Plagiarism Policy

• Originality Requirement

  • All manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration by any other journal or publisher.

  • Submissions must contribute novel insights to multidisciplinary Islamic studies.

• Definition of Plagiarism

  • Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

    • Copying text, tables, figures, or data from other works without proper citation.

    • Paraphrasing another author’s ideas or findings without acknowledgment.

    • Self-plagiarism, i.e., reusing substantial parts of one’s own previously published work without citation or justification.

• Plagiarism Screening

  • All manuscripts are checked using Turnitin or equivalent software.

  • Overall similarity index must not exceed 20%, and no single source may exceed 2%.

  • Manuscripts exceeding these limits may be returned for revision or rejected at the editor’s discretion.

• Editorial Actions and Sanctions

  • Minor violation → Authors are requested to revise and properly cite sources.

  • Moderate/major violation → Manuscript may be rejected or retracted, and the author’s affiliated institution will be notified.

• Author Responsibility

  • Authors are fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, and integrity of their work.

  • All ideas, quotations, and data from other sources must be properly cited.

• Ethical Purpose

  • The policy upholds:

    • Academic honesty and integrity

    • Compliance with international publication ethics standards

    • Scholarly credibility and reputation of the journal

    • A culture of ethical research and writing within multidisciplinary Islamic studies

• Editorial Oversight

  • Editors and reviewers actively monitor for potential plagiarism during the peer review process.

  • Ethical compliance is a condition for acceptance and publication