Author Guidelines

• Format

  1. Article should at least consist of these parts: Introduction, Literature Review and Hypothesis Development, Research Method, Result and Analysis, Conclusion and Reference. Acknowledgement (if any) should be placed after the Conclusion and before the Reference.
  2. Article must be written on A4 paper size with 12 pt font size and 1,5 spacing, font Times New Roman, except for direct quotation. Direct quotation should be typed using single line spacing and in indented style.
  3. Page margin should at least 2.5 cm for all sides (top, bottom, left and right).
  4. Article should be written efficiently in approximately 12-20 pages.
  5. All pages must be numbered, including reference and appendix.
  6. Authors are encouraged to use, Zotero or Mendeley application for citation and referencing with Footnote (Chicago manual Style 7th).
  7. Article or manuscript must follow SABILUNA's template of manuscript. Template for authors can be download here.

• Structure of Article

  1. Title, written in both Indonesian and English. Title should consist of no more than 12 words.
  2. Abstract, are written preferably from 100-200 words and needs to be written in both English and Indonesian. Abstract should provide summary of purpose of the article, method, result and conclusion. Abstract should also be followed by keywords of 3-5 words in order to help preparing the article index.
  3. Introduction, provides explanation of research background, purpose of the research, and research contribution.
  4. Literature Review and Hypothesis Development, contains previous literatures related to the research and explains the hypothesis development.
  5. Research Method, describes research plan or research design, research object and target (population and sample), technique in collecting research data, research model, and technique used for analysis.
  6. Result and Analysis, presents result of data analysis, hypothesis testing, answer of research question, as well as finding and its interpretation.
  7. Conclusion, describes the research conclusion, limitation of the research, and suggestions for conducting future research.
  8. Reference, lists all sources used for writing the article.

• Table and Figure (Graph)

  1. Table and figure should be efficiently presented (only for table and figure with the result of data) and are placed on the article. Table and figure presented on the appendix are to show the data processing.
  2. Table and figure must be numbered in sequence and be given a title that reflects its contents.
  3. Reference of table and figure must be mentioned on the article.
  4. Author should mention on the article where table and figure are attached.
  5. Table and figure should be able to be interpreted without referring to the article.
  6. Source of table and figure should also be presented.
  7. Figure must be prepared in a printable version.

• Citation

Citation on text is written between open and close parenthesis mentioning author’s surname, year without comma, and page number if necessary. Please Use MENDELEY OR ZOTERO WITH FOOTNOTE Chicago Manual Style 7th.

• Footnote example:

1Harry J. Benda, The Crescent and the Rising Sun: Indonesian Islam under the Japanese Occupation 1942-1945 (The Hague: Van Hoeve, 1983), p. 174. ←Book

2Harry J. Benda, The Crescent and the Rising Sun..., p. 29. ←Book

3N.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), p. 234-245. ←Journal

4W.J. Clancey,  “Communication, Simulation, and In-telligent Agents: Implications of Personal Intelligent Machines for Medical Education”. In Proceedings of the Eighth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2011, p.556. ←Conference Proceeding

5J. Rice, “Poligon: A System for Parallel Problem Solving”, Technical Report, KSL-86-19, Dept. of Computer Science, Stanford Univ, 2014, p.13. ←Report

6Mikihiro Moriyama, “A New Spirit: Sundanese Publishing and the Changing Configuration of Writing in Nineteenth Century West Java”, Ph.D. Thesis, Leiden University, 2003, p. 67. ←Thesis

7K.C. Ivey, Citing Internet sources URL http://www.eei- alex.com/eye/utw/ 96aug. html. (Accessible 2 September 2012). ←Website

• References example:

Chaer, Abdul. Linguistik Umum. Jakarta: Rineka  Cipta. 2003.  ←Book

Rippin, Andrew. "The Reception of Euro-American Scholarship on the Qur'an and Tafsir: An Overview." Journal of Qur'anic Studies 14, 1 (2012): 1-8. ←Journal

Clancey, W.J. “Communication, Simulation, and In-telligent Agents: Implications of Personal Intelligent Machines for Medical Education”. In Proceedings of the Eighth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2011, 556-560. ←Conference Proceeding

Rice, J. “Poligon: A System for Parallel Problem Solving”, Technical Report, KSL-86-19, Dept. of Computer Science, Stanford Univ, 2014. ←Report

Clancey, W.J. “Transfer of Rule-Based Expertise through a Tutorial Dialogue”. PhD Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, 2013. ←Thesis

Ivey, K.C. Citing Internet sources URL http://www.eei- alex.com/eye/utw/ 96aug. html. (Accessible 2 September 2012). ←Website

• Footnote

Footnote is only applied to give description or additional analysis, which when combined into a manuscript would disrupt manuscript’s continuity. Therefore, footnote is not used for reference. Footnote should be given serial numbers and be indicated by superscript figures. Text from footnote is placed on page with the superscript figures.

• Policy of Plagiarism

Author submitting article to SABILUNA should create statement letter that the manuscript is free from plagiarism and not being considered and published in other journals.

• Policy of Reproduction

Article that has been published on SABILUNA becomes the copyright of the Sharia faculty. For educational purpose, the contents of SABILUNA could be copied or reproduced as long as mentioning source of the article. Written request should be submitted to editor to gain permission to reproduce the contents of SABILUNA for other purposes aside from education.

• Policy of Data Availability

Consistent with the purpose of SABILUNA, article’s author is expected to give data owned to the ones need them and give information about the way of obtaining such data. If the article uses survey or experiment approach, then all instruments (questionnaires, case, interview plan, etc.) should be attached.

• Submission of Article

Article is submitted in softcopy (without author’s identity) accompanied with author’s profile and research instrument (questionnaires, interview transcript, etc.). Article is sent through SABILUNA website: https://journal.abdifama.com/index.php/sabiluna/about/submissions by selecting Submit Papermenu and will be processed through Open Journal System (OJS) application. OJS guidelines for authors are available on OJS Guidelines menu.