01 Originality and attribution

Jurnal Ilmiah Al-Mu'ashirah: Media Kajian Al-Qur'an dan Al-Hadits Multi Perspektif requires authors to distinguish their own contribution from material created by others. Attribution is required for ideas, language, data, illustrations and software, including material obtained online or translated from another language. A citation alone does not justify reproducing extensive wording without quotation or any permission that may be needed.

02 Related and previously disseminated work

Authors must identify related submissions, earlier publications, theses, preprints and conference versions in the submission information. Explain the new contribution and any shared data or text. Prior dissemination is assessed in context; it is not automatically equated with misconduct. Undisclosed duplicate submission or misleading presentation of previously published results may compromise consideration.

03 Assessment of overlap

Editors examine the location, extent and significance of overlap alongside the sources. Where a similarity report is available, it is supporting evidence, not a verdict. Bibliographies, quotations, standard terminology and methods may produce matches. Conversely, a low score does not establish originality. This policy does not impose an unsupported universal percentage or claim use of a particular screening service.

04 Clarification and fair handling

A concern should identify the disputed passages and their sources. The handling editor records the evidence, requests an explanation and allows a reasonable opportunity to respond. A conflicted editor is replaced for that assessment. Where investigation requires access to research records beyond the journal’s authority, the relevant institution may be asked to investigate; an allegation is not a finding of guilt.

05 Outcomes and the published record

Action depends on the evidence and the effect on the work. It may include clarification, corrected attribution, substantive revision, rejection or referral for further investigation. For published work, the editor considers a linked correction, expression of concern or retraction rather than silently changing the article. Any additional restrictions must be justified and communicated, not imposed automatically from a similarity score.

06 Appeals and responsible reporting

Authors may challenge an assessment through the complaints and appeals process, identifying overlooked evidence or a procedural error. Readers may report concerns using the editorial contact below. Provide sufficient evidence without publicly disclosing confidential manuscripts or personal records. The journal keeps an appropriate record of the assessment and communicates its outcome to the parties concerned.

07 Journal-specific provisions — retained content

All of the articles submitted to Jurnal Ilmiah Al-Mu'ashirah will be screened for plagiarism using plagiarism detection tools (Turnitin ). This Journal will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Before submitting articles to reviewers, those are first checked for similarity/plagiarism tool, by a member of the editorial team. The papers submitted to  Jurnal Ilmiah Al-Mu'ashirah must have a similarity level of less than 25%.

Plagiarism is the exposure of another person’s thoughts or words as though they were your own, without permission, credit, or acknowledgment, or because of failing to cite the sources properly. Plagiarism can take diverse forms, from literal copying to paraphrasing the work of another. In order to properly judge whether an author has plagiarized, we emphasize the following possible situations:

• An author can literally copy another author’s work- by copying word by word, in whole or in part, without permission, acknowledge or citing the original source. This practice can be identified by comparing the original source and the manuscript/work who is suspected of plagiarism.
• Substantial copying implies an author to reproduce a substantial part of another author, without permission, acknowledge, or citation. The substantial term can be understood both in terms of quality as quantity, is often used in the context of Intellectual property. Quality refers to the relative value of the copied text in proportion to the work as a whole.
• Paraphrasing involves taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and crafting them into new sentences within the writing. This practice becomes unethical when the author does not properly cite or does not acknowledge the original work/author. This form of plagiarism is the more difficult form to be identified