Authorship Criteria

1. Eligibility for Authorship

To qualify as an author, an individual must meet all four of the following criteria:

All individuals who meet these four criteria should be identified as authors. Individuals who do not meet all four criteria should be recognized in the acknowledgments when appropriate and with their permission.

2. Author Contributions (CRediT Statement)

Authors are expected to provide an accurate statement of their individual contributions using the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT), where applicable. The statement should describe the actual responsibilities performed by each contributor.

Recognized contribution roles:

• Conceptualization
• Methodology
• Software
• Validation
• Formal Analysis
• Investigation
• Resources
• Data Curation
• Writing - Original Draft
• Writing - Review & Editing
• Visualization
• Supervision
• Project Administration
• Funding Acquisition

An individual may hold multiple contribution roles. However, a CRediT role alone does not automatically establish authorship eligibility. Each listed author must also satisfy the journal's four authorship criteria.

3. Author Order and Corresponding Author

The order of authors must be determined collectively by the authors before manuscript submission and should reflect their agreed scholarly contributions. All authors must approve the final authorship list and its sequence.

The corresponding author is responsible for coordinating communication between the editorial office and all co-authors throughout submission, peer review, revision, and publication.

Corresponding author responsibilities include:

• Ensuring the completeness and accuracy of author metadata, affiliations, and contact information.
• Confirming that all authors meet the authorship criteria and have approved the submitted manuscript.
• Communicating editorial decisions, reviewer comments, and revision requirements to all authors.
• Coordinating required ethical declarations, including funding, conflicts of interest, and relevant research approvals.
• Ensuring that all authors approve the final manuscript prior to publication.
• Responding to reasonable editorial inquiries concerning the accuracy or integrity of the published work.

4. Inappropriate Authorship Practices

Tarbawi: Jurnal Studi Pendidikan Islami does not accept authorship practices that misrepresent scholarly contributions.

Gift or Honorary Authorship

Listing an individual as an author solely because of institutional position, seniority, personal relationships, financial support, or academic authority without meeting the authorship criteria is not permitted.

Guest Authorship

Adding an individual primarily to increase the manuscript's perceived credibility or likelihood of acceptance, without a qualifying intellectual contribution, is prohibited.

Ghost Authorship

Omitting individuals who meet the authorship criteria from the authorship list, including substantial intellectual contributors, is unacceptable.

Unauthorized Authorship

Adding an individual's name without their knowledge or consent, or submitting a manuscript without the agreement of all listed authors, is prohibited.

5. Changes in Authorship

Any request to add, remove, or rearrange authors after submission must be formally communicated to the editorial office.

The request must include:

• A clear explanation of the proposed authorship change.
• Written agreement from all listed authors and any individual being added or removed.
• An updated author contribution statement, where relevant.
• Supporting documentation requested by the editorial office.

The editorial team will assess requests in accordance with COPE guidance. Review or publication may be suspended while unresolved authorship concerns are examined.

Requests made after acceptance are subject to particularly careful examination. Changes after publication, when justified, may require a formal published correction and appropriate metadata updates.

6. Acknowledgments and Non-Author Contributions

Individuals who have contributed to the research but do not meet all authorship criteria should be acknowledged appropriately rather than included as authors.

Examples include:

• General administrative or institutional support.
• Language editing, proofreading, or technical formatting.
• Routine technical assistance or data collection without additional qualifying intellectual contributions.
• Funding acquisition or general supervision alone.
• Other assistance that does not independently satisfy the authorship requirements.

Authors should obtain permission from individuals named in the acknowledgments because acknowledgment may imply their association with the reported work.

7. Artificial Intelligence and Authorship

Human authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, reliability, citations, interpretations, and ethical compliance of their manuscripts.

The use of AI-assisted technologies must be disclosed in accordance with the journal's Artificial Intelligence Policy. Authors must independently verify AI-assisted content and must not fabricate research data, references, or findings.

Read the Artificial Intelligence Policy ↗

8. Authorship Disputes and Ethical Investigation

Concerns regarding authorship attribution, undisclosed contributors, author order, consent, or misrepresentation of scholarly contributions should be communicated to the editorial office with relevant supporting information.

The editorial team may request written clarification from the authors, review submitted contribution statements, and refer unresolved disputes to the relevant institutions when appropriate.

The journal does not independently determine the legal ownership of intellectual contributions or replace institutional research misconduct investigations. Editorial actions will be guided by the available evidence, fairness, confidentiality, and applicable COPE recommendations.

9. Authorship Declaration at Submission

By submitting a manuscript to Tarbawi: Jurnal Studi Pendidikan Islami, the corresponding author declares on behalf of all co-authors that:

• All listed authors meet the journal's authorship criteria.
• All qualified authors have been appropriately included.
• All authors agree to the order of authorship.
• All authors have reviewed and approved the submitted manuscript.
• All authors agree to its submission and accept responsibility for their contributions and the integrity of the work.
• The manuscript has not been published previously and is not simultaneously under consideration elsewhere.
• Relevant conflicts of interest, funding sources, and the use of AI-assisted technologies have been disclosed.
• Author information and contribution statements are accurate and complete.

The editorial office reserves the right to request an authorship declaration or supporting documentation when necessary to verify compliance with this policy.