Author Guidelines

The International Journal of Islamic Products and Malay Civilization publishes written manuscripts in Malay, English and Arabic. The submitted manuscript which to be issued in this journal must present its originality, unpublished work; and has not been submitted to or not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Authors should submit their manuscript in the correct format and meet the requirements. This can prevent unnecessary delays in the publication process. The Editor reserves the right to reject or return a manuscript which is not prepared according to the guidelines. Full-length of the manuscript should not be more than 10 000 words (around 12-15 pages). 

Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

Authors should prepare their manuscripts according to the guidelines provided in this section.

Title Page

Each copy of a paper must include a separate title page, which should be the first page of the manuscript.The title page will be removed before the manuscript is sent out for review.

The title page should contain the following information:

(i)  Title of the manuscript. Title of Malay or Arabic manuscript must be provided with an English title.

(ii) The authors’ name, affiliation, address, phone number, and e-mail address. Denote also the corresponding author with an asterisk.

Typing

The manuscript must be typed and submitted according to procedures as follows:

i) The manuscript must be prepared using Microsoft Word file format only.

ii) For manuscripts written in Malay or English, the text must be typed in 1.5 spacing using 12-point Times New Roman font.

iii) For manuscripts written in Arabic, the text must be typed in 1.5 spacing using 16-point Traditional Arabic font.

iv) Every page of the manuscript, including references, tables, etc., should be numbered consecutively on the lower right-hand corner. Words that should be italicized must be typed as such. Any other word should not be italicized.

v) Single column.

vi) Keywords (3-5 words)

The full paper is to be prepared without the author’s personal information, to facilitate the blind review process.

* Papers must be submitted via the online submission manuscript system (https://journal.unisza.edu.my/inspire/index.php/inspire/submissions).