Ethical Standards

Journal Al-Mirah: Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam is committed to maintaining high ethical standards in every aspect of scholarly publishing. The journal upholds integrity, transparency, fairness, accountability, academic responsibility, and respect for scholarly work in the submission, review, editorial, and publication processes. All parties involved in the journal, including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher, are expected to adhere to responsible and ethical academic conduct.

• Originality: Authors must submit original manuscripts that have not been published and are not under consideration elsewhere.
• Accuracy: Authors must present their arguments, data, findings, and conclusions accurately, clearly, and honestly.
• Proper Acknowledgment: All relevant sources, ideas, data, references, and previous works must be properly cited and acknowledged.
• Authorship: Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made significant scholarly contributions to the manuscript.
• Conflict of Interest: Authors must disclose any financial, institutional, academic, or personal conflict of interest that may influence the manuscript.
• Ethical Research Conduct: Research involving human participants, educational institutions, or community settings must be conducted responsibly and in accordance with relevant ethical principles.
• Correction of Errors: If authors discover a significant error in a submitted or published manuscript, they must promptly notify the editor and cooperate in correcting or retracting the work if necessary.

• Editorial Independence: Editors must make editorial decisions based solely on academic merit, originality, relevance, clarity, and scholarly contribution.
• Fair Evaluation: Manuscripts must be assessed without discrimination related to gender, race, religion, nationality, institutional affiliation, or personal background.
• Confidentiality: Editors must protect the confidentiality of manuscripts, reviewer identities, and reviewer reports, except where disclosure is ethically justified.
• Conflict of Interest: Editors should avoid handling manuscripts when a conflict of interest exists.
• Integrity of the Record: Editors should take reasonable action when ethical problems, misconduct, or substantial errors are identified.
• Transparency: Editors must ensure that the editorial process is conducted fairly, consistently, and in accordance with the journal’s stated policies.

• Confidentiality: Reviewers must treat all manuscripts as confidential documents and must not disclose or discuss them without authorization.
• Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted fairly, objectively, and supported by scholarly reasoning.
• Constructive Feedback: Reviewers are expected to provide respectful, constructive, and academically useful comments to improve the manuscript.
• Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers should identify important relevant works not cited by the authors when necessary.
• Conflict of Interest: Reviewers should decline review assignments when a conflict of interest may affect their judgment.
• Timeliness: Reviewers should complete reviews within the agreed timeframe or promptly inform the editor if unable to do so.

The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate submission, data fabrication, data falsification, citation manipulation, or any other form of academic misconduct.

Manuscripts found to contain unethical practices may be rejected, returned for clarification, or investigated further by the editorial team. If serious misconduct is identified after publication, the journal may publish corrections, editorial notices, expressions of concern, or retractions in accordance with the seriousness of the case.

Where manuscripts report studies involving students, teachers, institutions, or other human participants, authors must ensure that the research was conducted ethically, respectfully, and in accordance with applicable institutional and disciplinary standards.

Authors should obtain informed consent where necessary, protect confidentiality and privacy, and avoid any procedure that may harm participants or compromise their dignity, rights, or educational well-being.

When substantial errors or ethical concerns are identified, the editorial team will evaluate the issue carefully and take appropriate action to protect the integrity of the academic record.

Such action may include requests for revision, clarification statements, editorial notices, corrections, retractions, or removal of published content in accordance with the severity of the case and journal policy.

Journal Al-Mirah is committed to fostering ethical scholarly communication and responsible publication practices in the field of Islamic Religious Education. All contributors are expected to support the integrity, credibility, and quality of the journal through consistent compliance with these ethical standards.