Submissions

Author Guidelines

JoHS: Journal of Hadith Studies's editorial guidelines on authorship can be found in the notes listed below:

I. Notes to Authors

A.  Discipline Areas

Papers submitted to JoHS: Journal of Hadith Studies should present a specific account of the work on hadith. The conducted research articles not only be focusing on issues of this following issues:

1. Hadith and social culture
2. Hadith and (new) media
3. Hadith and science
4. Hadith and commentary
5. Hadith and area studies
6. Science of hadith

but also on other relevant topics regarding the significance of hadith in the context of religious life.

B.  Who Can Submit

Any researchers worldwide, either on basis of Islamic-theological studies or in other disciplines, may submit their original and rightful article for publication in JoHS with a maximum number of four (4) authors in each paper.

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a noticeable contribution to the draft conception, methodological design, data collection, or data analysis of the presented study. All those who have made substantial contributions should be listed as co-authors. If others have participated in certain significant aspects of the paper (e.g. proofreading, data transcribing, or language editing), they should be described in the acknowledgments section.

Each author’s identity must state the full name, institution, email; and ORCID iD; As part of our efforts to improve the transparency of scholarly contributions, each corresponding author must provide their Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) iD; Co-authors are also encouraged to provide ORCID iDs if available. Click this link to register an ORCID iD.

C.  General Submission Rules

Material submitted to JoHS must be original and not published or concurrently submitted for publication elsewhere. The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted and permission has been obtained where necessary.

If part of a contribution that authors wish to submit to JoHS has appeared (or will appear) elsewhere, the author must specify the details in the cover letter accompanying the submission. Consideration by the Editorial Team is possible if neither the conclusion, results, nor implications are identical to the other work. The Managing Editor will consider submissions when similar work is published in a language other than Bahasa Indonesia, English, and Arabic, or when contain material that has previously formed part of an academic thesis or Ph.D. dissertation which has been published according to the requirements of the institution awarding the qualification.

D.  Screening Process

All manuscripts are subject to a screening process to ensure their sensibility to the focus and scope of JoHS.  Authors could expect a decision within 8 weeks of receipt. If a revision is required, the corresponding author should submit a revised manuscript within 14 days. The final decision is taken by the Editor-in-Chief based on the information gained through the peer-review process.

E.  Themed Issues

JoHS currently does not publish a specific issue. Therefore, the main scope of this journal is hadith studies and its derivations such as hadith and social culture; and hadith and (new) media.

II. Categories of Contents

While the main form of manuscripts in JoHS will be peer-reviewed research articles. Its structure can be flexible due to its digital platform hence allowing authors to explore a variety of formats.

A.  Research Article

The research article is a paper containing methodological and theoretical advances in the subject area. The main body of the article should contain an introduction, result and discussions, conclusion, and references. This article comprises approximately 5,000-7,000 words including references.

B.  Fieldwork Investigation

Most Fieldwork Investigations may fulfill the criteria for the previously ascribed Research Article. However, some cases were conducted in the natural environment rather than in a laboratory or office. These will be similar in length to Research Article, comprising a total of 5,000-7,000 words.

III. Brief Manuscript Guidelines

A.  Paper Layout

The text is single-spaced on A4-paper size, written in Cambria size 12 pt (Latin) or Sakkal Majalla size 14 (Arabic). All text must be customized into the ‘moderate’ margin [Top: 2.54, Left: 1.91, Bottom: 2.54, Right: 1.91 cm]. The manuscript must also avoid the use of any section break and bold text. Employ italics rather than bold or underlining texts for emphasized sections of the writing (exception for URL address).

B.  Referencing Style

Bibliographical management must be adjusted following APA Style 7th edition. The editorial team highly recommends the use of reference manager software for styling the footnote and the bibliography, such as Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote.

IV. Detailed Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

A.  Formatting Requirement

Papers submitted for publication must conform to the following requirements:

1. The paper must be written either in Bahasa Indonesia, English, or Arabic.
2. All submissions should be in Microsoft Word, RTF, OpenOffice, or WordPerfect document file format.
3. All submissions must include 200-250 words of bilingual abstract [English/Arabic and Indonesian].
4. The abstract should explain; the Purposes of the Study, Methodology, Main Findings, and Research Novelty.
5. The author should present not more than five (5) very specific keywords, each separated with a semicolon (;).
6. Arabic words should be transliterated according to the style of the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES)
7. The main body of the article should contain; Introduction, Result and Discussions, Conclusion, and References.
8. The article should provide 25 accessible references, either indexed with Crossref DOI or ISBN.

B.  Language and Proofread

All submissions must contain English, Arabic, or Bahasa Indonesia texts. Aside from specific foreign words and phrases, the use of uncommon foreign words and phrases should be avoided. Authors also should use proper and standard English-Arabic grammar and Bahasa Indonesia (PUEBI). UK English is preferred in general, but US English is also acceptable. However, authors cannot mix both. See The Elements of Style by Strunk, Jr., and White (1999, 4th ed.) as a guide to measure your writing style.

To improve the quality of publications, JoHS requires all submissions to proof the manuscript with help of a professional to maintain writing consistency, manuscript formatting, and plagiarism check. The results of proofreading are proven only by sending an official statement from an official language institution or professional language consultant. Proofreading should be reserved for necessary corrections to article text to ensure the accuracy and flow of information. Once the final proofed manuscript is published online, it will remain the version of the record with no opportunity for post-publication changes unless the publication record is seriously affected.

C. Data Availability

Authors are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions and ensuring compliance with local regulatory requirements for data sharing. Authors should provide information in the manuscript on their data collection methods sufficient to support peer review. If data processing steps were performed by a third party, out of the control of the authors, this should be clearly stated in the methods. Please refer to our journal policy for information about authors’ responsibilities for preserving and making available data and materials upon publication.

All published manuscripts reporting original research in JoHS must include a statement of the availability of data. This statement must make the conditions of access to the “minimum dataset” that is necessary to interpret, verify and extend the research in the article, transparent to readers. This minimum dataset may be provided through deposition in public community/discipline-specific repositories, custom proprietary repositories for certain types of datasets, or general repositories. Providing large datasets in supplementary information is strongly discouraged and the preferred approach is to make data available in repositories. Editors reserve the right to decline consideration if a manuscript fails to provide sufficient information regarding the data collection approach.

D.  Tables and Figures

Illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than divided at the end of the discussion. Each of them must be asserted with a brief description.