Focus and Scope

Al Imarah: Islamic Government and Politics is a scientific periodical journal from the Faculty of Sharia, UIN Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu which contains sub-disciplines of discussion:

1. Islamic Politics
2. Islamic Government
3. Law
4. Constitutional Law
5. Siyasah Fiqh (Siyasah Syar'iyyah)

The presence of this journal is intended as a medium of information and a forum for academics and practitioners to actualize their ideas and at the same time as a forum for discussing problems in the field of government containing scientific writings, research results summaries, book reviews, or original ideas that are critical, analytical, and dynamic.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Publication Frequency

Jurnal yang terbit bulan Januari dan Juli ini, berisi kajian seputar sistem pemerintahan, pemikiran Islam tentang pemerintahani,dan fiqh siyasah.

Open Access Policy

Setiap artikel yang diterbitkan pada jurnal Al Imarah ini terbuka untuk umum yang berarti (Every article appearing in any Al Imarah journal is 'open access', meaning that):

1. Semua artikel secara luas dan bebas bisa diakses melalui daring dalam format yang bisa dibaca. (The article is universally and freely accessible via the Internet, in an easily readable format.)
2. Penulis atau pemilik hak cipta secara tidak dapat dibatalkan memberikan kepada pihak ketiga mana pun, sebelum atau sesudahnya, hak untuk menggunakan, mereproduksi atau menyebarluaskan artikel secara keseluruhan atau sebagian, dalam format atau media apa pun, asalkan tidak ada kesalahan substantif yang diperkenalkan dalam proses, atribusi penulis yang tepat dan rincian kutipan yang benar diberikan, dan bahwa rincian bibliografi tidak berubah. Jika artikel tersebut direproduksi atau disebarluaskan sebagian, ini harus ditunjukkan dengan jelas dan tegas. (The author(s) or copyright owner(s) irrevocably grant(s) to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate the article in its entirety or in part, in any format or medium, provided that no substantive errors are introduced in the process, proper attribution of authorship and correct citation details are given, and that the bibliographic details are not changed. If the article is reproduced or disseminated in part, this must be clearly and unequivocally indicated)

AL IMARAH berkomitmen untuk mempertahankan kebijakan penerbitan akses terbuka ini, secara retrospektif dan prospektif, dalam semua kemungkinan, termasuk setiap perubahan kepemilikan di masa depan.

(AL IMARAH is committed permanently to maintaining this open access publishing policy, retrospectively and prospectively, in all eventualities, including any future changes in ownership.)

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Publication Charge

No submission, processing, page, colored figures or publication charges are received from authors or elsewhere. All articles are freely available as early online and on the day of publication on the journal’s website

Allegations of Misconduct

The term “research misconduct" refers to fabrication, falsification, citation manipulation, or plagiarism by authors when producing, performing, or reviewing research and writing an article by authors, or reporting research results. When authors are determined to have engaged in research misconduct or other serious irregularities regarding articles published in scientific journals, editors are obliged to maintain the accuracy and integrity of the scientific record.
In cases of suspected misconduct, the Editors and Editorial Board will employ the best practices of COPE to assist them in resolving the complaint and addressing the misconduct fairly. This will entail an investigation of the allegation by the Editors. A submitted manuscript that is discovered to include such misconduct will be rejected. If a published study is discovered to involve such misconduct, a retraction can be issued and linked to the original article.
The first step is to determine the validity of the allegation and examine if it is consistent with the definition of research misconduct. This initial step also involves determining whether the individuals alleging misconduct have relevant conflicts of interest.
If there is a likelihood of scientific misconduct or other significant research irregularities, the allegations are forwarded to the corresponding author, who is asked to respond in detail on behalf of all co-authors. After the response has been received and assessed, professionals (such as statistical reviewers) may be consulted. For cases in which it is unlikely that misconduct has occurred, clarifications, additional analyses, or both, published as letters to the editor, and often including a correction notice and correction to the published article are sufficient. 
Institutions are expected to conduct an appropriate and thorough investigation of allegations of scientific misconduct. Ultimately, authors, journals, and institutions have an important obligation to ensure the accuracy of the scientific record. By responding appropriately to concerns about scientific misconduct, and taking necessary actions based on evaluation of these concerns, such as corrections, retractions with replacement, and retractions, Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam journal will continue to fulfil the responsibilities of ensuring the validity and integrity of the scientific record.

Publication Ethics

Our ethics statement is based on the COPE Best Practices Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam is a peer-reviewed electronic national journal, available in print and online and published two times a year. This statement clarifies the ethical behaviour of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the chief editor, the Editorial Board, the peer-reviewer, and the publisher UIN (State Islamic University) Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu.

