About the Journal
ISSN (Online) 3090-9317
Publication Ethics of Jurnal Munakahat
Munakahat : Journal of Islamic Family Law is a scholarly journal published by the Department of Family Law, Faculty of Sharia and Law, Institut Miftahul Huda Al Azhar Kota Banjar, West Java, Indonesia, focusing on Islamic family law, but not limited to: Marriage, Divorce, Inheritance, Dowries, Guardianship, Human Rights, Parental Authority, Adoption, Wills, Religious Court Decisions, Gifts, Endowments, Zakat, Infaq, Charity, and Islamic Economics. The journal serves as an academic platform for researchers, lecturers, students, and legal practitioners to publish research, analyses, and case studies related to Islamic family law.
Ethical Guidelines for Journal Publication
The publication of an article in Munakahat, which undergoes a peer-review process, is a crucial foundation in the development of a coherent and respected knowledge network. It directly reflects the quality of the authors' work and the institutions supporting them. Articles published in this journal uphold and reflect the scientific method. Therefore, it is important to agree on the expected standards of ethical behavior for all parties involved in the publication process: the author, the journal editor, peer reviewers, the publisher, and society.
The Department of Family Law, Faculty of Sharia and Law, Institut Miftahul Huda Al Azhar Kota Banjar, West Java, Indonesia, as the publisher of Jurnal Munakahat, takes the responsibility of overseeing all stages of publication seriously and recognizes its ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprints, or other commercial revenue do not influence or affect editorial decisions.
Publication Decisions
The editor-in-chief of Munakahat is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work and its importance to researchers and readers must always be the basis for these decisions. Editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by legal requirements related to defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. Editors may also consult other editors or reviewers when making this decision.
Fair Play
Editors should evaluate manuscripts based on their intellectual content without regard to the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
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.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in the editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author.
Responsibilities of Reviewers
Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions, and through editorial communications with the author, can also assist the author in improving the paper.
Promptness
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that timely review will not be possible should notify the editor and excuse themselves 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.
Standards of Objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly, with supporting arguments.
Acknowledgment of Sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with the papers.
Responsibilities of Authors
Reporting Standards
Authors of reports on original research should present an accurate account of the work performed and an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be accurately represented in the paper and sufficient detail should be provided so that others can replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements are unethical and unacceptable.
Originality and Plagiarism
Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if they have used the work and/or words of others, these should be appropriately cited or quoted.
Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication
An author should not generally publish manuscripts describing the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently is unethical and unacceptable publishing behavior.
Acknowledgment of Sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have influenced the nature of the reported work.
Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Those who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
Fundamental Errors in Published Works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
Reference Management
Every article submitted to Jurnal Munakahat must use reference management software such as Mendeley or Zotero.
Copyrights, Permissions, Reprints & Licensing
Munakahat : Journal of Islamic Family Law uses the CC-BY-SA license or an equivalent license as the optimal license for the publication, distribution, use, and reuse of scholarly works. This license allows anyone to compose, repair, and create derivative works, even for commercial purposes, as long as appropriate credit and acknowledgment of the original publication from Jurnal Munakahat is made.
Correction and Retraction Policies
Articles published in Munakahat will be considered for retraction if:
- There is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either due to misconduct (e.g., data fabrication) or honest error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error)
- The findings have been previously published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification (e.g., redundant publication)
- The article constitutes plagiarism
- The article reports unethical research
The retraction procedure follows the Retraction Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which can be accessed at [https://publicationethics.org/files/retraction%20guidelines.pdf].