Focus and Scope

Focus of ThufuLA : Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan Guru Raudhatul Athfal publishes articles based on field research from researchers, teachers, lecturers, students, and education observers.

Scope of ThufuLA : Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan Guru Raudhatul Athfal are:

1. Technology and Early Childhood Learning Media

2. Early Childhood Education Curriculum

3. Early Childhood Learning Methods

4. Administration of Early Childhood Institution

5. Parenting

Section Policies

Artikel

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

All manuscripts submitted to this journal must follow focus and scope, and author guidelines of this journal. The submitted manuscripts must address scientific merit or novelty appropriate to the focus and scope. All manuscripts must be free from plagiarism contents. All authors are suggested to use plagiarism detection softaware to do the similarity checking. Editors check the plagiarism detection of articles in this journal by using a X Plagiarism checker software.

The research article submitted to this journal will be peer-reviewed at least 2 (two) or more expert reviewers. The reviewers give scientific valuable comments improving the contents of the manuscript.

Final decision of articles acceptance will be made by Editors according to reviewers comments. Publication of accepted articles including the sequence of published articles will be made by Editor in Chief by considering sequence of accepted date and geographical distribution of authors as well as thematic issue.

Publication Frequency

The Thufula journal is published twice a year (June and December). Each issue number ( issue ) amounts to at least eight (8) article titles.

Open Access Policy

All information and articles contained in this journal site are open access for educational, research and library purposes 

Publication Ethics

Publication of articles in peer review journals is an important model for our journals. It is necessary to agree on the expected ethical standards of conduct for all parties involved in publishing actions: authors, journal editors, best-of-breed partners and publishers.

Publication Decision

The editor is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published or not. The editor refers to the editorial board's policy of the journal and is limited by legal provisions, such as defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor can talk to other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair Play

Editors in evaluating script content based on their intellectual views irrespective of race, sex, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, citizenship or political philosophy of the author.

Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial staff should not disclose any information about the manuscript to anyone other than the author, best partner or reviewer, other editorial advisors, and publishers.

Any manuscript received by a reviewer or a bestari partner shall be treated as a confidential document. They may not be displayed or discussed with others except as authorized by the editors.

Conflict of Interest

Unpublished material in a submitted manuscript should not be used in the research editors themselves without the written consent of the author.

Confidential information or ideas obtained through peer review should be kept confidential and not used for personal gain. Reviewers should not consider scripts in which they have a competitive, collaborative, or other conflictive interest conflict with any of the authors, companies or institutions associated with the paper.

The reviewer's job

Provide feedback on Editorial team decisions

Peer review helps editors in making editorial decisions and through editorial communications with authors can also assist authors in improving the articles they create.

Speed

Each selected partner who feels qualified to review the manuscript provided by the editor or out of his or her intellectual competence must immediately refuse and not review the process.

Standards of Objectivity

The review process should be done objectively. The writer's personal criticism is inappropriate. Reviewers must provide their views clearly and accompanied by supporting arguments.

Source Statement

Reviewers shall identify other relevant works that have not been quoted by the author. Any statement which results from observations, derivations, or arguments previously reported shall be accompanied by relevant quotations. The best partner or reviewer should also consider the substantial similarity or overlap between the text being considered and other published papers.

Appropriate recognition of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of their research.

 Author's Duties

Reporting Standards

The author of the original research report must present an accurate report of the research and study conducted. The data taken should be accurately written in the research report. Manuscript A should be detailed and have sufficient referrals to enable others to refer well. A fraudulent or intentionally inaccurate report is unethical and unacceptable behavior.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors must make sure that they have written the original work entirely, and if the author has used the work and / or the words of others then they are obliged to mengekitnya correctly according to the rules that apply.

A writer should not publish a script that describes essentially the same research in more than one major journal or publication. Sending the same script to more than one journal at the same time is unethical and unethical publishing behavior.

Script Authorship

Authors should be limited to those who have contributed significantly to the conception, design, implementation, or interpretation of reported research. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they must be recognized or registered as contributors.

Suitable authors should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and other authors are included in the manuscript, and all authors must have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and have agreed to be published.

Hazard and Human or Animal Subject

If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have an unusual danger inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify this in the manuscript.

