Publication Ethic

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in Jurnal I???tibar: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam Anak Usia Dini, including the authors, the editors, the peer-reviewers, and the publisher (Islamic Early Childhood Education Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah Islam, Institut Agama Islam Al-Qur???an Al-Ittifaqiah (IAIQI) Indralaya). This statement is based on COPE???s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed Jurnal I???tibar: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam Anak Usia Dini is an essential building block in developing a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the authors??? work and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the authors, the journal editors, the peer reviewers, the publisher, and the society.

The Islamic Early Childhood Education Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah Islam, Institut Agama Islam Al-Qur???an Al-Ittifaqiah (IAIQI) Indralaya, as the publisher of this journal, takes its guardianship duties throughout all publishing stages extremely seriously. We recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint, or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. Moreover, the Islamic Early Childhood Education Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah Islam, Institut Agama Islam Al-Qur???an Al-Ittifaqiah (IAIQI) Indralaya, and the Editorial Board of Jurnal I???tibar will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers whenever useful and necessary.

Publication Decisions

The editor-in-chief of Jurnal I???tibar: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam Anak Usia Dini is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The decision is based on the recommendation of the journal???s editorial board members and reviewers. The journal abides by legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editor confers with the editorial team and reviewers in making this decision.

Non-Discrimination

The editors and reviewers evaluate manuscripts for intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editor, reviewers, and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, editorial team, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used by any editorial board members and reviewers in their own research.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

The journal uses a double-blind review process. The reviewers advise the editor-in-chief in making the editorial decision. The editor-in-chief communicates with authors, as required, and helps improve the quality of their research papers.

Promptness

The journal editors are committed to providing timely reviews to the authors. If a reviewer does not submit his/her report on time, the paper is immediately sent to another qualified reviewer.

Confidentiality

Manuscript content is treated with utmost confidentiality. The journal uses a double-blind process. Except for the editor-in-chief, the editors and reviewers cannot discuss a paper with any other person, including the authors.

Standards of Objectivity

The editors and reviewers are required to evaluate papers based on their content. The review comments must be respectful of the authors. The reviewers are required to justify their decision and recommendation.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that the authors have not cited. The relevant citation should accompany any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported. A reviewer should also call the editor???s attention to any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper they have personal knowledge of.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Privileged 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 authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Duties of Authors

Reporting Standards

Authors should present an accurate account of the work performed and 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 wherever possible. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review. They should be prepared to provide such data within a reasonable time.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Papers found with such problems are automatically rejected, and authors are so advised.

Plagiarism Screening

The editor, however, double-checks each article before its publication. The first step is to check plagiarism against the offline databases developed by the Faculty of Tarbiyah Islam, Institut Agama Islam Al-Qur???an Al-Ittifaqiah (IAIQI) Indralaya. Secondly, against as many online databases as possible. A maximum of 15% similarity is allowed for submitted papers. Should we find more than 15% similarity index, the article will be returned to the author for correction and re-submission.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication

When a paper is submitted for possible publication, the submitting author makes a written statement that the paper has not been published and is not currently under consideration for publication by any other journal. Simultaneous submission is considered unethical and is therefore unacceptable.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others is required. Authors must cite publications that have led to the authors??? current research.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the research reported in the manuscript. The corresponding author has a responsibility to keep co-authors informed throughout the review process. If accepted, all authors are required to provide a signed statement confirming that the research work is their original work.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects

If the work involves chemicals, procedures, or equipment with any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest in their manuscript 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

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author???s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Corrections and Retractions

Jurnal I???tibar: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam Anak Usia Dini will issue corrections, retraction statements, and other post-publication updates, including Editor???s Notes on published content.

The following are categories of corrections and post-publication updates to peer-reviewed primary research and review-type articles and certain kinds of non-peer-reviewed article types. Substantial errors to supplementary information and extended data are corrected similarly to amendments to the main article. Except for Editor???s Notes, all categories below are bi-directionally linked to the original article and indexed.

  • Author Correction: An Author Correction may be published to correct an important error(s) made by the author(s) that affects the scientific integrity of the published article, the publication record, or the reputation of the authors or the journal.

  • Publisher Correction: A Publisher Correction may be published to correct an important error(s) made by the journal that affects the scientific integrity of the published article, the publication record, or the reputation of the authors or the journal.

  • Addendum: An addendum is generally published when significant additional information crucial to the reader???s understanding of the article has come to light following publication.

  • Editor???s Note: An Editor???s Note alerts readers if the journal has initiated an inquiry in response to concerns raised about a published article. It is an online-only update, made only to the HTML version of the record of the published article, and it is not indexed.

  • Retraction: An article may be retracted when the published work???s integrity is substantially undermined due to errors in the study???s conduct, analysis, or reporting. Violation of publication or research ethics may also result in a study???s retraction. The original article is marked as retracted, but a PDF version remains available to readers, and the retraction statement is bi-directionally linked to the original published paper. Retraction statements will typically include a statement of assent or dissent from the authors.

When making corrections to articles, in most cases, the original article (PDF and HTML) is corrected and is bi-directionally linked to and from the published amendment notice, which details the original error. For the sake of transparency, when changes made to the original article affect data in figures, tables, or text (for example, when data points or curves require redrawing), the amendment notice will reproduce the original data. When it is impossible to correct the original article in both HTML and PDF versions (for example, articles published many years before the error is raised), the article will remain unchanged but contain bi-directional links to and from the published amendment notice.

Publisher:
Islamic Early Childhood Education Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah Islam, Institut Agama Islam Al-Qur???an Al-Ittifaqiah (IAIQI) Indralaya.