Manuscript Types

Manuscript Types

Pedagogik Journal of Islamic Elementary School publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed articles in several scholarly formats within its focus and scope in education and educational research. Before peer review, all submissions must comply with the article-specific requirements and general formatting, referencing, and language rules below.

A. Detailed Specifications by Article Type

1. Original Research Article

Scope: Comprehensive empirical investigations presenting novel theoretical insights, robust methodologies, and actionable educational implications.

Required Structure (IMRaD)
  1. Title Page: Provide a concise, informative title without abbreviations.
  2. Abstract and Keywords: Include an abstract of 200–250 words presenting the background, objective, method, key findings, and educational implications. Provide 3–5 keywords selected from ERIC or APA thesauri.
  3. Introduction: Establish the theoretical foundation, identify gaps in the literature, and state explicit research questions or hypotheses.
  4. Methods: Describe participants, sampling procedures, instruments with relevant validity and reliability evidence, data collection, and ethical compliance.
  5. Results: Present statistical or qualitative findings clearly, without unnecessary duplication between tables and the main text.
  6. Discussion: Interpret the findings in relation to international literature, explain theoretical contributions, and address study limitations.
  7. Conclusion and Recommendations: Summarize the main conclusions and provide practical recommendations for educators, policymakers, or researchers.

2. Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis

Scope: Rigorous synthesis of existing literature addressing a specific educational phenomenon through reproducible searches, systematic study selection, appraisal, and synthesis. Searches may draw on Web of Science, Scopus, and other relevant databases; bibliometric mapping may complement the review where appropriate.

Requirements
  • Follow the PRISMA 2020 reporting guidelines. An alternative framework, such as ROSES, may be used where appropriate to the review design and clearly justified.
  • Include a PRISMA flow diagram documenting identification, screening, full-text eligibility assessment, and inclusion. When an alternative reporting framework is used, provide the corresponding study-selection flow diagram.
  • Report the databases searched, search dates and strategies, explicit inclusion and exclusion criteria, quality appraisal tools, and data extraction framework.

Submission Restriction: Narrative reviews without systematic search protocols are not accepted.

3. Short Communication / Brief Report

Scope: High-impact preliminary findings, methodological proofs of concept, pilot study interventions, or reports of emerging educational phenomena.

Requirements
  • Use a concise format, either without subheadings or with streamlined IMRaD sections.
  • Focus on the timely dissemination of novel educational data or preliminary experimental results.

4. Educational Perspective & Commentary

Scope: Forward-looking analyses, theoretical critiques, or policy evaluations by established scholars that contribute to debates on emerging trends in education.

Requirements
  • Submit by invitation or following a prior editorial query.
  • Present critical, balanced arguments supported by current literature rather than unsupported personal opinion.

B. General Formatting & Citation Rules

Reference Style: APA 7th Edition

Use APA 7th Edition consistently for in-text citations and reference entries. Use author–date citations, such as (Author, Year). Include a DOI whenever one is available, presented as an active hyperlink in the following format:

https://doi.org/xxxxx

Use the complete DOI assigned to the cited work. Guidance is available in the official APA Style guidelines on DOIs and URLs.

Reference Recency and Source Quality

Journal requirement: At least 80% of all cited sources must be primary research articles published in Scopus- or Web of Science-indexed journals within the five years preceding submission.

Language and Academic Writing

Manuscripts must be written in academic British or American English, with one variety used consistently throughout. Professional language editing before submission is strongly encouraged.