Deals of Misconduct
Al-Irsyad: Journal of Islamic and Contemporary Issues (IJICI) ensures that all of its published articles follow the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (https://publicationethics.org/guidance).
We aim to ensure the integrity of the academic record of all published or potential publications. Whenever it is recognised that a significant inaccuracy, misleading statement, or distorted report has been published, it must be corrected promptly and with due prominence. If, after an appropriate investigation, an item proves to be fraudulent, it should be retracted. The retraction should be clearly identifiable to readers and indexing systems.
Editor-in-Chief considers retracting a publication if the following criteria:
- They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either because of a major error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error), or because of fabrication (e.g., of data) or falsification (e.g., image manipulation). It constitutes plagiarism.
- The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper attribution to previous sources or disclosure to the editor, permission to republish, or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication). It contains material or data without authorisation for use.
- Copyright has been infringed, or there is some other legal severe issue (e.g. libel, privacy). It reports unethical research. It has been published solely based on a compromised or manipulated peer review process.
- The author(s) failed to disclose a major conflict of interest that, in the editor's view, would have unduly affected interpretations of the work or recommendations by editors and peer reviewers.
Notices of retraction should:
- Be linked to the retracted article wherever possible (i.e., in all online versions).
- Clearly identify the retracted article (e.g., by including the title and authors in the retraction heading or citing the retracted article).
- Be clearly identified as a retraction (i.e., distinct from other types of correction or comment).
- Be published promptly to minimise harmful effects.
- Be freely available to all readers (i.e., not behind access barriers or available only to subscribers).
- State who is retracting the article.
- State the reason(s) for retraction.
- Be objective, factual, and avoid inflammatory language.
Retractions are not usually appropriate if:
- The authorship is disputed, but there is no reason to doubt the validity of the findings.
- The main findings of the work are still reliable, and correction could sufficiently address errors or concerns.
- An editor has inconclusive evidence to support retraction or is awaiting additional information, such as from an institutional investigation.
- Author conflicts of interest have been reported to the journal after publication, but in the editor's view, these are not likely to have influenced interpretations or recommendations or the conclusions of the article.
Editorial expressions of concern:
Where substantial doubt arises as to the honesty or integrity of a submitted or published article, journal editors may consider issuing an expression of concern. However, expressions of concern should only be issued if an investigation into the problems relating to the article has proven inconclusive and if there remain strong indicators that the concerns are valid. Under some rare cases, an editorial expression of concern may also be issued when an investigation is underway but a judgement will not be available for a considerable time.
The expression of concern will be linked back to the published article it relates to.