Author Guideline

Things to do before submission

The author is expected to have an understanding of the Editor's Policies (Aim and scopes, peer review policy, publication ethics and malpractice statement, open access statement, copyright and licence, and article withdrawal policy).

Preparing the Manuscript

The paper template for author submission can be downloaded at:

Manuscripts Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education template

To use the template, kindly ‘Save As’ the MS Word file to your document, then copy and paste it to your document. To copy and paste the text into the template, please use ‘Special Paste’ and choose ‘Unformatted Text’. Papers that are not prepared following author guidelines and manuscripts with a number of mistakes will have to be pre-rejected by Editor.

Title Page Information

Title

• Maximum 15 words.
• Clear, specific, and representative of the study.
• Use Title Case.
• Avoid all capital letters.

Author Names and Affiliations

Include:

• Full name (without academic titles)
• Institutional affiliation
• Department/Faculty (if applicable)
• Complete address
• Email address
• ORCID (if available)

Corresponding Author

Clearly indicate the corresponding author responsible for all communication before and after publication.

Abstract and Keywords

Abstract

• 150–250 words.
• Written in one paragraph.
• Must include: background, objective, method, findings, and conclusion.
• No citations.

Keywords

• 3–5 keywords.
• Separated by semicolons.
• Avoid repeating words from the title.

Article Types and Structure

Research Article (Empirical Study)

Structure must follow IMRaD format:

1. Introduction
   • Background
   • Research gap
   • Objectives
   • Novelty
2. Method
   • Research design
   • Participants/data source
   • Instruments
   • Data collection
   • Data analysis
   • Ethical approval (if applicable)
3. Results and Discussion
   • Present findings clearly
   • Provide analytical discussion
   • Compare with previous studies
4. Conclusion
   • Answer research objectives
   • Highlight contribution
   • Provide implications
5. Acknowledgment
6. Declarations
7. References

Conceptual / Literature Review Article

Structure:

1. Introduction (background and purpose)
2. Theoretical Framework
3. Critical Review and Analysis
4. Research Gap and Future Directions
5. Conclusion

The review must synthesize literature critically and not merely summarize previous works.

Tables, Figures, and Equations

• Maximum 20 images.
• Tables and figures must be numbered consecutively.
• Table titles above tables.
• Figure captions below figures.
• Images must be submitted separately in .tif format.
• Equations must be written using Microsoft Equation or MathType.

Authors are responsible for obtaining copyright permission for third-party materials.

Ethical Compliance

All manuscripts must be free from:

• Plagiarism
• Data fabrication
• Falsification
• Redundant publication

Human Subjects Research

If research involves human participants:

• Include informed consent statement.
• Include ethical clearance statement (if applicable).
• State compliance with institutional ethical standards.

If the research does not involve human subjects, state:
“This research does not involve human subjects.”

Declarations

Author Contribution

Each author must specify their contribution.

Example:

• Author A: Conceptualization, writing draft
• Author B: Data analysis
• Author C: Supervision and editing

Funding Statement

Authors must disclose funding sources and grant numbers.

If no funding:
“This research received no specific grant from any funding agency.”

Competing Interest

Authors must declare any conflict of interest or state:
“The authors declare no competing interests.”

Ethical clearance

Research involving human subjects must include a statement that permission has been obtained from the institution where the research is being conducted and that the person involved has consented to be a subject in research conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (MWA).  All animal experiments should comply with the ARRIVE guidelines. If this research does not involve humans as subjects, please state ‘This research does not involve humans as subjects’.

AI Statement

If Authors do not use AI-Tool at all, please state that “This article is the original work of the author without using AI tools for writing sentences and/or creating/editing tables and figures in this manuscript”.

Note:

1. Teknomekanik strictly prohibites the use of generative AI or AI tools to generate sentences/image creation/image modification in any form.
2. The use of AI tools to draw insights from data as part of the research process, not to produce the sentences, tables, and figures in the article, is allowed.
3. AI-tool must not be an author or co-author, or cite AI-tool as an author.

If Authors use AI-Tools, please state for what purpose the AI-Tools are used and what the name of the AI-tools used are. The followings are the common uses of AI to help authors:

1. Checking the grammar use in the manuscript by using Grammarly, Hemingway App, Linguix, Reverso, etc.
2. Improving coherence and cohesiveness to get better readability and understandability of readers by using website-based AI Tools, e.g. ChatGPT, Copy AI, Prosa.ai, Revoicer, QuillBot AI, etc.

Hereby, authors have to mention the tool’s name and state that they have rechecked the accuracy and correctness of the data and language used and have consulted to English language expert for validation and verification (state the name of the expert or the institution). They checking process must be carried out manually as AI generally produces sentences that sound over confident and authoritative, and change meaning that can be incorrect, incomplete, or biased. However, authors are ultimately responsible and accountable for the content of the article as a whole.

*Example statement: “The grammatical structure of this article was improved by using ChatGPT and the authors have rechecked the accuracy and correctness of the generated sentences with the topic and data of this study. The language use in this article have been validated and verified by an English language expert and none of the AI-generated sentences include in this article".

References

References must follow the APA 7th Edition style. Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). The main references are scholarly journals, proceedings, and books. All references should be to the most pertinent and up-to-date sources (at least 75% of references must be taken from the past 5 years).

• The article must contain a minimum of 20 references.
• At least 75% of references must come from scholarly journals.
• DOI must be included for each reference when available.
• All citations are required to be managed using Mendeley Reference Manager or similar software.
• Self-citation must not exceed 20% of the total references.
• Authors are strictly prohibited from citing articles published in predatory journals as listed on recognized watchlists such as Beall’s List.

Consequences of violating these rules are:

• If it is found during the review process, the article will be rejected by the editor.
• If it is found after the article is published, the article will be retracted.

Mendeley Reference Manager can be downloaded from: https://www.mendeley.com/

You must also apply the APA 7th Edition citation style in Mendeley Cite on Microsoft Word. In Citation Settings, select Change Citation Style, then click Add a custom style and insert the APA 7th Edition style link provided in Mendeley’s CSL repository.

Plagiarism Screening

All submissions are screened using plagiarism detection software. Manuscripts exceeding similarity limits will be returned or rejected.

Copyright

During submission, authors must digitally sign the Author Guarantee and Copyright Transfer Agreement. PDF copyright forms are not accepted.

Submission System

All manuscripts must be submitted through the Online Journal System (OJS). Submissions outside the system will not be processed.