Author Guidelines

General articles and research manuscripts. All manuscripts must be submitted electronically at http://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/tadib/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions . This system will permit the editorial team to keep the submission and review process as efficient as possible. Our user-friendly, online manuscript submission and review system also offers authors the option to track the review process of manuscripts in real time.

Please note that Ta’dib: Journal of Islamic Education uses a blind review process; therefore, writers must exclude authors’ names, institutions, and clues to the authors’ identities that exist within the manuscript.

Manuscript Criteria. The fitness of a manuscript for publication in Ta’dib: Journal of Islamic Education is carefully reviewed based on each of the dimensions listed below.

Significance/relevance to education

Conceptual framework (connections to relevant constructs in literature)

Methods (manuscript MUST an empirical study): appropriateness to questions, adequate description of methods (including data collection and analysis), and rigor of methods

Findings/conclusions are data-based

Overall contribution to the field

Writing style/composition/clarity

Manuscript General Format

Title, Abstract, Introduction, Literature Review/Theoretical/Conceptual Framework, Methods, Findings/Results, Discussion, Conclusion/Implications, Conflict of Interest, Acknowledgements, References

Title Page. Title should not exceed 16 words.

Typing. Ta’dib: Journal of Islamic Education only accepts electronic submission in MSWord. All text, including title, headings, references, quotations, figure captions, and tables, must be typed, 1 line spaced, with one-inch margins all around and type on one side of A4 paper. Please use a 12-point font-Garamond. Your manuscript, including its headings and subheadings, should conform to the most recent APA style guide. (See http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2009/07/five-essential-tips-for-apa-style-headings.html for more information on headings.) Your manuscript should be 1 line spaced throughout, including references and any quotations of 40 or more words. You can find an APA sample paper here: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/18/.

Length. When submitting to Ta’dib: Journal of Islamic Education, a manuscript, including all references, tables, and figures, should not exceed 10,000 words. Submissions exceeding this limit may not be accepted for review. Authors should keep tables and figures to a minimum and include them in the text. See this link to help you format your manuscript: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/18/

Style. For writing and editorial style, authors must follow guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition, 2009). Authors should number all text pages. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/18/.

Abstract and keywords. All research manuscripts for Ta’dib: Journal of Islamic Education must include an abstract and a few keywords. Abstracts describing the essence of the manuscript must be 150 or 250 words or less. Authors should select keywords from the menu on the manuscript submission system so that readers may search for the article after it is published.

References: References should be cited both in text and in the references list and should conform to the most recent APA style guide. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/

Tables and Figures. Ta’dib: Journal of Islamic Education requires all tables and figures to conform with the most recent APA style guide. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/18/

Professional Editing Services. Authors seeking assistance with English language editing and/or translation should contact: tadib@radenfatah.ac.id

More than one author: Notice to Authors of Joint Works (articles with more than one author). This journal uses a contributor agreement that requires just one author (the Corresponding Author) to sign on behalf of all authors. Please identify the Corresponding Author for your work when submitting your manuscript for review to Ta’dib: Journal of Islamic Education.

Conflict of interest: Please provide a conflict of interest statement. If there is no conflict of interest, state that. (It should be placed in a separate section after conclusion and before the References.)

Acknowledgements. Acknowledgements of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the References.

Appendices. Supplementary material should be collected in an Appendix (after references).