Publication Ethics

El-Mahara: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Arab is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. This statement is intended to provide clear ethical guidance for all parties involved in the publication process, including authors, reviewers, editors, and publishers. It aims to prevent publication malpractice, unethical behavior, and copyright infringement, while promoting integrity in scholarly publishing.

This publication ethics policy is based on the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Core Practices (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices/) and serves as the primary ethical guideline for all stakeholders involved in the journal publication process.

Duties of Authors

Authors must submit original manuscripts that have not been published previously and are not under consideration by other journals. Simultaneous submission to multiple journals is considered unethical publishing behavior.

Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of research data. Fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate data manipulation is strictly prohibited.

All sources used in the manuscript must be properly cited to avoid plagiarism in any form.

Authors are encouraged to carefully review the final version of the manuscript before publication. Requests for withdrawal must be communicated to the editorial team before publication.

If research involves human participants, authors must ensure confidentiality and protect participants’ personal data in accordance with ethical standards.

Duties of Reviewers

Reviewers assist editors in making editorial decisions and improving manuscript quality through objective and constructive feedback.

All reviews must be conducted professionally, without personal criticism of the authors.

Reviewers should clearly identify strengths and weaknesses of the manuscript and provide supported academic arguments.

Reviewers must maintain confidentiality of all submitted manuscripts.

Any conflict of interest must be declared before accepting a review assignment.

Duties of Editors

Editors are responsible for deciding which manuscripts are suitable for publication based on academic merit and relevance to the journal scope.

Editorial decisions must be made without discrimination based on gender, religion, nationality, or political beliefs.

Editors must ensure confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and must not use unpublished materials for personal research purposes.

Editors are responsible for maintaining the integrity of the peer-review process and ensuring timely communication with authors and reviewers.

Duties of Publisher

The publisher of El-Mahara: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Arab is responsible for supporting ethical academic publishing practices and ensuring the dissemination of scholarly work. The publisher facilitates the entire publication process, including submission, peer review, editing, and archiving, in accordance with ethical publishing standards.

The publisher also ensures that published content is accessible to the academic community and the public, while safeguarding intellectual property rights and addressing ethical issues transparently.

General Ethical Principles

All parties involved must adhere to ethical standards based on COPE guidelines.

Any form of plagiarism, data fabrication, or unethical authorship practice will result in rejection or retraction.

Conflicts of interest must be disclosed by authors, reviewers, and editors.