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

Submit as a Microsoft Word file.
Articles are written in English.
Written in English/Arabic (using Microsoft Word, Garamond 13, 1 space, A-4) or Arabic (Microsoft World, Traditional Arabic 14, 1 space),
Write in the third-person perspective (e.g., “the author/researcher,” not “I” or “we”).
Originality: Only unpublished, original work will be accepted. Submissions must not have been previously published or under review elsewhere.
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).
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.
Copyright: Authors must digitally sign the Author Guarantee and Copyright Transfer Agreement during submission. PDF copyright agreements are no longer accepted.

Papers:

Keep titles concise and specific (max. 15 words).
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.
Avoid all caps (e.g., “STUDY TITLE” is incorrect; “Study Title” is correct).
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;
Keywords can be words or phrases, a maximum of 3-5;
The contents of papers for empirical research consist of Introduction, Method, Findings and Discussion, Conclusion, and Bibliography.
Introduction consisting of background, literature review (to arrange the state of the art), purpose and problem formulation, written in one chapter without subtitle.
Method consists of a description of research type, data collection, data source, data type, and data analysis. It is written in a paragraph form.
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.
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.
Bibliography consists of reference and citations refer to the American Psychological Association APA 7^th Edition by using manager reference (Mendeley/Zotero).