Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Edukais: is a national journal in collaboration with Bestari which is published twice a year in print and online by the Islamic Education Study Program, Faculty of Islamic Religion, Bondowoso University Indonesia. This statement describes the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the publishing process including authors, Editorial Boards, Partners and Publishers. This statement is based on COPE's Guidelines for Best Practice for Journal Editors.

Publishing Guidelines Ethics

Publishing articles in Edukais is an important process in the development of a coherent and respectful knowledge. This is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. The articles reviewed contain and support scientific methodology. Therefore, it is important to agree on standards of ethical behavior expected of all parties involved in the publishing process including authors, journal editors, partners, publishers and the public.

The Islamic Education Study Program, Faculty of Islamic Religion, Bondowoso University, as the publisher of Edukais, is responsible for overseeing all stages of publishing seriously and recognizing ethical and other responsibilities. The agency ensures that any advertising and other commercial revenue does not impact or influence editorial decisions. Besides, it also helps to communicate with other journal publishers if it is useful and necessary.

Publising Decision

 

The Chief Editor and the editorial team are responsible for deciding which articles should be published. The validation of these works and their importance to both authors and readers should support that decision. Editors are guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and limited by laws covering defamation, copyright, and plagiarism. Editors can discuss with other editors or the assessment team to decide on the policy.

Fairness

Editors always judge texts based on intelligence regardless of the author's race, gender, sexual orientation, beliefs, ethnicity, nationality or political philosophy.

Confidentiality

Editors and editors are prohibited from disclosing any information related to manuscripts submitted to anyone other than the authors themselves, senior editors, bestari partners, and publishers.

 

Notification and Conflict of Interest

All unpublished content written in the manuscript is prohibited from being used in the editor's own research without confirmation from the author.

 

Contribution to Editor's Decision

Bestari Partner Assessment helps editors in making editorial decisions and through communication between editorials and authors can help authors to improve their articles.

Pace

Any selected evaluator who feels ineligible to assess the research published in the manuscript or knows that his assessment takes longer, must notify the editor and withdraw himself from the assessment process.

Secrecy

Each accepted manuscript which is assessed must be treated as a confidential document. It should not be shown or discussed to other people without the editor’s authority.

Objectivity Standard

The assessment should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is not justified. The assessors should express their views clearly using supporting arguments.

Reference Recognition

The assessors should identify the relevant published article which has not been cited by the author. Every statement of observation, derivation, or argument that has been reported before must be accompanied by the relevant citation. An assessor should also ask the editors to give attention to the similarity or overlapping among the manuscripts that have been assessed and published.

 

Notice and Conflict of Interest

The confidential information or argument which is obtained through Mitra Bestari’s assessment must be kept secret and forbidden to use for personal purpose. The assessors cannot assess a manuscript in case they have a conflict of interest (both competitive and cooperative or other interests) with any authors, companies, or institutions that involve in the manuscript writing.

 

Reporting Standard

The author should present an accurate report of his/ her article and objective discussion about his article's significance. The basic data should be presented accurately. An article should cover enough detail and reference to permit others to have the same research. The fraudulent statements or intentionally inaccurate reports constitute unethical behavior and unacceptable.

 

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written their original article, besides, they have to cite correctly if they take others' articles or words.

 

Double Publishing, Repetition or Coincidence

Generally, an author is not allowed to have the same publication which has similar research focus on more than one journal or main publisher. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal coincidentally is considered as unethical behavior and unacceptable.

Reference Recognition

Fair recognition of others' work is a must. The authors should cite an influential publication to determine the nature of the work being reported.

 

Authorship

The authorship should be limited to those who have given an important contribution to conception, design, execution or interpretation of the study being reported. All people who have given important contributions should be listed as a co-author. If there are some people who participated in certain important aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The proper author must ensure that all of the co-authors are written in the article and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

 

Notice and Conflict of Interest

All the authors must notify in their manuscript about any financial conflict or other substantive conflicts that may affect the result or interpretation of their manuscript. All financial support for the project must be notified.

The Basic Error in Journal Publication

If the authors find an error in their publication, then it is their responsibility to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct their article.