Author Guidelines

 

Al-Ibrah : Jurnal Pendidikan dan Keilmuan Islam requires manuscripts submitted to meet journal standards for the English language to be considered for publication. Articles are normally published only Indonesia or English. 

For authors who would like their manuscript to receive language editing or proofing to improve the clarity of the manuscript and help highlight their research, Al-Ibrah : Jurnal Pendidikan dan Keilmuan Islam recommends the language-editing services provided by the internal or external partners.

Note that sending your manuscript for language editing does not imply or guarantee that it will be accepted for publication by Al-Ibrah : Jurnal Pendidikan dan Keilmuan Islam. Editorial decisions on the scientific content of a manuscript are independent of whether it has received language editing or proofing by the partner services or other services.

 

The default language style at Al-Ibrah : Jurnal Pendidikan dan Keilmuan Islam is Indonesia or English.

 

There are a few simple ways to maximize your article's discoverability. Follow the steps below to improve the search results of your article:

• Include a few of your article's keywords in the title of the article;
• Do not use long article titles;
• Pick 3 to 5 keywords using a mix of generic and more specific terms on the article subject(s);
• Use the maximum amount of keywords in the first 2 sentences of the abstract;
• Use some of the keywords in level 1 headings.
• The article is typed in 1,5 space, and the writing length is about 4500-6000 words.

The title is written in title case, aligned to the left, and in Garamond font at the top of the page.

The title should be concise, omitting implicit terms and, where possible, be a statement of the main result or conclusion presented in the manuscript. Abbreviations should be avoided within the title.

Witty or creative titles are welcome, but only if relevant and within the measure. Consider if a title meant to be thought-provoking might be misinterpreted as offensive or alarming. In extreme cases, the editorial office may veto a title and propose an alternative.

 

All names are listed together and separated by commas. Provide exact and correct author names as these will be indexed in official archives. Affiliations should be keyed to the author's name with superscript numbers and be listed as follows: Institut/University/Organisation, Country (without detailed address information such as city zip codes or street names).

Example: Institut Bahri Asyiq Galis Bangkalan 

The Corresponding Author(s) should be marked with superscript. Provide the exact contact email address of the corresponding author(s) in a separate section below the affiliation.

 

Capitalize on headings and capitalize each word of subheadings. Headings need to be defined in Garamond, 12, bold and subheadings defined in Garamond, 12, bold.

 

As a primary goal, the abstract should render the general significance and conceptual advance of the work clearly accessible to a broad readership. In the abstract, minimize the use of abbreviations and do not cite references. The word length is not more than 150 - 200 words, written in English or Indonesian.

Tips:

• Background of the study
• Aims and scope of the paper
• Methods
• Summary of results or findings
• Conclusions

All article types: you may provide up to 5 keywords; at least 3 are mandatory.

 

The body text is 12 points in normal Garamond. New paragraphs will be separated with a single empty line. The entire document should be single-spaced and should contain page and line numbers in order to facilitate the review process. The recommended manuscript written using MS-Word.

 

The use of abbreviations should be kept to a minimum. Non-standard abbreviations should be avoided unless they appear at least four times, and are defined upon first use in the main text. Consider also giving a list of non-standard abbreviations at the end, immediately before the Acknowledgments.

 

Your manuscript is organized by headings and subheadings.

For Original Research Articles, it is recommended to organize your manuscript in the following sections:

 

The introduction is a little different from the short and concise abstract. The reader needs to know the background to your research and, most importantly, why your research is important in this context. What critical question does your research address? Why should the reader be interested?

The purpose of the Introduction is to stimulate the reader's interest and to provide pertinent background information necessary to understand the rest of the paper. You must summarize the problem to be addressed, give background on the subject, discuss previous research on the topic, and explain exactly what the paper will address, why, and how. A good thing to avoid is making your introduction into a minireview. There is a huge amount of literature out there, but as a scientist, you should be able to pick out the things that are most relevant to your work and explain why. This shows an editor/reviewer/reader that you really understand your area of research and that you can get straight to the most important issues.

Keep your Introduction to be very concise, well structured, and inclusive of all the information needed to follow the development of your findings. Do not over-burden the reader by making the introduction too long. Get to the key parts other paper sooner rather than later.

