Submissions

Author Guidelines

IJIP (Indonesian Journal of Islamic Psychology) is published by the Faculty of Da'wah, UIN Salatiga, twice a year (June and December). It publishes field research and theoretical work on psychology and Islamic psychology: social psychology, organizational and industrial psychology, educational and developmental psychology, Islamic psychology, clinical psychology, and counseling (see Focus and Scope).

Download the IJIP article template (Word, .docx)

On this page: General guide · Writing format · Article structure · Section by section · References (APA 7) · Tables and figures · Required statements · Authors and affiliations

1. General guide

1. Submit manuscripts through the IJIP online submission system. Accounts are created by the journal: send your full name, affiliation and email to the Journal Manager (WhatsApp +62 896-8819-8836 or [email protected]).
2. The article must be original and must not be published in, or under review by, another journal or proceedings.
3. The article contributes new findings, built on current primary references. State the novelty clearly in the Introduction.
4. Original research articles are prioritized; review articles must contain the authors' own critical analysis.
5. Every article goes through double-blind peer review by at least two independent reviewers (see Peer Review Process) and a similarity check (see Screening for Plagiarism).
6. Prepare the manuscript with the IJIP template. Remove author names and affiliations from the file used for review.
7. Submitting, reviewing and publishing through the regular process are free of charge (see Author Fees).
8. Possible decisions: accept, minor revisions, major revisions, or reject.

2. Writing format

• Language and length: English, 5,000–8,000 words including references.
• Layout: use the styles in the template (headings, body text, table and figure captions, references) rather than manual formatting.
• Tables: title above the table, three horizontal lines, no vertical lines.
• Figures: title below the figure, centred, at good resolution (JPG/PNG).

3. Article structure

Title; author names (without academic titles) and affiliations; abstract; keywords; 1. Introduction; 2. Method; 3. Results; 4. Discussion; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgments (optional); Declarations; References. Results and Discussion are two separate chapters.

4. Section by section

Title

At most 15 words, informative, without abbreviations; avoid place names unless they matter for the findings.

Abstract and keywords

One paragraph of at most 250 words in English: purpose, participants or data, method, main results and conclusion. No citations. Three to five keywords.

Introduction

Background and state of the art, the research gap and the novelty of the study, and the research objectives or hypotheses, written as paragraphs and supported by recent journal articles.

Method

Design; participants (population, sampling, number, characteristics); instruments with validity and reliability evidence; procedure; ethical approval and informed consent; data analysis. Give enough detail for replication.

Results

Report results systematically, with statistics in APA style (e.g. t(98) = 2.45, p = .016, d = 0.49). Every table and figure is cited in the text and explained.

Discussion

A separate chapter after the Results. Discuss the results against theory and previous research, explain unexpected findings, show the novelty of the findings, and state the implications and limitations.

Conclusion

Answer the research objectives, state the main findings without new discussion, and give recommendations for practice and future research.

5. References (APA 7)

• Citations and references follow the APA 7th edition (author–date), e.g. (Ryan & Deci, 2000) or Przybylski et al. (2013).
• At least 25 references, at least 80% from primary sources (journal articles, proceedings, theses and research monographs) and at least 80% published in the last 10 years.
• Every citation appears in the reference list and every reference is cited. Include the DOI as a URL when available.
• Use a reference manager (Zotero, Mendeley or EndNote).
• Keep self-citation to a minimum: no more than 5 self-citations or 20% of the references, whichever is lower.

6. Tables and figures

Every table and figure is cited and explained in the text. Rebuild software output (SPSS, JASP, SmartPLS) as tables; do not paste screenshots.

7. Required statements (Declarations)

After the Conclusion and before the References, every article includes:

1. Author Contributions (CRediT roles; see Authorship).
2. Funding: funder and grant number, or "This research received no external funding."
3. Conflict of Interest (see the Conflict of Interest Policy).
4. AI Statement: whether and how AI tools were used (see the AI Policy).
5. Data Availability Statement (see the Data Availability Policy).
6. Ethical Approval: committee, approval number and year, and informed consent (see Research Ethics).

8. Authors and affiliations

Write every author's full name without academic titles, and each affiliation in full: department, institution, city, country. Mark the corresponding author with an asterisk (*) and give their email. In the submission metadata, enter given and family names separately (a single name goes in both fields), the full affiliation and the country of every author.