Publication Ethics and Research Integrity Policy
Al-Adalah: Jurnal Hukum dan Politik Islam is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and research integrity. This policy applies to authors, editors, reviewers, and other parties involved in the publication process.
The journal's publication process is guided by the principles of integrity, originality, transparency, accountability, confidentiality, fairness, responsible authorship and peer review, and editorial independence.
1. Principles of Publication Ethics
Al-Adalah is committed to maintaining integrity throughout the research, editorial, peer-review, and publication processes. Editorial and publication decisions are based on scholarly merit, relevance, methodological or analytical rigor, research integrity, and ethical considerations.
Editorial decisions must not be determined by article processing charges, institutional affiliation, personal relationships, political pressure, or commercial interests.
2. Responsibilities of Authors
- Authors must submit original work and accurately acknowledge all sources.
- Authors must ensure that a manuscript submitted to Al-Adalah is not simultaneously under consideration by another journal.
- Authors are responsible for the accuracy and integrity of their research, analysis, citations, and supporting evidence.
- Authors must disclose relevant funding, conflicts of interest, research ethics approval, informed consent, and other required declarations where applicable.
- All listed authors must approve the final version of the manuscript and accept responsibility for their respective contributions.
- Authors must disclose related publications, preprints, conference papers, working papers, or earlier versions where such disclosure is relevant to assessing originality.
- Authors must promptly notify the journal if they discover a material error in their manuscript or published article.
3. Authorship and CRediT
Authorship is based on substantial scholarly contribution and accountability for the work. Al-Adalah: Jurnal Hukum dan Politik Islam recognizes the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) framework for describing individual contributions.
The CRediT taxonomy includes the following fourteen roles:
- Conceptualization
- Data Curation
- Formal Analysis
- Funding Acquisition
- Investigation
- Methodology
- Project Administration
- Resources
- Software
- Supervision
- Validation
- Visualization
- Writing – Original Draft
- Writing – Review & Editing
Gift, honorary, and ghost authorship are unacceptable. Individuals who have contributed to the work but do not meet the criteria for authorship may be acknowledged appropriately.
Changes in authorship after submission require a justified request, agreement from all affected authors, and editorial approval.
4. Originality, Plagiarism, and Duplicate Publication
Plagiarism, duplicate publication, redundant publication, and inappropriate reuse of previously published material are prohibited.
A similarity-detection score alone does not establish plagiarism. When overlapping material is identified, the journal will consider its nature, extent, attribution, context, and significance before determining an appropriate editorial response.
Authors must disclose substantial overlap between a submitted manuscript and previously published, submitted, or publicly available work where such overlap may affect the assessment of originality.
5. Fabrication and Falsification
Fabrication refers to the invention of data, observations, interviews, sources, citations, or other research materials that did not actually exist.
Falsification refers to manipulating, omitting, or selectively presenting research materials, data, sources, or results in a manner that materially misrepresents the research.
Fabrication and falsification constitute serious breaches of research integrity.
6. Citation and Reference Integrity
Authors must cite sources that they have actually consulted and must provide accurate and appropriate references for legal authorities, legislation, judicial decisions, official documents, empirical evidence, and scholarly literature.
Citations must be relevant to the claims they support. Manipulative citation practices, including inappropriate or coercive citation demands, are unacceptable.
Al-Adalah: Jurnal Hukum dan Politik Islam uses the Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition, Notes and Bibliography system for citations and references.
7. Research Ethics and Informed Consent
Research involving human participants must comply with applicable ethical requirements.
Where relevant, authors must obtain appropriate ethical approval and informed consent and must protect the confidentiality, privacy, safety, and welfare of research participants.
Doctrinal or normative legal research that does not involve human participants ordinarily does not require informed consent. However, authors remain responsible for identifying and addressing other ethical requirements applicable to their research.
8. Data and Research Materials
Research data and materials must be accurate and must not be fabricated, falsified, or selectively manipulated in a misleading manner.
Where appropriate, authors are encouraged to provide a data or research materials availability statement.
Data and research materials may be subject to confidentiality, privacy, intellectual property, legal, contractual, or ethical restrictions. Such restrictions must be respected.
9. Generative AI and AI-Assisted Tools
Authors may use generative artificial intelligence and other AI-assisted tools as research or writing aids where such use is consistent with academic integrity and the journal's requirements.
AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and content of the submitted manuscript.
Authors must critically verify AI-assisted content and must not use AI tools to fabricate or invent:
- research data;
- interviews or participant statements;
- sources or references;
- legal authorities;
- judicial decisions;
- quotations;
- citations;
- empirical evidence; or
- research findings.
Material use of generative AI in research or manuscript preparation should be disclosed where relevant and in accordance with the journal's submission requirements.
