Publication Ethics

Editorial Commitment

Insani: Jurnal Pranata Sosial Hukum Islam is committed to safeguarding the integrity, transparency, and scholarly value of the academic record. The Journal publishes original research on Islamic law as a social institution, including its interaction with culture, society, local norms, and plural legal realities, particularly within Indonesia and Southeast Asia. In doing so, it upholds the ethical principles associated with leading international scholarly publishing standards, including those promoted by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Publication is understood not merely as the dissemination of research findings, but as a shared intellectual responsibility. Authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher are therefore expected to act with independence, honesty, fairness, accountability, and respect for the rights and dignity of all persons affected by the research and publication process.

Research Integrity and Scholarly Reliability

All submissions must report research accurately, transparently, and in sufficient detail to permit critical assessment of the methods, evidence, reasoning, and conclusions presented. Authors are responsible for ensuring that their work is original, intellectually rigorous, and grounded in reliable sources, appropriate methodology, and sound scholarly judgement.

The Journal does not tolerate fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, deceptive citation practices, manipulation of images or data, or any other conduct that compromises the reliability of the scholarly record. Misrepresentation of research methods, findings, authorship, affiliations, ethical approval, funding, or competing interests constitutes publication malpractice.

Where data, materials, codes, documentary sources, or methodological protocols are relevant to the verification of findings, authors are encouraged to make them available in an appropriate and ethically responsible manner. Where openness is constrained by legal, cultural, institutional, privacy, security, or confidentiality considerations, authors should clearly explain the basis for the restriction.

Originality, Prior Publication, and Concurrent Submission

Manuscripts submitted to the Journal must be original and must not have been published previously, in whole or in substantial part, in any language or format. Submission to the Journal confirms that the manuscript is not under consideration by another journal, publisher, or platform.

Authors must appropriately acknowledge and cite all intellectual, textual, visual, empirical, and methodological sources that have informed their work. Direct quotation, close paraphrase, translation, adaptation, and the use of unpublished materials must be properly attributed and, where necessary, supported by written permission.

Any overlap with the authors’ prior publications, including conference papers, preprints, theses, working papers, or related articles, must be disclosed at the point of submission. The editors will assess such overlap to determine whether the manuscript offers a sufficiently distinct and substantive scholarly contribution.

Authorship, Contributorship, and Acknowledgement

Authorship should be reserved for individuals who have made substantial intellectual contributions to the conception or design of the research; the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of evidence; the drafting or critical revision of the manuscript; and the approval of the final version for publication. All authors must accept responsibility for the integrity of the work and be able to account for their respective contributions.

The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all eligible contributors are included as authors, that no ineligible person is listed, and that every named author has reviewed and approved the submitted manuscript. Individuals whose contributions do not meet the threshold for authorship should be acknowledged appropriately, with their consent where practicable.

Guest, honorary, gift, and ghost authorship are unacceptable. The authors’ affiliated institutions should ordinarily resolve disputes concerning authorship. The Journal may suspend editorial consideration while an authorship dispute is investigated.

Ethical Oversight of Research

Research involving human participants, personal data, vulnerable communities, indigenous knowledge, culturally sensitive materials, or potentially harmful subject matter must be conducted with appropriate ethical care. Authors must state whether ethical approval was required and, where applicable, identify the approving body, approval reference, and the manner in which informed consent was obtained.

Researchers must take particular care where studies concern religion, legal status, gender, ethnicity, community practice, political vulnerability, or other matters that may expose participants or communities to harm, stigmatisation, coercion, or misrepresentation. Ethical compliance should extend beyond formal approval to include respect for cultural context, participant autonomy, confidentiality, and the equitable representation of communities.

Competing Interests, Funding, and Transparency

Authors, reviewers, editors, and members of the editorial board must disclose any financial, professional, personal, institutional, ideological, or other interests that could reasonably be perceived to influence their judgement. Disclosure does not necessarily preclude participation; rather, it enables the Journal to assess and manage potential bias transparently.

