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• Authorship and Contributorship
• Complaints and Appeals
• Conflicts of Interest
• Data Sharing and Reproducibility
• Ethical Oversight
• Intellectual Property
• Correcting the Record
• Publication Decisions
• Duties of Reviewers
• Duties of Editors
• Duties of Authors

Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama is a peer-reviewed journal, published twice a year by Pascasarjana Institut Agama Islam Sunan Giri Ponorogo, Indonesia. It is available online as open access sources as well as in print. This statement clarifies ethical behaviour of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the editor-in-chief, the Editorial Board, the reviewer, and the publisher. This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific methods. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the editor, the reviewer, the publisher, and the society. As the publisher of Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama, Pascasarjana Institut Agama Islam Sunan Giri Ponorogo takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing seriously and it recognizes its ethical and other responsibilities. Pascasarjana Institut Agama Islam Sunan Giri Ponorogo committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.

Authorship and contributorship

We consider the author (co-author) of an article explains for transparency around who contributed to the work and in what capacity as described in the COPE guidelines. Authorship should be determined by how genuinely they contribute to each article. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) has recommended that authorship credit should be based on substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; drafting the manuscript or critically revising it, and ultimate approval of the version to be published. Interpretation of the respective contributions of individual authors is not possible from the order of authorship. The corresponding author should certify that all authors fulfill standards for authorship and prepare a brief written description of their contribution to the manuscript. This information provides an appropriate context for the readers of the articles to be able to interpret the authors’ roles correctly. 

Complaints and Appeals

Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama will have a clear procedure for handling complaints against the journal, Editorial Staff, Editorial Board, or Publisher. The complaints will be clarified to a respected person in the case of complaint. The scope of complaints includes anything related to the journal process, i.e. editorial process, found citation manipulation, unfair editor/reviewer, peer-review manipulation, etc. The complaint cases will be processed according to COPE guidelines. The complaint cases should be sent by email to: [email protected].

Data Sharing and reproducibility

Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama strongly encourages authors to include as supplementary material data sets and code that demonstrate the results shown in their final article. Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama's editors set Data Sharing and Reproducibility policies based on Cope Guidelines, and authors may request a waiver for reasons of confidentiality or security. 

This policy will encourage authors to share and make the data underlying their published article publicly available when it does not violate protection of human subjects or other valid subject privacy concerns. Authors will be further encouraged to cite any data referenced in their paper. Whether this has been created by the author or someone else, cited data sets should be included in the reference list. Finally, authors will be encouraged to include Supplementary Materials and Data Deposit.

Ethical oversight

The policy of the journals, issued by Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama, concerning the oversight on how the ethical principles are observed is built on mutual trust of the publication process participants and hope for compulsory observance of all the publication ethics principles.

We focus on the СОРE definition of Ethical oversight, namely “Ethical oversight should include, but is not limited to, policies on consent to publication, publication on vulnerable populations, ethical conduct of research using animals, ethical conduct of research using human subjects, handling confidential data and of business/marketing practices”. Based on this definition, the editorial staff of the journals works under the issue of observing the ethical principles.

The journals will be bound to consider the appeals from the Ethics and Oversight Committee for professional and scientific activity concerning the non-observance of the ethical principles by our authors. We are also ready to consider other appeals in case they are not anonymous and substantiated.

Allegations of Research Misconduct

Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, citation manipulation, or plagiarism in producing, performing, or reviewing research and writing article by author(s), or in reporting research results. When author(s) are found to have been involved with research misconduct or other serious irregularities involving articles that have been published in Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama, Editors have a responsibility to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the scientific record.

In cases of suspected misconduct, the Editors and Editorial Board will use the best practices of COPE to assist them to resolve the complaint and address the misconduct fairly. This will include an investigation of the allegation by the Editors. A submitted manuscript that is found to contain such misconduct will be rejected. In cases where a published paper is found to contain such misconduct, a retraction can be published and will be linked to the original article.

The first step involves determining the validity of the allegation and an assessment of whether the allegation is consistent with the definition of research misconduct. This initial step also involves determining whether the individuals alleging misconduct have relevant conflicts of interest.

