Publication Ethics and Misconduct

Jurnal TARBAWI is committed to maintaining integrity, transparency, accountability, and high ethical standards in scholarly publishing. This policy applies to authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher throughout the submission, peer-review, publication, and post-publication processes.

1. Responsibilities of Authors

Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts are original, accurate, and ethically conducted. Authors are responsible for:

  • presenting research honestly without fabrication or falsification;
  • avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, and simultaneous submission;
  • properly acknowledging all sources;
  • ensuring appropriate authorship and approval from all co-authors;
  • disclosing relevant conflicts of interest; and
  • complying with applicable ethical requirements for research involving human participants, personal data, or animals.

Authors must promptly inform the journal if significant errors are identified in submitted or published work.

2. Responsibilities of Editors

Editors shall evaluate manuscripts fairly and independently based on scholarly merit, originality, methodological quality, relevance to the journal’s aims and scope, and compliance with publication ethics.

Editors must maintain manuscript confidentiality, avoid conflicts of interest, assign qualified and independent reviewers, and ensure that editorial decisions are not influenced by financial, institutional, personal, religious, political, or other non-academic considerations.

Manuscripts submitted by editors or editorial board members shall be handled independently.

3. Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers must:

  • maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts;
  • provide objective, constructive, and evidence-based evaluations;
  • disclose potential conflicts of interest;
  • complete reviews within the agreed timeframe; and
  • inform the editor of suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, data irregularities, or other ethical concerns.

Reviewers must not use unpublished information obtained through peer review for personal or professional advantage.

4. Research and Publication Misconduct

Jurnal TARBAWI does not tolerate misconduct, including:

  • plagiarism and self-plagiarism;
  • fabrication or falsification of data;
  • duplicate or redundant publication;
  • inappropriate authorship;
  • citation manipulation;
  • undisclosed conflicts of interest; and
  • manipulation of the peer-review process.

Submitted manuscripts may be screened using similarity-detection software.

Suspected misconduct will be investigated by the editorial team. Appropriate actions may include manuscript rejection, correction, expression of concern, retraction, or notification of relevant institutions where necessary.

5. Complaints, Appeals, Corrections, and Retractions

Authors and other stakeholders may submit complaints concerning editorial procedures, peer review, or publication ethics.

Authors may submit a reasoned appeal when they believe that a significant academic or procedural error has affected an editorial decision. Appeals will be evaluated objectively and, where appropriate, by an editor who was not responsible for the original decision.

Jurnal TARBAWI may issue corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions when necessary to maintain the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record.

6. Publisher Responsibility and Publication Integrity

The Faculty of Tarbiyah, Institut Al Fithrah Surabaya, as the publisher of Jurnal TARBAWI, supports editorial independence and is committed to maintaining the integrity, accessibility, sustainability, and preservation of published scholarly content.

Publication fees or other commercial considerations shall not influence the peer-review process or editorial decisions.

All authors, editors, and reviewers are expected to comply with the journal’s Editorial Policy, Peer Review Process, Plagiarism Policy, Open Access Policy, Copyright and Licensing Policy, and Generative AI Policy.