Editorial Policies

Publication Ethics Statement

Edulab: Majalah Ilmiah Laboratorium Pendidikan adopts publication ethics based on COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Upholding ethical standards in publication is essential, as each article reflects the quality of authors, editors, reviewers, and the institutions involved.

Duties of Authors

Originality: Manuscripts must be original, not previously published, and free from plagiarism or self-plagiarism. Proper citation is required when using others’ work.
Reporting standards: Authors should present accurate data, objective discussion, and sufficient details for replication. Fabrication or falsification is unacceptable.
Multiple submissions: Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal is unethical.
Acknowledgment: All sources of information must be properly cited. Contributions from others should be recognized.
Authorship: Only those who significantly contributed to the research should be listed as authors. All co-authors must approve the final version before submission.
Ethics approval: Research involving human or animal subjects must comply with ethical standards, with appropriate approval and consent.
Conflicts of interest: Authors must disclose any financial or personal conflicts that could influence the results.
Corrections: Authors are obliged to promptly notify the editor if errors are discovered after publication.

Duties of Editors

Publication decisions: Editors decide which manuscripts are published, guided by academic merit and journal policies, and free from commercial influence.
Fair play: Submissions are evaluated solely on intellectual content, without discrimination.
Confidentiality: Editors and staff must maintain confidentiality of submitted manuscripts.
Conflicts of interest: Editors must avoid handling manuscripts where they have competing interests and ensure unpublished material is not misused.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution: Reviewers assist editors in making editorial decisions and help authors improve their work.
Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted fairly, objectively, and with supporting arguments.
Confidentiality: Manuscripts must be treated as confidential documents.
Acknowledgment of sources: Reviewers should identify relevant works not cited by authors.
Conflicts of interest: Reviewers must decline if there is a conflict of interest with the manuscript.

Open Access Statement

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Benefits of open access for the author, include:

Free access for all users worldwide
Authors retain copyright to their work
Increased visibility and readership
Rapid publication
No spatial constraints

Works/articles in this journal as are bound to Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Corrections & Retractions

Edulab: Majalah Ilmiah Laboratorium Pendidikan will issue corrections, retraction statements, and other post-publication updates, including Editor's Notes on published content.

The following are categories of corrections and post-publication updates to peer-reviewed primary research and review-type articles and certain kinds of non-peer-reviewed article types. Substantial errors to Supplementary Information and Extended Data are corrected similarly to amendments to the main article. Except for Editor's Notes, all categories below are bi-directionally linked to the original article and indexed.

Author Correction

An Author Correction may be published to correct an important error(s) made by the author(s) that affects the scientific integrity of the published article, the publication record, or the reputation of the authors or the journal.

Publisher Correction

A Publisher Correction may be published to correct an important error(s) made by the journal that affects the scientific integrity of the published article, the publication record, or the reputation of the authors or the journal.

Addendum

An addendum is generally published when significant additional information crucial to the reader's understanding of the article has come to light following publication.

Editor's Note

An Editor's Note alerts readers if the journal has initiated an inquiry in response to concerns raised about a published article. It is an online-only update, made only to the HTML version of the record of the published article. It is not indexed.

Retraction

An article may be retracted when the integrity of the published work is substantially undermined due to errors in the study's conduct, analysis, or reporting. Violation of publication or research ethics may also result in retraction. The original article is marked as retracted, but a PDF version remains available to readers, and the retraction statement is bi-directionally linked to the original published paper. Retraction statements will typically include a statement of assent or dissent from the authors.

When making corrections to articles, in most cases, the original article (PDF and HTML) is corrected and is bi-directionally linked to and from the published amendment notice, which details the original error. For the sake of transparency, when changes made to the original article affect data in figures, tables, or text, for example when data points or error bars change or curves require redrawing, the amendment notice will reproduce the original data.

When it is impossible to correct the original article in both HTML and PDF versions, for example for articles published many years before the error is raised, the article will remain unchanged but will contain bi-directional links to and from the published amendment notice.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Revanue Source

Edulab is an open-access journal, published in an online version. Source of income from institutional support (faculty). The source of income is used to maintain the administrative costs of managing the journal. In addition, a very small share of revenue also comes from (incidental) subscriptions.

