Policy Documents
Publication Ethics
Our guidelines are fully consistent with the COPE Principles of Transparency and Best Practice Guidelines and the COPE Code of Conduct. More details can be found here: https://publicationethics.org
We encourage the best standards of publication ethics and take all possible measures against publication malpractices. We abide by a strict ethical code of conduct to maintain transparency, merit and high-quality research.
Duties and Responsibilities of Editors
We at IQBAL REVIEW/IQBALIYAT constantly strive for improving the quality and integrity of the journal, catering to the needs of authors and readers, encouraging academic debate, on contemporary issues. The editors accept an obligation to apply best will and practice to cope with the following responsibilities:
Editorial Board
Editorial Team consists of recognized experts in the field. The editor may provide full names and affiliations of the members as well as updated contact information for the editorial office on the journal webpage.
Publication Decisions
The editor 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 editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial team and constrained by such legal requirements, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.
Peer Review Process
All of the journal’s articles are subjected to peer review. Articles submitted for possible publication are subjected to a double-blind, peer-review process. Articles are first reviewed by editors. The editor may reject it out of hand either because it may not fall in the domain of our journal or because it is manifestly of low quality so that it cannot be considered at all. Articles that are found suitable for review are then sent to two experts in the field of the paper. Referees of a paper are unknown to each other. Referees are asked to classify the paper as publishable immediately, publishable with amendments and improvements, or not publishable. Referees’ evaluations usually include an explicit recommendation of what to do with the manuscript. Referees’ comments are then seen by the author.
Editors should be ready to justify any important deviation from the described process. Editors should not reverse decisions on publication unless serious problems are identified.
The editor is responsible to give a general guideline to authors and reviewers. We follow transparency, merit and excellence and our editors evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the author(s). Editors’ decision to accept or reject a paper for publication should be based only on the paper’s importance, originality and clarity, and its relevance to the stated domain of the journal.
Digital Archiving
We, at IQBAL REVIEW/IQBALIYAT duly maintain a digital archive of all issues of Islamic Studies and Social Sciences.
Confidentiality
A strict confidentially is maintained while the articles are under review.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript are not to be used by the editor without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review are kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Editor consults a co-editor, associate editor, or other members of the editorial board for considering manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest whatsoever. The editor may publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication.
Procedures for dealing with unethical behavior
Unethical behavior may be identified and brought to the attention of the editor and publisher at any time, by anyone. Whoever informs the editor or publisher of such conduct should provide sufficient information and evidence in order for an investigation to be initiated. All allegations are taken seriously and treated in the same way, until a successful decision or conclusion is reached. Every reported act of unethical publishing behavior must be looked into, even if it is discovered years after publication.
The editor takes reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, in conjunction with the publisher. Such measures will generally include contacting the author of the manuscript or paper and giving due consideration to the respective complaint or claims made, but may also include further communications to the relevant institutions and research bodies, depending on the misconduct seriousness.
Minor misconduct might be dealt with/without the need to consult more widely. In any event, the author is given the opportunity to respond to any allegations.
Serious misconduct might require the application of one or more of the following measures:
- Informing or educating the author or reviewer where there appears to be a misunderstanding or misapplication of acceptable standards.
- Publication of a formal notice detailing the misconduct.
- A formal letter to the head of the author's or reviewer's department or funding agency.
- Formal retraction or withdrawal of a publication from the journal, in conjunction with informing the head of the author or reviewer's department
- Imposition of a formal embargo on contributions from an individual for a defined period.
Duties and responsibilities of authors
Open Access Policy
Most of the journals are freely available online. Authors are required to agree with this open access policy which enables unrestricted access and reuse of all published articles. The articles are published under the Creative Commons copyright license policy CC-BY. Users are allowed to copy and redistribute the material in printed or electronic format and build upon the material, without further permission or fees being required, provided that appropriate credit is given.
Reporting standards
Authors of papers should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable. Review and professional publication articles should also be accurate and objective, and editorial and opinion works should be clearly identified.
Data access and retention
Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should, in any event, be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
Originality and plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
Plagiarism takes many forms, from “passing off” another´s paper as the author´s own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another´s paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
Declaration
A declaration is required that the manuscript contains solely the author’s original work that is not under consideration for publishing in any other journal in any form.
A co-authored paper must be accompanied by an undertaking to claim the right to authorship and to ensure that all have agreed to the order of authorship.
Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication
An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior. In general, an author should not submit for consideration in another journal a previously published paper.
For Open Access publishing, the copyright remains with the authors, thus they can decide about the eventual republication of their text. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication.
Privacy of Participants
Authors must respect the privacy of the participant(s) of the research.
Authors must ensure that in instances where the identity of the participant needs to be revealed in the study, explicit and informed consent of the concerned party is obtained.
Manuscript Acceptance and Rejection
During the review period the author can contact the Editor to ask about its status.
In case of revisions, the author(s) must provide an exposition of all corrections made in the manuscript and the revised manuscript should, then, go through the process of affirmation of revisions and be accepted or rejected accordingly.
In case of dissatisfaction over the decision of rejection, the author can appeal the decision by contacting the Editor.
Acknowledgment of sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.
Authorship of the paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed. Examples of potential conflicts of interest which should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest stage possible. Readers should be informed about who has funded research and the role of the funders in the research.
Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author´s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.
