Al-Aulad: Journal of Islamic Primary Education is committed to upholding the principles of academic integrity, transparency, fairness, and responsible scholarly publishing. This statement establishes the ethical responsibilities of authors, editors, peer reviewers, and the publisher throughout the manuscript submission, evaluation, publication, and post-publication processes.
The journal refers to the principles and guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in addressing publication misconduct, authorship, peer review, competing interests, research integrity, and corrections to the scholarly record. All parties involved in the publication process are expected to act professionally and ethically to safeguard the credibility of published research and contribute to the advancement of Islamic primary education.
Authors submitting manuscripts to Al-Aulad: Journal of Islamic Primary Education must ensure that their work complies with recognized standards of research integrity and publication ethics.
Authors are responsible for the following:
Originality and Plagiarism: Submitted manuscripts must present original scholarly work. All ideas, quotations, data, figures, and materials derived from other sources must be properly acknowledged and cited. Plagiarism, inappropriate text reuse, and the misrepresentation of previously published material as new work are unacceptable.
Accuracy and Integrity of Research: Authors must report research methods, data, findings, and conclusions accurately and transparently. Data fabrication, falsification, inappropriate manipulation of images or research materials, and deliberate misrepresentation of findings are prohibited.
Authorship and Contributions: Authorship must reflect genuine scholarly contributions to the research and manuscript. All listed authors must meet the journal's authorship criteria, approve the final manuscript, and accept accountability for their contributions and the integrity of the work. Contributors who do not meet the authorship requirements may be acknowledged appropriately, with their permission.
Exclusive Submission: Manuscripts must not be submitted simultaneously to multiple journals. Submissions must not have been published previously in substantially the same form, except where prior dissemination has been transparently disclosed and is permitted by the journal.
Acknowledgment of Sources: Authors must cite relevant and reliable scholarly sources accurately. Fabricated references, misleading citations, and citation manipulation intended to inflate citation counts are prohibited.
Ethical Approval and Informed Consent: Research involving human participants, personal information, children, or other ethically sensitive materials must comply with applicable ethical standards and institutional requirements. Authors must obtain ethical approval, informed consent, parental or guardian consent, child assent, and other necessary permissions where applicable.
Funding and Competing Interests: Authors must disclose research funding and any financial, professional, personal, or institutional relationships that could influence, or reasonably be perceived to influence, the research or its interpretation.
Use of Artificial Intelligence: Authors must comply with the journal's applicable AI policy. The use of AI tools must be disclosed when required, particularly when such tools contribute substantially to manuscript preparation, content generation, data analysis, or research procedures. AI tools cannot be listed as authors, and authors remain responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of all submitted content.
Corrections After Submission or Publication: Authors must promptly notify the editor of significant errors or inaccuracies identified in submitted or published manuscripts and cooperate with the journal in correcting the scholarly record.
Al-Aulad: Journal of Islamic Primary Education recognizes the importance of transparent attribution of scholarly contributions. The journal encourages the use of the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) to identify and describe the specific contributions of individual researchers.
Authorship requires substantial scholarly contributions to the work, participation in drafting or critically revising the manuscript, approval of the final version, and agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the research. Contributors must satisfy all applicable authorship criteria; the use of CRediT roles alone does not automatically qualify an individual for authorship.
The CRediT contributor roles recognized by the journal include:
Conceptualization: Development of the research ideas, objectives, and overarching goals.
Methodology: Design or development of the research methodology, procedures, or analytical framework.
Software: Development or implementation of software, computer programs, or supporting algorithms.
Validation: Verification of the reliability, reproducibility, or consistency of research procedures and findings.
Formal Analysis: Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal methods to analyze research data.
Investigation: Conducting research activities, implementing interventions, collecting data, or gathering evidence.
Resources: Provision of research materials, instruments, facilities, educational resources, or other necessary research support.
Data Curation: Organization, documentation, management, and maintenance of research data for analysis and future use.
Writing – Original Draft: Preparation and development of the initial manuscript.
Writing – Review & Editing: Critical review, revision, and refinement of the manuscript.
Visualization: Preparation of figures, tables, diagrams, models, or other visual representations of research findings.
Supervision: Academic guidance, research leadership, and oversight of research planning and implementation.
Project Administration: Coordination and management of research activities and project implementation.
Funding Acquisition: Obtaining financial support for the research project.
Authors are required to provide accurate information about their individual contributions during submission when requested by the journal. Contributors who do not meet the authorship criteria should be acknowledged separately, subject to their permission.
Editors are responsible for ensuring that manuscripts are evaluated fairly, independently, consistently, and in accordance with the journal's aims, scope, and editorial policies.
Editors must:
Assess manuscripts based on originality, scholarly quality, methodological rigor, relevance to Islamic primary education, and potential contribution to educational research and practice, without discrimination based on authors' personal characteristics or institutional affiliations.
Maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts, reviewer reports, and editorial correspondence.
Assign manuscripts to qualified and independent reviewers and oversee the peer-review process in accordance with the journal's established procedures.
