Ethics

This Journal follows COPE’s Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing) and seeks to adopt to the best of its ability COPE’s Core Practices in Promoting Integrity in Scholarly Research and its Publication (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices). This statement is based on COPE’s Core Practices.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Al Mustaqim - Journal of Islamic Finance, Sustainability and Digital Innovation — published by Rasyidin Institute — is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and to follow the core practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All parties involved — authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher — are expected to fully adhere to these ethical guidelines to ensure the integrity and quality of scholarly communication.

Duties of Authors

  • Originality and Plagiarism
    Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original and properly cites the work and words of others. Plagiarism in any form is unethical and unacceptable.

  • Multiple Submissions
    Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently.

  • Authorship
    Only individuals who have made a significant contribution to the research should be listed as authors. All co-authors must agree to the final version of the paper.

  • Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
    Authors must disclose any financial or other conflicts of interest that could influence their work.

  • Data Access and Retention
    Authors should be prepared to provide raw data related to the paper for editorial review and retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

  • Fundamental Errors in Published Works
    If an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy, they are obligated to promptly notify the journal editor and cooperate to retract or correct the paper.

Duties of Editors

  • Publication Decisions
    The editor is responsible for deciding which manuscripts submitted will be published, based on the journal’s policies and the results of peer review.

  • Fair Play
    The editor evaluates manuscripts for intellectual content without regard to authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy.

  • Confidentiality
    The editor and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, and publisher.

  • Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
    Editors should not use unpublished information for their own research without the author’s written consent.

  • Handling Unethical Behavior
    Editors shall take reasonable responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted or published manuscript.

Duties of Reviewers

  • Contribution to Editorial Decisions
    Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and may also help authors improve their manuscript.

  • Promptness
    Any selected reviewer who feels unqualified or unable to review the manuscript should notify the editor and excuse themselves.

  • Confidentiality
    Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents.

  • Standards of Objectivity
    Reviews should be conducted objectively, with clear arguments to support constructive criticism.

  • Acknowledgement of Sources
    Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.

  • Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
    Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors.

Publisher’s Statement

The publisher, Rasyidin Institute, takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing extremely seriously and recognizes its ethical and other responsibilities. The publisher is committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint, or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. The publisher will assist the editorial board in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful and necessary.

Al Mustaqim - Journal of Islamic Finance, Sustainability and Digital Innovation is fully committed to the COPE Core Practices available at https://publicationethics.org.

For more details, visit: https://journal.rasyidin.id/almustaqim/
For inquiries:  Journal Editor rasyidin.journal@gmail.com