A fundamental mistake in published works

When an author discovers significant errors or inaccuracies in his / her own published work, it is the duty of the authors to promptly notify the journal or publisher editors and work closely with editors to retract or correct the manuscript.

Abstracting & Indexing

1. Google Scholar 

Policy of Screening for Plagiarism

All manuscripts must be free from plagiarism contents. All authors are suggested to use plagiarism detection softaware to do the similarity checking. Editors check the plagiarism detection of articles in this journal by using a viper software.

Publication Fee

All Processes of article publication are free of charge

Authorship Criteria

ThufuLA: Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan Guru Raudhatul Athfal follows the authorship criteria set by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) to ensure transparency, integrity, and accountability in scholarly publishing. To qualify as an author, an individual must meet all four of the following criteria:

1. Substantial Contribution: Make substantial contributions to the conception or design of the research, or to the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of research data in early childhood education settings.
2. Manuscript Preparation: Take part in drafting the manuscript or in revising it critically for important intellectual content.
3. Final Approval: Review and approve the final version of the manuscript before publication.
4. Accountability: Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work, and ensure that any questions about its accuracy or integrity are properly investigated and resolved.

Everyone listed as an author must meet all four criteria and take responsibility for their contribution to the manuscript. Contributors who do not meet all four criteria should be named in the Acknowledgments section rather than as authors. This includes teachers or school staff who helped only with data collection, research assistants, language editors, administrative staff, and funders.

The journal does not permit inappropriate authorship practices, including gift authorship, guest authorship, and ghost authorship. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools cannot be listed as authors. Any change to authorship must be approved by all authors and communicated to the editorial team.

By submitting a manuscript to ThufuLA: Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan Guru Raudhatul Athfal, all authors confirm that they meet these authorship criteria and agree to uphold the principles of academic integrity and responsible scholarly publishing.

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Allegation of Research Misconduct

ThufuLA: Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan Guru Raudhatul Athfal is committed to upholding the integrity, reliability, and credibility of scholarly research and academic publishing. The journal takes all allegations of research and publication misconduct seriously. It handles them fairly, objectively, and confidentially, following internationally recognized principles of publication ethics, particularly the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Because much of the research published in ThufuLA involves young children, teachers, parents, and early childhood institutions, the journal gives particular attention to the protection, dignity, and privacy of research participants.

Research misconduct may include, but is not limited to, the following practices:

1. Fabrication: Inventing data, research findings, observations, or other information and presenting them as authentic research results.
2. Falsification: Manipulating research materials, instruments, procedures, data, images, or findings in ways that misrepresent the research process or its outcomes.
3. Plagiarism: Using another person’s ideas, methods, findings, words, learning media, or intellectual property without proper acknowledgment or attribution.
4. Inappropriate manipulation, alteration, or duplication of images, figures, tables, or research data.
5. Duplicate, redundant, or overlapping publication without appropriate disclosure or justification.
6. Improper authorship practices, including ghost authorship, guest authorship, gift authorship, or fraudulent attribution of authorship.
7. Failure to disclose conflicts of interest that may significantly affect the integrity, interpretation, or credibility of the research.
8. Manipulation of citations, peer review procedures, or editorial processes.
9. Misuse, manipulation, or misrepresentation of research data or supporting evidence.
10. Failure to obtain the necessary research ethics approval, institutional permission, informed consent from parents or legal guardians, or the assent of children when required.
11. Publishing photographs, video stills, names, or other information that could identify children or other participants without appropriate consent and protection of their privacy.
12. Other practices that seriously undermine the integrity, accuracy, transparency, or reliability of the scholarly record.

Reporting an Allegation

Any individual or institution may report suspected research misconduct involving a manuscript submitted to, or an article published in, ThufuLA: Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan Guru Raudhatul Athfal. This includes authors, reviewers, editors, readers, academic institutions, early childhood education institutions, and other relevant parties. Reports should be sent to the editorial team through the journal’s Contact page.

Allegations must be made in good faith. They should include enough information, and supporting evidence whenever possible, to allow the journal to carry out a proper preliminary assessment.

The identity of the complainant and all information related to the allegation will be kept confidential as far as reasonably possible. Such information will be disclosed only when necessary for a proper investigation or when required by applicable laws and regulations.

