Research Articles
5,000 - 8,000 words
Full-length original research contributions.
For Authors
Submission Guidelines
Please prepare your manuscript according to the requirements below before submitting.
English
APA 7th Edition
Anonymised for review
Open Access
What the journal accepts
Manuscript Types and Word Counts
Research Notes
3,000 - 4,000 words
Shorter contributions reporting focused findings or interventions.
Book Reviews
1,000 - 1,500 words
Critical reviews of recent scholarly works.
How to prepare the file
Formatting and Style
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Typeface | Times New Roman |
| Font size | 12 pt |
| Line spacing | Double-spaced |
| Margins | 2.5 cm on all sides |
| Anonymity | The manuscript submitted for peer review must be anonymised / blinded. |
| Referencing | APA (American Psychological Association) 7th edition |
| Transliteration | ALA-LC or IJMES standard for Arabic / Islamic terms |
What to include
Manuscript Components
- Title. The full title of the manuscript.
- Abstract. 150 - 250 words.
- Keywords. 4 - 6 keywords.
- Main text. The body of the manuscript, anonymised for review.
- References. Formatted in APA 7th edition.
- Tables and figures. Any tables or figures accompanying the manuscript.
- Declarations. Relevant funding, conflict-of-interest and research-ethics declarations must be provided where applicable.
How the journal publishes
Publication Model and Open Access
The journal will be published online as an annual, open-access journal through Open Journal Systems (OJS). A print edition may be considered later.
Open access means the journal’s contents are published online and are freely readable, without a subscription or a paywall between the research and its readers. For a journal serving a specific community and its scholars, that reach is the point: research about the Sri Lankan Muslim community should be readable by that community, by policymakers, and by researchers anywhere.
Identifiers
The journal will apply for an online ISSN (e-ISSN) through the ISSN National Centre for Sri Lanka at the National Library and Documentation Services Board. A separate print ISSN will be obtained if a print edition is introduced.
Costs
Publication Fees
The journal’s funding plan is institutional grants and sponsorships through Mishkath Research Institute, together with an endowment (waqf) fund intended to give it long-term stability.
The establishment proposal envisages that nominal fees may be introduced for international authors after Year 2, with waivers for local students and scholars. That is a plan, not a policy in force: no fee schedule has been approved and no amounts have been set.
Fee schedule: To Be Confirmed
No fee schedule has been approved and no amounts have been set. The position described above is what the establishment proposal envisages, not a policy in force.
Author undertakings
Originality and Submission
Submissions must be original, must not have been published previously, and must not be under consideration by another journal at the same time.
Manuscripts will be submitted electronically through the journal's Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. Author-identifying information will be supplied separately from the blinded manuscript.
Submissions are open
Manuscripts are submitted through the journal's Open Journal Systems platform.