The Journal of Da’wah is committed to maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity and publication ethics. All submitted manuscripts must be original works and free from plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, and unethical publication practices.

All manuscripts submitted to the journal will undergo similarity screening and editorial evaluation in accordance with the principles of academic honesty and the best practices of scholarly publishing.

Definition of Plagiarism

Plagiarism refers to the use of another person’s ideas, words, data, interpretations, images, or scholarly work without proper acknowledgment or citation, and presenting them as one’s own work.

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

• direct copying of text without citation,
• unattributed paraphrasing,
• unauthorized reproduction of tables, figures, or images,
• misappropriation of ideas or data,
• citation manipulation,
• and misleading representation of authorship.

The journal also recognizes self-plagiarism and redundant publication as forms of academic misconduct.

Similarity Screening

All submitted manuscripts will be screened using plagiarism detection software before entering the peer review process.

Manuscripts with excessive similarity may be:

• returned to the authors for revision,
• rejected during editorial screening,
• or subjected to further ethical evaluation.

As a general policy:

• the similarity index should not exceed 20%,
• excluding references, quotations, and properly cited materials.

Editorial decisions regarding similarity are based not only on percentage results, but also on the context, location, and nature of the overlapping content.

Types of Academic Misconduct

The journal considers the following practices as violations of publication ethics:

• plagiarism,
• self-plagiarism,
• duplicate submission,
• redundant publication,
• data fabrication,
• data falsification,
• manipulated citation practices,
• unauthorized use of copyrighted materials,
• ghost authorship,
• gift authorship,
• and unethical use of artificial intelligence tools.

Submitting a manuscript simultaneously to multiple journals is strictly prohibited.

Editorial Actions and Sanctions

Cases of suspected plagiarism or academic misconduct will be evaluated by the editorial board based on the severity and nature of the violation.

Possible editorial actions include:

• warning and request for correction,
• mandatory revision,
• rejection of the manuscript,
• temporary restriction on future submissions,
• notification to the author’s institution where appropriate,
• or additional editorial sanctions deemed necessary by the journal.

Serious ethical violations may result in retraction of published articles.

The Editor-in-Chief holds final authority in all publication ethics decisions.

Self-Plagiarism and Redundant Publication

Authors must not reuse substantial portions of their previously published work without proper citation and disclosure.

Any overlap with previously published or simultaneously submitted manuscripts must be transparently acknowledged.

Reuse of limited methodological descriptions or theoretical explanations may be acceptable when appropriately cited and justified academically.

Conference papers, theses, dissertations, or preprints submitted in revised and expanded forms must be clearly disclosed during submission.

AI-Assisted Plagiarism

The journal recognizes the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in academic writing.

Authors may use AI tools only for limited editorial assistance such as grammar checking or language refinement. However:

• AI-generated content remains the full responsibility of the authors,
• AI tools cannot be listed as authors,
• fabricated citations, false references, manipulated paraphrasing, or AI-generated misinformation constitute academic misconduct,
• and the use of AI to conceal plagiarism or generate misleading scholarly content is strictly prohibited.

Authors must disclose substantial AI-assisted writing or content generation in accordance with the journal’s AI Policy.

COPE Compliance

The Journal of Da’wah follows the principles and best practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

All ethical concerns, allegations of misconduct, corrections, retractions, and editorial decisions will be handled in accordance with COPE guidelines to ensure fairness, transparency, and academic integrity in scholarly publishing.