Identify, disclose, and appropriately manage competing interests involving authors, reviewers, and editorial team members.
Investigate suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, falsification, authorship disputes, and other potential ethical violations in a fair and consistent manner.
Preserve editorial independence and ensure that publication decisions are not improperly influenced by commercial, institutional, personal, or external interests.
Communicate editorial decisions clearly and consider appeals and complaints impartially.
Take appropriate action when credible concerns arise regarding the integrity of a submitted or published article, including requesting explanations, obtaining expert advice, contacting relevant institutions when necessary, or correcting the published record.
Editors must not use unpublished information obtained through manuscript handling for personal research or professional advantage without the authors' permission.
Peer reviewers contribute to the quality, reliability, and integrity of the journal by providing independent, constructive, and evidence-based evaluations.
Reviewers are expected to:
Accept review assignments only when they possess relevant expertise and can complete the review within the agreed timeframe.
Evaluate manuscripts objectively and provide clear, constructive feedback supported by appropriate scholarly reasoning.
Maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts, supplementary materials, and review-related communications.
Disclose actual or potential competing interests and decline assignments when such interests could compromise their impartiality.
Identify relevant scholarly work that has not been appropriately cited and notify the editor of suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, or other ethical concerns.
Refrain from using unpublished information obtained through peer review for personal or professional benefit.
Avoid inappropriate citation requests intended primarily to increase the citations of the reviewer, particular authors, or specific journals.
Comply with the journal's applicable AI policy and refrain from entering confidential manuscripts or review materials into unauthorized AI systems.
Reviewers provide recommendations to support editorial decisions; the final decision regarding acceptance, revision, or rejection remains the responsibility of the editor.
Al-Aulad: Journal of Islamic Primary Education does not tolerate plagiarism, duplicate or redundant publication, data fabrication, data falsification, citation manipulation, inappropriate authorship practices, or other forms of research and publication misconduct.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts properly acknowledge all borrowed ideas, text, data, images, and other intellectual contributions. Similarity-checking tools may be used to identify potentially overlapping material. Similarity scores must be interpreted in context and do not, by themselves, establish whether plagiarism has occurred.
When potential misconduct is identified, the journal may request explanations, original data, supporting documents, or other relevant evidence from the authors. Authors will ordinarily be given an opportunity to respond before a decision is reached, except where immediate action is necessary to protect the integrity of the publication process.
Depending on the evidence and seriousness of the case, the journal may:
Request clarification, supporting documentation, or appropriate manuscript revisions.
Reject the manuscript.
Suspend editorial processing while the concerns are investigated.
Refer the matter to the relevant institution, research organization, or appropriate authority when necessary.
Publish a correction, expression of concern, or retraction for an affected article.
Take other proportionate measures in cases of serious or repeated misconduct.
Allegations will be assessed impartially, and no allegation will be treated as proof of misconduct without appropriate consideration of the available evidence.
All authors must satisfy the journal's authorship requirements and approve the manuscript before submission. The corresponding author is responsible for confirming that all authors have agreed to the submission and that their names, affiliations, and contributions are reported accurately.
Requests to add, remove, or rearrange authors after submission must be accompanied by a clear justification and the agreement of all affected authors. The editor may request written confirmation from all authors before approving any change.
Where an authorship dispute cannot be resolved through the journal's editorial procedures, the matter may be referred to the relevant institution or research organization for further consideration.
Artificial intelligence systems and tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors because they cannot assume responsibility or accountability for scholarly work.
Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose actual, potential, or perceived competing interests that could influence their research, evaluation, or editorial decisions.
Such interests may include financial relationships, employment, consultancy, personal relationships, institutional affiliations, academic competition, or other circumstances relevant to the manuscript.
Authors must provide a competing-interest declaration during submission. If no competing interests exist, authors may use the following statement:
"The authors declare that they have no competing interests."
Reviewers must inform the editor of any competing interests that could affect their impartiality. Editors must not handle manuscripts when their own interests could compromise independent decision-making; such manuscripts should be assigned to an appropriately independent editor.
The existence of a competing interest does not automatically prevent publication. The journal will assess disclosed interests and determine whether appropriate safeguards or further action are necessary.
Research involving children, students, teachers, parents, educational institutions, or other human participants must be conducted in accordance with applicable ethical principles, institutional requirements, and relevant laws and regulations.
Authors must obtain approval from an appropriate research ethics committee or institutional review body where required. The manuscript should identify the approving body and approval reference when applicable.
Informed consent must be obtained where required. Research involving children must include appropriate parental or legal guardian consent and child assent, where applicable, taking into account the participants' age, maturity, and ability to understand the research.
Authors must protect participants' privacy, confidentiality, dignity, safety, and welfare. Identifiable personal information must not be published without appropriate authorization and a valid ethical basis.
For studies involving vulnerable participants or sensitive educational settings, authors must demonstrate that appropriate safeguards were implemented to minimize potential harm, coercion, discrimination, or other foreseeable risks.