Anonymous allegations may also be considered, provided they contain sufficient and credible evidence to justify further examination.

Initial Assessment

When an allegation is received, the Editor-in-Chief, or a designated editor with no relevant conflict of interest, will carry out an initial assessment to determine whether:

1. the allegation falls within the journal’s responsibilities and authority;
2. there is sufficient information or evidence to justify further investigation;
3. immediate editorial action is needed to protect the integrity of the review or publication process, or the welfare and privacy of research participants.

The journal will not conclude that misconduct has occurred on the basis of an allegation alone. The people involved will generally be given a reasonable opportunity to respond to the concerns, provide clarification, and submit relevant evidence before further decisions are made.

Investigation and Cooperation

When further investigation is needed, ThufuLA: Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan Guru Raudhatul Athfal will follow appropriate procedures in line with recognized publication ethics standards, including the relevant COPE flowcharts. The journal may ask the authors for additional explanations, original research data, instruments, field notes, observation records, ethics approvals, consent forms, institutional permission letters, or other relevant materials.

When an allegation requires a formal investigation beyond the journal’s authority, the journal may refer the matter to, or cooperate with:

1. the institution with which the author is affiliated;
2. relevant research ethics committees;
3. the early childhood education institutions where the research was conducted;
4. research funding organizations;
5. appropriate regulatory or professional bodies;
6. other journals or publishers involved in the case.

The journal recognizes that academic and research institutions are generally responsible for investigating the conduct of their researchers. The journal, in turn, remains responsible for safeguarding the integrity of its editorial procedures and its published scholarly record.

Editorial Actions

If an allegation concerns a manuscript that is still under editorial assessment or peer review, the journal may suspend the editorial process until the concerns have been adequately examined.

Depending on the nature and severity of the alleged misconduct and the findings of the investigation, the journal may take one or more of the following actions:

1. Request clarification, additional information, or corrections from the authors.
2. Reject the manuscript when serious misconduct is established.
3. Stop the review or publication process when necessary.
4. Publish a correction to address errors in an already published article.
5. Issue an expression of concern when serious questions about the integrity of an article remain unresolved or an investigation is still ongoing.
6. Retract a published article when its findings are considered unreliable or when serious misconduct justifies retraction.
7. Remove or replace content that compromises the privacy or safety of children or other participants.
8. Notify the author’s institution, employer, or research funding organization when appropriate.
9. Inform other relevant journals or publishers when the misconduct may affect their publications.
10. Take other appropriate measures needed to protect the integrity and credibility of the scholarly record.

Any correction, expression of concern, or retraction will be clearly labeled and linked to the original article, so that the publication record remains transparent and accurate.

Fairness and Confidentiality

All allegations of research misconduct will be handled fairly, objectively, and without prejudice, with due regard for confidentiality, procedural fairness, and the rights of everyone involved.

Editors or editorial board members who have a conflict of interest related to a particular allegation must not take part in the investigation or in any decisions about the case.

The journal distinguishes between honest errors and deliberate or serious research misconduct. Unintentional errors that do not substantially affect the validity or reliability of an article’s main findings may be addressed through corrections rather than treated as research misconduct.

Allegations Made in Good Faith

Individuals who report suspected research misconduct in good faith will not face retaliation, discrimination, or unfair treatment from ThufuLA: Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan Guru Raudhatul Athfal as a result of raising legitimate concerns.

However, allegations that are knowingly false, malicious, or deliberately misleading may themselves be unethical conduct, and may be referred to the relevant institution or authority for appropriate consideration.

Post-Publication Concerns

Concerns about the integrity, validity, or reliability of published articles may be raised at any time after publication. Publication does not prevent the journal from examining credible allegations or investigating ethical concerns that emerge later.

When research misconduct is confirmed, or when the reliability of the published scholarly record is significantly compromised, ThufuLA: Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan Guru Raudhatul Athfal will take appropriate corrective measures in line with internationally recognized standards of publication ethics.

The main purpose of these procedures is not punishment. Their purpose is to protect the integrity of scholarly research, keep the academic record accurate, promote responsible publishing, and maintain public trust in scholarly communication, particularly research that shapes the education and well-being of young children.

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Archiving

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