Author Guidelines
Kalimatuna: Journal of Arabic Research, published twice a year, is a multilingual (Bahasa, English, and Arabic), peer-reviewed journal, and specializes in Arabic education studies. The journal aims to provide readers with a better understanding of Arabic education and present developments through the publication of articles and research reports.
The journal invites scholars and experts working in Arabic education. Articles should be original, research-based, unpublished and not under review for possible publication in other journals. All submitted papers are subject to review of the editors, editorial board, and blind reviewers. Submissions that violate our guidelines on formatting or length will be rejected without review.
Articles should be written in Bahasa or English or Arabic between approximately 3000-7000 words including text, all tables and figures, notes, references, and appendices intended for publication. All submission must include 100-150 words abstract and 3 keywords. Quotations, passages, and words in local or foreign languages should be translated into Bahasa. Kalimatuna accepts only electronic submissions.
All notes must appear in the text as citations. In matter of bibliographical style, Kalimatuna follows the American Psychological Association 7th Edition style.
1. General Author Guidelines
All manuscripts must be submitted to Kalimatuna Editorial Office by Online Submission at E-Journal portal address: [http://journal.uinjkt.ac.id/index.php/kalimatuna/about/submissions], where author register as Author and/or offered as Reviewer by online. If authors have any problems on the online submission, please contact Editorial Office at the following email: kalimatuna@uinjkt.ac.id.
2. Manuscript Template
Manuscript should be prepared according to the following author guidelines for article template
The article that will be submitted in this journal should contain:
Information of article
Title: no more than 16 words; Author(s) name: is fully writen without any title; Institution: is completely stated, including the institution name; Corresponding author: includes name & email address
Abstract (In English and Bahasa)
The abstract should 100-150 words and written in English. An abstract is a brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the article; it allows readers to survey the contents of an article quickly and, like a title, it enables persons interested in the document to retrieve it from abstracting and indexing databases. Most scholarly journals require an abstract. Consult the instructions to authors or web page of the journal to which you plan to submit your article for any journal-specific instructions. A well-prepared abstract can be the most important single paragraph in an article. Most people have their first contact with an article by seeing just the abstract, usually in comparison with several other abstracts, as they are doing a literature search. Readers frequently decide on the basis of the abstract whether to read the entire article. The abstract needs to be dense with information. By embedding key words in your abstract, you enhance the user's ability to find it. Do not exceed the abstract word limit of the journal to which you are submitting your article.
Keywords: no more than five words
A. Introduction
The article should be between 12 - 18 pages, font style: Times New Roman, font size: 12pt, space: exactly 1. The paragraph should be indented first line 1 cm.
The introduction should be between 2-3 pages. In composing the introduction, you should provide an adequate background. Explain how you addressed the problem, and why it is ‎important to answer the problem, and also ‎clearly state the aims of the study (how you think their answer would contribute to the existing scholarship on the subject).
You should also discuss the ‎relation of your research article with other research(s), and any related theories (especially from the most relevant theories, and high reputation journals) should also ‎be written briefly in the Introduction.
B. Method
Materials and methods should make readers be able to reproduce the experiment. Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described. Do not repeat the details of established methods.
Explain briefly about the research method involving research design, population and sample, research instruments, data collection and development instruments, and data analysis. A very detailed description of your research method is not necessary to write.
Specify the research design in the Method section. Were subjects placed into conditions that were manipulated, or were they observed naturalistically? If multiple conditions were created, how were participants assigned to conditions, through random assignment or some other selection mechanism? Was the study conducted as a between-subjects or a within-subject design?
C. Result and Discussion
The results presented in this section should be the subject of the results. Data analysis processes such as statistical calculations and hypothesis testing processes do not need to be displayed. Tables and diagrams can be used to explain the results that are presented verbally, and must be explained or discussed.
Results should be clear and concise. The results should summarize (scientific) findings rather than providing data in great detail. Please highlight differences between your results or findings and the previous publications by other researchers.
The discussion should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
In discussion, it is the most important section of your article. Here you get the chance to sell your data. Make the discussion corresponding to the results, but do not reiterate the results. Often should begin with a brief summary of the main scientific findings (not experimental results). The following components should be covered in discussion: How do your results relate to the original question or objectives outlined in the Introduction section (what)? Do you provide interpretation scientifically for each of your results or findings presented (why)? Are your results consistent with what other investigators have reported (what else)? Or are there any differences?