Tips:

1. Begin the Introduction by providing a concise background account of the problem studied.
2. State the objective of the investigation. Your research objective is the most important part of the introduction.
3. Establish the significance of your work: Why was there a need to conduct the study?
4. Introduce the reader to the pertinent literature. Do not give a full history of the topic. Only quote previous work having a direct bearing on the present problem. (State of the art, relevant research to justify the novelty of the manuscript.)
5. State the gap analysis or novelty statement.
6. Clearly state your hypothesis, and the variables investigated, and concisely summarize the methods used.
7. Define any abbreviations or specialized/regional terms.

Example of novelty statement or the gap analysis statement in the end of the Introduction section (after state of the art of previous research survey): "........ (short summary of background)....... A few researchers focused on ....... There have been limited studies concerned on ........ Therefore, this research intends to ................. The objectives of this research are .........".

Be concise and aware of who will be reading your manuscript and make sure the Introduction is directed to that audience. Move from general to specific; from the problem in the real world to the literature to your research. Lastly, please avoid making a subsection in the Introduction.

 

In the Method section, you explain clearly how you conducted your research in order to: (1) enable readers to evaluate the work performed and (2) permit others to replicate your research. You must describe exactly what you did: what and how experiments were run, what, how much, how often, where, when, and why equipment and materials were used. The main consideration is to ensure that enough detail is provided to verify your findings and to enable the replication of the research. You should maintain a balance between brevity (you cannot describe every technical issue) and completeness (you need to give adequate detail so that readers know what happened).

Tips:

1. Define the population and the methods of sampling;
2. Describe the instrumentation;
3. Describe the procedures and if relevant, the time frame;
4. Describe the analysis plan;
5. Describe any approaches to ensure validity and reliability;
6. Describe statistical tests and the comparisons made; ordinary statistical methods should be used without comment; advanced or unusual methods may require a literature citation, and;
7. Describe the scope and/or limitations of the methodology you used.

In the social and behavioral sciences, it is important to always provide sufficient information to allow other researchers to adopt or replicate your methodology. This information is particularly important when a new method has been developed or innovative use of an existing method is utilized. Last, please avoid making a subsection in Method.

 

The purpose of the Results and Discussion is to state your findings and make interpretations and/or opinions, explain the implications of your findings, and make suggestions for future research. Its main function is to answer the questions posed in the introduction, explain how the results support the answers and, how the answers fit in with existing knowledge on the topic. The Discussion is considered the heart of the paper and usually requires several writing attempts.

The discussion will always connect to the introduction by way of the research questions or hypotheses you posed and the literature you reviewed, but it does not simply repeat or rearrange the introduction; the discussion should always explain how your study has moved the reader's understanding of the research problem forward from where you left them at the end of the introduction.

To make your message clear, the discussion should be kept as short as possible while clearly and fully stating, supporting, explaining, and defending your answers and discussing other important and directly relevant issues. Care must be taken to provide commentary and not a reiteration of the results. Side issues should not be included, as these tend to obscure the message.

Tips:

It is easy to inflate the interpretation of the results. Be careful that your interpretation of the results does not go beyond what is supported by the data. The data are the data: nothing more, nothing less.  Please avoid and makeover interpretation of the results, unwarranted speculation, inflating the importance of the findings, tangential issues or over-emphasize the impact of your research.

 

Work with Graphic:

Figures and tables are the most effective way to present results. Captions should be able to stand alone, such that the figures and tables are understandable without the need to read the entire manuscript. Besides that, the data represented should be easy to interpret.

Tips:

To see the samples of table and figure, please download the template of the Islamic Guidance and Counseling Journal.

Last, please avoid making a subsection in Results and Discussion.

 

The conclusion is intended to help the reader understand why your research should matter to them after they have finished reading the paper. A conclusion is not merely a summary of the main topics covered or a re-statement of your research problem, but a synthesis of key points. It is important that the conclusion does not leave the questions unanswered. 

