Author Guidelines

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

JCII: Journal of Contemporary Indonesian Islam invites scholars and experts working in all disciplines in Educational Sciences. Articles should be original, research-based, unpublished and not under review for possible publication in other journals.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 American English approximately 4.000-6.000 words including text, all tables, and figures, notes, references, and appendices intended for publication. All submissions must include approximately 150 words abstract and 5 keywords.

General Guideline of the manuscript
The Journal operates a single-blind peer-review process. To facilitate this process, the author’s names (without academic titles), institutional affiliations, and the email address of the corresponding author should appear only on a detachable cover sheet.
Articles should be written in American English in single space, using Microsoft Word, font size 12, Book Antiqua, top, and bottom 3 cm, left and right margin 2.5 cm, printed in A4.
Insert a header on an even page indicating the name of the Journal, Volume, Number, month, and year, and page number of the publication by using the article template.
The page number should be inserted at the footer, placed on the right for odd numbers, and on the left for even numbers.

THE SUBMISSION
The paper should be submitted by the author via e-mail and online submissiom to idarah Online Journal System (OJS) by signing in Itqan as the author in https://journal.iainlhokseumawe.ac.id/index.php/JCII. The content of the article should not be submitted simultaneously to another journal.

Title
The title should be simple, readeable, concise, informative, creative and attract reader. The title consisting of a maximum of 100 characters (including spaces) for running headers should also be provided. The title is typed in bold, use capital letters for each beginning of a word, except for conjunctions and prepositions. It should be use font Book Antiqua (13pt).

Author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s)
A list of all authors, as well as corresponding addresses, and e-mail address should be provided. Addresses should contain all information necessary for an effective mail delivery. E-mail should also be provided to speed up communication between readers and authors. This information will be published unless authors request otherwise. It should be use font Book Antiqua (11pt).

Abstract
An abstract should accompany each manuscript; it should be completely self-consistent (i.e., with no figure, table, equation or reference citations), not exceeding 200 words, containing the importance of the topic, the gap between theory and practice or between reality and expectation, or lacks studies, objectives of the present study, method, findings, and conclusion and written as a single paragraph. It should be use font Book Antiqua (11pt).

Keywords
Keywords contains basic words in the study, can be drawn from the research variables, characteristics of the subjects, and the theory of the referenced (minimum three words or combinations of words, written in alphabetical order).

Main body of the paper
The body of paper must range between 4000-6000 words, written in Book Antiqua (12pt). It could be divided into sections. Sections should be bold. Subsections should be italic. Use hyphens consistently and avoid unnecessary ones. All terms or titles in Arabic should be transliterated with following the Library of Congress guide. Name of person should not be transliterated.

Introduction
The introduction should consist of the background of the study, research contexts, and research objective. All introductions should be presented in the form of paragraphs, not pointers, with a proportion of 20-35% of the whole article length. It also discusses the problem, the most important gaps by including previous research, research questions, hypotheses and literature review preferebly within the last 10 years.

Method
Method contains the identification of the variables, the research subjects, research instruments, research design, data sources, data collection and methods of research including used data analysis techniques with a proportion of 10-15% of the total article length. It also provides background information about the academic setting in which the study has been conducted.

Results and Discussion
Results show exposure data analysis, consisted of descriptive statistics, test results of the assumptions and results of hypothesis testing are presented sequentially or integrated with a proportion of 15-20% of the total article length. Use only horizontal lines when using tables. Put table number and the title of the table with italic style on top of it.
Discussions contain an explanation of the results of research associated with the results of previous studies, critically analyzed and linked to relevant recent literature. It should be written with a proportion of 20-30% of the total article length.

Conclusions
It answers from the research objectives written concise, clear, and compact based on the results of research and discussion. It should be written with a proportion of 5-10% of the total article length. It also contains the shortcomings of the research, and also recommendations for future research.

References
The author is responsible for ensuring that each reference in the article is included in the reference list, and vice versa. It is not recommended to use references from Wikipedia, personal blogs, or other non-scientific websites. All records must be quoted, with anonymous quotations included in footnotes. It is recommended to create a reference or bibliography in Teabian style using reference management software such as Zotero, Endnote, or Mendeley (Author-date). Generally refers to the Chicago Style of Referencing. References come in a variety of forms.

Writing of Bibliography
Bibliography is written based on the American Psychological Association (APA) 6th Edition Bodynote.

General Note:

Another thing that has not been regulated in this provision, it should be seen in the American Psychological Association (APA) Quick Guide which can be accessed from the website https://apastyle.apa.org/

Examples:

Book References
Mukhtar, H., & Prasetyo, M. A. M. (2020). Pesantren Efektif Model Teori Integratif Kepemimpinan–Komunikasi-Konflik Organisasi. Yogyakarta: Deepublish.
Rusmana, A. (2019). The Future of Organizational Communication In The Industrial Era 4.0: Book Chapter Komunikasi Organisasi. Media Akselerasi.
Sange, P. (1990). Fifth Discipline, Currency Dobleday. New York: Pearson.
Skinner, C., Von Essen, L., Mersham, G. M., & Motau, S. (2010). The Handbook of Public Relations. Oxford University Press.

Journal Article References
Kalkan, Ü., Altinay Aksal, F., Altinay Gazi, Z., Atasoy, R., & Dagli, G. (2020). The Relationship Between School Administrators’ Leadership Styles, School Culture, and Organizational Image. SAGE Open, 10(1), 215824402090208. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020902081.
Mukhtar, M., Risnita, R., & Prasetyo, M. A. M. (2020). The Influence of Transformational Leadership, Interpersonal Communication, and Organizational Conflict on Organizational Effectiveness. International Journal of Educational Review, 2(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.33369/ijer.v2i1.10371.
Prasetyo, M. A. M., Bashori, B., & Masriani, M. (2020). Model Capacity Building Pada Pesantren Perbatasan Binaan Dinas Pendidikan Dayah Provinsi Aceh. INFERENSI: Jurnal Penelitian Sosial Keagamaan, 14(1), 71–96. https://doi.org/10.18326/infsl3.v14i1.71-96.
Prasetyo, M. A. M., & Husaini, H. (2021). Efektivitas Pengelolaan Mutu Dosen Perguruan Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri. IMPROVEMENT Jurnal Ilmiah Untuk Peningkatan Mutu Manajemen Pendidikan, 8(1), 29–39. https://doi.org/10.21009/Improvement.081.03.
Shiel, C., Leal Filho, W., do Paço, A., & Brandli, L. (2016). Evaluating the Engagement of Universities in Capacity Building for Sustainable Development in Local Communities. Evaluation and Program Planning, 54, 123–134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2015.07.006.

Online Articles or News References
https://dpd.acehprov.go.id/. (2019). Profil Dayah Perbatasan Aceh. Retrieved from Dinas Pendidikan Dayah Aceh website: https://dpd.acehprov.go.id/index.php/jelajah/read/2017/02/07/147/profil-dayah-perbatasan-darul-amin.html.
www.bps.go.id. (2021). Februari 2021: Tingkat Pengangguran Terbuka (TPT) sebesar 6,26 persen. Retrieved from www.bps.go.id website: https://www.bps.go.id/pressrelease/2021/05/05/1815/februari-2021--tingkat-pengangguran-terbuka--tpt--sebesar-6-26-persen.html.
www.jawapos.com. (2020). Kemendikbud: Ada 476 SMK yang Telah Menjadi Center of Excellence. Retrieved from www.jawapos.com website: https://www.jawapos.com/nasional/pendidikan/21/12/2020/kemendikbud-ada-476-smk-yang-telah-menjadi-center-of-excellence/