Research Misconduct

Conseils: Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam handles all allegations of research and publication misconduct in accordance with the guidelines and flowcharts of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Misconduct includes, but is not limited to, data fabrication, data falsification, plagiarism, duplicate publication, citation manipulation, ethical violations involving research subjects, and authorship disputes.

Allegations are handled through the following procedure:

  1. Anyone may report suspected misconduct by sending an email to jurnal.bki@insud.ac.id, accompanied by supporting evidence.
  2. The Editor-in-Chief conducts a confidential preliminary investigation.
  3. The author(s) concerned are given an opportunity to provide clarification.
  4. If misconduct is confirmed, the journal may take action proportionate to the severity of the violation. Such action may include rejection of the manuscript, publication of a correction or an expression of concern, retraction of the article, a ban on submissions for a specified period, or notification of the author’s institution.

The entire process is conducted fairly and objectively, and the confidentiality of all parties involved is maintained.