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Author 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, and use ZOTERO OR MENDELEY for Footnote.
- 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. garamond font. or Download OUR TEMPLATE Syariah. for English Template (For Dec 2025- Dec 2029)
- 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.
for Example:
AUTHOR GUIDELINES (New Rules Scopus for 2026-2029)
Jurnal Syariah: Jurnal Hukum dan Pemikiran
(Scopus-Ready Manuscript Template — Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition)
Total Kata: 5.000-8000 Kata
Received 28-04-2025| Revised 27-05-2025, 25-06-2025, 15-07-2025, 25-08-2025 | Accepted 23-10-2025
AUTHOR GUIDELINES
Jurnal Syariah: Jurnal Hukum dan Pemikiran
(Scopus-Ready Manuscript Template — Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition)
Total Words: 5,000–8,000 Words
Received 28-04-2025 | Revised 27-05-2025, 25-06-2025, 15-07-2025, 25-08-2025 | Accepted 23-10-2025
- General Requirements
- The manuscript must be an original work, not previously published, and not under review in any other journal.
- The total manuscript length is 5,000–8,000 words, following the structure below:
- Abstract: 250–300 words
- Introduction: 500–800 words
- Literature Review: 1,000–1,200 words
- Method: 600–800 words
- Results: 1,400–1,600 words
- Discussion: 1,000–1,200 words
- Conclusion: 500 words
- Citation style and references must follow the Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition (Author–Date), compatible with Mendeley/Zotero.
- References must include at least 30 sources, primarily journal articles published within the last ten years.
- The required file format is Microsoft Word (.docx).
- Tables and figures must include titles and sources; long quotations must be formatted as block quotes.
- Manuscript Structure
- Title Page
Includes:
• Title (maximum ±15 words)
• Author name(s)
• Affiliation(s)
• Corresponding email
• ORCID (optional)
- Abstract (250–300 words)
The abstract contains 2–3 sentences for each of the following elements:
a. Critical phenomenon (CCTES): Controversy, Change, Trend, Emergency, Solution
b. Theoretical landscape or problem map
c. Research problem/objective
d. Method used to achieve the objective
e. Main findings
f. Conclusion + recommendations
Keywords: 5 words
- Introduction (500–800 words — 8–12 paragraphs)
(Adapted to Q1 structure + argumentative format)
Paragraph 1 — CCTES (critical issue/phenomenon)
Paragraph 2 — Argument for the urgency of the social/legal issue
Paragraph 3 — Global literature map and research gap
Paragraph 4 — National/local literature map and research gap
Paragraph 5 — Problem formulation & research questions
Paragraph 6 — Theoretical relevance and Islamic/positive law context
Paragraph 7 — Research objectives
Paragraph 8 — Research contribution and argumentation
- Literature Review (1,000–1,200 words — 6–10 paragraphs)
Paragraph 1 (5) — General research trends
Paragraph 2 (6) — First trend (FACTORS — red)
Paragraph 3 (7) — Second trend (PROCESS — yellow)
Paragraph 4 (8) — Third trend (IMPACT — green)
Paragraph 5 (9) — Critical evaluation of previous studies
Paragraph 6 (10) — Novelty formulation and research direction
- Method (600–800 words — 5–8 paragraphs)
Following APA logic (What – Why – How)
Paragraph 11 — Research design
Paragraph 12 — Unit of analysis
Paragraph 13 — Data sources (primary/secondary)
Paragraph 14 — Data collection techniques
Paragraph 15 — Data analysis techniques
- Results (1,400–1,600 words)
Divided into three dimensional sub-sections:
6.1. AAAAA: Descriptive (Practice/Text)
Paragraph 16 — Main findings
Paragraph 17 — Restatement
Paragraph 18 — Detailed description
6.2. BBBBBBBB: Critical (Factor Analysis)
Paragraph 19 — Main findings
Paragraph 20 — Restatement
Paragraph 21 — Critical analysis
6.3. CCCCCCCC: Transformative (Implications/Model)
Paragraph 22 — Main findings
Paragraph 23 — Restatement
Paragraph 24 — Implications/new model
- Discussion (1,000–1,200 words — 6 paragraphs)
Paragraph 25 — Summary of main findings
Paragraph 26 — Contextualization (Dayak/Banjar/Malay, etc.)
