Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The Focus and Scope of Al-Hanif: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak dan Parenting, involves publishing original research articles that encompass child development aspects (moral-religious values, physical-motor, social-emotional, cognitive, language, art, and creativity), early childhood developmental psychology, child empowerment, and education including methods, strategies, models, media, innovative program implementations, and various related fields in early childhood education.

 

Section Policies

Articles

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Peer Review Process

This journal provides immediate open access to its content based on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a broader global exchange of knowledge.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Publication Ethics

Al-Hanif: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak dan Parenting follows the guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in all matters related to publication ethics. Al-Hanif: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak dan Parenting adapts to meet the highest ethical standards expected from editors, authors, and reviewers. The publisher has no right to interfere with the integrity of the manuscripts and is solely responsible for publishing them regularly and in a timely manner.

DUTIES OF EDITORS
  • Adherence to Guidelines: Editors must ensure that authors strictly follow the submission procedures and writing guidelines of Al-Hanif: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak dan Parenting.
  • Collaborative Decision-Making: Editors may communicate with the Journal Manager, fellow Editors, and Reviewers to make the Final Decision.
  • Conflict of Interest: Editors must decline assignments if there is a potential conflict of interest.
  • Objectivity: Editors must evaluate manuscripts objectively based on their academic merit, without regard to the author's nationality, ethnicity, political affiliation, race, religion, gender, seniority, or institutional affiliation.
  • Confidentiality and Anonymity: Editors must ensure a double-blind review workflow by keeping the identity of authors and reviewers confidential from one another.
  • Review Feedback: Editorial decisions must be communicated to the authors along with the Reviewer’s comments, except for those that are personal, confidential, or defamatory.
  • Handling Disputes and Misconduct: If an editor discovers or suspects research misconduct or authorship conflicts, they shall follow the guidelines outlined in the COPE flowcharts to resolve the issue.
  • Manuscript Confidentiality: Editors and editorial staff must maintain strict confidentiality regarding all submitted manuscripts.
DUTIES OF REVIEWERS
  • Scope Evaluation: Reviewers are requested to evaluate the manuscript content based on the journal's Focus and Scope and provide clear recommendations regarding its suitability for publication.
  • Ethical Alerts: Reviewers should raise concerns and notify the editors if they suspect any procedural, ethical, or publishing misconduct in the manuscript.
  • Timeliness: Reviewers must complete their evaluation within the designated timeframe and promptly inform the editor if they cannot meet the specified deadline.
  • Confidentiality: Reviewers must maintain strict confidentiality regarding the author's manuscript.
  • Conflict of Interest: Reviewers must decline the review request if there is a potential conflict of interest, whether personal, financial, or institutional.
  • Plagiarism and Redundancy Alert: Reviewers should alert the Editor regarding any substantial similarity, overlap, or plagiarism between the manuscript under review and any other published works.
  • Ethical Use of Information: Privileged information or ideas obtained through the peer-review process must be kept confidential and never used for personal advantage.
DUTIES OF AUTHORS
  • Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that their manuscript is entirely original and free from all forms of misconduct, including plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and auto-plagiarism.
  • AI (Artificial Intelligence) Usage Policy: Authors must be transparent and declare the use of generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT or similar) if employed during the writing process. AI is permitted solely to assist in improving language readability (language enhancement or editing), not for generating ideas, data analysis, or substantive conclusions. Submitted manuscripts will be screened using Turnitin AI tools; the maximum tolerated percentage of AI-detected text is 25%. Manuscripts exceeding this limit without a valid declaration will be rejected or returned. AI cannot be listed as an author or co-author.
  • Prior Publication: Authors must guarantee that the manuscript has not been published elsewhere and that its publication rights have not been transferred to any other party.
  • Formatting and Referencing: Authors must ensure that the submitted manuscript represents authentic research work and strictly adheres to the journal's standard formatting and citation rules.
  • Exclusive Submission: Authors are forbidden from submitting the same manuscript with the same topic and title to other journals simultaneously.
  • Data Access and Correction: Authors must provide raw data or research details if the editors suspect discrepancies, falsification, or plagiarism. If an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their submitted work, they must immediately notify the Editor to withdraw or correct the manuscript.
  • Withdrawal Policy: Authors are not permitted to withdraw their manuscript while it is actively undergoing the peer-review process, until the Reviewer has returned the evaluation to the Editor.

 

Indexing

Al-Hanif: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak dan Parenting abstracted and indexed in the following databases:

 

Author Fees

For information regarding author fees and the status of manuscript publication, please contact our management team:
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