JUITA (Jurnal Ilmiah Tafsir Alkitab) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and ethical responsibility in scholarly publishing. The journal aligns its editorial and publication ethics practices with internationally recognized guidance, including the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing developed by COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, and WAME.

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JUITA is dedicated to ensuring that all parties involved in the publication process - including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher - uphold ethical conduct at every stage of submission, review, publication, and post-publication handling. Editorial decisions are made on the basis of scholarly merit, originality, relevance to the field of Biblical Studies, and compliance with the journal’s ethical and editorial standards.

1. Ethical Framework

JUITA upholds ethical publishing standards designed to preserve the reliability of the scholarly record and to promote fairness, accountability, and transparency in academic communication.

The journal does not tolerate:

• plagiarism;
• data fabrication or falsification;
• duplicate or simultaneous submission;
• redundant publication;
• citation manipulation;
• false authorship or inappropriate contributorship;
• undisclosed conflicts of interest; or
• any other form of academic misconduct.

2. Duties of Authors

Authors submitting manuscripts to JUITA must ensure that:

• the manuscript is original and has not been published previously;
• the manuscript is not under consideration by another journal;
• all sources are properly cited and acknowledged;
• all authors have made a substantial scholarly contribution;
• all co-authors have approved the submitted and final version;
• all data, quotations, translations, references, and interpretations are presented accurately and honestly;
• all conflicts of interest are disclosed; and
• all funding sources are declared transparently.

Authors must not engage in plagiarism, falsification, fabrication, deceptive citation practices, ghost authorship, or guest authorship.

3. Duties of Editors

Editors are responsible for:

• evaluating manuscripts fairly and solely on academic merit and relevance to the journal’s scope;
• maintaining the confidentiality of submissions;
• ensuring that the peer review process is fair, objective, and timely;
• avoiding conflicts of interest in editorial decisions;
• responding appropriately to ethical concerns; and
• safeguarding the integrity of the scholarly record.

Editors may decline manuscripts at the initial screening stage when submissions fall outside the journal’s scope, fail to meet academic or technical requirements, or raise concerns regarding originality, ethics, or publication integrity.

4. Duties of Reviewers

Reviewers are expected to:

• review manuscripts objectively, fairly, and constructively;
• maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and review materials;
• disclose any conflict of interest that may affect their judgment;
• alert editors to any substantial overlap, suspected plagiarism, or ethical concern; and
• complete their reviews within the agreed timeframe.

Reviewers must not use unpublished material from a manuscript for personal advantage without explicit written permission from the author.

5. Authorship and Contributorship

Authorship must be limited to individuals who have made substantial scholarly contributions to the manuscript. All authors should agree on the order of authorship before submission.

Contributors who do not meet authorship criteria should be acknowledged appropriately. The journal may require an Author Contributions Statement where necessary.

6. Originality, Plagiarism, and Similarity Screening

All manuscripts submitted to JUITA are screened using Turnitin before entering peer review.

Manuscripts with a substantive similarity level exceeding 20% will not proceed to peer review until the overlap has been satisfactorily addressed. In calculating similarity, bibliography/references and standard journal template text are excluded from assessment.

Similarity reports are interpreted editorially rather than mechanically. The final judgment regarding originality and ethical suitability rests with the Editorial Team.

7. Duplicate Submission and Redundant Publication

Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously. JUITA does not accept manuscripts that have already been published, are under review elsewhere, or substantially duplicate previously published work without proper justification, disclosure, and editorial evaluation.

8. Conflicts of Interest

All authors, editors, and reviewers must disclose any financial or non-financial conflict of interest that could influence the interpretation, review, editorial handling, or publication of a manuscript.

If no conflict exists, authors are encouraged to state: “The authors declare no conflict of interest.”

9. AI-Assisted Tools

If authors use AI-assisted tools for language improvement, formatting assistance, or similar limited editorial support, such use must be disclosed at submission. AI tools must not be listed as authors. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, validity, and integrity of the manuscript.

10. Confidentiality

Editors and reviewers must not disclose any information about submitted manuscripts to anyone other than those directly involved in the editorial and peer review process.

11. Research Misconduct and Ethical Concerns

When credible concerns arise regarding plagiarism, falsification, fabrication, duplicate publication, authorship disputes, undisclosed conflicts of interest, unethical research conduct, or any other form of misconduct, the Editorial Team will investigate the matter in a fair, impartial, and confidential manner.

Where appropriate, JUITA may:

• request clarification or supporting documentation from the authors;
• suspend the editorial process;
• seek additional expert review;
• contact the author’s institution or relevant authority;
• reject the manuscript;
• publish a correction;
• issue an expression of concern;
• retract the article; or
• take other editorial measures deemed necessary.

12. Corrections, Expressions of Concern, and Retractions

JUITA is committed to preserving the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record.

If a published article is found to contain major error, misleading information, unreliable findings, or evidence of misconduct, the journal may issue:

• a correction;
• an expression of concern; or
• a retraction,

depending on the seriousness of the problem and the reliability of the available evidence.

Correction, expression of concern, and retraction notices published by JUITA will be linked clearly to the original article and will state the reason for the editorial action in a transparent manner.

13. Post-Publication Review and Discussion

JUITA welcomes well-founded post-publication concerns relating to the accuracy, originality, interpretation, or integrity of published work. Such concerns will be assessed by the Editorial Team and handled in accordance with the journal’s ethical policies and relevant international guidance.

14. Editorial Independence

Editorial decisions are made independently on the basis of scholarly merit, journal scope, and ethical considerations. Neither the publisher nor any external party may improperly influence editorial judgment.

15. Policy Review and Updating

JUITA may revise this statement from time to time to reflect developments in publication ethics, editorial best practice, and internationally recognized standards.