Author Guidelines

The journal publishes manuscripts written both in Bahasa Indonesia and English. Manuscripts submitted for publication must be original contributions. They should not have been previously published or under consideration by any other publisher. Only under special circumstances will the Editorial Team consider republishing specific papers already published elsewhere (with due copyright permission) if such papers are deemed worthy of wider circulation, and at the request of the author.

  1. All manuscripts submitted to the journal must through similarity checker Plagiarism Checker. The task will be taken by an editor.
  2. As author(s), you should firstly download the journal template HERE as it can help you to follow the journal layout.
  3. Before submitting your papers, please register HERE to get your author account. 
  4. Once you finished submitting the manuscripts, you might log out from your author account. You may often check your paper's status through your author account.
  5. Regarding the bibliography/references, the journal applies APA Style. Therefore, we hope author(s) concern on it. In addition, it is fully suggested for author(s) to use reference manager tools such as     

1. Introduction

Mazahibuna: Jurnal Perbandingan Mazhab, with registered number ISSN 2865-6905 (print), ISSN 2865-7815 (online) is a scholarly journal. It covers lot of common problems or recent issues related to librarianship, information, and archive science. The aim of this journal publication is to disseminate scholarly works, conceptual thoughts or ideas that have been related in the area of the subject covered. We encourage the author(s) to write the introduction properly.

2. How to Write the Title, Author’s Name, and Author’s Address

The title of the manuscript should be placed at the top of the first page, aligned to the left. The author’s name and affiliation must not be written in the manuscript itself; instead, they should be entered in the “User Profile” section on the journal’s website. It is also recommended to remove all “document properties and personal information” from the file before submission.

The corresponding author’s information must be provided in the journal’s online system, ensuring that the first listed author in the system is the corresponding author, followed by the second, third, and subsequent authors as applicable. All communications regarding article revision and final confirmation will be sent via email to the corresponding author only.

3. The Manuscript General Guidelines

The manuscript text general guidelines are as follows:

  1. The manuscript is the authentic research result that has not been published yet in other publication media or publishing houses.
  2. The manuscript does not contain any plagiarism element. The editorial board will directly reject the text that indicates plagiarism.
  3. The submission and the publication processes are free, without any additional fees.
  4. The manuscript that has been written under the guidelines of Mazahibuna: Jurnal Perbandingan Mazhab (in MS Word format, use this article template) must be submitted through Online Submission System using Open Journal System (OJS)
  5. The manuscript article writing guidelines and template can be downloaded (see above).
  6. The manuscript online submission can be viewed in the part of online submission guidelines above.
  7. The manuscript which is inappropriate with the  Mazahibuna: Jurnal Perbandingan Mazhab writing guidelines will be returned to the author before the reviewing process.
  8. The manuscript should contain several aspects of a scientific article as follows: (subtitles as the order), which are: (a) the title of the article, (b) the author's name (no academic title), (c) the afiliated author's address, (d) the author's email (e) the abstract and the keywords, (f) the introduction, (g) the research method (h), the research findings and discussion (i), the conclusion (j), the references.
  9. The subtitles included in the discussion part (Introduction, Theoretical Review, Writing Methods, Result and Discussion, and Conclusion) should be numbered in the Arabic numbering order started from one. The subtitles are written in the bold and title case format. It uses the left text alignment without underline. The next expanded subtitles should be written in the bold and sentence case format, It should uses the left text alignment and the numbering format level two.
  10. The manuscript can be written both in Bahasa Indonesia or English with the standard language. The manuscript should consist of 4000-7000 Words. The manuscript text ought to be written as this article template in the camera ready mode. The article is written on A4-sized papers (210x297 mm), with custom margins as follows: left 2.54 cm, right 2.54 cm, bottom 2.54 cm and top 2.54 cm.
  11. The text of the articles must be in Candara, 12pt font size, Excactly 18 pt line-spacing, separated into one column.
  12. The words from uncommon or foreign languages are stated in Italic format (Specially, in arabic should be transliteration). For the article in Bahasa Indonesia, foreign terms or words should be avoided. Each paragraph started 10mm from the left side border while there is no spaces among paragraphs. All numbers are written in Arabic numbering format, except for the new sentence.
  13. The tables and pictures are placed in the text group after the referenced tables or pictures. Each picture must be given a caption (Figure Caption) below the picture and be numbered in Arabic numbering format followed by the picture title. Each table must be given a table title (Table Caption) and numbered in Arabic numbering format above the table followed by the table title. The pictures attachment should be guaranteed that they can be printed well (font size, resolution and line space are clearly seen). The picture, the table, and the chart should be placed in the center between text groups. If it has a bigger size, it can be placed in the center of page. The table should not contain vertical lines, while horizontal lines are allowed only for the important point.

