Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

Thank you for choosing to submit your paper to us. These notes will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly. Please take the time to read and follow them as closely as possible, as doing so will ensure your paper matches the journal’s requirements.

Contents

  • Notes to Authors
  • Categories of Content
  • Brief Manuscript Guidelines
  • Checklist: What to include
  • Copyright Notice
  • Using Third-Party Material
  • Submitting Your Manuscript
  • Publication Charges
  • Queries

Notes to Authors

Discipline Areas

The Al-Islah : Jurnal Pengembangan Masyarakat n Editorial Board invites submissions from across the Muslim community development domains, including regional, rural, and urban development, sustainable development and community empowerment, tourism studies in the context of community development, social work practices, philanthropic studies in community development, and all relates areas. Please visit to this journal in focus and scope.

Who Can Submit?

Anyone may submit an original article to be considered for publication in JPM provided he or she owns the copyright to the work being submitted or is authorized by the copyright owner(s) to submit the article. Authors are the initial owners of the copyrights to their works (an exception in the non-academic world to this might exist if the authors have, as a condition of employment, agreed to transfer copyright to their employer). 

General Submission Rules

Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). By submitting material to JPM, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at JPM. If you have concerns about the submission terms for JPM, please contact the editors.

Screening Process

Manuscripts may be pre-screened to ensure they fit the focus and scope of the Journal. It is editorial policy that manuscripts are sent to two anonymous peer reviewers. Our aim is to make a decision on each manuscript within 4 months.

Categories of Content

The Al-Islah : Jurnal Pengembangan Masyarakat received articles in an original research article and review paper.

Research Article

This document outlines the structure for papers intended to disseminate original research conducted by scholars across various interdisciplinary fields. The aim is to provide new insights that contribute to the advancement of knowledge in community development, with a particular focus on diverse groups, communities, and geographical areas within Muslim societies worldwide. This paper is generally long, with word count ranging from 6,000 to 10,000, and each paper should include the following sections: title, abstract, introduction, literature review or theoretical considerations, methodology, findings, discussion, conclusion, and references, which should be organized in alphabetical order according to American Psychological Association (APA) Style. It is recommended to utilize reference management software such as Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote. For further guidance, please refer to the manuscript template provided here.

Review Paper

This document serves as a guideline for numerous manuscripts pertaining to the stylistic framework of conceptual papers. Authors should clearly articulate their research methodologies, particularly when employing frameworks such as Systematic Literature Review (SLR) or similar approaches. In general, a review paper is usually long ranging from 5,000 to 7,000 words, and the manuscript should encompass the following sections: title, abstract, introduction, literature review or theoretical considerations with thematic sub-sections, discussion, conclusion, and references formatted in alphabetical order according to American Psychological Association (APA) Style. It is advisable to utilize reference management software such as Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote. For further assistance, please refer to the manuscript template provided here.     

Brief Manuscript Guidelines

In the main, Manuscripts for papers shall be based on primary research, exceptional critical literature reviews, or practice innovations. Manuscripts should be typed in Baskerville font, 12, 1.5 point spaced with ‘normal margins (c.2.5cm). All text should be unjustified. Do not insert page breaks or bold the text. Submission of an article is taken to imply that it has not previously been published and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. This fact should be stated by the author on submission. The editorial board is advisable author(s) to send a result of checking plagiarism using Turnitin or other software, when the manuscript submits to this journal.   

Responsibility of Authors

Authors are required to correct proofs prior to publication. The final typescript accepted for publication must be considered definitive, and any subsequent corrections should be limited to typographical errors. Alterations at this stage may only be made with the consent of the editorial team. Changes to the text will not be accepted during the proof stage. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that permission has been obtained for the use of copyrighted material from external sources, including online content. This journal prioritizes the selection of articles that demonstrate minimal errors in spelling, grammar, translation, and artwork preparation. To assist authors in enhancing their manuscripts and preparing them for submission, we recommend that they proofread or edit their manuscripts prior to submission to the journal. This practice is intended to minimize errors in the manuscript before it is forwarded to reviewers.

