PUBLICATION ETHICS

PUBLICATION ETHIC STATEMENT

Kindergarten: Journal Of Islamic Early Childhood Education, is a scientific periodical journals that managed by Islamic Early Childhood Education’s study program and sinergyze with peer review to evaluate the article’s value and credibility before published. This journal is dedicated to publish scientific articles in the study of Islamic early childhood education from different aspects and perspectives as well as the themes that have been determined. This journal is available in print with ISSN: 2621-0339, and online with ISSN: 2621-0770, and published  twice a year, in April and November. Kindergarten aims to become one of the forums for ideas and results of researches dissemination in the field of Islamic education for early childhood. In addition, it also can be a major reference in the same field. Kindergarten committed to keep maintaining the high ethical standard in scientific publication include the peer-review, author, journal editor, and publisher).

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed Kindergarten is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society. As the publisher of Kindergarten: Journal Of Islamic Early Childhood Education takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing seriously and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. 

Publication decisions

The editor of the Kindergarten: Journal Of Islamic Early Childhood Education is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Plagiarism Screening

It is basically author’s duty to only submit a manuscript that is free from plagiarism and academically malpractices. The editor, however, double checks each article before its publication. The first step is to check plagiarism against offline database developed by Kindergarten and, secondly, against as much as possible online databases.

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