BALANCE: Economic, Business, Management and Accounting Journal operates with full transparency regarding its administrative and organizational structure to prevent conflicts of interest and uphold the integrity of the scholarly publication process. This policy is aligned with the standards established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Publisher/Owner: BALANCE: Economic, Business, Management and Accounting Journal is officially owned and published by UMSurabaya Publishing, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya.
Managing Body: The journal is actively managed and operated by an Editorial Team under the auspices of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) at Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya.
To ensure accountability, comprehensive information regarding the journal’s ownership and governance is clearly stated and easily accessible on the journal’s official website, in accordance with the COPE Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. The publisher guarantees that the names of the organization or the journal are not used in a manner that could mislead prospective authors, reviewers, or readers regarding the actual entity that owns the journal.
Editorial Independence
The organizational and governance structure of BALANCE: Economic, Business, Management and Accounting Journal is designed to establish a clear separation between the institution/publisher (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya and UMSurabaya Publishing) and the scientific editorial decision-making process.
The journal guarantees full editorial independence. Neither the owners, the publisher, nor the leadership of the institution may intervene in the evaluation process, peer review, or the final decision regarding the acceptance of a manuscript. This reflects a firm commitment to editorial autonomy, in line with COPE Core Practices. Any administrative, financial, or institutional decisions made by the management will never influence or compromise the ethical standards or the scientific quality of the articles published.