Author Guidelines

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

Guidelines for Manuscript Submission

Ensure adherence to the following guidelines when preparing your manuscript. Submissions that do not comply will be returned for revisions, potentially delaying publication.

Journal Articles: 4,000–7,000 words.

Formatting Requirements

1. Submit as a Microsoft Word file.
2. Articles are written in English.
3. Written in English/Arabic (using Microsoft Word, Garamond 13, 1 space, A-4) or Arabic (Microsoft World, Traditional Arabic 14, 1 space),
4. Write in the third-person perspective (e.g., “the author/researcher,” not “I” or “we”).
5. Originality: Only unpublished, original work will be accepted. Submissions must not have been previously published or under review elsewhere.
6. Revisions: Revisions of previously published texts are not permitted. To qualify as original, manuscripts must contain at least 80% new content, with no more than 200 consecutive words directly copied from prior works (even if cited).
7. Plagiarism: All submissions undergo plagiarism checks. Ensure all external sources are properly quoted and paraphrased. Plagiarized content will be returned for correction and may lead to rejection.
8. Copyright: Authors must digitally sign the Author Guarantee and Copyright Transfer Agreement during submission. PDF copyright agreements are no longer accepted.

Papers:

1. Keep titles concise and specific (max. 15 words).
2. Use title case: Capitalize the first letter of each word except prepositions (e.g., “of,” “with”), conjunctions (e.g., “and,” “but”), and articles (e.g., “a,” “the”). The first word and subtitles must always be capitalized.
3. Avoid all caps (e.g., “STUDY TITLE” is incorrect; “Study Title” is correct).
4. Abstract is written briefly, concisely and clearly, between 150-200 words that reflect: the problem (Issue), theory or supposed condition (Rule), argument or analysis (Argument), and Conclusion;
5. Keywords can be words or phrases, a maximum of 3-5;
6. The contents of papers for empirical research consist of Introduction, Method, Findings and Discussion, Conclusion, and Bibliography.
7. Introduction consisting of background, literature review (to arrange the state of the art), purpose and problem formulation,  written in one chapter without subtitle.
8. Method consists of a description of research type, data collection, data source, data type, and data analysis. It is written in a paragraph form.
9. Result and Discussion inform a number of important data (original) field which obtained from the questionnaires, surveys, documents, interviews, observations and other data collection techniques. It can be completed with table or graphics to clarify the result.
10. Conclusion:  write succinctly and clearly the result of research then describe the logical consequence in developing science and praxis of Islamic education. Conclusion is not indented and uses bolded Garamond 13.
11. Bibliography consists of reference and citations refer to the American Psychological Association APA 7^th Edition by using manager reference (Mendeley/Zotero).

 Images:

1. 15 images per manuscript.
2. Submit images as separate .tif files.
3. Secure copyright permissions for third-party images.

 Equations: Use MathType for equations (download the trial here). Direct typing in Word is acceptable if symbols are compatible.

 References:

1. Follow APA Style (minimum 35 sources).
2. Self-citations must not exceed 60% of total references.
3. Incorrectly formatted references will be returned for revision.

PUBLICATION ETHICS

SYAMIL (P-ISSN: 2339-1332; E-ISSN: 2477-0027) is an International Education Journal published by Post Graduate Program of UINSI Samarinda, Indonesia. It is a peer-reviewed journal of Education, including empirical research and theory relevant to Islamic affiliated educational institutions.The topics of the journal cover the micro, meso, and macro levels of Islamic education. The journal is published twice a year.

AUTHORS

Reporting Standard

Authors must present the original manuscript, not published in any form, and do not submit the same article to other journals until the publisher gives an answer regarding the feasibility of the manuscript. Authors should provide accurate and accountable research data. Authors must cite the sources appropriately by considering the content of the manuscript either in the form of written publications and personal interviews.

Originality and plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication

An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the 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 should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Data Access and Retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should, in any event, be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.

EDITORS

The editor of the JURNAL SYAMIL journal is responsible for deciding which of the articles should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair Play

An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editors and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in editors' own research without the express written consent of the author.

REVIEWERS

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the quality of a paper.

Promptness

Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editors and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. The reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting rationale arguments.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Reviewers should identify the source of references that have not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors or institutions connected to the papers.

PUBLISHER

It is committed to ensuring that commercial interest has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. JURNAL SYAMIL will assist in communications with other journals where this is useful to the authors. JURNAL SYAMIL is working closely with all related divisions to set standards for best practices on ethical matters, errors and retractions--and is prepared to provide specialized legal review and counsel if necessary.