Plagiarism Policy

An-Najah: Jurnal Ushuluddin dan Studi Islam

An-Najah: Jurnal Ushuluddin dan Studi Islam is committed to maintaining academic integrity, originality, and ethical standards in scholarly publishing. The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, data falsification, citation manipulation, or any form of academic misconduct.

All manuscripts submitted to An-Najah: Jurnal Ushuluddin dan Studi Islam will be screened using plagiarism-detection software before entering the peer-review process. Manuscripts with substantial similarity to previously published works may be rejected by the editorial team before review.

Definition of Plagiarism

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

Copying text, ideas, arguments, data, tables, figures, images, or research findings from other sources without proper acknowledgment;

Paraphrasing the work of others without appropriate citation;

Using another author’s structure, argument, or interpretation without proper reference;

Submitting work that has been previously published elsewhere;

Reusing significant parts of the author’s own published work without proper citation;

Using translated materials without acknowledging the original source;

Presenting fabricated, falsified, or manipulated data as original research.

Similarity Threshold

The journal recommends that submitted manuscripts should have a similarity index of no more than 20%, excluding references, direct quotations, and commonly used academic terms. However, the similarity percentage is not the only basis for editorial judgment. The editorial team will also examine the nature, source, and distribution of similarity.

Manuscripts with high similarity in the introduction, literature review, analysis, discussion, or conclusion may be rejected even if the overall similarity score appears acceptable.

Editorial Actions

If plagiarism or excessive similarity is detected, the editorial team may take one or more of the following actions:

Reject the manuscript before peer review;

Request clarification from the author;

Request major revision and proper citation;

Reject the manuscript after ethical evaluation;

Notify the author’s institution if serious misconduct is identified;

Retract the article if plagiarism is discovered after publication.

Author Responsibility

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts are original and properly cited. Authors must check their manuscripts for similarity before submission and ensure that all sources, including classical texts, translations, online materials, datasets, and previously published works, are accurately acknowledged.

Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time. Concurrent submission and duplicate publication are considered serious violations of publication ethics.

Post-Publication Plagiarism

If plagiarism is discovered after publication, An-Najah: Jurnal Ushuluddin dan Studi Islam will conduct an investigation in accordance with publication ethics standards. If misconduct is confirmed, the journal may issue a correction, expression of concern, or retraction notice.

The journal is committed to preserving the integrity of the scholarly record and ensuring that all published works meet accepted standards of academic honesty and originality.