Publication Ethic Statement

Hayula: Indonesian Journal of Multidisciplinary Islamic Studies is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. This statement is based on the Core Practices and guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and applies to all parties involved in the publication process: authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher.

1. Duties of Editors

Publication decisions. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for deciding which manuscripts submitted to the journal will be published. Decisions are based on the manuscript’s originality, scholarly quality, relevance to the journal’s Aims and Scope, and the reviewers’ assessments. The editor may consult other editors or reviewers and is guided by the journal’s policies and by legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.

Fair play. Editors evaluate manuscripts solely on their intellectual content, without regard to the authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, institutional affiliation, or political philosophy.

Confidentiality. Editors and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate. Editors must not upload manuscripts to public AI tools that may compromise confidentiality, in accordance with the journal’s AI Policy.

Conflicts of interest. Editors must not use unpublished material from a submitted manuscript in their own research without the author’s express written consent. Editors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest, including manuscripts by colleagues, collaborators, or students, and delegate them to another editor. Manuscripts submitted by members of the editorial team are handled by an editor with no conflict of interest and undergo the same peer review process as all other submissions.

Integrity of the review process. Editors ensure that the peer review process is fair, timely, and confidential, and that reviewers are selected for their expertise and independence.

Handling of misconduct. Editors take reasonable steps when ethical concerns are raised about a submitted or published manuscript, following the procedures in Section 5.

2. Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to editorial decisions. Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communication with the author, may help the author improve the manuscript.

Promptness. A reviewer who feels unqualified to review a manuscript or knows that a timely review will not be possible should notify the editor and withdraw 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 and must not be uploaded to public AI tools.

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

Acknowledgement of sources. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors and point out missing, inaccurate, or irrelevant references. Reviewers should also draw the editor’s attention to any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under review and any other published work of which they are aware.

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

3. 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. A manuscript should contain sufficient detail and references to allow others to evaluate or replicate the work. Fabrication, falsification, or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Originality and plagiarism. Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original and that any use of the work or words of others, including their own previously published work, has been appropriately cited or quoted. Manuscripts are screened for similarity in accordance with the journal’s Plagiarism Screening policy.

Multiple, redundant, or concurrent publication. Authors should not publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of sources. Proper acknowledgement of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have influenced the reported work, and all references must be accurate and must not be fabricated, as set out in the Author Guidelines.

Authorship. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a substantial contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study, have drafted or critically revised the manuscript, have approved the final version, and are accountable for the work. Others who contributed should be acknowledged. The corresponding author must ensure that all appropriate co-authors, and no inappropriate co-authors, are included, and that all co-authors have approved the final version and agreed to its submission. AI tools cannot be listed as authors.

Research ethics. Research involving human participants must comply with recognized ethical standards, including informed consent and protection of participants’ privacy and confidentiality.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest. All authors must disclose any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript, as well as all sources of financial support, in the Declarations section of the manuscript.

Use of generative AI. Any use of generative AI tools in preparing the manuscript must be disclosed in accordance with the journal’s AI Policy. Authors remain fully responsible for the content of their work.

Fundamental errors in published work. When authors discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, they must promptly notify the editor and cooperate in correcting or retracting the article.

4. Duties of the Publisher

Hayula is published by the Institute for Research and Community Service (LPPM), Universitas Negeri Jakarta, and managed by the Islamic Education Department, in collaboration with ADPISI and APPKI. The publisher:

ensures the editorial independence of the journal, so that editorial decisions are not influenced by commercial, institutional, or other external interests;
supports the editors in handling ethical concerns, corrections, and retractions;
ensures the long-term preservation and accessibility of published content, in accordance with the journal’s Archiving Policy; and
keeps advertising, sponsorship, and revenue sources separate from editorial decisions, in accordance with the journal’s policies on these matters.

5. Handling of Suspected Misconduct

Suspected research or publication misconduct includes plagiarism, data fabrication or falsification, duplicate publication, citation manipulation, undisclosed conflicts of interest, authorship disputes, and manipulation of the peer review process.

Concerns about submitted manuscripts are assessed confidentially by the editors in accordance with COPE flowcharts. The authors are informed and given the opportunity to respond, and the editors may reject the manuscript or contact the authors’ institution where appropriate.

Concerns about published articles are handled in accordance with the journal’s Post-publication Policy.

6. Corrections, Expressions of Concern, and Retractions

Errors and concerns in published articles are addressed through corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions, in accordance with the journal’s Correction & Retraction Policy.

7. Appeals and Complaints

Authors who believe that an editorial decision was based on a factual error, or a procedural irregularity may submit an appeal to the Editor-in-Chief within 30 days of the decision, with a clear explanation and supporting evidence. Appeals are reviewed by an editor who was not involved in the original decision, and the outcome is final.

Complaints about the journal’s editorial process, staff, or published content may be sent to journalhayula@unj.ac.id. All complaints are acknowledged within 14 days and handled fairly and promptly in accordance with COPE guidelines.