Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
All parties involved in the publishing process of Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education including the Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editors, Editorial Board Members, Reviewers, Authors, and Publisher must understand and adhere to the principles of publication ethics and academic integrity.
The publication ethics statement of Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education is based on:
- Regulation of the Head of LIPI No. 5 of 2014 concerning the Code of Ethics of Scientific Publication;
- Regulation of the Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia No. 39 of 2021 concerning Academic Integrity in Scientific Work;
- Committee on Publication Ethics Guidelines on the Code of Conduct for Journal Editors, Reviewers, and Authors.
All editorial decisions and publishing processes are conducted in accordance with these ethical standards and the journal’s submission guidelines.
A. Ethical Guidelines for Journal Publication
All parties involved in the publication process (authors, editors, reviewers, and publisher) must adhere to ethical standards in scientific publishing.
- Published manuscripts must be free from defamation, plagiarism, copyright infringement, and unlawful content.
- All manuscripts must undergo a peer-review process before publication.
- Editorial decisions are based on:
- Relevance to journal scope
- Originality and novelty
- Methodological rigor
- Scientific contribution
- The publisher shall not interfere with editorial decisions.
- To prevent conflicts of interest, reviewer identities remain confidential (double-blind review).
B. Responsibilities and Rights of Editors
Publication Decisions
Editors are responsible for deciding which manuscripts will be published based on reviewer recommendations and editorial board discussions. Final decisions are made by the Editor-in-Chief.
Fair Play
Editors evaluate manuscripts without discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, ethnicity, or political beliefs.
Confidentiality
Editors must not disclose information about submitted manuscripts except to corresponding authors, reviewers, and editorial advisors.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used for personal research without written consent of the author.
Handling Ethical Complaints
Editors will:
- Investigate allegations of misconduct
- Communicate with authors
- Issue corrections, retractions, or clarifications when necessary. Investigations follow COPE guidelines.
C. Responsibilities and Rights of Reviewers
Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Reviewers assist Editor in making the decision of accepting or rejecting the manuscript to be published in the Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education.
Confidentiality
Reviewers can respond to the manuscript reviewing request according to the arranged time or if they need more time for review process, reviewers can communicate it to the editor. If reviewers cannot allow to accomplish the review process in the arranged time, reviewers have to communicate it to the Editor, and the manuscript will be delivered to another reviewer.
Objectivity
Each submitted manuscript for reviewing has to be concealed, it is not allowed to be communicated or discussed with anyone unless authorized by the editor.
Acknowledgement of Sources
The review process has to be conducted objectively, to avoid inappropriate personal criticism of the author. Reviewers have to describe their straightforward view that is suitable to the manuscript topic and provide the supporting statement.
Conflict of Interest
The reviewers have to identify the relevant published manuscript that has not been cited by author. Each statement such as observation, derivation or argument has been reported before, it has to be supported by the relevant citation. Reviewers also report to the Editor concerning substantial similarities or overlaps between manuscript under consideration and published manuscript in another journal.
Timeliness
Manuscript materials or data that have been submitted by the author to Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education and those are not published in the final manuscript are not allowed to be employed by reviewers on their own manuscript without the author’s permission. Information or idea that obtained from the review process has to be concealed and it is not allowed to be employed for personal gain. In manuscript evaluation, each reviewer is not allowed to consider the author based on race, gender, sexual orientation, region, ethnicity, nationality or political view.
D. Responsibilities and Rights of Authors
Reporting Standards
Authors have to depict the accuracy report concerning to originality of conducted research and objective discussion of its significance. Authors have to present results honestly, without manipulation, falsification or manipulation of inappropriate data. All citations have to be referenced and they can be traced, so others can learn them as well. Fraudulent or intentionally inaccurate statements are unethical behavior and unacceptable.
Data Access, Retention and Reproducibility
Authors have to deliberate in providing raw data concerning to manuscript and giving access to the public as well. It is if needed for Editor review. Authors are also requested to save those data for a reasonable time after publication. Authors have to be responsible for reproducibility data.
Originality and Plagiarism
Authors ensure that they had written the full originality manuscript. The manuscript that has been published by other researchers or the author themselves have to cite well. Original words that are directly cited from publications by other authors have to appear in quotation marks with appropriate citations.
Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication
The authors do not allow submitting the manuscript with the same research to more than one publisher and journal. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously is unethical and unacceptable publishing behavior. Manuscript that produced from the research projects must have differences in the presented data.
Acknowledgement of Sources
Authors have to recognize the data sources employed in research and cite the relevant journal and influential publication in determining the characteristics of the submitted manuscript. The proper acknowledgement of other works must be presented.
Authorship and Contributorship of the Paper
Research publication contributorship has to accurately present individual contributions toward their work and report. Contributorship should be limited to the authors that have a significant contribution to the conception, design, implementation or study interpretation that reported. Other people that have significant contributions must be registered as author partners. In this case, which main contributor is registered as the main author, while the author who less substantial, or purely technical contribution will be presented at the acknowledgement. The main author also ensures all of the authors have observed and approved the manuscript and included their names as co-authors.
Fundamental Errors in Published Works
If authors find mistakes or significant inaccuracies in the submitted manuscript, so they have to communicate it to Editor or publisher and make a cooperation with Editor to retract or revise the manuscript.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
All authors have to clearly describe their financial or other substantive conflicts of interest in the manuscript which might be interpreted to influence the result or interpretation of their manuscript. All funding sources for the research project have to be presented in manuscript.
E. Allegation of Research Misconduct
Research misconducts cover severe problems such as fabrication, citation manipulation, or plagiarism in the generating, carrying out, or reviewing research and writing articles, or reporting findings. When research misconduct occurs regarding articles published in scientific journals, the Editor is responsible for ensuring the correctness and integrity of scientific records. The Editorial team adheres to employ the best practice of COPE to investigate the allegation of research misconduct. It also employs solving complaints and dealing with such misconduct fairly. This will include an investigation into allegations by the Editor.
Submission will be rejected if it is indicated research misconduct. In case, if it has occurred to the published article, that article will be removed/deleted from the journal and will be attached to the original article. Some steps are obtained to investigate the research misconduct. As the first step, the validity of the allegation is determined. In this step, the article will be evaluated whether the allegation is relevant to the term research misconduct. If an article is suspected of research misconduct, the Editor will notify the corresponding author and request the authors to respond to the allegation.
After the Editor received the response, it will be evaluated for taking further decisions. For other cases where research misconduct will not be impossible to occur, either clarification or additional analysis, or both, issued as a letter to the editor. The letter also includes an amended notification and an amendment to the published article is sufficient.
Appropriate and comprehensive investigations should be conducted by institutions on allegations of research misconduct or allegation of scientific morality. Authors, Editors, and institutions must be responsible to ensure scientific integrity. Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education concerns about scientific and research misconduct allegations. Therefore, Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education adheres to ensuring the validity and integrity of published articles. Amendments, removal with article substitution, and permanent removal from the journal will be addressed to the article that has been allegation suspected.
F. Complaints and Appeals
Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education has a clear procedure to manage any complaints to the journal, editorial board, or publisher. Those will be clarified To Whom It May Concern. The complaints cover anything related to the article matters such as editorial process, manipulation of citations, improper editor/reviewer, manipulation of per-review, etc. Complaints will be proceed based on COPE guidelines.
G. Peer-Review Process Policy
- Double-blind peer review system
- Minimum two independent reviewers
- Evaluation criteria: novelty, relevance, methodology, clarity, contribution
- Final decision by Editor-in-Chief
H. Plagiarism Screening Policy
All submissions are screened using similarity detection software.
Manuscripts exceeding 20% similarity index will:
- Be returned for revision; or
- Be rejected if substantial plagiarism is identified.
Self-plagiarism is also considered unethical.
I. Intellectual Property & Licensing Policy
All articles published in Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Authors retain copyright of their work, while granting the journal the right of first publication.
J. Post-Publication Discussions and Corrections
Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education accepts discussions and corrections of the published manuscript by readers. Readers involve in discussions and corrections to published manuscripts. Readers can email the Editor in Chief by explaining the discussions and corrections. If accepted (by the Editor in Chief), the discussion and corrections will be published in the next issue as a Letter to the Editor. The authors can reply/answer discussions and corrections from readers by sending a Reply Letter to the Editor in Chief. Therefore, the Editor can publish the answer as a Reply Letter to the Editor.
K. Manuscript Withdrawal Policy
Standards for handling manuscript withdrawals, manuscript deletion, and manuscript replacement in the Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education Policy can be found here.