Archiving Policy

The journal uses the LOCKSS systems to create a distributed filing system among participating libraries and allows the library to create journal permanent archives for preservation and restoration purposes.

Plagiarism Policy

EDULAB : Majalah Ilmiah Laboratorium Pendidikan, Education laboratory, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, State Islamic University (UIN) Sunan Kalijaga recognizes that plagiarism is not acceptable for all authors and therefore establishes the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) when plagiarism is identified by EDULAB anti-plagiarism software detection using Turnitin software (https://www.turnitin.com) in an article that is submitted for publication.

When plagiarism is identified by the Plagiarism Checker (using Turnitin software), the Editorial Board is responsible for the review of this paper and will agree on measures according to the extent of plagiarism detected in the article in agreement with the following guidelines:

Minor Plagiarism

A small sentence or short paragraph of another manuscript is plagiarized without any significant data or idea taken from the other papers or publications.

Punishment: A warning is given to the authors and a request to change the manuscript and properly cite the original sources.

Intermediate Plagiarism

A significant data, paragraph, or sentence of an article is plagiarized without proper citation to the original source.

Punishment: The submitted article is automatic rejected.

Severe Plagiarism

A large portion of an article is plagiarized that involves many aspects such as reproducing original results (data, formulation, equation, law, statement, etc.), ideas, and methods presented in other publications.

Punishment: The paper is automatic rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles to the journal.

Corrections & Retractions

Edulab will issue corrections, retraction statements, and other post-publication updates, including Editor's Notes on published content.

Author Correction

Publisher Correction

Addendum

An addendum is generally published when significant additional information crucial to the reader's understanding of the article has come to light following publication.

Editor's Note

Retraction

Waiver Policy

All articles published in the Edulab Journal: Educational Laboratory Scientific Magazine can be accessed openly. "Open Access Publishing" implies that all readers, anywhere in the world, are allowed unlimited access to the full text of the article, which will soon be published in the journal Edulab. There are no fees and payments of any kind to readers for accessing and using the articles.

AI Tool Policy

For Authors, Reviewers, and Editors

Starting from 2025, every manuscript submitted to Edulab: Majalah Ilmiah Laboratorium Pendidikan must include a declaration describing the extent of self-determined learning engagement undertaken by the author(s) in preparing the article.

Introduction

In response to the dynamic transformation of global education and knowledge production in the digital era, Edulab: Majalah Ilmiah Laboratorium Pendidikan positions Edulab as a foundational framework for advancing higher-order learning, intellectual autonomy, and transformative scholarship within Islamic education.

Edulab emphasizes learner agency, capability development, reflective inquiry, double-loop learning, and epistemic responsibility. Within the scope of this journal, these principles guide scholarly engagement that critically constructs, interrogates, and validates knowledge across diverse formal and non-formal educational settings.

The journal affirms that self-determined learning strengthens intellectual independence, critical inquiry, and methodological rigor in addressing contemporary educational challenges in Muslim societies. Nevertheless, scholarly autonomy must remain grounded in ethical standards, empirical verification, and peer-reviewed academic discourse.

Through this orientation, Edulab fosters rigorous, reflective, and socially responsive research that contributes to the advancement of Islamic education at local, national, and global levels.

General Principles

This policy aligns with prevailing international publishing standards adopted by major academic publishers such as Taylor & Francis and Elsevier concerning the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in scholarly communication.

The following principles regulate the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence within the journal's academic processes:

Artificial Intelligence cannot be listed as an author or co-author. Authorship entails intellectual accountability, legal responsibility, and consent for publication, which are exclusively human capacities.
AI tools may function only as assistive instruments. They must not replace human intellectual responsibility, critical interpretation, or scholarly accountability.
Transparency and accountability are mandatory. Any use of AI tools must be clearly disclosed and subject to human verification.
Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of all submitted content, including any portion that has been AI-assisted.
Confidentiality, data security, and intellectual property protection must be upheld at all times. Authors, reviewers, and editors are prohibited from uploading confidential manuscripts or unpublished data to non-secure or public AI platforms.

