Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. Articles should be submitted through the Journal website and will undergo an initial Editorial review before a double-blind peer-review by international external reviewers that are experts in the field of study.
2. Articles submitted to the Journal should be original work, that have not been published elsewhere, and are not under consideration by any other publication.
3. The maximum number of authors for each article is 5 authors.
4. The Journal is bilingual (in English and Arabic). Titles, authors, author affiliations, abstract and key words shall be in both English and Arabic. In case of articles submitted in English, all Arabic (and non-English) words shall be transliterated and be italicized. In the case of Arabic submissions, the main text shall be in Arabic, but all references shall be in English and transliterated in Roman script.
5. Original research should be no more than 10,000 words and book reviews should be 1,500-3,000 words. The abstract should be 150-250 words. Authors shall also provide 3-5 keywords that will assist in cross-indexing the article.
6. Articles should be submitted using Microsoft Word, be single-spaced with 1 in. (2.54 cm) margins, using Traditional Arabic font (for Arabic) or Times New Roman font (for English), with 12-point font-size for the main text and 10-point for footnotes.
7. The Qur’anic verses should be written in Ottoman drawing with flowering arcs, according to Mas’haf Almadinat Almunawara
8. Footnotes should be at the bottom of each page and numbered automatically.
9. Submitted articles should adhere to the latest edition of the Chicago Manual Style.
10. The title should be as concise as possible and should also appear on a separate sheet together with name(s) of the author(s), affiliation(s), and the complete postal address of the institution(s).
11. A short running title should also be included in the submitted article.
12. Research articles should typically be organized into sections that include an Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Findings and Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendations, and References.
13. Headings and sub-headings of different sections should be clearly indicated.

Title:   14-point, each word capitalized, centered, bold

1^st level heading:   12-point, numbered, sentence case, left-aligned, bold

2^nd level heading:  12-point, numbered, sentence case, left-aligned, regular

3^rd level heading:   12-point, numbered, sentence case, left-aligned, italicized

14. References should be alphabetically ordered, with examples given below. Citations from books and other information vessels are documented in the footnote along with the list of sources and references as follows:

a. Books

It starts with the name of the author followed by a comma, then the title of the book in between inverted commas followed by a full stop. Then the number of edition followed by a comma, then the place of publication followed by a colon, then the publisher followed by a comma, then the year of publication followed by a comma (the publication information – edition number, place of publication, publisher and year of publication - should be placed in between the bracket), then the volume number and page number separated by colon.

Example: ‘Amru Ibn ‘Uthman known as Sibaway, “The Book Title”. Editor: Abdu al-Salaam Harun, (3^rd Edition, Beirut: Dar al-Jil, 1988), 3: 417.

b) Research Published In Journals/Periodicals

It starts with the name of the author followed by a comma, then the title of the article in between inverted commas followed by a full stop. Then the name of the journal in italics followed by the number of Issue, then a comma, then the date of publication in bracket followed by a colon, then the page number.

Example: Mahmood Mubarak ‘Ubaydat, “The Phenomenon of Definition and Refutation in the Light of Communicative linguistics”. Journal of the Jordanian Arabic Language Academy, 94 (2018): 72.  

c) If the same reference is repeated in the research

It is sufficient to cite the title name [Laqab] of the author followed by a comma, then the name of the book followed by a comma, then the page number.

Example: Sibaway, “The Book Title”, 2: 314.

d) Citation of more than one reference for two different authors

The two references are separated by semi-colon.

Example: Al-Jahidh, “Al-Bayan Wa al-Tabyin”, 2: 87; al-Zamakhshari, “al-Mufassal”, 143.

e) When scientific material is sourced from website

The material is cited from the source as usual, followed by the expression: accessed on (date), then the address of the website.

Example: Mahmood Mubarak ‘Ubaydat, “The Phenomenon of Definition and Refutation in the Light of Communicative linguistics”. Journal of the Jordanian Arabic Language Academy, 94 (2018): 72.  Accessed on 10/9/2022 from: https://arabic.jo/wp-content/uploads/2021

f) Reference and bibliography

List of Arabic reference and bibliography is attached to the research paper. The reference is arranged in sequence according to the name title of the author, highlighting in bold the first line of the reference to the extent of five letters as follows:  

1) Book

Name title of the author, the first and second name. “the title of the book distinguished by inverted commas”. The editor or translator. (edition, place of publication: publisher, year of publication).

Example: Sibaway, ‘Amru Ibn ‘Uthman known. “The Book Title”. Editor: Abdu al-Salaam Harun. (3^rd Edition, Beirut: Dar al-Jil, 1988).

 2) Journals/Periodicals

Name title of the author, the first and second name. “the title of the book distinguished by inverted commas”, the name of the journal in italic followed by the issue number, (date of publication) followed by a colon: then the number of pages.

Example: ‘Ubaydat, Mahmood Mubarak. “The Phenomenon of Definition and Refutation in the Light of Communicative linguistics”. Journal of the Jordanian Arabic Language Academy 94, (2018): 63-10

The Arabic reference and bibliography are followed by the English reference and bibliography; arranged alphabetically according to the name title. The English reference comprises the original sources followed by the translated version from Arabic. The researcher should transliterate the Arabic sources into the Latin letters and then attach it the English list of reference (while retaining the Arabic version in the Arabic list of reference) as follows:

Example in the Arabic List of References:

Sibaway, ‘Amru Ibn ‘Uthman known. “The Book Title”. Editor: Abdu al-Salaam Harun. (3^rd Edition, Beirut: Dar al-Jil, 1988).

‘Ubaydat, Mahmood Mubarak. “The Phenomenon of Definition and Refutation in the Light of Communicative linguistics”. Journal of the Jordanian Arabic Language Academy 94, (2018): 63-10

Example in the English List of References:

Sībwaih, ʿAmru ’ibnu ʿuṯhmān. “’Ālkitāb”. taḥqīq: ʿAbdussalām Hārūn. (ṭan‘ah 3, Beirut: dār al-Jīl, 1988m).

ʿUbaidāt, Maḥmūd mubārak. "Ẓāhrat at-taʿrīf wat-tankīr fī ḍawʾ al-lisānīyyāt al-tawāṣuliyyīh". Majallat majamʿ allughat il-ʿarabīyyah al-ʾordunī 94, (2018m): pp.63-100.

The exception is the research paper published with the English title as it appears from the cited source.

15. Instruction to Authors for Book Reviews:

A book review should be between 1,500 - 3,000 words including references (which must adhere to the latest Chicago Style and follow the same rules as per the normal articles).

The reviewed book must have a significant contribution towards the field the current academic discourse, which the reviewer will have to justify.

The reviewer must provide the following information regarding the reviewed book:

1. full title of the book
2. full name of author
3. year of publication
4. publisher name
5. total page numbers
6. ISBN number.

The book review should not simply provide a descriptive summary of the book, and the review need not provide a chapter-by-chapter review, but rather it should provide a critical analysis towards the main premise(s) discussed in the book and what it contributes to the respective field of study and body of knowledge.

16. Transliteration

The following transliteration table to be adopted for Arabic (and other letters):