Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

An-Najah: Jurnal Ushuluddin dan Studi Islam is committed to maintaining the highest level of integrity in all scholarly content published by the journal. These publication ethical standards apply to all parties involved in the publication process, including authors, the Editor-in-Chief, editorial board members, journal editors, peer reviewers, and the publisher.

This statement is based on the standards and guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and internationally recognized principles of scholarly publishing. All manuscripts that do not comply with these ethical standards may be rejected, withdrawn, corrected, or retracted at any stage of the publication process, including after publication.

The journal reserves the right to use plagiarism-detection software to screen all submitted manuscripts. Cases of suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, authorship manipulation, or other forms of publication misconduct may be reported to the relevant institutions or authorities when necessary.

Editor Responsibilities

Accountability and Plagiarism

The editors of An-Najah: Jurnal Ushuluddin dan Studi Islam are responsible for deciding which manuscripts submitted to the journal should be published. The decision is based on the journal’s editorial policies, peer-review reports, academic quality, relevance to the journal’s Focus and Scope, and legal requirements concerning copyright infringement, plagiarism, libel, and research misconduct.

All submitted manuscripts are routinely screened using plagiarism-detection software. Manuscripts with substantial similarity, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate submission, or other forms of academic misconduct may be rejected before peer review. The editor may consult with members of the editorial board or reviewers when making publication decisions.

Fair Play

Editors evaluate manuscripts solely on their academic merit, originality, methodological rigor, theoretical contribution, and relevance to the journal’s scholarly orientation. Editorial decisions must not be influenced by the author’s race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, political philosophy, institutional affiliation, or personal background.

Confidentiality

The editor and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, editorial advisers, and the publisher, where appropriate. All submitted manuscripts must be treated as confidential documents.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through the editorial and peer-review process must be kept confidential and must not be used for personal advantage. Editors must not handle manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, personal, institutional, financial, or other relationships with any author, institution, or organization connected to the manuscript.

Reviewer Responsibilities

Reviewers play a central role in maintaining the academic quality and credibility of An-Najah: Jurnal Ushuluddin dan Studi Islam. Reviewers must treat all manuscripts received for review as confidential documents and must not share, discuss, or use the manuscript for personal advantage.

Reviewers are expected to evaluate manuscripts objectively and only on the basis of scholarly merit. Reviewers should provide constructive, clear, and academically justified comments to help editors make publication decisions and assist authors in improving their manuscripts.

Each manuscript that passes the initial editorial screening is reviewed by at least two independent reviewers through a double-blind peer-review process. Manuscripts submitted by members of the editorial board are subject to the same review procedures as other submissions.

Reviewers should inform the Editor-in-Chief if they detect plagiarism, duplicate publication, substantial similarity with other works, data irregularities, citation manipulation, ethical violations, or any other reason that may justify rejection or further investigation.

Reviewers who feel unqualified to review a manuscript or are unable to complete the review within the required time should notify the Editor-in-Chief and withdraw from the review process. Reviewers must also disclose any potential conflicts of interest and decline the review assignment if impartiality cannot be maintained.

Author Responsibilities

Reporting Standards

Authors must present their research clearly, honestly, and accurately. Research findings must not be fabricated, falsified, manipulated, or selectively reported. Authors should describe their methods, sources, data, and analytical procedures clearly enough to allow the study to be evaluated by readers, reviewers, and editors.

Originality, Plagiarism, and Acknowledgment of Sources

Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts are original, have not been previously published, and are not under consideration by another journal. Plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, redundant publication, and knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

When authors use the work, ideas, words, data, or arguments of others, these must be properly cited and acknowledged. Direct quotations, paraphrases, and references to primary or secondary sources must accurately reflect the original work and its contribution.

Data Access and Retention

Authors may be asked to provide raw data, field notes, interview materials, manuscript images, source documents, or other supporting materials related to the submitted manuscript for editorial or review purposes. Authors should retain research data for a reasonable period after publication and be prepared to provide access where ethically and legally appropriate.

