Conflicts of Interest

1. INTERESTS REQUIRING DISCLOSURE

At-Tajdid: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pemikiran Islam requires the disclosure of relevant interests, including:

  • Employment, consultancy arrangements, honoraria, ownership stakes, patents, or commercial benefits connected to the work.

  • Funding, paid expert appointments, institutional obligations, or sponsor participation that could influence the interpretation of the research.

  • Close personal ties, supervisory relationships, collaborations, or professional disputes that may affect impartial assessment.

  • Editorial positions or other connections with the journal that call for independent handling.

Scholarly disagreement alone does not constitute a conflict that automatically prevents participation in the editorial or review process. Where uncertainty exists, the circumstances should be disclosed to the responsible editor.

2. AUTHOR DECLARATIONS AND FUNDING

Every author must declare relevant financial and non-financial interests. The corresponding author coordinates a statement in the manuscript specifying the interests of individual authors where applicable. If no relevant competing interests exist, the manuscript must contain an explicit declaration to that effect.

Authors must provide a separate Funding statement detailing financial contributions and in-kind support, including funder names and grant identifiers where applicable. The statement must explain any involvement of funders in the study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, manuscript writing, or decision to submit. Where funders had no involvement in these activities, this must be stated. Authors must also explicitly indicate when the research received no specific funding.

A Funding statement does not replace the declaration of competing interests. Both must be updated whenever relevant circumstances change. Guidance on statement placement is provided in Manuscript Preparation, while Submission Requirements explains how confidential disclosures should be made during anonymous peer review.

3. EDITORS AND REVIEWERS

Editors and reviewers must disclose relevant interests before accepting an assignment and promptly report any interests that become apparent afterwards. An editorial authority without a relevant conflict determines whether adequate safeguards can be applied or whether reassignment is required.

Editors must not evaluate or make decisions on their own manuscripts or on other submissions for which their impartiality is compromised. Reviewers with conflicts that prevent impartial evaluation must decline the assignment or discontinue the review. Procedures governing these assignments are described in Editorial Roles and Reviewer Selection.