Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Jurnal Istisyfa spesialisasi dalam Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam, dimaksudkan untuk memberikan sarana diskusi dan mengkomunikasikan penelitian orisinal dan isu-isu relevan. Jurnal ini menerbitkan artikel penelitian yang mencakup seluruh aspek konseling, Psikologi, Bimbingan, Kesehatan Mental, Psikoterapi yang masuk dalam konteks Islam.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

ISTISYFA: Journal of Islamice Guidance and Counseling journal maintains the standards of double blind-peer review while increasing the efficiency of the process. All research articles published in the ISTISYFA: Journal of Islamice Guidance and Counselingjournal undergo full peer review, key characteristics of which are listed below:

All research articles are reviewed by at least two suitably qualified experts.
All publication decisions are made by the journals’ Editors-in-Chief based on the reviews provided
Members of the advisory, international Editorial Boards lend insight, advice, and guidance to the Editors-in-Chief generally and to assist decision making on specific submissions
Managing Editors and Editorial Assistants provide the administrative support that allows the ISTISYFA: Journal of Islamice Guidance and Counseling journal to maintain the integrity of peer review while delivering rapid turnaround and maximum efficiency to authors, reviewers, and editors alike.
The ISTISYFA: Journal of Islamice Guidance and Counseling additionally benefits through the manuscript referral process from the high-quality peer review conducted by established journals.

Peer review of referred papers:

Editors of the ISTISYFA: Journal of Islamice Guidance and Counseling journal will decide promptly whether to accept, reject or request revisions of referred papers based on the reviews and editorial insight of the supporting journals. Also, Editors will have the option of seeking additional reviews when needed. The authors will be advised when Editors decide, further review is required.

Publication Frequency

2 issue per years (April, September, December)

Open Access Policy

All articles published by the ISTISYFA: Journal of Islamic and Counseling journal are openly accessible on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports greater global knowledge exchange. It means:

Every reader has free and unlimited access to the full-text of all articles published in ISTISYFA: Journal of Islamic and Counseling, and
Every reader is free to re-use the published article if a proper citation of the original publication is given.

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...

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Publication Fee

The fee for article publication in the Online Learning in Educational Research is $100.

ISTISYFA Journal does not charge authors from outside Indonesia any submission or publication fees, and no costs are incurred for article processing or the review process.

We understand that financial circumstances can vary among authors, and we offer fee reductions for those in need. Please contact us to discuss this further.

Publication Ethics

Istisyfa: Journal of Islamic Guidance and Counseling 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 Istisyfa: Journal of Islamic Guidance and Counseling 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 Istisyfa: Journal of Islamic Guidance and Counseling 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 Istisyfa: Journal of Islamic Guidance and Counseling 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 Sources
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.

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