Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam is a peer-reviewed national journal published twice a year, both in print and online, by the Islamic Guidance and Counseling Study Program at the State Islamic University (UIN) Sunan Ampel Surabaya, Indonesia. This statement outlines the ethical behavior expected of all parties involved in the publication of articles, including authors, editorial board members, peer reviewers, and the publisher. This statement is based on the COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Publication Ethics Guidelines
The publication of articles in Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam constitutes an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It reflects the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles uphold and embody the scientific method. Therefore, it is important to agree upon ethical standards for all parties involved in the publishing process: authors, journal editors, peer reviewers, publishers, and the community at large.

The Islamic Guidance and Counseling Study Program at UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, as the publisher of the journal, takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing seriously and recognizes its ethical and other responsibilities. The institution is committed to ensuring that advertising, reprinting, or other commercial revenue does not influence editorial decisions and is also committed to assisting communication with other journals and/or publishers when useful and necessary.

Publication Decisions
The editor of Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam is responsible for deciding which submitted articles should be published. The validation of the work and its significance to researchers and readers must always guide such decisions. Editors may be guided by the editorial board’s policies and constrained by applicable legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. Editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making publication decisions.

Fair Play
Editors 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
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.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the explicit written consent of the author.

Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer review assists editors in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communication with authors, may also assist authors in improving their manuscripts.

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. 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 has been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also bring to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published work.

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 or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Reporting Standards
Authors should present an accurate account of the work performed and an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. The manuscript should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are 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, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication
An author should not 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 behavior and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgment 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 study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where others 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 are included and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts 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.