JPP (Jurnal Kesehatan Poltekkes Palembang) is owned by Poltekkes Kemenkes Palembang and operates under the institutional management and supervision of the institution. While Poltekkes Kemenkes Palembang provides institutional support and oversees the journal's administrative, organizational, and operational development, editorial activities, including manuscript handling, peer review, editorial evaluation, and publication decisions, are conducted independently by the journal's editorial board in accordance with established editorial policies, publication ethics, and recognized scholarly publishing standards.

Editorial decisions are made independently by the editorial team and are based exclusively on the originality, scientific significance, methodological rigor, academic quality, relevance to the journal's focus and scope in the health sciences, and compliance with ethical standards of each submitted manuscript. Institutional ownership and administrative oversight must not compromise the impartiality of the peer-review process, influence editorial judgments, or interfere with editorial independence.

The journal owner is responsible for the formal appointment and dismissal of editors, with appointments established through an official decree issued by the Director of Poltekkes Kemenkes Palembang or another duly authorized institutional official, in accordance with applicable institutional regulations. Editorial appointments should be accompanied by clearly defined responsibilities, rights, authority, terms of service, and mechanisms for resolving potential disputes between the journal owner and editorial leadership.

Editorial performance may be evaluated periodically using transparent and mutually agreed criteria, including publication quality, readership, manuscript submission trends, editorial processing efficiency, peer-review management, and compliance with publication ethics. Such evaluations must respect the editorial board's independence and must not be used to influence decisions concerning individual manuscripts.

The dismissal of an editor must be based on legitimate and substantial grounds, such as proven scientific or professional misconduct, serious violations of publication ethics, persistent failure to fulfill editorial responsibilities, fundamental disagreements regarding editorial direction that cannot be resolved through established procedures, or conduct that significantly undermines professional trust. Any dismissal process must follow applicable institutional regulations and principles of fairness, transparency, and professional accountability.

Through this governance framework, JPP (Jurnal Kesehatan Poltekkes Palembang) is committed to maintaining transparent journal management, institutional accountability, editorial independence, and the integrity of scholarly communication in the health sciences.