Publication Ethics

The following ethical guidelines are obligatory for all author(s) who are submitting their manuscripts to Journal of Islamic Theology.

Originality of Paper

  • Plagiarism in all its forms establishes unethical publishing behavior and is not acceptable in any mean.
  • Material quoted must be placed in quotation marks.
  • More than 19% similarity index has been found in the TURNITIN Similarity index; will either be rejected or left at the decision of the Editorial Board۔

Declaration

  • A declaration is required that the manuscript contains only author original work that is not under consideration for publishing in any other journal.
  • A co-authored paper must be included/added by an undertaking in order to claim the right to authorship and to ensure that all have agreed to the order of authorship.

 

Acknowledgment of Sources

  • A paper must contain a proper acknowledgment of the work of others.
  • The author(s) must also acknowledge the contributions of people, organizations, and institutes who assisted the process of research in any form.
  • The author(s) should conduct a literature review and cite the original publications.

Multiple Publication Submission

  • Authors should not submit  the same research to more than one journal or publication except if it is a re-submission of a rejected or withdrawn manuscript.
  • Concurrent submission of the same manuscript to more than one journal is unethical publishing behavior.

Authorship Credit

  • Authorship of the work may only be credited to those who have made a worthy contribution in developing, conceptualization, conducting, of data analysis and writing up of the manuscript.
  • The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors have revised and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Privacy of Participants

  • Authors should respect the privacy of the participant(s) of the research.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

  • The potential conflicts of interest of all author(s) must be conveyed to the editor at the earliest possible stage.
  • All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Copyright

  • Authors may have to sign an agreement for CC-BY.

Manuscript Status

  • During the review duration, the author can contact the Editor to ask about its status.
  • In case of revisions, the author(s) must provide another modified form of   the manuscript and the revised manuscript will be processed further and it will be accepted or rejected accordingly.
  • In case of Objection/Non satisfaction over the decision of rejection, the author can appeal the decision by contacting the Editor.