Authors' Guidelines

Preparing Manuscripts

Manuscripts should be typed in MS-Word. Text may kindly be limited to 7000 to 12000 words. With font size 12-point, font style ‘Times New Roman’, A4 Paper size and references should number consecutively throughout and appear as endnotes in Chicago manual style except author name, mention first name first and last name in the last. For example, ‘Muhammad Ahmad’ where first name is (Muhammad) and (Ahmed) is last name.

Title page

The title page should:

  • present an appropriate title of article
  • list full names, affiliation, institutional and email addresses and phone numbers of all authors
  • indicate the corresponding author

Abstract

The abstract of 150- 200 words should briefly summarize the aim, findings or purpose of the article. Please minimize the use of abbreviations and avoid citing references in the abstract. 

Keywords

Mention five to ten keywords representing the main content of the article.

Introduction

Introduction should explain the background to the study, its aims, a summary of the existing literature and why this study was necessary.

Discussion / Main Body

For research articles this section should discuss the implications of the findings in context of existing research and highlight limitations of the study. For methodology manuscripts this section should include a discussion of any practical or operational issues involved in performing the study and any issues not covered in other sections.

For reviews this should contain the body of the article, and may also be broken into subsections with short, informative headings.

For case studies this should describe the pros and the cons of the intervention, with a realistic evaluation of its feasibility and effectiveness.

Conclusion / Results

This should state clearly the main conclusions and provide an explanation of their relevance or importance to the field.

If the paper is based on the case studies than conclusion should state what was learnt, what the next steps should be, and, if possible, what contingency planning may be required for those steps. 

Preparing Supporting Information

Please make sure you have the following information available before you submit your manuscript.

Author Information

Full names, affiliation, institutional and email addresses and phone numbers of all authors.

Peer Reviewers

You may suggest potential peer reviewers for Islamic Sciences. If you wish to do so, please provide their institutional email addresses and contact numbers, or any information which will help the Editor to verify their identity.

Must Read Before Paper Submission

Submitting your paper to ‘Islamic Sciences’ means author(s) agree that:

  • Authors permit SSSARA to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.
  • Authors also grant any third party the right to use the article freely as long as its integrity is maintained and its original authors, citation details and publisher are identified.
  • All authors have approved the manuscript for submission.
  • Confirmation that the manuscript is unpublished and is not submitted elsewhere for publication.
  • Submitting your article means you accept the terms and conditions of the journal, ‘Islamic Sciences’.