General Author Guidelines

Articles submitted to Journal of Hadith Studies (JoHS) must adhere to the following guidelines:

• Articles must be original, unpublished, and not under review for possible publication in another journal. Any overlap with earlier work, including a thesis, dissertation, conference contribution, or publication in another language, must be disclosed in the cover letter for editorial assessment.
• Articles should be based on research, whether library-based, fieldwork, or other appropriate research approaches. Submissions must contribute to Hadith and Hadith Sciences, including Hadith and social culture, media, science, commentary, area studies, or other relevant aspects of religious life.
• Manuscripts may be submitted and published in Indonesian, English, or Arabic. Authors must use clear, consistent, and academically appropriate language. UK or US English may be used, but the two conventions must not be mixed within one manuscript.
• Articles should contain approximately 5,000–7,000 words, including references. Use Cambria 12 pt for Latin-script text or Sakkal Majalla 14 pt for Arabic, with single spacing on A4 paper. Set the top and bottom margins to 2.54 cm and the left and right margins to 1.91 cm. Avoid section breaks and use italics rather than bold or underlining for emphasis, except where the journal template requires otherwise.
• All submissions must be in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file formats. A PDF or LaTeX file does not replace the editable manuscript required for review and production.
• Articles should include: 1) title; 2) author information submitted separately from the anonymous manuscript; 3) bilingual abstracts; 4) keywords; 5) introduction; 6) research methodology, either as a separate section or as an appropriate part of the introduction; 7) results and discussion; 8) conclusion; and 9) references.
• Each article may have a maximum of four authors. Authorship is limited to individuals who have made substantial scholarly contributions and accept responsibility for the work. Other contributions, such as proofreading, transcription, or language editing, should be acknowledged appropriately.
• Provide each author’s full name without academic titles, institutional affiliation, and a valid, contactable email address in the submission metadata or separate author-information file. The corresponding author must provide an ORCID iD; co-authors are encouraged to provide their ORCID iDs where available. Author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, and identifying document properties must be removed from the version submitted for double-anonymous review.
• Each submission must include bilingual abstracts of 200–250 words each: Indonesian and English or Arabic, according to the manuscript language. Each abstract should concisely explain the purpose of the study, methodology, main findings, and research novelty or scholarly contribution.
• Provide no more than five specific keywords or phrases, separated by semicolons. Keywords must reflect the principal concepts of the research and support accurate scholarly discovery.
• Tables and diagrams must be numbered sequentially, with an informative number and title above them. Tables should be centered, with single-spaced content and clearly identifiable headings. Place tables, figures, and illustrations at the appropriate points in the text, accompany them with brief explanations, and identify their sources.
• Figures should be included in the electronic manuscript in JPG or PNG format. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce material where required and for providing appropriate attribution.
• Foreign-language words or phrases should be italicized where appropriate. Arabic–Latin transliteration must follow the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES) convention consistently.
• The reference list must include relevant primary sources, such as Hadith collections, manuscripts, interviews, or observations, and appropriate secondary scholarship from books and peer-reviewed journals. Provide at least 25 accessible references, with DOI or ISBN information where available and applicable.
• Citations and the reference list must follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, seventh edition (APA 7). Use author–date citations in the text and arrange the reference list alphabetically. Every cited work must appear in the reference list, and every reference-list entry must be cited in the manuscript.

Examples of In-Text Citation

APA 7 uses author–date citations rather than the Chicago notes-and-bibliography system. Narrative citations incorporate the author’s name into the sentence; parenthetical citations place the author’s name and year in parentheses.

• One author, narrative citation: Fauzi (2023).
• One author, parenthetical citation: (Fauzi, 2023).
• Two authors, narrative citation: Hakim and Nasution (2023).
• Two authors, parenthetical citation: (Hakim & Nasution, 2023).
• For a direct quotation, include a page locator: (Fauzi, 2023, p. 7). When a source has no page numbers, use an appropriate available locator.
• For works with three or more authors, use the first author’s surname followed by “et al.” and the year, except where additional names are needed to distinguish otherwise ambiguous citations.
• Identify classical Hadith sources, editions, translators, volumes, book or chapter titles, and Hadith numbers where relevant so that readers can locate the evidence. Personal communications that cannot be retrieved are cited in the text and are not included in the reference list.

Examples of Reference-List Entries

• Fauzi, M. L. (2023). Aligning religious law and state law: Negotiating legal Muslim marriage in Pasuruan, East Java. Brill.
• Bello, A. H. (2011). The punishment for adultery in Islamic law and its application in Nigeria. Journal of Islamic Law and Culture, 13(2–3), 166–182. https://doi.org/10.1080/1528817X.2012.733132
• Hakim, M. L., & Nasution, K. (2023). Accommodating non-Muslim rights: Legal arguments and legal principles in the Islamic jurisprudence of the Indonesian Supreme Court in the post-New Order era. Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 11(2–3), 288–313. https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rwad004

Notes

• Authors are encouraged to use reference-management software such as Zotero or Mendeley and to check the accuracy of all automatically generated citations and references.
• Use the JoHS Journal Template when preparing the manuscript.
• Consult the IJMES transliteration convention when preparing Arabic–Latin text and apply one consistent system throughout the manuscript.
• Authors are strongly encouraged to consult the Reviewer Guidelines before submission to understand the journal’s academic standards, structure, and analytical expectations.
• Complete the Author Declaration through the OJS submission checklist. The submitting author must ensure that all authors approve the manuscript and its submission, that the work is original, that relevant conflicts of interest and funding are disclosed, and that any required permissions or research-ethics approvals have been obtained.
• Manuscripts must be proofread for language, consistency, accuracy, and flow. Where professional proofreading is required, provide the supporting statement from the language institution or consultant. A published version of record may be amended only through the journal’s formal correction or other post-publication procedures.
• Original research must include a data-availability statement explaining access to the minimum data and materials necessary to interpret and verify the findings. Describe data collection, any third-party processing, relevant permissions, and justified restrictions. Suitable repositories are preferred for large datasets rather than extensive supplementary files.

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