AUTHOR GUIDELINES

Online Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts must be sent online to the online portal of Islamic Communication Journal on page https://riset.unisma.ac.id/index.php/je/index.

Steps for Submitting Manuscripts:

  • The author registers as an author (checking the author role) on the "Register" section on the page https://riset.unisma.ac.id/index.php/je/user/register.
  • After the author logs in as an Author, click  "New Submission."
  • The stages of article submission consist of 5 stages:
  1. In the Start section, check all checklists, then click save & continue.
  2. In the Upload Submission section, please upload the article manuscript file in MS Word in this section. After that, click save & continue.
  3. In the Enter Metadata section, enter the data of all authors and affiliates. If the author is more than one person, please click "add author," then fill in the author's data like the first author, and so on. Next, fill in the title, abstract, keywords, research methods, and bibliography in each of the available columns.
  4. In the Upload Supplementary Files section, it is permissible to upload supporting files or cover letters or other documents.
  5. In the Confirmation section, please click "Finish Submission" if all data is correct.

General Instructions

  1. Articles are formatted according to the writing pattern of the scientific journal. Writing articles follow the rules set out in Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), Seventh Edition. Please use Mendeley or Zotero reference management software, turn on “the American Psychological Association (APA), Seventh Edition.” For an explanation of the APA Citation Guide, see http://www.apastyle.org/manual/index.aspx.
  2. The article is an original work (no plagiarism) and has never been published in a journal printed/online.
  3. During the review and editing process, or after the article is published, it may not be registered in another journal.
  4. Sent articles to editors via submission Open Journal Systems (OJS).
  5. Articles typed in Cambria (12 pt) with 1.15 spacing in Microsoft Word format with a page size A4 ( 21 x 29.7 cm). Particularly for title text, author names, and affiliations written in 10 pt size. The length of the article ranged 5000-7000 words, including pictures, graphs, and tables (if any).
  6. The article is written in Indonesian or English using grammatical rules. In general, the English article is in the past tense.
  7. The layout must follow the journal template.
     

Particular Instructions

  1. The article is the result of original research in the field of elementary education.
  2. To facilitate communication should include an active mobile number.
  3. The content and systematics of articles written using the format presented in a narrative essay in the form of a paragraph, without numbering in front subtitles, and should include these components:

The article title should be approximately 20 words, providing a concise, direct, and informative overview of the conducted research. 
The author's name should be written in full, without titles, and typed below the article title. If there are multiple authors, additional lines should be added. 
The affiliation should be written with the full name of the institution (without abbreviations). For example: Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang. The active email address of the corresponding author should also be included. 
The abstract should be written in two languages, Indonesian and English. It should contain a brief description of the problem (optional), research objectives, methods used, research results, and conclusions. The emphasis should be on the research results. The abstract should be typed with single spacing, with narrower margins on the right and left sides compared to the main text, and should be approximately 200 words. It should be in Cambria font, size 12pt with a line spacing of 1.15.
Keywords should consist of 3-5 words.
The systematic structure of the research article includes the introduction, method, results, discussion, conclusion, and references.
The introduction section should be written without subtitles. It should include the urgency of the research, an analysis of problems related to the research topic, a review of previous research to support the statement about the novelty of the research, and the research objectives.
The method section should be written in paragraph form and consist of the research design, data sources, data collection techniques, and data analysis techniques.
The results section should present the collected field data (test results, questionnaires, interviews, documents, etc.). The research results can be supplemented with tables, figures, or graphs to clarify the findings. All tables, figures, and graphs should be centered and sequentially numbered. The results section can include detailed sub-topics directly related to the research focus.
The discussion section should present the interpretation of the research results in relation to theories and other research findings, explanations of the benefits and implications of the research results for theories or other research findings, and limitations of the research.
The conclusion section should be presented briefly, narratively, and conceptually, describing the research findings and their effects. Avoid using numbering and symbols (bullet points and numbering) in the conclusion section.
The references section should only include reliable references. Citations and the reference list should be formatted using a reference management application (such as Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero) in the latest APA (American Psychological Association) style. The minimum number of references should be 14, with 80% of them coming from journals published in the last five years.

The Example of Compiling a Bibliography

Books

Cresswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2018). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (Fifth). SAGE Publications.

Journal

Jeynes, W. H. (2019). A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Character Education and Student Achievement and Behavioral Outcomes. Education and Urban Society, 51(1), 33–71. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013124517747681

Newspaper Article

Carey, B. (2019, March 22). Can we get better at forgetting? The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/health/memory-forgetting-psychology.html.

Magazine Article

Schulman, M. (2019, September 9). Superfans: A love story. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/16/superfans-a-love-story.

Web Page on News Website

Toner, K. (2020, September 24). When Covid-19 hit, he turned his newspaper route into a lifeline for senior citizens. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/us/coronavirus-newspaper-deliveryman-groceries-senior-citizens-cnnheroes-trnd/index.html.