Manuscript Types

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan Agama Islam (JIPAI) publishes original, unpublished scholarly work on Islamic Religious Education, covering its theory, practice, and development in formal and non-formal educational institutions, using inter-, multi-, and transdisciplinary approaches. The following manuscript types are accepted:

1. Research articles. Reports of empirical studies using quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, classroom action research, or research and development (R&D) designs. Structure: Title, Abstract (with keywords), Introduction, Research Method, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, References.
2. Case studies. In-depth investigations of a specific school, madrasah, pesantren, community, program, or practice in Islamic religious education, with clear methodology and analysis that goes beyond description.
3. Literature studies. Systematic literature reviews (SLR), scoping reviews, bibliometric analyses, and other rigorous syntheses of existing research. The search strategy, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and analysis procedure must be explained.

General requirements for all types

• Language: Indonesian, English, or Arabic.
• Title: short and informative, no more than 12 words, without unusual abbreviations.
• Length: 7.000–8.000 kata termasuk daftar pustaka, sesuai template jurnal.
• Abstract: one paragraph in English and Indonesian covering background, objective, method, results, and conclusion, followed by 3–5 keywords.
• References: APA 7th edition, managed with a reference manager such as Mendeley; at least 80% from journal articles or research results from the last five years.
• The manuscript must be original, not under review elsewhere, and must pass the journal's plagiarism screening.
• All manuscripts must follow the journal template and the Author Guidelines.

Not accepted: previously published work, work under consideration by another journal, and non-scholarly opinion pieces.