If scientific misconduct or the presence of other substantial research irregularities is a possibility, the allegations are shared with the corresponding author, who, on behalf of all of the coauthors, is requested to provide a detailed response. After the response is received and evaluated, additional review and involvement of experts (such as statistical reviewers) may be obtained. For cases in which it is unlikely that misconduct has occurred, clarifications, additional analyses, or both, published as letters to the editor, and often including a correction notice and correction to the published article are sufficient.
Institutions are expected to conduct an appropriate and thorough investigation of allegations of scientific misconduct. Ultimately, author(s), journal, and institutions have an important obligation to ensure the accuracy of the scientific record. By responding appropriately to concerns about scientific misconduct, and taking necessary actions based on evaluation of these concerns, such as corrections, retractions with replacement, and retractions, Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama will continue to fulfill the responsibilities of ensuring the validity and integrity of the scientific record.

Intellectual property

All policies on intellectual property in Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama based on COPE guidelines. Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama publishes certain works in exchange for the author’s agreement to license certain exclusive rights in the work to it as publisher. As part of the License to Publish Agreement, the author warrants and represents that the work does not infringe the copyright or violate any other right of any third party. All other intellectual property rights in addition to copyright are retained by the authors and are not the purview of Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama. Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama's publication of an article does not infringe the patent rights of any party because Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama is not practicing any invention by merely publishing an article. Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama's publication of an articles does not infringe any trademark rights of any party because its use of a title for a publication is fair use.

Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama has a clearly defined statement on the policies and ethics of authors submitting to its journals, and while each article undergoes a rigorous peer-review process. In its role as publisher, Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama acts quickly and decisively when presented with an issue that falls within its legal scope of concern. For example, if a third-party claim that an article infringes his or her copyrighted material, Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama conducts a thorough examination of that claim and takes appropriate action.

Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama applies no Publication fee.

Correcting the Record

Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama is committed to preserving the historical accuracy of all its publications. In principle, no published work should be altered or removed from the print or electronic Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama platforms after it has been published.

Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama considers the online version of an article/manuscript/work published as the final and complete version. Even though it may be possible to correct this version, the policy is not to do so, except in very specific circumstances. The editors will make the final decision whether to correct a published work.

Authors of published works must inform Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama promptly if they become aware of work needing correcting. Any correction requires the consent of all co-authors, so time is saved if requests for corrections are accompanied by a signed agreement by all authors. In cases where one or some authors do not agree with the correction statement, the coordinating author must provide the correspondence to and from the dissenting author(s).

1. Errata

An erratum is a correction of an important error (one that affects the publication record, the scientific integrity of the work, or the reputation of the authors or of the work) that has been introduced during the production of the work, including errors of omission such as failure to make factual proof corrections requested by authors within the deadline provided by Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama and within the Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama policy.

Errata for typing or grammatical errors will not be published, except where an apparently simple error is significant (for example, an incorrect unit). A significant error in a figure or table is corrected by publication of a new corrected figure or table as an erratum only if the editor considers this necessary for a reader to understand it.

2. Corrigenda

A corrigendum is a correction of an important error made by the authors of the work. Corrigenda are judged on their relevance to readers and their importance for the published record. Corrigenda are published after discussion among the editors, often with the help of peer reviewers.

All co-authors must sign an agreed wording for the corrigendum. Corrigenda submitted by the original authors are published if the scientific accuracy or reproducibility of the original work is compromised; occasionally, on an investigation by the editors, these may be published as retractions.

In cases where some co-authors decline to sign a corrigendum or retraction Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama, in consultation with the editors, reserves the right to publish it with the dissenting author(s) identified. Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama may publish a corrigendum if there is an error in the published author list, but not for overlooked acknowledgements.

3. Addenda

An addendum is a notification of a peer-reviewed addition of information to work (for example, in response to a reader’s request for clarification). Addenda should not contradict the original publication, but if the author inadvertently omitted significant information available at the time, this material can be published as an addendum after peer review and after discussion among the editors.

Addenda are published rarely and only when the editors decide that the addendum is crucial to the readers’ understanding of a significant part of the published contribution.

4. Retractions

A retraction may be made with respect to invalid results when the conclusions of work are seriously undermined as a result of honest miscalculation or error.