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication
The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam 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 behaviour for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher, and the society.
UIN Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu as publisher of Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam 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 Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam is in charge of determining which of the articles submitted to the journal will be published. Such decisions must always be driven by the validity of the work in question, as well as its value to scholars and readers. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board while also being 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 to make this decision.

Fair play
An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality
The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties 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.

Promptness
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research provided in a manuscript or understands that prompt review is impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality
Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown or discussed with others unless allowed 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.

Acknowledgement of Sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that the authors have not cited. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument has 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
Privileged information or ideas received through peer review must remain confidential and not be used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not accept manuscripts that have conflicts of interest due to competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with the papers.

Duties of Authors
Reporting standards
Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed and 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.

Originality and Plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works and that if they have used the work and/or words of others, they have properly cited or quoted them.

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 and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sourcesa
Proper acknowledgement 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.

Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to those who contributed significantly to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included in 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 conflict of interest that could be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be mentioned.

Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, the author must promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Correction and Reactraction

Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam takes its responsibility to maintain the integrity and completeness of the scholarly record of our content for all end users very seriously. Changes to articles after they have been published online may only be made under the circumstances outlined below. Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam journal places great importance on the authority of articles after they have been published and our policy is based on best practices in the academic publishing community.
An Erratum is a statement by the authors of the original paper that briefly describes any correction(s) resulting from errors or omissions. Any effects on the conclusions of the paper should be noted. The corrected article is not removed from the online journal, but notice of erratum is given. The Erratum is made freely available to all readers and is linked to the corrected article.
A Retraction is a notice that the paper should not be regarded as part of the scientific literature. Retractions are issued if there is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, this can be as a result of misconduct or honest error; if the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper referencing, permission, or justification; if the work is plagiarized; or if the work reports unethical research. To protect the integrity of the record, the retracted article is not removed from the online journal; instead, notification of retraction is provided, made publicly available to all readers, and linked to the retracted article. Retractions can be published by the authors when they have discovered substantial scientific errors; in other cases, the Editors or Publisher may conclude that retraction is appropriate. In all cases, the retraction indicates the reason for the action and who is responsible for the decision. If a retraction is issued without the unanimous agreement of the authors, this is also indicated. In rare and extreme cases involving legal infringement, the Publisher may redact or remove an article. Bibliographic information about the article will be retained to ensure the integrity of the scientific record.
A Publisher's Note notifies readers that an article has been corrected after publication. It is issued by the Publisher and is used in cases where typographical or production errors (which are the fault of the Publisher) affect the integrity of the article metadata (such as title, author list or byline) or will significantly impact the readers' ability to comprehend the article. The original article is removed and replaced with a corrected version. Publisher's Notes are freely available to all readers. Minor errors that do not affect the integrity of the metadata or a reader's ability to understand an article and that do not entail a scientific error or omission will be corrected at the discretion of the Publisher.
In such a case, the original article is removed and replaced with a corrected version. The date the correction is made is noted on the corrected article. Authors should also be aware that an original article can only be removed and replaced with a corrected version less than one year after the original publication date. Corrections to an article that has a publication date that is older than one year will only be documented by a Publisher's Note.
The following guideline may also be helpful: COPE Guidelines for Retracting Articles.

Direct Marketing

The success of Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam relies on its ability to attract high-quality submissions and reach a broad readership. To achieve this, the journal employs ethical and targeted marketing strategies that focus on raising awareness, driving submissions, and increasing readership. The journal homepage is designed to be an accessible platform that showcases its aims, scope, editorial team, and submission guidelines, while also providing updates on publication timelines and featured articles. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques are applied to enhance the visibility of the journal and its content in search engine rankings, ensuring that it reaches the widest and most relevant audience. Keywords, headlines, and images are carefully optimised to improve discoverability.
In addition, Al Imarah leverages social media platforms, such as Twitter, to engage with its audience, promote newly published articles, announce calls for submissions, and foster interaction among researchers and academics in the field of Islamic studies. These channels provide opportunities for direct communication with the journal’s community, encouraging collaboration and strengthening its presence within academic networks.
The journal is committed to ethical marketing practices, ensuring that all promotional activities are truthful, transparent, and respectful. Al Imarah avoids misleading information, spam, or any practices detrimental to others. Furthermore, all marketing efforts are conducted independently of the editorial process, safeguarding the integrity of editorial decisions. Through these well-planned strategies, Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam aims to amplify its impact, attract scholarly contributions, and solidify its reputation as a trusted resource in the field of Islamic studies.

