Author Guidelines (English)

 

Instruction for Authors (QURANICA)

 

Author’s Guidelines

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items. The submissions may return to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines:

 

  • The submission of the final manuscript implies that the manuscript is in its final form. Deviations from the instructions will cause publication delay.
  • The manuscript should be provided in Microsoft Word format via email to: quranica@um.edu.my
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor been sent to another journal for publication or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor (The manuscript must be accompanied by a statement that it has neither been published previously nor been submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere).
  • The submission file should be in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format, where available, URLs for the references should be provided.
  • The text should be in single-spaced; uses a 12-point Times New Roman font for English and Malay articles, 16 points Traditional Arabic for Arabic articles; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • The text of the manuscript should contain no information that might identify an author. The title page should be provided separately.
  • Each article should be a maximum of 8,000 words including reference and notes.
  • The abstract should be no more than 250 words.
  • The manuscript must include an abstract, 5-6 key words, an introduction, main body, conclusion and references.
  • For Arabic manuscripts; Title, Author’s affiliations, Abstract and Keywords should be provided in both Arabic and English Language.
  • The verses should be written in Arabic alphabets following by authentic English translation (English articles only).
  • Footnote and references must be formatted according to APA Style. (In-text citation are not allowed). Please refer link below for APA style guidelines: https://aut.ac.nz.libguides.com/APA7th/books.
  • Footnotes and references for Arabic article should be transliterated into English alphabets. Please refer to Transliteration Guidelines: [Please refer to this page]
  • For Book Review submission, the manuscript should be no more than 1000 words. Researchers are encouraged to submit reviews of any recently published books on the Qur’anic studies. 
  • The copyright form must be submitted as a signed scanned copy to quranica@um.edu.my. The form can be downloaded from http://cqr.um.edu.my