Research Misconduct

Allegations of Research Misconduct

Research misconduct includes fabrication or falsification of data, plagiarism, duplicate submission or publication, inappropriate authorship, citation manipulation, undisclosed conflicts of interest, and violations of research ethics. Fakta: Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam takes every allegation seriously, whether it concerns a manuscript under review or a published article.

Reporting

Concerns may be sent to the Editor-in-Chief at faktajurnal2020@gmail.com, with a description of the concern and any supporting evidence. Anonymous reports are considered if they contain sufficient evidence.

Procedure

1. The Editor-in-Chief, or another editor if the Editor-in-Chief has a conflict of interest, makes a preliminary assessment of the evidence.
2. If the concern is substantiated, the authors are asked to respond and provide an explanation and, where relevant, their original data.
3. The journal follows the relevant COPE flowchart and, where needed, refers the case to the authors' institution or funder.
4. A written decision is made and recorded. Possible outcomes include no action, correction, expression of concern, rejection of the manuscript, or retraction of the article.
5. Corrections and retractions are published openly, and the article metadata and DOI record are updated.

Investigations are conducted confidentially and fairly. The journal protects people who raise concerns in good faith.