Islamic Education: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam is committed to transparency about its financial model, advertising practices, and direct marketing. The journal provides open access to published scholarly content, and its published author-fee information states that authors are not charged an article processing fee. Editorial and peer-review decisions remain independent of financial or commercial considerations.
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