Submission Checklist

Before submitting your manuscript to the Islamic Studies and Education Journal (ISEJ), please ensure that the following requirements have been fulfilled.

Manuscript Eligibility

☐ The manuscript falls within the Aim & Scope of the journal.

☐ The manuscript is an original work and has not been published previously, either in whole or in part.

☐ The manuscript is not under consideration for publication by another journal or publisher.

☐ All authors have read, approved, and agreed to the submission of the manuscript.

Manuscript Preparation

☐ The manuscript has been prepared using the official journal template.

☐ The manuscript is written in clear and grammatically correct academic English.

☐ The manuscript follows the formatting requirements specified in the Author Guidelines.

☐ The title, abstract, keywords, headings, tables, figures, and references are complete and correctly formatted.

☐ All tables and figures are numbered, captioned, and cited in the text.

☐ Permission has been obtained for any copyrighted materials used in the manuscript.

References

☐ All references cited in the text appear in the reference list, and all references listed have been cited in the manuscript.

☐ References are formatted according to APA 7th Edition.

☐ DOI information has been included wherever available.

Ethical Compliance

☐ The manuscript complies with the journal's Publication Ethics.

☐ All sources have been properly acknowledged.

☐ Any potential Conflict of Interest has been disclosed.

☐ All sources of funding have been declared.

☐ Where applicable, approval from an appropriate research ethics committee or institutional review board has been obtained and is reported in the manuscript.

☐ Research involving human participants or animals complies with applicable ethical standards and regulations.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

☐ Any use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools has been disclosed in accordance with the journal's AI Policy.

☐ AI tools have not been listed as authors.

☐ The authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the manuscript.

Data Availability

☐ A Data Availability Statement has been included where applicable.

☐ Any restrictions on data sharing have been clearly explained.

Double-Blind Peer Review

☐ The manuscript file has been anonymized for double-blind peer review.

☐ Author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, and identifying information have been removed from the manuscript file.

☐ Author information has been entered only in the submission metadata within the Online Journal System (OJS).

Submission Requirements

☐ The manuscript file has been uploaded in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) format.

☐ Supplementary files have been uploaded where appropriate.

☐ The corresponding author's contact information has been entered correctly.

☐ ORCID iD has been provided where available.

Author Declaration

By submitting this manuscript, the corresponding author confirms that:

• all information provided during submission is accurate;
• all authors meet the journal's authorship criteria;
• the manuscript complies with the journal's editorial and ethical policies;
• any post-submission changes to authorship will require the approval of the Editorial Office and all co-authors.