JAROW: Journal of Ar-Raniry on Social Work is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. This statement is based on the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). It clarifies the ethical responsibilities of all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the editor, the peer reviewer, and the publisher, Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry.
Duties of Editors
Publication decisions. The editor is responsible for deciding which of the submitted articles should be published. The decision is guided by the journal's Aims and Scope and validated by the peer review process. The editor may be constrained by legal requirements regarding defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
Fair play. The editor evaluates manuscripts solely on their intellectual merit, without regard to the 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, potential reviewers, editorial advisers, and the publisher.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used by the editor for their own research without the author's explicit written consent. The editor must not consider manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest.
Duties of Reviewers
Contribution to editorial decisions. Peer review assists the editor in making decisions and, through editorial communication, may also help the author improve the manuscript.
Promptness. Any reviewer who feels unqualified to review the assigned manuscript, or who cannot complete the review within the required time, should notify the editor and withdraw from the process.
Confidentiality. Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents and must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
Standards of objectivity. Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
Acknowledgement of sources. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors and should call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published work of which they have personal knowledge.
Disclosure and conflict of interest. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should decline to review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest.
Duties of Authors
Reporting standards. Authors should present an accurate account of the work performed and an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
Originality and plagiarism. Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original work, and that the work and/or words of others have been appropriately cited or quoted. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Manuscripts are screened using plagiarism-detection software (Turnitin), and a maximum similarity threshold is applied.
Data access and retention. Authors may be asked to provide the raw data of their study for editorial review and should be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
Multiple, redundant, or concurrent publication. Authors should not publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical behavior and is unacceptable.
Acknowledgement of sources. Proper acknowledgement of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
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 study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author must ensure that all appropriate co-authors, and no inappropriate co-authors, are included in the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version and agreed to its submission.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest. All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might influence the results or interpretation of their work. All sources of financial support should be disclosed.
Fundamental errors in published works. When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor and cooperate to retract or correct the paper.
Duties of the Publisher
Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry, as the publisher, is committed to ensuring that editorial decisions remain independent of commercial considerations, and to supporting the editors in handling allegations of research and publication misconduct. In cases of proven misconduct, the publisher and editor will take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of such work, including prompt correction, clarification, retraction, or apology where necessary.
