Author Guidelines
The Journal of Islamic Management Futures (JIMF) welcomes original research articles, systematic literature reviews, conceptual papers, and other scholarly works that are relevant to the focus and scope of the journal. Authors are required to ensure that submitted manuscripts are original, academically rigorous, and have not been previously published or simultaneously submitted to another journal.
Manuscripts should be written in English using clear, academic, and coherent language. Authors must follow the journal's manuscript template and formatting requirements available through the JIMF Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. Manuscripts should contain an appropriate title, author names and affiliations, abstract, keywords, introduction, methodology, results and discussion, conclusion, acknowledgments where applicable, and references. The structure may be adjusted according to the type of manuscript submitted.
Authors are required to provide an informative and concise title, an abstract that clearly presents the research purpose, methodology, principal findings, and conclusions, as well as relevant keywords that facilitate indexing and discoverability. The introduction should establish the research context, identify the research problem or gap, and clearly state the objectives and contribution of the study.
Research articles should present a clear and appropriate methodology that enables readers to understand how the study was conducted. Results should be presented systematically and followed by a substantive discussion that connects the findings with relevant theories, previous research, Islamic values, and contemporary developments in Islamic Education Management.
All sources cited in the manuscript must be properly acknowledged and listed in the reference section. Authors are encouraged to use recent and relevant scholarly sources, particularly peer-reviewed journal articles and internationally recognized academic publications. References and citations must follow the citation and reference style specified in the JIMF manuscript template.
Authors must ensure that all submitted manuscripts are free from plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct. Manuscripts may be subjected to similarity checking before or during the editorial and peer-review process. Authors are also responsible for declaring any potential conflicts of interest, funding sources, and ethical approval where applicable.
All manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the JIMF OJS submission system. Authors are required to register an account and complete all required submission information before uploading the manuscript. Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal's requirements may be returned to the authors for technical revision before entering the peer-review process.
Submission of a manuscript to JIMF implies that the work is original, has not been published elsewhere, is not under consideration by another journal, and that all authors have approved the submitted version and agreed to its submission.
The editorial team reserves the right to reject manuscripts that fall outside the journal's focus and scope, do not meet the required academic standards, fail to comply with the author guidelines, or violate the journal's publication ethics. Authors are encouraged to carefully review the Focus and Scope, Publication Ethics, Plagiarism Check, Peer Review Process, and Open Access Statement before submitting their manuscripts.