When formal ethical approval was not required, authors should explain the basis for that determination where relevant. The editorial team may request additional documentation or clarification before reaching a publication decision.
Al-Aulad: Journal of Islamic Primary Education is committed to handling complaints and appeals concerning editorial decisions, peer review, publication ethics, and the conduct of parties involved in the publication process fairly and transparently.
Complaints should be submitted through the journal's official contact channel and should include a clear description of the concern and relevant supporting evidence.
Authors who believe that an editorial decision resulted from a factual misunderstanding, procedural irregularity, or ethical concern may submit a reasoned appeal. Appeals should address the grounds for reconsideration and provide relevant supporting arguments or evidence.
Complaints and appeals will be assessed impartially and confidentially where appropriate. Additional information may be requested when necessary. Complaints involving an editor's own conduct or a potential conflict of interest should, where feasible, be referred to an independent representative of the publisher or institution.
Al-Aulad: Journal of Islamic Primary Education is committed to maintaining an accurate, transparent, and reliable scholarly record. When significant errors or ethical concerns arise after publication, the journal will assess the circumstances and take appropriate action in accordance with relevant publication-ethics guidance.
Corrections: A correction may be issued when an error affects the accuracy, clarity, or completeness of an article but does not invalidate its principal findings or conclusions.
Expressions of Concern: An expression of concern may be published when credible questions arise about an article's reliability or ethical compliance but the available evidence is insufficient for a definitive decision, or an investigation remains unresolved.
Retractions: Retraction may be considered when substantial evidence indicates that an article contains unreliable findings resulting from major errors, fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, serious ethical violations, or other circumstances that undermine confidence in the published work.
Correction and retraction notices should identify the affected article, explain the reason for the action as appropriate, and link to the original publication. The original article will ordinarily remain accessible with a clear notice of its corrected or retracted status to preserve transparency and the integrity of the scholarly record.
The journal recognizes the importance of scholarly discussion and scrutiny after publication. Readers and researchers who identify substantial errors, methodological concerns, suspected misconduct, or other issues affecting the reliability of a published article may contact the editorial team with relevant evidence.
The editor will assess the concern and may request clarification from the authors, consult independent experts, or undertake other appropriate steps. Authors will generally be given a reasonable opportunity to respond to substantive criticism.
Where warranted, the journal may publish a correction, author response, commentary, expression of concern, or retraction notice. All post-publication matters will be handled fairly and in a manner that supports the accuracy and transparency of the scholarly record.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts respect applicable copyright, intellectual property rights, and other legal obligations. Permission must be obtained for the use of third-party materials when required, and all sources must be properly acknowledged.
The use of copyrighted images, figures, tables, research instruments, or other materials must comply with applicable permission and attribution requirements.
Authors must accurately disclose the originality and publication status of their work. Copyright ownership, licensing, and permitted reuse of published articles are governed by the journal's official copyright and licensing policies.
All parties involved in the editorial process must protect confidential information obtained through manuscript submission, peer review, and editorial correspondence.
Authors are responsible for maintaining the integrity of their research data and retaining relevant supporting records where appropriate. When questions arise regarding the validity, reproducibility, or reliability of reported findings, the editor may request relevant data, documentation, or explanations, subject to applicable ethical, legal, privacy, and confidentiality requirements.
Research data must not be fabricated, falsified, selectively misrepresented, or manipulated to produce misleading conclusions. Requests for data or supporting materials will be considered in light of research methods, participant confidentiality, ethical commitments, and applicable policies.
Editorial decisions are based on scholarly merit, originality, methodological quality, relevance to the journal's aims and scope, and compliance with research and publication ethics.
Decisions must not be improperly influenced by authors' personal characteristics, institutional affiliations, commercial considerations, personal relationships, or external pressure.
Al-Aulad: Journal of Islamic Primary Education strives to maintain a fair and transparent publication process. Editors and reviewers must disclose relevant competing interests and withdraw from assignments when their impartiality may reasonably be questioned.
The journal recognizes the importance of maintaining the accessibility and integrity of its published scholarly record over time. Digital archiving and preservation practices are implemented in accordance with the journal's actual preservation arrangements and applicable policies.
Information regarding the journal's archiving systems and preservation services should be stated accurately in its designated preservation policy.
The editor-in-chief and editorial team are responsible for implementing this policy and addressing ethical concerns arising during submission, peer review, publication, and post-publication.
Where appropriate, the journal will consult COPE guidance and seek advice from independent experts, relevant institutions, or other appropriate bodies. Cases will be assessed individually, taking into account the available evidence, the seriousness of the concern, procedural fairness, and the need to protect the integrity of the scholarly record.
This policy may be reviewed periodically to reflect developments in publication ethics, research practices, scholarly communication, and applicable regulations.
This policy is informed by the principles and guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), including:
COPE guidance serves as a reference for responsible publication practices and does not replace applicable institutional requirements, research ethics standards, or the journal's own editorial procedures.
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