Author Guidelines

In order to make an article published in IQTISHODUNA, the author should take some guidelines into account, as follow:

1.    The article to be submitted must be the article that has never been published or submitted anywhere.

2.    Articles are a conceptual paper or research results in the field of: islamic economics, islamic banking and finance, islamic economic management, islamic economics law, management Zakat Infaq Shodaqoh Waqf (ZISWAF), islamic entrepreneurship and business, islamic economics thought, islamic insurance, and islamic accounting.

3.   Since April 1, 2020, every article to be submitted in IQTISHODUNA is allowed to be written in either English or standard Arabic.

4.   The article includes 11-30 page or 5000-9000 words  manuscripts (written on letter (A4) paper with Book Antiqua 12 point 1 space on one column)

5.    The article is submitted at http://ejournal.unisya.ac.id/index.php/iqtishoduna

6.    The manuscript is typed by considering the use of standard languages, punctuation, and spelling based.

7.    The author should previously register as Author and/or reviewer in http://ejournal.unisya.ac.id/index.php/iqtishoduna/user/register. The steps of submitting an article to IQTISHODUNA are as follow. The author should do registration on Register menu. Complete all data in register menu. Save the username and password to log in. To submit an article, click new submission. 

8.    Title The title of the article should be clear (not ambiguous) and identifying the content. The format of the title uses Book Antiqua 14 Bold, Centered Alignment, and must be Sentence case. It is 12pt spacing (before and after).

9.    Author and Affiliation Name Write the author name without an honorary name or degree and should be written in full name. If the authors are more than one person, write all of them. The authors' names are written under the title. Use Book Antiqua 12 Bold, Centered Alignment with single spacing.

The authors' affiliation is presented using Sitka Banner 10 Centered Alignment and single spacing. The affiliation is written in full name (not abbreviation) includes The name of department, the name of faculty, and the name of university or institutions.

10.  Abstract The abstract is written in both English or Arabic. It should contain the primary issues of study, the purpose of the study, the method or approach, and the result of the study. The abstract should be in one paragraph with no more than 100-200 words containing: background, purpose, method, result, and conclusion. It uses Nirmala UI 10pt and a single space.

11.  Keywords It is a maximum of 5 keywords in English with very clear meaning. The keywords are separated by a commas (,).

12.  INTRODUCTION The introduction contains the background of the problem, a brief explanation of the literature review from the existing research (state of the art), to show the limitations of previous research, what things are to be achieved and show the novelty of the article. The background must be relevant and delivered systematically, the research objectives must be written. The typeface used in the body of the article is Book Antiqua 12 with a space of 1. Quotations are written with indirect quotations (paraphrasing). Literature review of at least 10 relevant and most recent references (journals).

13.  METHODS The research method must be clearly and appropriately conveyed and contain a research design, population, sample, data collection method, and data analysis method, written with Book Antiqua 12 letter space 1. Conceptual articles/literature studies do not need to write research methods.

14.  RESULT AND DISCUSSION The results of the study in the article contained descriptive data analysis results written in Book Antiqua 12 spaces 1. The results of activities can be supplemented by tables, graphs (figures), and or charts. The discussion section describes the results of activities, results of data processing, interpret findings or benefits logically, linking with relevant reference sources. The number of tables and figures in each article is limited to a maximum of three (3) pieces. Tables and figures should be made in the black and white format, except if the use of black and white can reduce the meaning or information to be conveyed, colored images or tables may be used. The discussion presents each research findings/analysis of research results compared with the theory or results of previous relevant research, or with reality in the field, comments and logical analysis from researchers. 

15.  CONCLUSION It contains conclusions, suggestions, limitations, and further research. Conclusions are conveyed clearly and describe the answers to the hypothesis and/or research objectives or findings obtained in the study. Conclusions are presented in the form of a description, not numerical and based on in-depth analysis. Suggestions present things that will be done related to further ideas from the research. Limitations and further research must be clearly stated.

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.

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