Conflict of Interest Policy

CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY

Jurnal Masharif Al-Syariah: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Perbankan Syariah

Jurnal Masharif Al-Syariah: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Perbankan Syariah requires all participants in the peer-review and publication process—including authors, peer reviewers, and editors—to declare any potential financial, personal, or professional conflicts of interest that could inappropriately influence or bias their actions, research findings, or editorial decisions.

This policy aligns with the guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

1. Definition of Conflict of Interest

A conflict of interest exists when professional judgment concerning a primary interest (such as the validity of research or editorial objectivity) may be influenced by a secondary interest (such as financial gain, personal relationships, or academic competition). Conflicts of interest can be financial or non-financial:

• Financial Conflicts: Research grants, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, patent applications/registrations, or paid expert testimony from organizations with a direct interest in the research outcomes.
• Non-Financial Conflicts: Personal relationships, academic rivalries, institutional affiliations, ideological or religious convictions, or direct intellectual competition.

2. Author Responsibilities & Disclosures

All authors must declare any actual or potential conflict of interest upon manuscript submission:

• Declaration Statement: Authors must include a "Declaration of Competing Interests" statement at the end of their manuscript (prior to the References section). If no conflict exists, authors must state: "The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper."
• Funding Acknowledgments: Authors must explicitly list all sources of financial support, grant numbers, and the specific role of the funding sponsor in study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, or manuscript writing.

3. Reviewer Responsibilities

Peer reviewers must maintain impartiality and declare any potential conflict of interest prior to accepting an invitation to review a manuscript:

• Recusal: Reviewers must decline the invitation to review if they:
• Have recent or current collaborations or co-authorships with any of the authors.
• Work at the same institution as the authors.
• Have a direct financial or competitive interest in the research topic.
• Possess personal or ideological biases that could compromise an objective evaluation.
• Confidentiality: Reviewers must not use un-published information or insights gained through the review process for their own research or personal gain.

4. Editor Responsibilities

Editors and members of the Editorial Board must manage editorial evaluations with total independence:

• Recusal from Handling: Editors must recuse themselves from managing, reviewing, or making editorial decisions on manuscripts authored by themselves, family members, colleagues from their home department/institution, or recent collaborators.
• Independent Delegation: In such cases, the manuscript will be re-assigned to an independent Handling Editor or Guest Editor to ensure a completely unbiased evaluation process.

5. Handling Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest

If an undisclosed conflict of interest is identified during the review process or after publication:

1. The Editorial Board will investigate the matter in accordance with COPE flowcharts.
2. Authors will be given an opportunity to clarify the omission.
3. If necessary, a formal Corrigendum (Correction) will be published to disclose the conflict, or, in severe cases involving compromised research integrity, the article may be subject to Retraction.