Authors must acknowledge all sources of research funding, institutional support, and material assistance. Funders must not determine editorial decisions or the interpretation of scholarly findings. Where no competing interests exist, authors should state this explicitly.

Peer Review and Confidentiality

The Journal operates a double-anonymous peer-review process intended to support independent, fair, and academically substantive evaluation. Editorial decisions are based on the manuscript’s originality, methodological and analytical rigour, relevance to the Journal’s scope, clarity of presentation, ethical soundness, and contribution to scholarship.

Reviewers must treat manuscripts as confidential documents. They must not disclose, reproduce, distribute, or use unpublished material for personal, professional, or commercial advantage. Reviews should be timely, evidence-based, respectful, and directed towards improving the quality of the work. Personal criticism, discriminatory language, unsupported assertions, and the appropriation of an author’s ideas are unacceptable.

Reviewers must decline an invitation where they lack the necessary expertise, cannot review within a reasonable period, or have a competing interest that may impair impartiality. They should alert the editor to substantial similarity with other published or submitted work, suspected ethical concerns, or material inaccuracies that require editorial attention.

Editorial Responsibilities and Independence

Editors are responsible for maintaining the integrity of the Journal’s editorial processes and for making publication decisions based on scholarly merit, relevance, originality, ethical compliance, and the quality of peer-review reports. Decisions must not be influenced by an author’s nationality, ethnicity, gender, religious belief, institutional affiliation, seniority, political orientation, or commercial considerations.

Editors must manage conflicts of interest transparently. An editor who has a personal, professional, institutional, or financial connection with a manuscript must withdraw from its assessment and decision-making process. Where necessary, responsibility for the manuscript will be transferred to another suitably independent editor.

Editors should preserve the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and the identities of reviewers within the limits of the Journal’s review model. They must respond proportionately and fairly to concerns about publication misconduct, following established ethical guidance and, where appropriate, consulting the publisher or relevant institutions.

Publisher Responsibilities

The publisher supports the editorial independence of the Journal and provides the systems, resources, and governance necessary for ethical scholarly publishing. The publisher must not interfere with editorial decisions based on commercial, political, or personal interests.

The publisher will support the investigation of credible allegations of misconduct, facilitate the correction of the scholarly record where necessary, and maintain appropriate measures for the long-term preservation, accessibility, and integrity of published content. Advertising, sponsorship, and other commercial activity, where applicable, must remain clearly separate from editorial decision-making.

Intellectual Property and Permissions

Authors are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions to reproduce copyrighted text, images, tables, figures, instruments, datasets, or other protected materials. They must respect intellectual-property rights, acknowledge the provenance of sources, and comply with the terms governing archival, digital, oral, and community-held materials.

The publication of material that infringes copyright, breaches confidentiality, violates privacy, or misappropriates traditional or community knowledge may result in rejection, correction, retraction, or other appropriate action.

Allegations of Misconduct and Post-Publication Amendments

The Journal takes concerns about research or publication misconduct seriously, whether raised before or after publication. Allegations will be considered impartially, confidentially where possible, and in accordance with due process. The Journal may seek clarification from authors, reviewers, editors, institutions, or other relevant parties before reaching a decision.

Where an error, omission, or concern affects the interpretation, reliability, or ethical standing of published work, the Journal may publish a correction, expression of concern, retraction, removal, or other notice appropriate to the circumstances. Retractions are intended to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record and should not be regarded as punitive where honest error is established.

Authors have a continuing responsibility to notify the editors promptly if they discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work. The Journal will endeavour to ensure that all post-publication notices are clear, transparent, linked to the relevant article, and preserved as part of the permanent scholarly record.

Commitment to an Ethical Scholarly Community

Through these principles, Insani: Jurnal Pranata Sosial Hukum Islam seeks to foster an intellectually serious, inclusive, and accountable forum for scholarship on Islamic law and its social manifestations. Ethical publishing is integral to the Journal’s purpose: it protects participants and communities, enables critical scholarly exchange, and sustains public confidence in the production of knowledge.