Reviewers Guidlines

Reviewer Guidelines

To improve the quality of journal publications, we cordially invite experts to serve as reviewers for Jurnal Theologia. Your support and contribution would be valuable and constructive to our publication, ensuring that the manuscripts published are of high quality and standard.

Qualifications:

  1. The potential reviewers must hold a Master's or Doctoral degree
  2. The research field must conform to Islamic Studies from Islamic and other religious perspectives
  3. Have good experience as a reviewer in a scientific journal
  4. Have published article(s) in internationally reputable journals and been cited

In reviewing the manuscript, the reviewer should pay attention to the following:

Presentation
Does the manuscript present a cohesive argument? Are the ideas presented?

Writing
Does the title reflect the manuscript? Is the writing concise and easy to follow?

Length
Which part(s) of the manuscript should be elaborated/ removed /shortened /summarized/ merged?

Title
Does the title reflect the manuscript's content concisely, clearly, and attractively?

Abstract
Does the abstract satisfy the five elements of research background, objective, method, findings, and contributions/implications?

Introduction
The introduction should briefly provide the following:

  • The background of the study should indicate a research gap to be fulfilled/ addressed
  • The literature review should provide the relevant theories to the research and should guide and support understanding to answer the research question/s
  • The originality of the work should be described.
  • The study's objective should be presented in a narrative with effective sentences.

Method

  • The method should thoroughly cover all procedures (Describing the definition of terms and how to conduct the research).
  • The data analysis techniques employed should be elaborated.
  • Sufficient information to provide recommendations or guidelines for further research is suggested to ease other researchers in replicating the research with the same result.

Result

This section describes the outcome of the study. The results should be able to answer the research questions.

Discussion

  • The author describes the study's results and analyzes how they relate to previous or current literature. The author should give substantial meaning to the results of the analysis and compare them with the relevant literature findings.
  • The author describes the implications of the research.
  • The authors should address the strengths and limitations of their study. This section should not be a repetition of the results section.

Conclusion

  • This section presents the main conclusions of the study.
  • The conclusion should be presented in effective sentences based on the results and discussions.

It presents the findings of the study as a synthesis of the results of the data analysis and the discussions.