Policy for Authors

Prohibited Uses of AI

Consistent with international publishing ethics standards, authors are strictly prohibited from using AI tools for the following purposes:

Listing AI systems as authors or co-authors
Generating fabricated data, synthetic results, or falsified empirical materials
Manipulating research findings in ways that distort interpretation or misrepresent evidence
Uploading confidential datasets, peer-review materials, or unpublished manuscripts to public AI systems
Using AI to circumvent plagiarism detection, peer review, or editorial screening processes

AI use that compromises research integrity, misrepresents authorship, or undermines transparency constitutes academic misconduct.

Permitted Uses of AI

Under strict human supervision and post-validation, authors may use AI tools for limited and assistive purposes, including:

Grammar checking, proofreading, and stylistic refinement
Improving coherence, cohesion, and readability of author-written text
Supporting idea exploration, literature mapping, or coding assistance, provided outputs are critically reviewed
Assisting with translation for language clarity, without altering substantive meaning

AI tools may support drafting processes; however, authors must substantially review, revise, and take full responsibility for the final text. All AI-assisted outputs must be manually rechecked for accuracy, completeness, contextual relevance, and methodological consistency. Validation by a qualified language or subject expert is strongly recommended.

Mandatory AI Disclosure Statement

Every manuscript must include one of the following declarations:

If no AI tools were used:

“This article is the original work of the author(s) and was produced without the use of any AI tools for writing, editing, or creating tables, figures, or images.”

If AI tools were used in a limited and controlled manner:

“The grammatical structure of this article was improved using [name and version of the AI tool]. The authors have manually rechecked the accuracy and appropriateness of the generated sentences, tables, and data in accordance with the topic and findings of this study. The language and data have been validated and verified by [name of expert or institution]. No AI-generated content has been included in the final version of this article.”

This disclosure must appear in the Acknowledgements or Methods section of journal articles, or in the Preface for book manuscripts.

Author Responsibility

Authors remain fully responsible for:

The originality, validity, and integrity of the manuscript
Ensuring that all AI-assisted processes are transparent and verifiable
Compliance with ethical, copyright, and data-protection standards
Confirming that AI tools did not alter the meaning, interpretation, or findings of the research

Policy for Reviewers

Reviewers are prohibited from using AI tools to read, summarize, evaluate, or generate analytical content from manuscripts under review. Uploading manuscripts, figures, or confidential data to AI platforms constitutes a serious breach of confidentiality and intellectual property rights.

Reviewers may use AI-based language-checking tools solely for proofreading their personal comments, not for evaluating manuscript content. Each reviewer is personally accountable for maintaining objectivity, accuracy, and confidentiality throughout the review process.

Policy for Editors

Editors must not upload manuscripts, author correspondence, or review files to public AI systems for translation, evaluation, or summarization. All editorial assessments and recommendations must be based on human judgment, reviewers' reports, and the journal's ethical guidelines. Final publication decisions are made by the Editor-in-Chief and must not be delegated to Artificial Intelligence systems.

If AI-based tools are employed for administrative purposes such as plagiarism detection or metadata analysis, such tools must be institutionally approved and compliant with data-protection regulations.

Ethical Considerations

All use of AI tools must adhere to the principles of scientific honesty, intellectual authenticity, human accountability, and ethical oversight. Transparency, fairness, and academic rigor remain fundamental standards in all editorial and scholarly processes.

Continuous education on AI ethics is encouraged to ensure that technological advancements support, rather than undermine, the integrity of Islamic scholarship.

Closing Statement

Artificial Intelligence is recognized as an assistive instrument, not a substitute for human intellect and moral responsibility. Ethical, transparent, and validated use of AI can enrich the academic ecosystem while preserving the intellectual and spiritual integrity of Islamic higher education scholarship.