Peer Review Process

PEER REVIEW PROCESS POLICY

Jurnal Masharif Al-Syariah: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Perbankan Syariah

Jurnal Masharif Al-Syariah: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Perbankan Syariah enforces a rigorous, fair, and transparent peer-review policy to maintain the highest standards of scientific quality, originality, and academic integrity in the fields of Islamic economics, sharia finance, and Islamic banking.

  1. Review Model (Double-Blind Peer Review)

The journal adheres strictly to a Double-Blind Peer Review policy:

  • The identities of the authors are concealed from the peer reviewers throughout the evaluation process.
  • The identities of the peer reviewers are concealed from the authors.
  • Authors are required to submit anonymized manuscripts, ensuring that self-identifying references, acknowledgments, author names, and affiliations are removed from the main text and file properties prior to review.
  1. Step-by-Step Review Workflow

Step 1: Desk Screening & Plagiarism Check

  • Upon submission, the Managing Editor conducts an initial desk evaluation within 3–7 days.
  • The manuscript is evaluated for alignment with the journal's Focus and Scope, adherence to formatting guidelines, and language quality.
  • Plagiarism screening is performed using Turnitin. Manuscripts with an overall similarity index exceeding 20% will be returned for revision or rejected outright.

Step 2: Peer Review Assignment

  • Manuscripts passing desk screening are assigned to a minimum of two (2) independent peer reviewers with relevant subject-matter expertise in Islamic economics and banking.
  • Reviewers are selected from academic and research institutions nationally and internationally to ensure unbiased evaluation.

Step 3: Reviewer Evaluation Reviewers assess the manuscript within 4–6 weeks based on the following key criteria:

  • Novelty & Originality: Original contribution to the existing literature in sharia economics or banking.
  • Methodological Rigor: Soundness of research design, data collection, and analytical frameworks.
  • Sharia Compliance & Theoretical Depth: Alignment with contemporary Fiqh Muamalah principles and robust theoretical background.
  • Clarity & Structure: Logical flow, clarity of expression, and quality of empirical discussion.

Step 4: Editorial Decision Based on the comments and recommendations of both reviewers, the Editor-in-Chief makes one of the following final decisions:

  1. Accept Submission: Accepted without any further modifications.
  2. Revisions Required: Accepted pending minor revisions to be completed within 1–2 weeks.
  3. Resubmit for Review: Requires major revisions and must undergo a second round of peer review within 2–4 weeks.
  4. Decline Submission: Rejected due to fundamental methodological flaws, lack of novelty, or severe ethical concerns.

Step 5: Final Revision & Production

  • Revised manuscripts are verified by the Handling Editor or returned to the original reviewers for re-evaluation.
  • Upon final approval, an official Letter of Acceptance (LoA) is issued, and the manuscript proceeds to copyediting, layout formatting, and proofreading.
  1. Ethical Duties of Reviewers
  • Confidentiality: Reviewers must handle submitted manuscripts as confidential documents and must not share, discuss, or use the content prior to publication.
  • Conflict of Interest: Reviewers must declare any financial, institutional, or personal conflict of interest and decline the review invitation immediately.
  • Objectivity: Evaluation reports must be fair, constructive, objective, and supported by scholarly evidence, free from personal bias.