Author Guidelines

  • Articles are typed with exacly 20 spacing, Times New Roman font size 12 pt, except direct quotations are typed with exacly 12 spacing, after and before 6, and footnote size 10 pt.
  • Articles must include an abstract in English and Indonesian (150-200 words).
  • Articles must include keywords (5 – 10 words).
  • Local and non-English words should be italicized. Arabic words must follow Fitrah's Arabic transliteration guidelines. Download the transliteration guide here!
  • References should be given in footnotes and use the 8th Turabian style. Please see click here footnote style and bibliography.

All articles must be submitted via Online Submission at the e-journal portal address: https://ejournal.stitbima.ac.id/index.php/fitrah/about/submissions where the author registers as an Author and/or is offered as a Reviewer online. If the author has any problems regarding online submissions, please contact the Editorial Team at the following email: ejournal.fitrah@gmail.com

Manuscripst Template

The manuscript should be prepared according to the following author guidelines in the MS Word article  template.

Reviewing of Articles

Every submitted paper is independently reviewed by at least two peer-reviewers (Double-blind). Decision for publication, amendment, or rejection is based upon their reports/recommendation. If two reviewers consider the articles unsuitable for publication in this journal, a statement explaining the basis for the decision will be sent to the authors within three months of the submission date. 

Revision of Articles

Articles sent back to the authors for revision should be returned to the editor without delay. Revised articles can be sent through Online Submission Interface (https//:ejournal.stitbima.ac.id/index.php/fitrah). The revised articles returned later than three months will be considered as new submissions.

Withdrawal of Articles

The authors are not allowed to withdraw submitted articles in the process of reviewing, because the withdrawal is waste of valuable resources that editors and reviewers spent a great deal of time processing submitted manuscript. The withdrawal can be direct requests or without confirmation in which the authors do not send their revised articles. For this circumstance, the authors and his/her affiliation will be blacklisted for publication in this journal.

Plagiarism Check

The editors will run plagiarism check using Turnitin for the submitted articles before sending to the reviewers. We do not process any plagiarized contents. If a article has over 30% of plagiarism based on the result of Turnitin check, we will send back the article to the author to be revised for the plagiarized contents. 

Article Submission and Processing Charges

Fitrah does not charge authors any fee for submitting, processing and publishing articles. All processes of article publication are free of charge. Readers can read and download any full-text articles for free of charge.

User Rights

All articles published Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.  We are continuously working with our author communities to select the best choice of license options, currently being defined for this journal as follows:License Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC-BY-SA)

Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

This Guideline is used as a template with respect to the drafting purposes for the publication in the Fitrah: Jurnal Studi Islam. It can be accessed via the following legal website. The author(s) is allowed to modify this template for the publication purposes. The special characteristic of the initial paragraph in this Journal is indicated by the use of capitalized letters given the example “THIS GUIDELINE” in the first line of this paragraph, which is not indented or in line with the left margin.

The articles submitted to this journal should be written in Indonesian with the minimum of 6.000–10.000 words and be handed in online via its website. The authors should log in for the publication request. The online registration is of no charge.

This journal is grounded in the following six themes,

  1. Elementary School Teacher Education (PGSD)
  2. Early Childhood Education (PAUD)
  3. Geography/History/Mathematics Education, etc.
  4. Education Guidance Counseling
  5. Educational Curriculum and Technology
  6. Education Management
  7. Excellent Education

The article submitted is of the author’s orginal work that is plagiarism free, and neither of which has been previously published in other scholarly journals or books.

Drafting Structure

Articles should be preceded by a title, followed by the author’s ID(s), abstract, keywords and the main body of the article. The main body of the article contains the introduction, discussion, conclusion and references. The introduction and discussion are not a must; the author can directly mention the title and subtitle of the discussion.

Title

The research title should be succinct and insightful using a maximum of 15 words and without any acronyms. The topic should be actual and up-to-date.

Author’s identity

The name of the author should be without academic titles, yet containing identity, institutional affiliation and the accessible address of the corresponding author for the pre- and post-publication purposes.

Abstract

The abstract submitted to Fitrah Journal should be concise, factual containing the research objectives, research findings and the main conclusion. It should be presented separately from the article, so it is independent. Also, the use of acronym should be avoided; provided that it is necessary, it should be defined in the initial part of the abstract. In addition, the abstract should not contain picture(s) or table(s), yet using space exacly 12, after and before 6, Times New Roman, font size 12, and a maximum of 200 words.