Tips:

1. State your conclusions clearly and concisely. Be brief and stick to the point;
2. Explain why your study is important to the reader. You should instill in the reader a sense of relevance;
3. Prove to the reader, and the scientific community, that your findings are worthy of note. This means setting your paper in the context of previous work. The implications of your findings should be discussed within a realistic framework, and;

For most essays, one well-developed paragraph is sufficient for a conclusion, although in some cases, a two or three paragraph conclusion may be required. Another important things about this section is (1) do not rewrite the abstract; (2) statements with "investigated" or "studied" are not conclusions; (3) do not introduce new arguments, evidence, new ideas, or information unrelated to the topic; (4)do not include evidence (quotations, statistics, etc.) that should be in the body of the paper.

 

ETHICAL DECLARATIONS AND AUTHOR STATEMENTS

This section must be completed by the authors before submitting a manuscript to Khazanah: Journal of Islamic Education and Science. Authors must provide accurate statements that reflect the actual circumstances of their research. Remove the instructions in square brackets and select or adapt the statements as appropriate.

1. Author Contributions (CRediT Statement)

This section describes each author's contributions to the research and manuscript preparation based on the roles they actually performed.

Statement format:

First Author: Conceptualization, Methodology, Data Collection, Formal Analysis, Writing – Original Draft, and other relevant roles.

Second Author: Methodology, Data Collection, Formal Analysis, Validation, Writing – Review & Editing, and other relevant roles.

Third Author: Supervision, Validation, Resources, Writing – Review & Editing, Project Administration, and other relevant roles.

Note: Adjust the names and roles according to each author's actual contributions. Remove any names or roles that are not applicable. For single-author articles, provide only the contributions of the individual author.

2. Conflict of Interest

Authors must disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest that could influence the research, analysis, writing, or publication of the article.

Select the appropriate statement:

If there is no conflict of interest:

“The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest related to the research or publication of this article.”

If a conflict of interest exists:

“The authors declare the following conflict of interest: [briefly describe the nature of the conflict]. This conflict is disclosed transparently to maintain the integrity of the research and scholarly publication.”

3. Funding Statement

This section identifies the sources of funding that supported the research and preparation of the article, if applicable.

Select the appropriate statement:

If the research received no external funding:

“This research received no specific grant from any public, commercial, or non-profit funding agency.”

If the research received funding:

“This research was funded by [name of funding institution] through [name of funding program or scheme], under grant or contract number [grant number, if available].”

Note: If the research received institutional support, a grant, or funding from another source, provide accurate and verifiable information.

4. Data Availability Statement

This section describes the availability of the data or research materials supporting the findings of the article. Authors must consider confidentiality, participant privacy, informed consent, and applicable research ethics requirements before sharing data.

Select the appropriate statement:

Data are publicly available:

“The data supporting the findings of this study are publicly available at [repository name and data URL or DOI].”

Data are available upon reasonable request:

“The data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request, subject to applicable ethical requirements and data protection considerations.”

Data cannot be shared for ethical or confidentiality reasons:

“The data from this study are not publicly available due to confidentiality, participant privacy, and/or research ethics considerations.”

Literature review without new empirical data collection:

“This study is a literature review based on previously published sources. No new primary empirical data were collected. The sources analyzed are listed in the reference section.”

Note: Use only the statement that accurately reflects the research design and the actual status of the data.

5. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use Disclosure

Authors must disclose the use of generative AI or AI-assisted tools when such use makes a substantive contribution to the preparation or development of the manuscript, in accordance with the journal's AI Use Policy.

Select the appropriate statement:

If AI was used:

“The authors used [name of AI tool or system] for [describe the specific purpose and nature of its use, such as language editing, translation, or preliminary text development]. The use of AI was limited to this purpose. All AI-assisted content was reviewed and verified by the authors. The authors take full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and final content of the article.”

If AI was not used:

“The authors declare that no generative AI tools were used to generate or substantially develop the content of this manuscript.”

Note: AI systems cannot be listed as authors or co-authors. Authors remain responsible for the entire content of the article, including material generated or modified with AI assistance. All AI use must be disclosed honestly in accordance with the journal's policy.

This is a short text to acknowledge the contributions of specific colleagues, institutions, or agencies that aided the efforts of the authors.

 

All citations in the text must be in the reference list and vice-versa. The references should only include articles that are published or accepted. Datasets that have been deposited to an online repository should be included in the reference list, including the version and unique identifier when available. For accepted but unpublished works use "in press" instead of page numbers. Unpublished data, submitted manuscripts, or personal communications should be cited within the text only, for the article types that allow such inclusions. Personal communications should be documented by a letter of permission.