For Editors
The Editor’s Responsibilities
Establishing and maintaining the quality of the journal by publishing quality papers. Promotion of freedom of expression within the cultural, constitutional/legal framework
Fair play and Impartiality
Will ensure impartial evaluation of the content of research papers, Disregard all discriminating factors during the selection of articles, e.g. gender, race, ethnicity, religious belief, etc. of the author(s)
Confidentiality
Confidentiality of the author(s) and reviewers during the peer review process will be ensured Confidentiality of the participants of the research should also be ensured. Before publication, the content of the manuscript would be kept confidential
The Review Process
Articles are initially scrutinized and then go through the double-blind peer review process. Sufficient guidelines along with a Reviewer’s Proforma are provided to reviewers Sharing the reviewer’s comments with the author and incorporating suggested corrections. Referring troublesome cases to Advisory Committee.
Dealing with Misconduct
Will encourage reviewers to comment on ethical issues and possible misconduct. Confirmation of plagiarism through Turnitin and/or searching for similar titles etc. Will publish a corrigendum and remove and retract a plagiarized article.
Transparency
Only one paper as a PI (Principle Investigator) should be published in the same issue. Authorship & co-authorship policy will be strictly adopted.
Conflict of Interest
The editors and reviewers will not edit a submitted paper for those author(s) and/or institution against which he/she has any conflicts of interest.
Disclosure
Will not use any unpublished information/data from the submitted research paper without the permission of the author(s)
Publication Decisions
Only shortlisted research papers relevant to the scope of the journal will be published after completion of the review process. Acceptation or rejection of a paper will be based on academic standards. The Editor will justify the reason (s) for rejecting a research paper and will timely communicate the editorial decision to the author(s)
Procedure for Appeal
The Editor is responsible for establishing a proper mechanism for appeals launched against:
The rejection of a research paper.
Objections to publications causing harm to any party.
Infringement of Ethical boundaries in any manner.
Duties and responsibilities of reviewers
Contribution to editorial decisions
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication. Authors who wish to contribute to publications have an obligation to do a fair share of reviewing.
Promptness
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.
Confidentiality
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
Standards of objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
Acknowledgment of sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
Disclosure and conflict of interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer´s own research without the written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
Plagiarism Policy
- Iqbal Review/Iqbaliyat is committed to advance original work of scholarship and strictly NO tolerance for plagiarism.
- It is the author(s) responsibility to ascertain that he/she has submitted an entirely original work, giving due credit, by virtue of proper citations, to the works and/or words of others where they are used.
- Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is not acceptable.
- Material quoted verbatim from the author(s) previously published work or other sources must be placed in quotation marks.
- In line with the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan policy and in conformity with the international publishing standard for academic writing, the submitted manuscript found to have a similarity index of more than 19% will either be rejected or left at the discretion of the editor for purposes of a conditional acceptance.
- Authors can submit manuscript previously published in abstracted form, e.g. in the proceedings of an annual meeting, or in a periodical with limited circulation and availability e.g. reports by government agencies or university departments.
- In case the research paper is part of the research thesis, the author shall make explicit statement to the managing editor at the time of submission that the work is from a research thesis along with other details. However, the thesis shall not be formally published in book form by any academic publisher.
Peer Review Policy
All of the journal’s articles are subjected to peer review. Articles submitted for possible publication are subjected to a double-blind, peer-review process. Articles are first reviewed by editors. The editor may reject it out of hand either because it may not fall in the domain of our journal or because it is manifestly of low quality so that it cannot be considered at all. Articles that are found suitable for review are then sent to two experts in the field of the paper. Referees of a paper are unknown to each other. Referees are asked to classify the paper as publishable immediately, publishable with amendments and improvements, or not publishable. Referees’ evaluations usually include an explicit recommendation of what to do with the manuscript. Referees’ comments are then seen by the author.
Editors should be ready to justify any important deviation from the described process. Editors should not reverse decisions on publication unless serious problems are identified.
The editor is responsible to give a general guideline to authors and reviewers. We follow transparency, merit and excellence and our editors evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the author/s. Editors´ decision to accept or reject a paper for publication should be based only on the paper´s importance, originality and clarity, and its relevance to the stated domain of the journal.
Ethical Statement
Publication Policy Agreement
As part of the submission process of the articles submitted to Iqbal Review/Iqbaliyat, the authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in Open Office, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
- Furthermore, the manuscript contains nothing that is abusive, defamatory, libelous, obscene, fraudulent, or illegal.
If I send the same article to any other publisher within or outside the country, I will let you know in anticipation which will be considered as my voluntary withdrawal from the Iqbal Review/Iqbaliyat.
Guidelines for Authors
The authors are strongly encouraged to submit manuscripts two copies in hard form and one soft copy via online journal system (OJS) prepared using MS Word and should be clearly labeled with the author’s names, their designation and affiliation, file name. Each manuscript should be accompanied by a statement that it has neither been published nor been submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted material from other sources. Authors are also responsible to ensure that the article contains no plagiarism that will be checked by TURNITIN. All accepted articles will become the property of the publisher.
All parts of the manuscripts should be typewritten and printed on one side of the paper, text font size 12, Garamond, left aligned, double spaced for English articles and 14 for Arabic (Trad Arabic Bold) and Urdu (Jameel Noori Nastaleeq) articles. For main headings, font size for English should be 14 and for Arabic and Urdu 16 but for sub headings should be 12 for English and 14 for Arabic and Urdu in bold form. The manuscript should be numbered consecutively throughout the paper. Authors should also supply a shortened version of the title suitable for the running head, not exceeding 50 characters space. All articles (Eng, Urdu, Arabi) should be summarized in an abstract of not more than 250 to 300 words in English with Standard transliteration.
Manuscripts including tables, figures, illustrations and references, should be prepared in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style. The references should be given as ent-notes.
Information For Readers
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Information For Authors
Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.
Information For Librarians
We encourage research librarians to list this journal among their library's electronic journal holdings. As well, it may be worth noting that this journal's open source publishing system is suitable for libraries to host for their faculty members to use with journals they are involved in editing (see Open Journal Systems).