Paragraph 27 — Theoretical interpretation (Hybrid Modernity, Living Law, etc.)
Paragraph 28 — Understanding (scientific insight/wisdom)
Paragraph 29 — Comparison with previous studies
Paragraph 30 — Implications (theoretical, practical, policy)
- Conclusion (500 words — 3 paragraphs)
Paragraph 31 — Main synthesis & scholarly contributions
Paragraph 32 — Theoretical contribution & methodological reflection
Paragraph 33 — Practical implications & future research direction
- References (≥ 30 sources)This section lists books, articles or other references that the article made, which is also written in the footnotes list of articles. The type of reference recommended in the Syariah Journal refers to the Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition. For consistency of references, please use the Mendeley/ Zotero Reference Manager Applications or Mendeley,12pt, Garamond, regular. Expected 80% of scientific journals and latest scale from 2022 to 2025
Using Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition, Author–Date. Examples:
Examples of footnote style:
1 Harry J. Benda, Continuity and Change in Southeast Asia: Selected Journal Articles of Harry J. Benda (New
2 Harry J. Benda, The Crescent and the Rising Sun: Indonesian Islam under the Japanese Occupation 1942-1945 (The Hague: Van Hoeve, 1983), 174.
3 Kees van Dijk, “Colonial Fear: the Netherlands Indies and Malay Pennisula 1890-1918, Pan Islamism and the Germano-Indian Plot”, in Transcending Borders: Arabs, Politics, Trade, and Islam in Southeast Asia, edited by H. de Jonge and N. Kaptein (Leiden: KITLV Press, 2002), 245.
4 Kees van Dijk, “From Head to Toe: Dress, Script, Cultur, and Identity”, presented at the International Workshop on Southeast Asian Studies, Script as Identity Marker in Southeast Asia Jakarta, 2004, 54.
5 Harry J. Benda, Continuity and Change in Southeast Asia, 43.
6 N.J.G. Kaptein, “The Sayyid and the Queen: Sayyid Uthman on Queen Wilhelmina’s Inauguration on the Throne of the Netherland in 1898”, Journal of Islamic Studies, Volume 9, Number 2, 1988 (DOI: 10.1093/jis/9.2.158), 234-245.
7 Mikihiro Moriyama, “A New Spirit: Sundanese Publishing and the Changing Configuration of Writing in Nineteenth Century West Java”, Ph.D. Thesis, Leiden University, 2003, 67
Examples of References:
Benda, Harry J. Continuity and Change in Southeast Asia: Selected Journal Articles of Harry J. Benda. New Haven: Yale University, 1973.
___. The Crescent and the Rising Sun: Indonesian Islam under the Japanese Occupation 1942-1945. The Hague: Van Hoeve, 1983.
Dijk, Kees van. “Colonial Fear: the Netherlands Indies and Malay Pennisula 1890-1918, Pan Islamism and the Germano-Indian Plot”, in Transcending Borders: Arabs, Politics, Trade, and Islam in Southeast Asia, edited by H. de Jonge and N. Kaptein. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2002.
___. “From Head to Toe: Dress, Script, Cultur, and Identity”, presented at the International Workshop on Southeast Asian Studies, Script as Identity Marker in Southeast Asia Jakarta, 2004.
Kaptein, N.J.G. “The Sayyid and the Queen: Sayyid Uthman on Queen Wilhelmina’s Inauguration on the Throne of the Netherland in 1898”, Journal of Islamic Studies, Volume 9, Number 2, 1988 (DOI: 10.1093/jis/9.2.158).
Moriyama, Mikihiro. “A New Spirit: Sundanese Publishing and the Changing Configuration of Writing in Nineteenth Century West Java”, Ph.D. Thesis, Leiden University, 2003.
