Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

JPAI: Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam (Journal of Islamic Education Studies) is a national journal with expert editing, published biannually in both print and online formats by the Islamic Education Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya. This statement underscores the ethics of writing and publication for authors, executive editors, expert editors, and publishers, as well as all parties involved in the publication of JPAI, grounded in COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Publication Ethics Guidelines

Publishing articles in JPAI is crucial for the advancement of knowledge, especially in Islamic education, both conceptually and practically. It reflects the commitment and quality of the authors and supporting institutions. Articles in JPAI promote and support scientific methods. Thus, ethical behavior standards are expected of authors, executive editors, expert editors, publishers, the community, and all parties involved in the publication.

The entire publication process is diligently supervised, recognizing ethical and other responsibilities as the duty of the Islamic Education Program (PAI) of the FTK UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, the publisher. The PAI Program is committed to ensuring that reprint ads and other commercial revenues do not impact editorial decisions and to communicate with other journal managers and/or publishers when deemed important and necessary.

Publication Decisions

The JPAI editors are responsible for deciding whether an article is suitable for publication. The validation of the work and its significance to authors and readers should always motivate such decisions. Editors are guided by the journal's editorial board policies and constrained by legal requirements regarding defamation, plagiarism, and copyright infringement. They may consult with other editors or reviewers in making these decisions.

Fair Treatment

JPAI editors evaluate manuscripts based on their quality without discrimination against race, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, political philosophy, or the authors' paradigms.

Confidentiality

JPAI editors must not disclose any information about submitted manuscripts to anyone other than the authors, expert editors, and the publisher.

Notification and Conflict of Interest

Unpublished data or arguments from submitted manuscripts cannot be used in an editor's own research without the explicit written consent of the authors.

Reviewer Responsibilities

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Expert reviewers assist executive editors in making editorial decisions and through editorial communications with authors may also assist authors in improving their papers.

Promptness

Selected reviewers who do not feel qualified to review the manuscript or know that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editors and excuse themselves from the review process.

Confidentiality

Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Reviewers must identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. Reviewers should also alert the editor to any substantial similarity between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Notification and Conflict of Interest

Confidential information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Author Responsibilities

Reporting Standards

Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication

An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure

that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Notification and Conflict of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works

Authors who discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work should promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.