After presenting the results, you are in a position to evaluate and interpret their implications, especially with respect to your original hypotheses. Here you will examine, interpret, and qualify the results and draw inferences and conclusions from them. Emphasize any theoretical or practical consequences of the results. (When the discussion is relatively brief and straightforward, some authors prefer to combine it with the Results section, creating a section called Results and Discussion.)
D. Conclusion
This section contains conclusions and suggestions. The conclusion presents a summary of the results and discussion of the article and is based on the research objectives. Suggestions can be based on practical action, new theory development, and/or further research.
Acknowledgment
Recognition, appreciation, or thanks to certain groups such as “research sponsors, must be stated clearly and concisely."
References
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Bhavsar, D.S., Saraf, K.B. (2002). Morphology of PbI2 Crystals Grown by Gel Method. Crystal Research and Technology, 37: 51-55 Journal
Hasling, D.W., Clancey, W.J., Rennels, G.R. (1983). Strategic Explanations in Consultation. The International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 20(1): 3-19. Journal
Clancey, W.J. (2011). Communication, Simulation, and In-telligent Agents: Implications of Personal Intelligent Machines for Medical Education. In Proceedings of the Eighth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 556-560. Menlo Park, Calif.: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, Inc. Conference Proceeding.
Rice, J. (2014). Poligon: A System for Parallel Problem Solving, Technical Report, KSL-86-19, Dept. of Computer Science, Stanford Univ. Report
Clancey, W.J. (2013). Transfer of Rule-Based Expertise through a Tutorial Dialogue. PhD Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University. Thesis
Ivey, K.C. (2 September 2012). Citing Internet sources URL http://www.eei- alex.com/eye/utw/96aug.html. Website
3. Reviewing of manuscripts
Every submitted paper is independently reviewed by at least two peer-reviewers. Decision for publication, amendment, or rejection is based upon their reports/recommendation. If two or more reviewers consider a manuscript unsuitable for publication in this journal, a statement explaining the basis for the decision will be sent to the authors within three months of the submission date.
4. Revision of manuscripts
Manuscripts sent back to the authors for revision should be returned to the editor without delay. Revised manuscripts can be sent to editorial office through the Online Submission Interface [http://journal.uinjkt.ac.id/index.php/kalimatuna/about/submissions]. The revised manuscripts returned later than three months will be considered as new submissions.
5. Editorial Office of Kalimatuna
All correspondences should be sent to the following Editorial Office:
Erta Mahyudin (Editor-in-Chief)
Editorial Office of Kalimatuna
Department of Arabic Education, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University of Jakarta
Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No. 95 Tangerang Selatan Indonesia 15412,
Telp.: +62-21-7443328, Fax.: +62-21-7443328
Email: kalimatuna@uinjkt.ac.id.
6. Guideline for Online Submission
Author should first register as Author and/or is offered as Reviewer through the following address: http://journal.uinjkt.ac.id/index.php/kalimatuna/about/submissions
Author should fulfil the form as detail as possible where the star marked form must be entered. After all form textbox was filled, Author clicks on Register button to precede the registration. Therefore, Author is brought to online author submission interface where Author should click on New Submission . In the Start a New Submission section, click on Click Here: to go to step one of the five-step submission process . The following are five steps in online submission process:
Step 1 - Starting the Submission: Select the appropriate section of journal, i.e. Original Research Articles, Review Article, or Short Communication. Thus, author must check-mark on the submission checklists.
Step 2 Uploading the Submission: To upload a manuscript to this journal, click Browse on the Upload submission file item and choose the manuscript document file to be submitted, then click Upload button.
Step 3 Entering Submissions Metadata: In this step, detail authors metadata should be entered including marked corresponding author. After that, manuscript title and abstract must be uploaded by copying the text and paste in the textbox including keywords.
Step 4 Uploading Supplementary Files: Supplementary file should be uploaded including Covering/Submission Letter, and Signed Copyright Transfer Agreement Form. Therefore, click on Browse button, choose the files, and then click on Upload button.
Step 5 Confirming the Submission:Â Author should final check the uploaded manuscript documents in this step. To submit the manuscript to Kalimatuna journal, click Finish Submission button after the documents is true. The corresponding author or the principal contact will receive an acknowledgement by email and will be able to view the submissions progress through the editorial process by logging in to the journal web address site.
After this submission, Authors who submit the manuscript will get a confirmation email about the submission. Therefore, Authors are able to track their submission status at any time by logging in to the online submission interface. The submission tracking includes status of manuscript review and editorial process.
7. User Rights All articles published Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. We are continuously working with our author communities to select the best choice of license options, currently being defined for this journal as follows:
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)
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.
