Writing Rules

  • Turkish, Arabic, and English articles published by Journal of Islamic Civilization Studies. Maximum one study of an author can be published in an issue.
  • The length of articles should be at least 3,000 words and no more than 9,000 words (excluding Turkish and English abstracts, bibliography, and appendix). Articles exceeding 9,000 words are included in the referee process if deemed appropriate by the Editorial Board. At the beginning of the article, there should be Turkish and English Abstracts consisting of 150-250 words, at least 5 Turkish and English Keywords, and Turkish and English titles.
  • In the abstract, the topic and method of the research should be stated, findings related to the topic should be included, and results should be mentioned. In the part of Turkish/English Abstract, main methodological framework should be stated such as topic, scope, importance, aim, and method of the research, but obtained results and bibliography should not be mentioned. Turkish Abstract/English Abstract should be written in a single paragraph. In the part of Turkish/English Abstract, for spelling proper names (religion, sect, person, surah, and so on), book name, and terms that are not Turkish, the usage in the Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslam Ansiklopedisi should be followed. For spelling proper names, book names, and terms in the English texts (abstract and keywords), Encyclopaedia of Islam THREE should be considered.
  • The resources cited in the text should be added at the end of the text under the title of BIBLIOGRAPHY in the format given below. In the Arabic articles, there should be a BIBLIOGRAPHY in Latin letters.
  • The studies having more than one author should include declarations of the contribution rate, if there are, support and acknowledgment and conflict at the end of the study completing the peer-review process. Click here for ethical declaration form.
  • Journal of Islamic Civilization Studies suggests using Zotero, Mendeley, or Endnote in terms of international coherence in article writing.

ARTICLES SHOULD BE ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO THE FEATURES WHILE THEY ARE UPLOADED TO THE JOURNAL SYSTEM:

  1. Articles should be written in a word processor and sent in DOCX format.
  2. Text fonts should be Gentium Plus (11 point) for Turkish and English, Traditional Arabic (14 point) for Arabic.
  3. The citation system used in articles should be in accordance with the ISNAD Citation Style 2nd version.
  4. There should not be details such as page number, header, and footer.

    Click here for sample Article Writer Template
   

  Page Format
 
        Left and right 3.5 cm.
        Top and bottom 4 cm.
        Do not insert header or footer.

  Abstract and Keywords
 
        Gentium Plus 9 pt., (Arabic Traditional Arabic 11 pt)
        Justified, auto hyphenation, without first line indent
        Single line spacing

    Headers
       12 pt, bold (Arabic Traditional Arabic 16pt)

    Text
        Justified, auto hyphenation

       Gentium Plus, 11 pt, (Arabi Traditional Arabic 14 pt)
       First line indent 1 cm.
       Above paragraph 0, below 2 pt (0.20 cm)

    Quotations
       
For quotations more than 40 words:
       10 pt
       Before text 2 cm
       Single line spacing
       Above and below paragraph 2 pt (0.20 cm )

    Footnotes and Bibliography
       
        Footnotes:
           
 Gentium Plus 9 pt
          Justified, auto hyphenation
          Single line spacing
          Above and below paragraph 0 pt (0.00 cm )
        Bibliography:
           
Gentium Plus 10 pt
          Single line spacing
          Above paragraph 0, below 2 pt (0.20 cm)
          Hanging 1 cm

For further information look at ISNAD 2nd Edition online guide.

Click here for ISNAD 2nd Edition online guide.
Click here for Sample Article Writer Template.
Click here for Gentium Plus font.