Author Guidelines

  • The text submitted by the author is the original research paper.
  • The article has not been publishing or submitting for publication in any media or other journals.
  • The manuscripts must be written in Indonesian, English, or Arabic, at least 10 pages.
  • The manuscript is written with Cambria, 11,5 pt, 1,15 spacing and one colum format.
  • The manuscript begins with abstract of 200-250 words written in Indonesian and English.
  • The both abstracts are typed slanted with font of 11,5 Cambria.
  • Title, abstract, and key words are written in Indonesian and English.
  • Abstracts should clearly indicate objectives, methods, findings or novelty of ideas and main conclusions.
  • The author's name is written without academic degrees. If a script is written by a team or more than one person, the editor will communicate only with the main author or the author whose name is listed in the first place or corresponding author.
  • Scripts are organized into four subheadings in the following order: (a) Introduction: includes problem identification, literature review, research objectives, as well as the benefits of the research, (b) Method: consists of the way the research is done and a description of the material, equipment, and procedures used in conducting the analysis or research, (c) Findings and Discussion: describes the results of research, analysis, and comparing the results with relevant theory and previuos studies, (d) Conclusion: written in the form of a summary and if necessary,  each paragraph containing conclusions of the research. Avoid numbering! In addition (e) Bibliography: arranged alphabetically refers to the APA 6 or 7 Style of Citation.
  • Use an app-based reference management, such as Mendeley or Zotero
  • Sources of references/citations listed in the script are the primary reference sources in the form of research reports or articles published in the scientific journal in the last 10 years.
  • The article does not contain the results of plagiarism, falsification, and fabrication of data.
  • The author must send the manuscript online by first registering as an author to the website https://ejournal.iainkerinci.ac.id/index.php/alqisthu/ 
    For every submitted article, the author is obliged to follow the terms and conditions in accordance with Style Guide of Al-Qisthu (can be downloaded on the Style Guide page)