Research Ethics

Authors should submit only work that has been conducted in an ethical and responsible manner. Research involving human participants, interviews, surveys, sensitive religious communities, manuscripts, archival materials, or cultural heritage materials should comply with relevant ethical standards, institutional regulations, and legal requirements.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Authors must disclose any financial, institutional, personal, professional, or academic conflicts of interest that could influence the results, interpretation, or presentation of the research. All sources of funding, institutional support, sponsorship, or research grants must be clearly acknowledged in the manuscript.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made significant scholarly contributions to the conception, design, execution, analysis, interpretation, or writing of the study. All individuals who made substantial contributions should be listed as co-authors.

The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all appropriate co-authors are included, that no inappropriate authors are listed, and that all co-authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication.

Individuals who contributed to the research but do not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged appropriately.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication

Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time. Submitting the same manuscript concurrently to multiple journals constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Authors should not publish manuscripts that describe substantially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication unless there is clear justification and proper acknowledgment.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When authors discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, they are obligated to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate in correcting, retracting, or clarifying the article where necessary.

Retraction Policy

Editors of An-Najah: Jurnal Ushuluddin dan Studi Islam are guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board, COPE guidelines, and applicable legal requirements concerning copyright infringement, defamation, duplicate publication, plagiarism, and academic misconduct.

Published articles should remain part of the scholarly record and should not be altered except under exceptional circumstances. However, in cases involving serious ethical violations, major errors, plagiarism, duplicate publication, fraudulent data, false authorship, or legal concerns, the journal may issue a correction, withdrawal, retraction, removal, or replacement.

A retraction may be initiated by the journal editors, the authors, the authors’ institution, or the publisher. Retractions must be accompanied by a clear statement explaining the reason for retraction. Where appropriate, apologies or acknowledgments may be included for those who identified the error or misconduct.

A retracted article must not be treated as a valid published source, and its data, arguments, and conclusions should not be used as the basis for future research without careful qualification.

Article Withdrawal

Article withdrawal may occur when a manuscript contains serious errors, has been submitted twice accidentally, has been simultaneously submitted to another journal, or contains indications of ethical violations such as plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate submission, false authorship, fraudulent data, or other forms of misconduct.

Authors who wish to withdraw a manuscript must submit an official withdrawal request to the editorial board of An-Najah: Jurnal Ushuluddin dan Studi Islam. The request should clearly state the reason for withdrawal and must be approved by all authors.

Article Retraction

Article retraction may occur when a published article is found to contain serious violations of publication ethics, including plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, false authorship, fabricated data, falsified data, manipulated sources, citation manipulation, or major methodological errors that invalidate the findings.

If ethical violations are identified before publication, the editor may reject the manuscript and issue a formal decision letter to the author.

If ethical violations are identified after publication, the journal may apply the following mechanisms:

A retraction notice titled “Retraction: [Article Title]” will be published in a subsequent issue of the journal and listed in the table of contents.

The online article may be preceded by a screen or notice indicating that the article has been retracted.

The original article may remain accessible but clearly marked with a watermark or notice indicating that it has been retracted.

The HTML version of the article may be removed or replaced with a retraction notice where necessary.

Article Removal: Legal Limitations

In very limited cases, an article may be removed from the journal’s online database. This may occur when the article is clearly defamatory, fraudulent, legally problematic, violates the legal rights of others, is subject to a court order, endangers public safety, or creates serious legal or security risks.

In such cases, the article metadata, including title and author information, may be retained, while the full text will be replaced with a notice explaining that the article has been removed for legal reasons.

Article Replacement

In cases where a published article contains serious errors that may cause significant academic, legal, ethical, or public consequences, the authors may request replacement of the flawed article with a corrected version. The journal will follow retraction procedures while providing a link to the corrected version and maintaining a transparent history of the document.

Intellectual Property Rights

Authors must respect legal and ethical standards concerning intellectual property rights. Authors are responsible for ensuring the legality of all research materials, including texts, manuscripts, images, tables, figures, datasets, archival sources, translations, and other materials used in the manuscript.

Any copyrighted material must be used with proper permission and acknowledgment.

Conflict of Interest and Source of Funding

Authors are required to acknowledge all sources of institutional, private, corporate, or governmental financial support related to the research. Authors must also disclose any potential conflicts of interest that may influence the research process, interpretation of findings, or publication of the manuscript.

Editors, reviewers, and authors must ensure that conflicts of interest are handled transparently and responsibly in accordance with international standards of scholarly publishing.