Jurnal Pendidikan Islam (JPI) — detailed peer-review process (double-blind)

1. Submission & initial checks. The editorial office screens each submission for completeness, fit to aims and scope, required ethics statements, and similarity (plagiarism detection), then assigns it to an editor.

2. Editorial assessment (triage). The Editor-in-Chief or a handling editor assesses originality, significance, and methodological soundness. Out-of-scope or low-quality/ethics manuscripts may receive a reasoned desk reject. Editors declare competing interests and recuse where relevant.

3. Reviewer selection. A handling editor invites two or more qualified reviewers with relevant expertise and no conflicts of interest. Suggested reviewers may be considered but are independently vetted. Identities are blinded in both directions (double-blind).

4. External peer review. Reviewers submit structured evaluations (originality, rigor, ethics compliance, clarity, contribution) and a recommendation (accept / minor revision / major revision / reject), with comments for authors and confidential notes for the editor.

5. Editorial decision. The handling editor synthesizes the reports and issues a decision; when reports conflict or are borderline, a third review may be sought before finalizing.

6. Revisions. Authors provide a point-by-point response and a marked-up manuscript. Revised versions may be re-reviewed by the original reviewers. Most manuscripts undergo at least one revision cycle.

7. Final decision & notification. The final decision is approved by the Editor-in-Chief and communicated to authors (and, as appropriate, to reviewers) with rationale and anonymized excerpts.

8. Post-acceptance. Accepted papers undergo editorial quality control (language and references), copyediting and typesetting, author proofreading, DOI assignment, and publication.

9. Integrity, ethics, and appeals. JPI follows COPE best practices for confidentiality, peer review, and handling complaints or allegations of misconduct; appeals are considered by the Editor-in-Chief or a delegated independent editor. All editorial actions and dates are logged for auditability.