Plagiarism Checker
The articles reviewed by the editorial board are articles that have passed plagiarism checks, namely those which state that the similarity is less than 80%. The following are recommended tools that can be used:
Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication
The publication process through peer-review is an important foundation for Al-Kauniyah in developing a coherent, respected and trusted knowledge network, which is reflected in the quality of work of the writers and institutions that support it. Articles through review must support and follow the scientific method. Therefore, all parties involved, namely authors, journal editors, peer reviewers, publishers and the society, are expected to support and play an active role in ethical behavior in the act of publishing.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta as the publisher of Al-Kauniyah sincerely oversees all stages in the process of reviewing an article, including the ethics of writing and its dissemination. We are committed to ensuring that advertisements, reprints, or other commercial revenues do not have any impact or influence on editorial decisions in publishing the article.
Publication decisions
The editor of Al-Kauniyah is the party responsible for deciding the feasibility of an article to publish. Decisions mainly result from work validation based on originality, trend, and suitability of the topic to the focus and scope of the journal. The editors are guided by policies from the editorial board and are encouraged to avoid things that have the potential to violate the law such as those related to libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. Editors can make a consultation with other editors or reviewers in making a decision on an article.
Fair play
The editorial board works to evaluate articles for their intellectual content without considering the author's gender, race, nationality, religion or political direction of the authors.
Confidentiality
The editorial board, both chief and members, must not disclose any form of information about an article that are being processed to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewer and publisher, as appropriate in the process of publishing the article.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted article must not be used in any other research without the written consent of the author.
Duties of Reviewers
Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer reviews assist the editor in making a decision to accept or reject an article. The editor encourages the author through editorial communication with the author so that the author improves the quality of the article according to the advice obtained from the reviewer.
Promptness
The selected reviewer who feels he/she is not eligible to review an article or estimates that he/she cannot review the article according to the time requested should immediately notify the editor.
Confidentiality
Articles that have been submitted and decided to be reviewed must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be disseminated or discussed with others except as permitted by the editor.
Standards of Objectivity
The review must be conducted objectively. Reviewers should not give personal criticism of the author. Reviewers must include supporting arguments in expressing their views on an article.
Acknowledgement of Sources
Reviewers should suggest relevant published works that have not been cited by the author. Every other works used in the article must be accompanied by relevant citation. Reviewers must notify the ediitor if they find possible substantial similarity or overlapping similarities between the article being reviewed and other published articles.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Reviewers should not consider an article that have a potential conflict of interest resulting from competition, collaboration, or other relationships to any of the authors, companies, or institutions involved in the article. Special information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal gain.
Duties of Authors
Reporting standards
Authors should present their original reports accurately which are accompanied by objective discussions of their significance. The data presented must be displayed accurately in the article. The method must be described in detail with sufficient references to enable others to replicate the work. Presentation of data and statements that are false, fraudulent or intentionally inaccurate are unethical and unacceptable behaviors.
Originality and Plagiarism
Authors should ensure that the written work is truly authentic. Other works that are used or quoted must be written or quoted in the proper manner according to the author guide.
Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
Authors should not submit similar research articles to more than one journal. Submitting the redundant articles to more than one journal simultaneously is an unethical and unacceptable publishing behavior. The author must not do self-citation on his own irrelevant published articles. If it is included because of its necessary relevance to the present article, it is permitted for no more than 2 articles.
Acknowledgement of Sources
Authors must include parties involved in both funding and technical works as an appreciation for the support obtained. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
Authorship
Only researchers who make significant contributions can be included in authorship. The contributions include the conception, design, implementation, or interpretation of the the reported study. The authors as a team must ensure that no contributor is missed or no inappropriate co-author is included in the authorship. All members in the team have read the articles from the submitted paper until the final version, and agreed to publish in Al-Kauniyah.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be potential to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
Fundamental errors in published works
Authors must immediately notify the editorial board when in the future they find a significant error in their published article, so the editor may consider about withdrawing the article, or issuing a warning or correction about the error.