Editors and reviewers must not upload confidential manuscripts or substantial portions of unpublished submissions to public or third-party generative AI systems where confidentiality cannot be assured.
10. Responsibilities of Editors
Editors are responsible for maintaining a fair, transparent, and academically rigorous editorial process.
- Editors must apply consistent scholarly standards.
- Editors must conduct appropriate initial editorial screening.
- Editors must select reviewers with appropriate expertise.
- Editors must manage conflicts of interest.
- Editors must protect the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and review materials.
- Editors must respond appropriately to credible concerns regarding research or publication integrity.
- Editors must not discriminate against authors on the basis of institutional affiliation, nationality, gender, religion, political position, or other irrelevant characteristics.
11. Responsibilities of Reviewers
Reviewers contribute to the quality and integrity of the journal through objective and constructive assessment.
- Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and review materials.
- Reviews should be objective, constructive, evidence-based, and respectful.
- Reviewers must disclose actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest.
- Reviewers must not use unpublished information obtained through peer review for personal or professional advantage.
- Reviewers should not make inappropriate or coercive citation demands.
- Reviewers should decline an assignment when they lack sufficient expertise or when a conflict of interest may compromise impartiality.
12. Conflict of Interest
Authors, editors, and reviewers must disclose actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest.
Conflicts may arise from financial, professional, institutional, personal, academic, supervisory, collaborative, or other relationships that could reasonably affect impartiality.
Where a conflict may compromise the integrity or impartiality of the editorial or peer-review process, the journal may reassign the manuscript, editor, or reviewer.
13. Peer-Review Confidentiality
The peer-review process is confidential. Reviewers must not disclose the contents of manuscripts, reviewer reports, editorial correspondence, or review discussions to unauthorized persons.
Confidentiality obligations continue after completion of the review process.
14. Complaints and Appeals
Authors may submit a reasoned appeal when they identify a specific factual error, material misunderstanding, procedural irregularity, or relevant conflict of interest that may have affected an editorial decision.
An appeal should clearly explain the basis for reconsideration and provide supporting information where appropriate.
Mere disagreement with an editorial decision, without identifying a specific factual, procedural, or ethical basis, does not ordinarily constitute sufficient grounds for appeal.
15. Corrections and Retractions
The journal may publish a correction, expression of concern, or retraction when warranted by the nature and significance of an issue affecting a published article.
Corrections and retractions will be linked appropriately to the original publication and explained transparently.
The journal distinguishes between honest and correctable errors, unresolved concerns, and findings that materially undermine the reliability or integrity of a publication.
16. Post-Publication Discussions and Concerns
Al-Adalah: Jurnal Hukum dan Politik Islam welcomes responsible scholarly discussion concerning published articles.
When a credible post-publication concern is raised, the editor may request clarification or supporting material, seek independent scholarly advice, contact the relevant institution or authority where appropriate, or initiate a correction, expression of concern, or retraction process.
17. Handling Allegations of Misconduct
Potential publication or research misconduct may include:
- plagiarism;
- fabrication;
- falsification;
- duplicate or redundant publication;
- authorship manipulation;
- citation manipulation;
- undisclosed conflicts of interest;
- peer-review manipulation; and
- unethical research practices.
The journal will assess allegations fairly and may request clarification or supporting evidence. Where appropriate, the journal may contact the relevant institution, research organization, or other competent authority.
An allegation that has not been substantiated must not be treated as an established finding of misconduct.
18. Editorial Independence
Editorial decisions must be based on scholarly and ethical considerations.
Article processing charges, institutional affiliation, sponsors, commercial interests, political influence, personal relationships, or other external pressures must not determine manuscript acceptance or rejection, reviewer selection, or publication priority.
19. Sanctions and Remedial Actions
Where a breach of publication ethics or research integrity is established or requires remedial action, the journal may take proportionate measures, including:
- requesting clarification or additional information;
- requiring correction or amendment;
- rejecting a manuscript;
- terminating the peer-review process;
- publishing an expression of concern;
- retracting a published article;
- restricting future submissions where justified; or
- taking other appropriate remedial measures.
The journal will distinguish between confirmed misconduct, unresolved concerns, and correctable errors when determining an appropriate response.
20. Policy Review and Transparency
This policy is reviewed periodically to maintain alignment with recognized standards of scholarly publishing and the journal's editorial development.
Material changes to the policy will be communicated transparently.
Policy Relationship and Editorial Implementation
This policy provides the overarching framework for publication ethics and research integrity at Al-Adalah: Jurnal Hukum dan Politik Islam. It does not replace the journal's operational policies concerning authorship, conflicts of interest, peer review, corrections and retractions, post-publication discussions, or submission requirements.
Where a specific operational policy provides detailed procedures, that policy applies to the relevant process and should be read together with this overarching framework.
