Author Guidelines

  • Iqtida Journal (Journal of Da'wah and Communication) accepts online manuscript submissions through Open Journal Systems (OJS). Iqtida Journal OJS will serve as a center for editorial staff to communicate with authors, editors, and reviewers electronically, and will serve as a platform for the review process.
  • The structure of the research article is divided into; Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Methodology, Results and Discussion, and Conclusion. 
  • Manuscripts must not have been previously published, and have not been submitted to another journal for consideration.
  • Manuscripts should be submitted as Word documents.
  • Manuscripts typically contain between 5,000 and 6,000 words of main text (excluding references and notes); however, shorter and longer manuscripts will be considered.
  • Each manuscript should begin with an abstract of 150 or 200 words.
  • Author's name, affiliation, and related identification/email must appear on the main text page.
  • Text format should be 1.15 line spacing, 12-point font size, and follow American Psychological Association (APA) style and use body notes for all articles 
  • APA style in-text citations such as (McCarthy, 2013), (Johnson & McCarthy, 2013) and a maximum of five authors are included in the first citation in the text. Subsequent citations for works with three or more authors will use a short form such as (Clark et al., 2013).
  • Manuscripts should be sent to the submission page: ……………