Editorial Policy

el-Noorda: Interdisciplinary Journal of Qur’an and Hadith evaluates manuscripts on their scholarly contribution, methodological quality, clarity, relevance, and ethical integrity.

1. Editorial Independence

Editorial decisions must be based on academic considerations. Financial interests, institutional relationships, personal connections, and external pressure must not determine whether a manuscript is accepted or rejected.

2. Fair Evaluation

Submissions are evaluated without discrimination based on an author’s nationality, gender, institutional affiliation, religious identity, or personal background. Scholarly disagreement is welcome when supported by evidence and expressed respectfully.

3. Initial Assessment

The editorial team assesses scope, originality, research quality, readability, compliance with submission requirements, and potential ethical concerns. Manuscripts may be returned for technical revision or declined before external review when they do not meet the journal’s requirements.

4. Confidentiality

Unpublished manuscripts and related correspondence are confidential. Access is limited to individuals involved in editorial assessment, review, production, or necessary integrity investigations. Unpublished material must not be used for personal research without permission.

5. Competing Interests

Editors must disclose relationships or interests that could affect their impartiality and withdraw from handling affected manuscripts. Submissions by editors or editorial board members must be managed by an independent editor, without author involvement in reviewer selection or decision-making.

6. Editorial Decisions

The handling editor considers the manuscript, reviewer assessments, and author responses when recommending a decision. Final acceptance rests with the authorized editor. Reviewer recommendations inform editorial judgment but do not automatically determine the outcome.

7. Appeals and Complaints

Authors may submit a reasoned appeal identifying a factual error, a procedural concern, or a substantive misunderstanding. Appeals should address specific grounds and include supporting evidence. Where the complaint concerns the handling editor, another qualified editor should assess it.

8. Integrity of the Scholarly Record

The journal will assess credible concerns about published work and determine whether clarification, correction, an expression of concern, or retraction is appropriate. Authors are expected to cooperate with enquiries and provide relevant supporting materials when reasonably requested.