Publications Ethics

Invest Journal focuses on the results of field studies and literature studies in Shariah economic law, especially integrative studies on economic law in Southeast Asia. This journal publishes original articles on the latest issues and trends occurring internationally in Syariah economic law instruction, learning, policy, and preparation of lectures with the aim to advance our knowledge of Sharia economic law education theory and practice. As a result of this statement, the ethical behavior of all parties engaged in the act of publishing an article in this journal has been clarified. This statement applies to the author(s), the chief editor(s), and the Editorial Board as well as the peer-reviewer(s) and  Fakultas Syariah, IAIN Ponorogo, Indonesia. Publisher. This statement is based on the Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication

Invest Journal of Sharia & Economic Law publishing is essential in developing a cohesive and accepted knowledge network. It reflects the writers' work quality and the institutions that support them. They promote and exemplify the scientific approach. It is critical to establish ethical expectations for all parties engaged in publishing: author, journal editor, peer reviewer, publisher, and society.  Fakultas Syariah, IAIN Ponorogo, Indonesia. as the publisher of Invest Journal of Sharia & Economic Law, recognizes its ethical and other obligations. We are dedicated to ensuring that financial ties, personal relationships,  political or religious beliefs, institutional affiliations do not affect editorial choices. The  Fakultas Syariah, IAIN Ponorogo, Indonesia. and Editorial Board will also aid in interactions with other journals and publishers.

Publication decisions

The editor of the Invest Journal of Sharia & Economic Law is determining which papers should be published. Such judgments must always be driven by the validity of the work in the issue and its value to academics and readers. The editors may be led by the editorial board's rules and bound by any legal requirements that are in effect at the time involving libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editors may consult with other editors or reviewers in reaching this judgment.

Fair Play

Manuscripts are reviewed only from the aspect of substance, conformity with author guidelines, and the journal's scope. The assessment of the manuscript is free from discriminatory practices, especially about skin color, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic background, nationality, or political ideology of the author.

Confidentiality

The Editor-in-Chief and editorial staff affiliated with this journal may not disclose any information about articles submitted on Invest Journal Of Sharia & Economic Law to anyone. Information about articles is permitted only for publication purposes and is limited to the authors concerned, reviewers, prospective reviewers, other editorial advisors, and publishers.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished information disclosed in the submitted manuscript will not be used by the editors and members of the editorial board for their research purposes without the author's express written permission. Information or special ideas obtained by the editorial board, reviewers, and all parties who obtain information due to handling the manuscript will be kept confidential and not used for personal gain.

Regarding the paper review process, see the reviewer's guidelines.

Duties of peer reviewers

Contribution to editorial decisions

The editorial board will discuss with the authors, reviewers, and publisher teams if necessary to assist the Editor-in-Chief in making a choice (between acceptance and rejection) and, in some cases, can also assist the author in improving the quality of his work.

Promptness

Any reviewer who is selected and finds out that they are not eligible to review the author's article or who feels unable to complete the review process on time must immediately notify the Editor in Chief so that another reviewer can replace him/her to complete the review process according to the journal's timeline. The following is the timeline of the peer reviewer process in the INVEST JOURNAL OF SHARIA & ECONOMIC LAW journal for more details.

Confidentiality

Manuscripts for evaluation must be handled as confidential papers. They may not be displayed or discussed with anyone else unless allowed by the Editor-in-Chief.

Standards of objectivity

The review must be carried out objectively. Personal attacks against the author are not tolerated. Reviewers must clearly state their opinion and provide sufficient supporting evidence.

Acknowledgment of sources

The reviewer should help locate and locate relevant published material that the author has not referenced. References must support previously published claims, observations, derivations, or arguments. Reviewers should also draw the attention of the Editor to any significant similarity or overlap between the article under consideration and other publication data of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and conflict of interest

Confidential information or ideas received through peer review must be kept confidential and not exploited for personal gain. Reviewers should avoid examining papers in which they compete, collaborate, or have other ties or affiliations with the author, company, or institution with which the paper was submitted.

Duties of authors

Reporting standards

Authors presenting original research findings must include an accurate description of the work performed and an impartial evaluation. The underlying data should be appropriately reflected in the manuscript. The paper must provide sufficient information and references to allow others to reproduce the work. Deliberately deceptive or false statements are declared unethical and should be avoided.

Originality and Plagiarism

The writers must guarantee that their writings are unique. If writers utilize the work and words of others, they must adequately reference or quote them.

  • To check the possibility of plagiarism, it uses the application Turnitin
  • The article must be below 25% of plagiarism (exclude Quotes and Bibliografi).

Plagiarism includes:

  • The word for word is Plagiarism. The author uses the names of other authors (precisely) without mentioning the source.
  • Plagiarism over the source. The author uses the idea of others without giving enough recognition (without mentioning the source expressly).
  • Plagiarism of Authorship. The author is acknowledged as the author of the paperwork of others.

Multiple, redundant, or concurrent publications

Papers discussing the same research results may not be published in more than one journal or other publication by the same author. Simultaneously submitting the same article to more than one publication is an unethical and inappropriate publishing activity.

In this regard, if it is known that this kind of practice exists by the author, then the author will automatically be included in the blocklist category by the Invest Journal Of Sharia & Economic Law journal.

Acknowledgment of sources

Authors are required to give credit in recognition of the work of others. Authors must also reference publications that have influenced the character of the research presented appropriately and correctly. In Invest Journal Of Sharia & Economic Law, authors must use one of the reference management tools (Zotero/Endnote/Mendeley).

