To maintain the quality of the manuscript and avoid plagiarism in the publication process, the editors set the ethics of the Journal of Cross Border Islamic Studies. This publication ethics applies to authors, editors, reviewers, and journal managers/editors.

 

Writer's Ethics

1. Reports; authors must inform the editors of the research process and results in a fair, clear, and comprehensive manner and maintain research data carefully and securely.
2. Originality and plagiarism; the author must guarantee that the manuscript is the original work, the original written by the author, and not another work/idea. Authors are prohibited from writing references without using appropriate citations or citations.
3. Resend; the author must inform that the submitted manuscript has never been submitted/published in any other journal. If there is a case of re-submission of the manuscript to another publisher, the editorial board has the right to refuse it.
4. Author status; the author should inform the editor that the author has competence or qualifications in a particular field of expertise in accordance with the published field of science. The author who sends the manuscript to the editor is the corresponding author (co-author) so that if problems are found in the process of publishing the manuscript, they can be resolved immediately.
5. Errors in Writing the Manuscript; the author must immediately inform the editor if there is an error in the writing of the manuscript, both the results of the review and edits. These errors include writing names, e-mails, affiliations/agencies, quotes, and other writings that may affect the meaning and significance of the manuscript. If that happens, the author must immediately propose improvements to the manuscript.
6. Disclosure and conflicts of interest; The author must understand the ethics of scientific publications above to avoid conflicts of interest with other parties, so that the text can be processed smoothly and safely.

 

Editorial Ethics

Publication Decision; editors must ensure the manuscript review process is fully transparent, objective, fair and discreet. This basically allows the editor to make a decision about the manuscript to reject or accept.

1. Publication Information; Editors must ensure that manuscript guidelines for authors and others are accessible and readable, both in print and online.
2. Distribution of peer-reviewed scripts; the editor must ensure that the reviewer and manuscript are reviewed, and clearly inform the reviewer of the terms and process of reviewing the manuscript.
3. Objectivity and neutrality; the editor must be objective, neutral and fair in editing the manuscript, without distinction of gender, business side, ethnicity, religion, race, class, and nationality of the author.
4. Confidentiality; Editors must monitor any information, especially information that is consistent with the privacy of the author and distribution of the manuscript.
5. Disclosure and conflicts of interest; Editors must understand the ethics of publication to avoid conflicts of interest with others, so that the publication process can run smoothly and safely.

 

Review Ethics

1. Objectivity and neutrality; Reviewers must be fair, objective, impartial, independent, and in favor of scientific truth. The manuscript review process is carried out professionally, regardless of gender, business side, ethnicity, religion, race, class, and nationality of the author.
2. Clarity of reference sources; The reviewer must ensure that the source of the reference/text citation is appropriate and credible (accountable). If errors or irregularities are found in the writing of references/quotes, the reviewer must immediately notify the editor to be corrected by the author in accordance with the reviewer's notes.
3. The effectiveness of peer-review; Reviewers must respond to what has been sent by the editor and work according to the peer review time that has been determined (maximum 2 weeks). If additional time is required to review the manuscript, there must be direct confirmation to the editorial board.
4. Disclosure and conflicts of interest; Reviewers must understand the ethics of scientific publications above to avoid conflicts of interest with other parties, so that the process of publishing the manuscript runs smoothly and safely.

 

Ethics for Journal Management

1. Decision making; The journal manager/editorial board must describe the mission and goals of the organization, especially those relating to policy setting and journal publishing decisions without any particular interest.
2. Prudence; Journal managers must give freedom to reviewers and editors to create a comfortable working atmosphere and respect the privacy of authors.
3. Guarantees and promotions; Journal managers must guarantee and protect intellectual property rights (copyright), and be transparent in managing funds received by third parties. In addition, journal managers must publish and promote the results of publications by providing guaranteed benefits in the use of manuscripts.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest; Journal managers must understand the ethics of scientific publications above to avoid conflicts of interest with other parties, so that the process of publishing manuscripts runs smoothly and safely.