Author Guidelines

The Editorial Board welcomes manuscripts based on original research that have not been previously published and are not currently under consideration for publication in other journals. All submitted manuscripts will undergo an initial assessment by the editorial team, followed by a review process conducted by blind reviewers.

Manuscripts may be written in Indonesian, Arabic, or English. Each manuscript must include an abstract of approximately 150–200 words and five keywords. The manuscript should be approximately 10,000–15,000 words in length, including all tables and figures, footnotes, references, glossaries, and appendices.

The Editorial Board only accepts manuscripts submitted through the journal's electronic submission system. Submissions that do not comply with these technical guidelines will be rejected without undergoing the review process. Therefore, authors must log in before submitting their manuscripts. Please click here to log in.

 Manuscript Type

Nazharat: Jurnal Kebudayaan is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to advancing scholarship in language, history, literature, and library and information studies. It provides a platform for publishing original research, theoretical contributions, and critical reflections on the linguistic, historical, literary, and intellectual heritage of Muslim societies. The journal particularly focuses on the development, transformation, preservation, and contemporary significance of language, history, literature, and knowledge institutions within Muslim communities, especially in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. It also welcomes comparative, interdisciplinary, and international perspectives that contribute to broader understandings of Islamic civilization, cultural diversity, and the humanities. Manuscripts must address a clearly defined issue, demonstrate scholarly significance, and fall within the journal’s focus and scope.

 Original Research Articles

Original research articles present previously unpublished findings that contribute to knowledge, theory, or practice. Submissions may employ qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods approaches, including experimental research, surveys, case studies, classroom action research, ethnography, corpus-based investigations, discourse analysis, and translation studies.

Each manuscript should establish a clear research problem and gap, engage critically with relevant literature, explain the research methodology, and present findings supported by appropriate evidence. The discussion should explain how the findings relate to existing scholarship and identify their implications.

The recommended structure includes an introduction, literature review, research methodology, findings, discussion, conclusion, and references. Authors should address relevant ethical considerations, research limitations, and recommendations. Section headings may be adapted to the research approach while maintaining methodological transparency and a coherent argument.

Footnotes and Referencing Style

All sources cited in the footnotes must also appear in the reference list. Footnotes should contain, at a minimum, the author's surname, place and year of publication, and page number.

The bibliographical style of NAZHARAT: Journal of Adab and Humanities follows the American Political Science Association (APSA) Style Manual, as illustrated in the following examples:

  1. Al-Irsyad. 2009. “Al-Irsyad Tidak Haramkan Pemilu dan Kafirkan Anggota DPR.” http://alirsyad.net/?s=sekolah+cabang+2009 (accessed July 8, 2015).
  2. Az-Zuhaili, Wahbah. 1985. Al-Fiqh al-Islāmī wa Adillatuhu. Vol. 2, 2nd ed. Beirut: Dār al-Fikr.
  3. Feener, R. Michael, and Mark E. Cammack, eds. 2007. Islamic Law in Contemporary Indonesia: Ideas and Institutions. Cambridge, MA: Islamic Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School.
  4. Gallop, Annabel Teh. 2009. “Piagam Serampas: Malay Documents from Highland Jambi.” In From Distant Tales: Archaeology and Ethnohistory in the Highlands of Sumatra, eds. Dominik Bonatz, John Miksic, J. David Neidel, and Mai Lin Tjoa-Bonatz. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  5. Hikayat Negeri Jambi. n.d. Cod. Or. 2013. Leiden University Library, Leiden.
  6. Locher-Scholten, Elsbeth. 2004. Sumatran Sultanate and Colonial State: Jambi and the Rise of Dutch Imperialism, 1830–1907. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Southeast Asia Program.
  7. 2014. “Salah Kaprah Sebutan Habib di Masyarakat.” http://www.republika.co.id/berita/nasional/umum/14/10/11/nd9vk0-salah-kaprah-sebutan-habib-di-masyarakat (accessed December 15, 2014).
  8. Rijal, Syamsul. 2016. “Habaib, Markets and Traditional Islamic Authority: The Rise of Arab Preachers in Contemporary Indonesia.” PhD diss., Australian National University.
  9. Shellabear, W. G. 1898. “An Account of Some of the Oldest Malay MSS. Now Extant.” Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 31: 107–51.
  10. Utriza, Ayang. 2008. “Mencari Model Kerukunan Antaragama.” Kompas, March 19, 59.
  11. Interview (cite in text or footnote; many APSA users list it in the references). Mahfudz, Sahal. 2007. Interview by author. Kajen, Pati, June 11.

 Arabic-to-Latin Transliteration Guidelines

Arabic letters must be transliterated into Latin characters according to the following system:

  • Consonants: ’, b, t, th, j, ḥ, kh, d, dh, r, z, s, sh, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ, ‘, gh, f, q, l, m, n, h, w, y.
  • Short vowels: a, i, u.
  • Long vowels: ā, ī, ū.
  • Diphthongs: aw, ay.
  • Tā marbūṭā: t.
  • Definite article: al-.

For more detailed information, authors are encouraged to consult the Library of Congress (LC) Romanization and Transliteration Guidelines.

 Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the manuscript submission process, authors are required to verify that their submissions comply with the following technical requirements. Manuscripts that fail to meet these requirements will be returned to the authors for revision.

  1. The manuscript has not been previously published and is not currently under consideration for publication by another journal.
  2. The manuscript file is submitted in one of the following formats: OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect.
  3. Whenever available, URLs for references should be provided.
  4. The manuscript is single-spaced, uses a 12-point font, and employs italics for specific words or expressions, except for URL addresses. All illustrations, figures, and tables must be embedded within the main text rather than placed at the end of the manuscript.
  5. All submitted manuscripts will undergo a peer-review process using a blind review system.

 

 

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