Conflict of Interest

JMPI: Jurnal Manajemen, Pendidikan dan Pemikiran Islam is committed to ensuring transparency, impartiality, and integrity throughout the scholarly publishing process. The journal requires authors, editors, reviewers, and other individuals involved in editorial decisions to disclose any conflicts of interest that could influence, or reasonably be perceived to influence, their professional judgment.

This policy is guided by the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and established standards of responsible scholarly publishing. The purpose of this policy is to protect the credibility of published research, maintain editorial independence, and ensure that manuscripts are evaluated fairly on their academic merit.

1. Definition of Conflict of Interest

A conflict of interest exists when personal, financial, professional, institutional, or other relationships may compromise, influence, or create a reasonable perception of bias in the preparation, review, editorial assessment, or publication of a manuscript.

Conflicts of interest may be actual, potential, or perceived. They do not necessarily indicate misconduct; however, failure to disclose a relevant conflict may undermine the transparency and integrity of the publication process.

Examples include, but are not limited to:

  • Financial Interests: Employment, consultancy, honoraria, research funding, grants, stock ownership, patents, royalties, or other financial relationships that may be affected by the publication.

  • Professional and Institutional Relationships: Employment at the same institution, supervisory relationships, research collaborations, or other professional affiliations that may affect impartial judgment.

  • Personal Relationships: Family relationships, close friendships, personal disputes, or other relationships that could influence the evaluation of a manuscript.

  • Academic and Intellectual Interests: Strong academic positions, competing research findings, intellectual commitments, or professional rivalries that could affect objective assessment.

  • Editorial and Organizational Interests: Participation in the management of a journal, involvement in a manuscript's preparation, or other responsibilities that may create competing obligations.

2. Responsibilities of Authors

All authors must disclose relevant conflicts of interest when submitting a manuscript to JMPI. The corresponding author is responsible for coordinating the disclosure process and ensuring that all co-authors provide accurate and complete information.

Authors must disclose relevant financial and non-financial interests, including research funding, institutional affiliations, consultancy arrangements, personal relationships, and other circumstances that could reasonably be perceived to influence the research or its interpretation.

A declaration should be included in the manuscript under the heading Conflict of Interest or Declaration of Competing Interests.

If no relevant conflict exists, authors should include the following statement:

“The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest that could have influenced the research, authorship, or publication of this manuscript.”

All funding sources relevant to the research must also be acknowledged separately in the Funding Statement, where applicable.

Authors should consult the COPE guidance and resources when determining how potential competing interests should be disclosed.

3. Responsibilities of Editors

Editors must maintain editorial independence and ensure that all manuscripts are evaluated fairly, objectively, and in accordance with the journal's editorial policies.

Editors must disclose any actual, potential, or perceived conflict of interest related to a submitted manuscript. An editor who has a relevant conflict must not participate in the editorial assessment, reviewer selection, decision-making, or other processes that could compromise impartiality.

Where necessary, responsibility for handling the manuscript will be transferred to an independent editor who has no relevant conflict of interest.

Editors must not use unpublished information obtained through editorial work for personal, professional, financial, or competitive advantage.

4. Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers must disclose any conflict of interest that could affect their ability to provide an impartial and objective assessment of a manuscript.

Potential conflicts may include recent or ongoing collaboration with the authors, close personal relationships, institutional affiliations, direct academic competition, financial interests, or involvement in the research under review.

If a reviewer identifies a conflict that could compromise impartiality, the reviewer must notify the editor promptly. The editor may decide to proceed with the review, request clarification, or appoint an alternative reviewer, depending on the nature and seriousness of the conflict.

Reviewers must maintain confidentiality and must not use unpublished information from a manuscript for personal or professional benefit.

5. Disclosure and Editorial Management

All relevant conflicts of interest must be disclosed as early as possible, preferably at the time of manuscript submission or upon the identification of a potential conflict during editorial processing.

When a conflict is disclosed, the editorial team will assess its nature and potential impact and determine appropriate measures. These may include:

  1. Recording the disclosure in the manuscript's editorial documentation.

  2. Requesting additional clarification from the relevant individual.

  3. Reassigning the manuscript to an independent editor or reviewer.

  4. Restricting participation in editorial decisions where necessary.

  5. Publishing an appropriate disclosure statement alongside the article when relevant.

The existence of a conflict does not automatically result in manuscript rejection. Decisions will depend on the nature of the conflict, the adequacy of disclosure, and the measures available to protect editorial independence.

6. Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest

If a previously undisclosed conflict of interest is identified before or after publication, JMPI will assess the circumstances and take proportionate action.

Depending on the findings, the journal may request a corrected disclosure, conduct further inquiries, reassign editorial responsibilities, publish a correction or clarification, or take other appropriate action in accordance with its publication ethics policies.

Serious concerns involving research integrity or publication ethics may be referred to the relevant institution or authority. Cases will be handled in accordance with the principles of fairness, confidentiality, and accountability and the applicable COPE guidance.

7. Transparency and Publication

Relevant conflict-of-interest disclosures will be published with the article when appropriate and in accordance with the journal's editorial policies.

The journal will strive to ensure that readers have sufficient information to assess potential competing interests that may be relevant to the interpretation of published research.

All authors, editors, and reviewers are expected to cooperate with reasonable requests for clarification and to provide accurate and complete disclosures.

8. Commitment to Editorial Independence

JMPI is committed to protecting the independence of editorial decisions from financial, personal, institutional, and other competing interests. Manuscripts will be evaluated according to their originality, scholarly quality, methodological rigor, relevance to the journal's scope, and compliance with publication ethics requirements.

By implementing this policy, JMPI seeks to promote transparency, accountability, and trust among authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and the wider academic community.