4. The Guidelines for the Manuscript Body Text

The title of the manuscript: The title should be informative and be written both briefly and clearly. It cannot diverse multi interpretations. It has to be pinpoint with the issues that will be discussed. The beginning word is written in capital case and symmetrically. The article title does not contain any uncommon abbreviation. The main ideas should be written first and followed then by its explanations. The article title should be written within fifteen words, 16pt-sized font, with the bold selection and in the left text format. Meanwhile, the abstract has to be written within 250 words maximum, 10pt sized font and followed by with three to five keywords.

Introduction: The introduction must contain (shortly and consecutively) a general background and a literature review (state of the art) as the basic of the brand new research question, statements of the brand new scientific article, main research problems, and the hypothesis. In the final part of the introduction, the purpose of the article writing should be stated. In the scientific article format, it does not allow to write down the references as in the research report. They should be represented in the literature review to show the brand new of the scientific article. Meanwhile 12pt font size.

Methods: The method is implemented to solve problems, including analytic methods. The methods used in the problem solving of the research are explained in this part.

Result and Discussion: This part consists of the research results and how they are discussed. The results obtained from the research have to be supported by sufficient data.  The research results and the discovery must be the answers or the research hypothesis stated previously in the introduction part.

Conclusion: This is the final part containing conclusions and advices. The conclusions will be the answers of the hypothesis, the research purposes and the research discoveries. The conclusions should not contain only the repetition of the results and discussions. It should be the summary of the research results as the author expects in the research purposes or the hypothesis. The advices contain suggestions associated with further ideas from the research.

References: All the references that used in the article must be listed in this part. In this part, all the used references must be taken from primary sources (scientific journals and the least number is 80% from all the references) that published in the last ten years. Each article should has at least twenty references.

5. The Guidelines for the Citations and References

All the served data or quotes in the article taken from the other author articles should attach the reference sources. the journal wisely encourages that the references should use a reference application management tool such as Mendeley or Zotero. The writing format that used in Mazahibuna: Jurnal Perbandingan Mazhab follows the format applied by APA Style.

6. Online Submission Manuscript Guidelines

The manuscript text must be submitted using one of the following two systems (the second option is preferred):

  1. Online Submission System – Mazahibuna: Jurnal Perbandingan Mazhab

    • First, the author should register as an Author or Reviewer via the “Register” menu on the journal’s website.

    • After completing the registration, log in as an Author and click “New Submission.”

    • The article submission process consists of five stages:

      1. Start – Choose Journal Section (Full Article) and check all required items in the submission checklist.

      2. Upload Submission – Upload the manuscript file in Microsoft Word format.

      3. Enter Metadata – Fill in all author information and affiliations, including the article title, abstract, and indexing keywords.

      4. Upload Supplementary Files – Upload any supplementary materials such as the statement letter or other supporting documents.

      5. Confirmation – Review the entered data, and if everything is correct, click “Finish Submission.”

  2. If the author encounters any difficulties during the online submission process, please contact the editorial team of Mazahibuna: Jurnal Perbandingan Mazhab via email at [email protected].