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Author Guidelines
Journal of Politics and Islamic Society (JPIS), published twice a year, is a peer-reviewed journal specializing in the study of politics and Muslim societies in Indonesia. The aim is to provide readers with a deeper understanding of the relationship between politics and Indonesian Muslim society through the publication of original research articles, research reports, and book reviews.
JPIS welcomes scholars and experts working both theoretical and empirical contributions in the following fields: 1) Political theories and ideologies in Muslim contexts, 2) Islam, democracy, and governance, 3) Political behavior, participation, and social movements in Islamic societies, 4) Policy studies and public administration in Muslim-majority countries, 5) Comparative politics of Muslim societies, 6) Religion, identity, and socio-political change. All manuscripts submitted to JPIS undergo an initial editorial screening, followed by a double-blind peer review process involving at least two independent reviewers with relevant expertise.
- Articles should be written between approximately 7.000-8.000 words including text, all tables and figures, notes, references, and appendices intended for publication.
- All submissions must include 150 words abstract and 5 keywords.
- JPIS accepts only electronic submissions. Therefore, authors must log in before submitting their articles. Please click here to log in.
- Co-authorship: the journal limit number of co-authorsip maximum five persons.
- Local and non-Bahasa words should be written italic. Arabic words should follow the JPIS Arabic transliteration guideline.
- A citation usually requires only the last name of the author(s), year of publication, and (sometimes) page numbers. For example: (Mujani, 2018a: 45; Norris, 2014: 114). Explanatory footnotes may be included but should not be used for simple citations.
- All works cited must appear in the reference list at the end of the article. For bibliographical style, authors are advised to use reference management applications such as Mendeley or Zotero, and select the American Political Science Association (APSA) citation style.
All articles must be submitted through the online submission system at https://journal.uinjkt.ac.id/index.php/jpis/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions. Authors are required to register as an Author and may also register as a Reviewer. For assistance with online submission, please email jpis.uinjkt@gmail.com.
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; 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, which is found in About the Journal.
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
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