Professional Proofreading

Professional Proofreading Policy

The Journal of Islamic Economics and Business (JIEB) is committed to publishing scholarly work that meets appropriate standards of academic writing, clarity, and readability. Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts are written in clear, accurate, and consistent English before submission.

Professional proofreading or academic language editing may help authors improve the clarity, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and readability of their manuscripts. Language editing does not replace the journal's editorial assessment or peer-review process and does not guarantee acceptance or publication.

1. Language and Writing Standards

Manuscripts submitted to JIEB should use clear, grammatically correct, and academically appropriate English. Authors should ensure that the language allows editors and reviewers to understand the research objectives, methods, findings, arguments, and conclusions.

Authors should review the following aspects before submission:

Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure.
Clarity, coherence, and logical flow of arguments.
Consistency in terminology, abbreviations, and academic style.
Clarity of the abstract, research objectives, methodology, results, and conclusions.
Consistency between the manuscript text, tables, figures, citations, and references.

2. When Professional Proofreading Is Recommended

Authors may consider professional proofreading or academic language editing when they are uncertain about the accuracy, clarity, or consistency of the English used in their manuscripts.

Such assistance may be particularly useful for manuscripts containing complex arguments, specialized terminology, or extensive revisions. Authors should review the edited manuscript carefully to ensure that the changes preserve the intended meaning and accurately represent the research.

Professional proofreading is a language-quality measure. It does not substitute for sound research design, reliable evidence, appropriate analysis, originality, or compliance with the journal's publication ethics policies.

3. Authors' Responsibilities

Authors retain full responsibility for the content, accuracy, and integrity of their manuscripts, regardless of whether proofreading or language-editing assistance has been obtained.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that:

All factual statements, data, calculations, interpretations, and conclusions remain accurate after editing.
Technical terms and discipline-specific meanings are preserved.
All citations and references are accurate and correspond to the sources actually consulted.
The final manuscript has been reviewed and approved by all authors.
Any editorial or language-editing assistance is acknowledged or disclosed when required by the journal or applicable policies.

4. Proofreading Certificates and Supporting Evidence

Where the editorial office specifically requests evidence of professional proofreading or language editing, authors should provide appropriate documentation, such as a proofreading certificate, confirmation from the service provider, or other relevant evidence.

Any supporting document must be genuine and accurately represent the service provided. Authors should not submit fabricated certificates or make misleading claims about proofreading or language-editing assistance.

5. Language Editing and AI-Assisted Tools

Authors may use language-editing software or AI-assisted tools where permitted by the journal's policies. Such tools must be used responsibly, and authors must verify any suggested changes before incorporating them into the manuscript.

Authors remain accountable for the accuracy of edited text and must ensure that the use of these tools does not introduce fabricated information, inaccurate references, misleading interpretations, or breaches of confidentiality.

Any use of generative AI that falls within the journal's disclosure requirements must be reported in accordance with the Generative AI Policy.

6. Editorial Assessment

JIEB evaluates submitted manuscripts based on their relevance to the journal's aims and scope, scholarly quality, originality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, and suitability for publication. Language quality is one aspect of the overall assessment.

A manuscript with language problems that substantially obstruct understanding may be returned to the authors for improvement or declined in accordance with the journal's editorial procedures.

Completion of professional proofreading does not guarantee that a manuscript will pass initial editorial assessment, receive favorable peer-review reports, or be accepted for publication.