A retraction may also be made as a sanction applied to scientific misconduct, such as a serious infringement of publishing ethics or a breach of author warranties, which can include breaches of third-party copyright. Infringements of publication ethics may include multiple submissions, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism, and fraudulent use of data.

All co-authors will be asked to agree to a retraction. In cases where some co-authors decline to sign a retraction, Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama in consultation with the editors reserves the right to publish the retraction with reference to the dissension among authors.

Retracted work will be clearly indicated and bear a ‘retracted’ watermark throughout. However, in rare circumstances, it may be necessary to remove work completely from the online location. This will occur only where the published work infringes on others’ legal rights or is clearly defamatory, or where the work is (or clearly maybe) the subject of a court order, or where the work’s information might pose a serious health risk. In these circumstances, while some of the metadata will be retained online, the text will be replaced with a notice that the content has been removed for valid reasons.

5. Expression of concern

If conclusive evidence about the reliability or integrity of a published work cannot be obtained, e.g. if authors produce conflicting accounts of the case, or authors’ institutions refuse to investigate alleged misconduct or to release the findings of such investigations, or if investigations appear not to have been carried out fairly or are taking an unreasonably long time to reach a conclusion, then the editor may issue an expression of concern rather than retracting the publication immediately. Such expressions of concern, like retraction notices, shall be clearly linked to the original publication, i.e. in electronic databases and by including the author and title of the original publication as a heading, and shall state the reasons for the concern. If more conclusive evidence about the publication’s reliability becomes available later, the expression of concern shall be replaced by a notice of retraction (if the article is shown to be unreliable) or by an exonerating statement linked to the expression of concern (if the article is shown to be reliable and the author is exonerated).

6. Publishing corrections

Corrections will be done in the following manner:

• The title will include the words ‘Erratum’, ‘Corrigendum’, Addendum’, ‘Retraction’, or ‘Expression of concern’, as applicable.
• It will be published as a separate document, with a unique DOI, and be included in the work’s table of contents. 
• It will cite the original publication. 
• It will enable the reader to identify and understand the correction in the context of the errors made, or explain why the work is being corrected, or explain the editor’s concerns about the contents of the work. 
• It will be linked electronically with the original electronic publication, wherever possible. 
• It will be in a form that enables indexing and abstracting services to identify and link corrections to their original publications. 

7. CrossMark®

CrossMark is a multi-publisher initiative that provides a standard way for readers to locate the authoritative version of a published work. It is Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama’s highest priority to maintain trust in the authority of its electronic archive, recognizing the importance of the integrity and completeness of the scholarly record to researchers and librarians. Clicking on the CrossMark icon will inform the reader of the current status of a published work and may also provide additional publication record information about the document. The Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama content that will have the CrossMark logo is restricted to current and future journal content and is limited to specific publication types. Please also read our new submission author guidelines.

Publication Decisions

The editors of Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making their decisions.

Plagiarism Screening

It is basically author’s duty to only submit a manuscript that is free from plagiarism and academically malpractices. The editor, however, double checks each article before its publication. The first step is to check plagiarism against offline database developed by Pascasarjana Institut Agama Islam Sunan Giri Ponorogo and, secondly, against as much as possible online databases.

Fair Play

An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editors and any 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 editors' own research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Peer review assists the editors in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the authors may also assist the author in improving the quality of the paper.

Promptness

Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editors and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality

Any 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. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement 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 a proper citation. A reviewer should also call to the editors' attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict 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 related to the papers.

Review Process

Every manuscript submitted to Qalamuna: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial, dan Agama is independently reviewed by at least two reviewers in the form of "double-blind review". Decision for publication, amendment, or rejection is based upon their reports/recommendation. In certain cases, the editor may submit an article for review to another, third reviewer before making a decision, if necessary.

Duties of Editors

Fair Play

An editor at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editor and any 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 an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

Publication Decisions

The editor board journal is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Review of Manuscripts

The editor must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated by the editor for originality. The editor should organise and use peer review fairly and wisely. Editors should explain their peer review processes in the information for authors and also indicate which parts of the journal are peer reviewed. The editor should use appropriate peer reviewers for papers that are considered for publication by selecting people with sufficient expertise and avoiding those with conflicts of interest.

Duties of Authors

Reporting Standards

Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication

An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining 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 research. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

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 his/her 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.