Advertising

Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam does not accept or display advertisements in any form. The journal is fully funded by Universitas Islam Negeri Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu and is committed to maintaining an independent editorial process that is free from external commercial influence. This ensures that editorial decisions are based solely on the academic merit and relevance of submissions to the field of Islamic studies.
As a scholarly publication, Al Imarah prioritises the integrity of its content and the dissemination of knowledge without any interference from advertising or promotional activities. All published content is strictly academic and free from commercial endorsements or advertisements.

Revenue Policy

Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam is a fully open-access journal that does not charge any fees to authors or readers. The journal operates under the financial support of Universitas Islam Negeri Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu, which covers all costs associated with the editorial, review, and publication processes.
The journal does not impose any article processing charges (APCs), submission fees, or publication fees on authors. Furthermore, there are no subscription fees for readers, as all content is freely accessible online to promote the dissemination of knowledge globally.
Al Imarah also does not generate revenue through advertisements, reprints, supplements, or special issues. Editorial decision-making is entirely independent and based solely on the academic merit and relevance of submitted manuscripts, ensuring integrity and adherence to ethical publishing standards.
This policy reflects Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam commitment to supporting open access and fostering the free exchange of knowledge in the field of Islamic studies.

Crossmark Policy

Crossmark
Applying the CrossMark icon is a commitment by Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam to maintain the content published and alert readers to changes if and when they occur.

What is Crossmark?
Crossmark is a multi-publisher initiative from CrossRef to provide a standard way for readers to locate the authoritative version of a document. Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam understands the importance of the integrity and completeness of a scholarly record to researchers as well as to Librarians. Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam strives to maintain this trust in its electronic archive. Clicking on the CrossMark icon will inform the reader about the current status of the document. It could also contain additional publication information.

Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam content and Crossmark
Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam content which will display Crossmark is restricted to current and future journal content and is also limited to specific publication types. Articles that are published as Articles in Press or Online First will not have the CrossMark icon at present.

Specific Publication types include:
Addendum: This is published if authors have omitted significant information inadvertently during manuscript submission and would like to add this content to the article after publication.
Corrigendum: is published when authors realise that errors in the published article could affect the validity of the scientific content, or its accuracy
Erratum: will be published only when mistakes are recognized in the published article which went unnoticed during Editing and
Layout setting in Figures, Tables, etc.
Papers, Preliminary notes, Notes, etc.
Correspondence: Letter to the editor or a reply to the letter.
Book Review: Review of a published book.
Removal: The abstract/text and also the PDF are removed and an explanation is provided for removal.
Replacement: The article will be retracted as per retraction of an article, with the difference that a link to the corrected re-published article will be placed on the PDF versions of the paper and the page with the retraction notice.
Retraction: The Abstract/text of the article is retracted. The PDF will be retained with a watermark on every page to notify it is retracted.

Screening for Plagiarism

Manuscript submitted to Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam will be screened for plagiarism using the Turnitin plagiarism detection tool. Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism and return them to the authors for correction. The maximum similarity index that we accept is 30% (without 1 reference more than 25%).
The Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam wants to ensure that all authors are careful and comply with international standards for academic integrity, particularly on the issue of plagiarism.
Plagiarism occurs when an author takes ideas, information, or words from another source without proper credit to the source. Even when it occurs unintentionally, plagiarism is still a serious academic violation and unacceptable in international academic publications.
When the author learns specific information (a name, date, place, statistical number, or other detailed information) from a specific source, a citation is required.
When an author takes an idea from another author, a citation is required, even if the author expands on the idea. This could be a suggestion for how to interpret the data, such as what methodology to use or what conclusions to draw. It might be an idea about broad developments in a field or general information. Regardless of the idea, authors should cite their sources. In cases where the author develops the idea further, the source must still be cited, and the author can describe her or his more developed thought in a later sentence.
When the author takes words from another author, a citation and quotation marks are required. Whenever four or more consecutive words are identical to a source that the author has read, the author must use quotation marks to denote the use of another author's original words; a citation alone is no longer sufficient.
The Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam takes academic integrity very seriously, and the editors reserve the right to withdraw acceptance from any paper that violates any of the standards outlined above.

Indexing and Abstracting

Al Imarah: Pemerintahan dan Politik Islam is indexed and abstracted in the following database and archives:

• Sinta
• Garuda
• Moraref
• Google Scholar

Deposit Policy

Authors are permitted to deposit all versions of their papers in institutional or subject repositories, no embargo applies.

The paper version includes:

• Preprint
• Author's Accepted Manuscript
• Published article (Version of Record)

Authors may deposit and use the paper version as follows:

• Personal website
• Company or institutional repository
• Subject repositories
• Personal use for teaching and training within the author's institution and grant applications

Helping authors and institutions make informed and confident decisions in open-access publication and compliance.
Please make sure that you consult our policies on the website to prevent any disputes or doubts. Contact (Mail: alimarah@mail.uinfasbengkulu.ac.id).

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