Authorship of a manuscript

Authorship should be limited to individuals who significantly contributed to the study's idea, design, implementation, or interpretation. Co-authors should include everyone who made substantial contributions. Others who have contributed to certain substantive areas of the study effort should be acknowledged and listed in the Acknowledgments section. The relevant author must ensure that the list of manuscript authors includes all acceptable co-authors (as defined above) and no inappropriate co-authors and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the work and approved its submission for publication.

Authorship

Invest Journal of Sharia & Economic Law journals follow the criteria for authorship for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work. Briefly, an author is one who makes a substantial contribution to the design, execution, and/or analysis and interpretation of experiments in addition to drafting, revising, and/or approving the initial submission and any subsequent versions of the article. All authors of a manuscript must have agreed to its submission and are responsible for appropriate portions of its content. Submission of a paper before all co-authors have read and approved its final version is considered an ethics violation. INVEST will not adjudicate disputes about authorship. If a dispute occurs, we will refer the issue to relevant institutions. Changes to authorship require the approval of all authors.

Author contributions

As explained in the INVEST recommendations, all persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship, and those who qualify should be listed. Authors may include a statement that specifies contributor roles as a separate paragraph in the Acknowledgments section. INVEST encourages transparency in authorship by publishing author contribution statements that follow the NISO standard, and CRediT taxonomy roles. 

Sample CRediT author statement

John Doe: Formulation of ideas, Development of method, Programming. Lisa Smith: Management of data, Writing- Initial manuscript preparation. Michael Brown: Illustration, Examination. Jane Davis: Oversight. Alex Johnson: Programming, Verification. Sarah Williams: Writing- Revising and Refining.

Corresponding authors

A corresponding author must be designated for all submitted manuscripts. The corresponding author is the primary point of contact for communication with the journal office and is responsible for ensuring compliance with all INVEST journal policies. The corresponding author must ensure that all authors agree on the author list and contributions and that all authors have seen and approved the manuscript prior to submission and to final publication. For published papers, the corresponding author is responsible for providing timely responses to queries about the paper or reagents therein.

Co-first authors

If more than one co-first author is designated, authors are required to state how the order of names was decided as an additional footnote on the title page. Some examples follow.

Pat Armstrong and Sulim Garg contributed equally to this work. Author order was determined both alphabetically and in order of increasing seniority.

Attila Toth and Emmon Desmond contributed equally to this work. The author order was determined by drawing straws.

For more information, please see the following Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines regarding authorship:

Hazards and human or animal subjects

If the experiment is carried out using a substance, technique, or equipment instrument with a unique hazard, the author must adequately disclose it in the report. If the research includes animal or human subjects, authors must include a statement in the paper stating that all procedures were carried out following applicable laws and institutional norms and that the appropriate institutional committee authorized it. Authors should add a statement in their publication stating that informed consent was obtained for human subject experiments. In this regard, the human person's rights must always be respected by the author.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Any conflict of interest, whether of a financial or substantial nature and the like, that could be deemed to influence the findings or interpretation of the authors in the paper must be disclosed by all authors in their submissions. All sources of funding for the project must be stated.

Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing

The below guidance only refers to the writing process, and not to the use of AI tools to analyse and draw insights from data as part of the research process.

Where authors use generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process, authors should only use these technologies to improve readability and language. Applying the technology should be done with human oversight and control, and authors should carefully review and edit the result, as AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete or biased. AI and AI-assisted technologies should not be listed as an author or co-author, or be cited as an author. Authorship implies responsibilities and tasks that can only be attributed to and performed by humans, as outlined in the Invest AI policy for authors.

Authors should disclose in their manuscript the use of AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process by following the instructions below. A statement will appear in the published work. Please note that authors are ultimately responsible and accountable for the contents of the work.

Artificial Intelligence-Generated Content

Artificial Intelligence Generated Content Tools (AIGC)—such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLM)—are deemed incapable of conducting original research without direction from human authors. Nor can they be held liable for published work or research designs, which are generally accepted requirements of authorship, nor do they have the legal standing or ability to hold or assign copyright? Therefore, this tool cannot fulfill the role, or be registered as the author of the article.

If an author has used such a tool to develop any part of the manuscript, its use should be described, in a transparent and detailed manner, in the “Methods” or “Acknowledgments” section. The author is solely responsible for the accuracy of any information provided by this tool and for properly referencing any supporting works on which the information depends. Tools used to correct spelling, grammar, and general editing are not included in the scope of this guide.

Disclosure instructions

Authors must disclose the use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process by adding a statement at the end of their manuscript in the core manuscript file, before the References list. The statement should be placed in a new section entitled ‘Declaration of Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process’.

Statement: During the preparation of this work the author(s) used [NAME TOOL / SERVICE] to [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the publication.

This declaration does not apply to the use of basic tools for checking grammar, spelling, references etc. If there is nothing to disclose, there is no need to add a statement.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers errors or inaccuracies in his published work, it is the responsibility of the author to contact the Editor-in-Chief of the journal or publisher as soon as possible and collaborate with them to withdraw the manuscript or issue an appropriate erratum policy under the Crossmark Policy.

Publisher’s confirmation

In situations of suspected or proven scientific error, publishing fraud, or plagiarism, the  Fakultas Syariah, IAIN Ponorogo, Indonesia. will take all necessary steps to explain the problem and revise the article in question in close consultation with the Editor in Chief. This situation necessitates the application of one of the provisions in the Invest Journal Of Sharia & Economic Law journal's Crossmark Policy or revocation of the defective work in its entirety in an impossible situation.

In its publishing programs,  Fakultas Syariah, IAIN Ponorogo, Indonesia. and the Invest Journal of Sharia & Economic Law do not discriminate based on age, color, religion, creed, handicap, marital status, veteran status, national origin, race, gender, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or sexual orientation.