts. Editorial decisions are based on the scholarly quality, originality, methodological rigor, relevance to the journal's Focus and Scope, and the outcome of the peer review process.

The journal's ownership, institutional affiliation, and publishing arrangements do not replace or override the professional judgment of the editorial team. No manuscript should receive preferential treatment solely because of an author's institutional affiliation, academic position, personal relationship, or connection with the journal or its publisher.

Editors are expected to disclose and appropriately manage conflicts of interest. Where an editor has a conflict of interest concerning a submission, the manuscript should be assigned to an independent editor whenever feasible.

6. Governance and Publication Ethics

The management of IJLSM is committed to upholding recognized standards of scholarly publishing and publication ethics. The journal applies editorial procedures intended to promote fairness, transparency, confidentiality, and accountability throughout submission, peer review, and publication.

The journal's policies address authorship, conflicts of interest, research misconduct, peer review, corrections, retractions, and other matters relevant to responsible scholarly communication.

The editorial team is responsible for implementing these policies in its editorial activities, while the publisher provides the publishing infrastructure and related support for the dissemination of journal content.

7. Contact and Official Information

For information concerning manuscript submissions, editorial decisions, peer review, or publication policies, authors and readers are encouraged to contact the IJLSM editorial office through the contact information provided on the journal's official website.

For information about the publisher and its publishing services, please visit the official TALENTA Publisher website.

Journal: International Journal Linguistics of Sumatra and Malay

e-ISSN: 2986-3848

Publisher: TALENTA Publisher, Universitas Sumatera Utara

Journal Website: https://talenta.usu.ac.id/lsm/index

Publisher Website: https://talenta.usu.ac.id/

IJLSM is committed to maintaining accurate and accessible information about its ownership, management, and editorial governance to support transparency and accountability in scholarly publishing.