Keywords

Keywords should contain the general terms and be plural. Acronym should be effectively used (legal abbreviations used in the field that meet the requirements). These keywords will be used for indexation.

Introduction

This section comprises the background, the literature review or the summary of previous relevant studies, the aims of writing the article, and the description of the problem solving and clear objectives of the research. There are three main distinctive characteristics of the Fitrah Journal, which include the background, the objectives and method of the study (without using such terms explicitly as subtitles in the main body of the article).

Discussion

The discussion is highlighted in the title and subtitles of this section. In addition, this section should significantly explore the research findings without redundant and long direct quotation.

Conclusion

The conclusion and recommendation of the author are given in this section and are consistent in using the term “Conclusion”.  The conclusion of the research should serve the urgent purposes of the study within this section. This can be followed by suggesting the relevant future studies.

References

Referencing format used in this journal uses footnote model pertaining to the characteristics of each reference such as books, translated books, periodical or volume books, Anthology, article in book chapter, Journal articles, articles in encyclopedia artikel dalam jurnal, articles in website (internet), articles in mass media [magazine, tabloid, bulletin, and newspaper], research reports, thesis, dissertation, manuscript, and holly books. Fitrah Journal employs the Turabian style reference system. Please use Reference Manager Applications like EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, etc. Use other published articles in the same journal as models. Further info in relation to this referencing format, see http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/turabian/turabian_citationguide.html, http://www.library.georgetown.edu/tutorials/research-guides/turabian-footnote-guide.

Layout and Writing Format

Articles submitted are written using Microsoft Office Word (doc atau docx format), paper size 21 cm X 29,7 cm (A4), and top and left and bottom and right margin 2.25 cm. The first and second word in the initial paragraph of Fitrah Journal should be capitalized, e.g., “This guideline” with no indent or in line with the left and right margin. The substantial forms of paragraph are formatted using using space exacly 20, Times New Roman, font size 12.

Transliteration of Arabic Latin: Fitrah Journal is subject to its guidelines, see Transliteration of Arabic.

Direct quotation: It should be grounded in as the following formats: (1) Latin script: Font Times New Roman size 12, spacing before 6 pt, and spacing after 6 pt; (2) Arabic Text: Font Times New Roman size 14 pt; spacing before 6pt, after 6pt.

Footnote: It should be formatted as the followings: (1) Latin script: Font Times New Roman 12pt, spacing before 6pt; (2) Arabic Text: Font Times New Roman size 12pt; spacing before 6pt.

Article Title: It should be written in bold, using Font Times New Roman 14 pt, Capitalized letters, space exacly 12,right, outside border. The title, author’ ID(s), abstract, and keywords should be in single main page.

Author’s Identity: It should be written in bold: the author’s names (without academic titles), font Times New Roman size 12 pt, capitalized initial, space exacly 12, justified text, paragraph spacing before 12, outside border. Institutional affiliation and email address of the author are written using space exacly 12, justified text, Times New Roman letters, font size 12pt, outside border.

Abstract: It should be formatted as the followings: Font Times New Roman size 12pt, spacing after 6pt, before 6pt.

Keywords: It should be based on the following format: Font Times New Roman size 12pt, spacing after 6pt, before 6pt.

Subtitles: It should be written as the following format: Font Times New Roman size 12pt, bold, spacing exacly 12, spacing before 6pt, after 6pt.

Sub of subtitles: It should be written as the following format: Font Times New Roman size 12pt, bold, spacing exacly 12, spacing before 6pt, after 6pt.

References: Cite the main scientific publications on which your work is based. Cite only items that you have read. Do not inflate the manuscript with too many references. Avoid excessive self‐citations. Avoid excessive citations of publications from the same region. Check each reference against the original source (authors name, volume, issue, year, DOI Number). Please use Reference Manager Applications like EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, etc. Use other published articles in the same journal as models. Articles should include the references, which are organised in alphabetical order and attach only the references used. The reference system used is chapters 16 and 17 of Turabian edition style.

Copyright Notice

An author who publishes in  Fitrah : Jurnal Studi Pendidikan agrees to the following terms:

  • Author retains the copyright and grants the journal the right of first publication of the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal
  • Author is able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book) with the acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
  • Author is permitted and encouraged to post his/her work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of the published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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