In-text citations should be called according to the surname of the first author, followed by the year. For works by 2 authors include both surnames, followed by the year. For works by more than 2 authors include only the surname of the first author, followed by et al., followed by the year. For assistance please use management reference (Mendeley or Zotero) and utilize the format of the 9th edition of the Turabian. If possible, please provide the retrieved link for each reference.

 

Book

Smith, John. The History of Ancient Civilisations. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.

Chapter in an Edited Volume

Brown, Lisa. “The Rise of Urban Societies.” In The World of Early Cities, edited by Mark Taylor, 45–67. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018.

Article in an Academic Journal

Johnson, Emily. “The Evolution of Social Behaviour.” Journal of Anthropology 22, no. 4 (2021): 345–367.

Newspaper Article

Green, Michael. “Economic Recovery in Post-War Europe.” *New York Times*, 15 April 2019.

Online Source (Article on a Website)

Carter, Sarah. “Digital Humanities in the 21st Century.” Accessed 10 December 2024. https://www.digitalhumanities.org.

 

Al-Ibrah : Jurnal Pendidikan dan Keilmuan Islam does not support pushing important results and information into supplementary sections. However, data that are not of primary importance to the text, or which cannot be included in the article because it is too large or the current format does not permit it (such as movies, raw data traces, PowerPoint presentations, etc.) can be uploaded during the submission procedure and will be displayed along with the published article. Supplementary Material can be uploaded as Data Sheet (word, excel, csv, cdx, fasta, pdf or zip files), Presentation (PowerPoint, pdf or zip files), Supplementary Image (cdx, eps, jpeg, pdf, png or tif), Supplementary Table (word, excel, csv or pdf), Audio (mp3, wav or wma) or Video (avi, divx, flv, mov, mp4, mpeg, mpg or wmv).

Supplementary material is not typeset so please ensure that all information is clearly presented, the appropriate caption is included in the file and not in the manuscript, and that the style conforms to the rest of the article.

 

Figures help readers visualize the information you are trying to convey. Often, it is difficult to be sufficiently descriptive using words. Images can help in achieving the accuracy needed for a scientific manuscript. For example, it may not be enough to say, "The surface had nanometer-scale features." In this case, it would be ideal to provide a microscope image.

For images, be sure to:

• Include scale bars
• Consider labeling important items
• Indicate the meaning of different colors and symbols used

Tables are a concise and effective way to present large amounts of data. You should design them carefully so that you clearly communicate your results to busy researchers.

The following is an example of a well-designed table:

• Clear and concise legend/caption
• Data divided into categories for clarity
• Sufficient spacing between columns and rows
• Units are a provided font type and size are legible

Figure and table legends are required to have the same font as the main text (12 points normal Garamond, single-spaced). Legends should be preceded by the appropriate label, for example, "Figure 1" or "Table 4". Figure legends should be placed at the end of the manuscript (for supplementary images you must include the caption with the figure, uploaded as a separate file). Table legends must be placed immediately before the table. Please use only a single paragraph for the legend. Figure panels are referred to by bold capital letters in brackets: (A), (B), (C), (D), etc.

 

Figure images should be prepared with the PDF layout in mind, individual figures should not be longer than one page and with a width that corresponds to 1 column or 2 columns.

 

The following formats are accepted:

TIFF (.tif) TIFF files should be saved using LZW compression or any other non-lossy compression method. JPEG (.jpg)

EPS (.eps) EPS files can be uploaded upon acceptance

Images must be submitted in the color mode RGB.

 

All images must be uploaded separately in the submission procedure and have a resolution of 300 dpi at final size. Check the resolution of your figure by enlarging it to 150%. If the resolution is too low, the image will appear blurry, jagged or have a stair-stepped effect.

Please note saving a figure directly as an image file (JPEG, TIF) can greatly affect the resolution of your image. To avoid this, one option is to export the file as PDF, then convert into TIFF or EPS using a graphics software. EPS files can be uploaded upon acceptance.

Details of all funding sources must be provided in the funding section of the manuscript including grant numbers, if applicable.