Referencing Style  

All references cited in the text of the article should be written in the bibliography section. It should include references obtained from primary sources (consisting of scientific journals amounting to 80% of the entire bibliography) that have been published in the last 10 (ten) years. The remaining 20% may include research articles or research reports (thesis, books, and other relevant publications. All reference mentioned should be written down in reference using American Psychological Association (APA) style and arranged from A to Z. For formatting citations and bibliographies, it is recommended that you use reference management software such as such as Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote.

Checklist: What to include

  • Author details. The author’s name does not need to be written in the article when submitting. The author’s identity in the form of the name, email address, and the institution has been stored in the metadata at the time of registration. At the time of registration, it is expected to complete all the identity of the author, both the first, second and so on. Where available, please also include ORCID, contact number connected with WhatsApp’s, and social media handles. One author will need to be identified as the corresponding author, with their email address normally displayed in the article PDF (depending on the journal) and the online article. Authors’ affiliations are the affiliations where the research was conducted. If any of the named co-authors moves affiliation during the peer-review process, the new affiliation can be given as a footnote. Please note that no changes to affiliation can be made after your paper is accepted.
  • Authors’ contributions and responsibilities. Write the contribution of each author here: The authors made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the study; The authors took responsibility for data analysis, interpretation and discussion of results; The authors read and approved the final manuscript.
  • Funding details. Please supply all details required by your funding and grant-awarding bodies as follows: (1) For single agency grants, this work was supported by the [Funding Agency] under Grant [number xxxx]; (2) For multiple agency grants, this work was supported by the [Funding Agency #1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency #2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency #3] under Grant [number xxxx].
  • Disclosure statement. This is to acknowledge any financial or non-financial interest that has arisen from the direct applications of your research. If there are no relevant competing interests to declare please state this within the article, for example: The authors report there are no competing interests to declare. 
  • Biographical note. Please supply a short biographical note for each author. This could be adapted from your departmental website or academic networking profile and should be relatively brief (e.g. no more than 200 words).
  • Data availability statement. All data are available from the authors. If there is a data set associated with the paper, please provide information about where the data supporting the results or analyses presented in the paper can be found. Where applicable, this should include the hyperlink, DOI or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
  • Additional information. Write additional information related to this research, if any.
  • Figures. Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size). Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: EPS, PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files are acceptable for figures that have been drawn in Word.
  • Tables. Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text. Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text. Please supply editable files.
  • Equations. If you are submitting your manuscript as a Word document, please ensure that equations are editable.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

(1) The Author retains copyright in the Work, where the term “Work” shall include all digital objects that may result in subsequent electronic publication or distribution.

(2) Upon acceptance of the Work, the author shall grant to the Publisher the right of first publication of the Work.

(3) The Author shall grant to the Publisher and its agents the nonexclusive perpetual right and license to publish, archive, and make accessible the Work in whole or in part in all forms of media now or hereafter known under a Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)or its equivalent, which, for the avoidance of doubt, allows others to copy, distribute, and transmit the Work under the following conditions.

(4) The Author represents and warrants that:

  • the Work is the Author’s original work;
  • the Author has not transferred, and will not transfer, exclusive rights in the Work to any third party;
  • the Work is not pending review or under consideration by another publisher;
  • the Work has not previously been published;
  • the Work contains no misrepresentation or infringement of the Work or property of other authors or third parties; and
  • the Work contains no libel, invasion of privacy, or other unlawful matter.
  • The Author agrees to indemnify and hold Publisher harmless from Author’s breach of the representations and warranties contained in Paragraph 6 above, as well as any claim or proceeding relating to Publisher’s use and publication of any content contained in the Work, including third-party content.

Attribution—other users must attribute the Work in the manner specified by the author as indicated on the journal Web site.

Using Third-Party Material

You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article. The use of short extracts of text and some other types of material is usually permitted, on a limited basis, for the purposes of criticism and review without securing formal permission. If you wish to include any material in your paper for which you do not hold copyright, and which is not covered by this informal agreement, you will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission.

Submitting Your Paper

This journal uses Submission Portal to manage the submission process. The Submission Portal allows you to see your submissions across the journal portfolio in one place.

Publication Charges

There are no submission fees, publication fees or page charges for this journal.