Al-Hisab: Journal of Islamic Economics, published by Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Syariah (STIES) Baktiya Aceh Utara, is a peer-reviewed journal. This statement outlines the ethical behavior expected from all parties involved in the article publication process, including authors, chief editors, Editorial Board, reviewers, and the publisher. This statement is based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Journal Publication Ethics Guidelines

Publishing articles in Al-Hisab: Journal of Islamic Economics through the peer-review process is an important step in the development of a cohesive and respected knowledge network. It directly reflects the quality of the authors' work and the institution that supports them. Peer-reviewed articles support and represent scientific methods. Therefore, it is crucial to establish ethical standards of behavior expected from all parties involved in the publication process: authors, journal editors, reviewers, publishers, and the community.

Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Syariah (STIES) Baktiya Aceh Utara, as the publisher of Al-Hisab: Journal of Islamic Economics, takes the oversight role seriously at every stage of publication, and we acknowledge our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprints, or additional commercial revenue do not have any impact or influence on editorial decisions. Additionally, the STIES Baktiya Aceh Utara and the Editorial Board will assist in communicating with other journals and publishers when necessary.

Publication Decisions

The Editor of Al-Hisab: Journal of Islamic Economics is responsible for deciding which articles should be published. Validation of the submitted work and its significance to researchers and readers should always be considered in the decision-making process. The Editor may be supported by the journal's Editorial Board policies and is bound by legal requirements regarding defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism that are applicable at the time. The Editor may engage in discussions with other editors or reviewers when making such decisions.

Fair Play

Editors must evaluate manuscripts based on their intellectual content without considering the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, nationality, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

Editors and editorial staff must not disclose any information about submitted manuscripts to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, if necessary.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the written permission of the author.

Reviewer's Responsibilities

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Reviewers assist editors in making editorial decisions, and through editorial communication with the authors, they may also assist the authors in improving their papers.

Timeliness

Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that a prompt review is not possible should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.

Confidentiality

Any manuscript received for review must be treated as a confidential document. It must not be shown or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Objectivity Standards

The review process by reviewers should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is not appropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published works that have not been cited by the author. Any statement regarding observations, derivations, or arguments should be accompanied by appropriate citations. Reviewers should also inform the editor of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other article they know of personally.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Confidential information or ideas obtained through the review process must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest arising from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with the manuscript.

Author's Responsibilities

Reporting Standards

Authors of original research papers should present an accurate account of the work performed and an objective discussion of its significance. The underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. The paper should contain sufficient detail and references to enable others to replicate the work. False or knowingly inaccurate statements are unethical and unacceptable behavior.

Data Access and Retention

Authors are requested to provide raw data related to a paper for editorial review and should be prepared to provide public access to that data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if possible, and in any case should be willing to retain that data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work or words of others, this must be appropriately cited or quoted.

Duplicate, Excessive, or Concurrent Publication

An author should generally not publish manuscripts that describe essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Simultaneous submission of the same manuscript to more than one journal is unethical and unacceptable publishing behavior.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite influential publications in determining the nature of the work reported.

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. If 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 article and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects

If the research involves chemicals, procedures, or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the authors must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

The treatment of confidential and anonymous data of human participants is considered the norm in conducting research. Authors must acknowledge the rights of institutions and individual participants to privacy and should respect their rights to confidentiality and anonymity. This may involve using "fictional" approaches in reporting, and if using such an approach, researchers should fully explain how and why it is done. However, in some circumstances, individual participants or guardians or responsible parties may specifically and voluntarily waive their rights to privacy and anonymity: researchers should respect the rights of participants to be identified in any publication of their original work or other contributions if they so desire. This statement is based on ethical guidelines on privacy and data storage from the BERA Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research (4th Edition).

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or substantive conflicts of interest that could be understood to influence the results or interpretation of their work. All sources of financial support for the research project should be disclosed. Authors should disclose any conflicts of interest or funding sources that affect the results of their research in their article submissions.

Errors in Publication

If authors discover a significant error or inaccuracy in the submitted manuscript, they must promptly notify the journal editor and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Plagiarism

Al-Hisab: Journal of Islamic Economics recognizes that plagiarism is an unacceptable practice. Therefore, we establish the following policy that outlines specific steps (sanctions) in identifying plagiarism/similarity in submitted articles for publication. The journal Al-Hisab: Journal of Islamic Economics will use turnitin software as a tool to detect textual similarity between the article manuscript and the final version of the article ready for publication. A maximum of 25% similarity is allowed for submitted articles. If we find more than 25% similarity index, the article will be returned to the author for revision and resubmission. The journal Al-Hisab: Journal of Islamic Economics uses the Crossref Similarity Check (iThenticate), Turnitin, and our internal software to detect similarity with published or submitted manuscripts.