Retraction Policy

An-Najah: Jurnal Ushuluddin dan Studi Islam is committed to maintaining the integrity, accuracy, and credibility of the scholarly record. The journal follows recognized publication ethics principles, including the standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), in handling article corrections, withdrawals, removals, replacements, and retractions.

A published article may be retracted when there is clear evidence of serious ethical misconduct or major academic error. Grounds for retraction may include plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, data falsification, false authorship, manipulated citations, unethical research practices, copyright infringement, or substantial methodological errors that invalidate the findings of the article.

Retraction may be initiated by the Editor-in-Chief, editorial board, publisher, author(s), reviewer(s), readers, or the author’s institution. All allegations will be carefully investigated by the editorial team before a final decision is made. Authors will be given an opportunity to respond to the concerns raised.

When an article is retracted, the journal will publish a clear retraction notice stating the reason for retraction. The original article may remain accessible to preserve the scholarly record, but it will be clearly marked as “Retracted.” The online version, PDF file, and article metadata may include a retraction notice to prevent improper citation or use of the retracted work.

In exceptional legal cases, such as defamation, court order, privacy violation, serious legal risk, or threat to public safety, the journal may remove the article text while retaining the article metadata and a notice explaining the reason for removal.

The journal may issue corrections, corrigenda, expressions of concern, or article replacements when the problem does not require full retraction but still affects the accuracy or interpretation of the published work.

An-Najah: Jurnal Ushuluddin dan Studi Islam ensures that all retraction decisions are handled transparently, fairly, and consistently to protect academic integrity and maintain trust in scholarly publishing.