Ar Rehla: Journal of Islamic Tourism, Halal Food, Islamic Traveling, and Creative Economy is committed to maintaining originality and academic integrity in scholarly publishing. All submitted manuscripts must be original works that appropriately acknowledge the ideas, findings, data, and intellectual contributions of others.
Plagiarism is the use or presentation of another person's words, ideas, research findings, data, or intellectual contributions as one's own without proper acknowledgment.
Ar Rehla prohibits the following practices:
Direct Plagiarism: Copying text or other materials from existing sources without appropriate quotation and citation.
Paraphrasing or Mosaic Plagiarism: Rewriting, rearranging, or combining material from other sources without acknowledging the original authors.
Idea and Research Plagiarism: Using another person's original ideas, theories, research data, methods, or findings without proper attribution.
Translation Plagiarism: Translating another person's work into another language and presenting it as an original contribution without acknowledgment.
Inappropriate Text Recycling: Reusing substantial portions of previously published work without adequate disclosure or citation.
Duplicate or Redundant Publication: Presenting substantially identical research as a new publication without sufficient originality or appropriate disclosure.
All quotations, paraphrases, reproduced materials, and research findings derived from other sources must be accurately acknowledged.
Authors must ensure that their manuscripts demonstrate genuine scholarly originality and do not misrepresent previously disseminated research as new work.
Manuscripts developed from theses, dissertations, conference papers, or preprints may be considered, provided that relevant prior dissemination is disclosed and the submitted article meets the journal's originality requirements.
The presence of earlier research in institutional repositories or other publicly accessible sources does not automatically constitute plagiarism. The editorial team will assess the extent of textual overlap, appropriate attribution, and the relationship between the submitted manuscript and previously disseminated work.
Ar Rehla uses Turnitin to screen submitted manuscripts for textual similarity before external peer review.
The journal establishes a maximum similarity index of 20%, subject to editorial verification of the similarity report and any applicable exclusions.
The following provisions apply:
Manuscripts must have a similarity index of 20% or below after the journal's applicable screening procedures.
Manuscripts exceeding 20% will be rejected during initial screening following editorial verification.
A similarity index of 20% or below does not automatically establish originality or guarantee acceptance.
Manuscripts containing confirmed plagiarism may be rejected regardless of their similarity percentage.
Similarity does not automatically indicate plagiarism. Editors examine matched passages to distinguish properly cited material, quotations, references, and conventional academic expressions from inappropriate copying or unattributed reuse.
Where appropriate, bibliographic references and properly identified quotations may be excluded from similarity calculations. Such exclusions must be applied consistently and must not conceal potential plagiarism.
Suspected plagiarism identified during manuscript screening or peer review will be examined by the editorial team using similarity reports, original sources, and other relevant evidence.
Authors may be asked to provide clarification or supporting documentation before an editorial decision is made.
Depending on the findings, the editorial team may request corrections to minor attribution problems, reject manuscripts containing substantial plagiarism, or refer serious concerns to the relevant institution.
Allegations identified after publication will be evaluated fairly and may result in appropriate corrective action, including correction or retraction, according to the seriousness of the violation.
Reports of suspected plagiarism may be submitted through the Journal Contact page. All cases will be handled in accordance with the journal's Publication Ethics.
