Submissions

Focus and Scope

• Islamic psychology and spiritual well-being.
• Integration of psychology and Islam, including concepts of nafs, qalb, ‘aql, and rūḥ.
• Clinical psychology and Islamic counseling.
• Educational and developmental psychology.
• Industrial and organizational psychology.
• Health psychology, positive psychology, and community psychology.
• Social, cultural, and family psychology.
• Development and adaptation of psychological instruments informed by Islamic values.

Types of Manuscripts Accepted

General Manuscript Requirements

Title, Authors, and Abstract

The title is no more than 14 words and identifies the psychological construct, population, and, where relevant, the study design.

Authors are listed by full name without academic degrees. Affiliations include study program, faculty, university or institution, city, and country. The corresponding author is marked with an asterisk and provides an active email address; ORCID iD is recommended.

The abstract is written in one paragraph containing five elements in sequence:

1. The psychological problem
2. Objective
3. Method and participants (number and characteristics)
4. Main findings with key numerical results where applicable
5. Implications

The English abstract must be equivalent to the Indonesian abstract. Keywords should use recognized psychological terminology and should not merely repeat words from the title.

Article Structure

MUTMAINNAH follows the IMRaD pattern and APA 7 heading levels, as shown in the template.

1. Introduction: psychological problem and supporting data, at least five recent studies, research gap, objective, and hypothesis where applicable.
2. Method: design, participants, psychological instruments, procedure, ethical considerations, and data analysis.
3. Results: findings reported in sequence according to hypotheses or research questions, without interpretive discussion.
4. Discussion: interpretation of findings, comparison with previous studies, integration with Islamic psychology, limitations, and implications.
5. Conclusion: one or two narrative paragraphs answering the objective and hypothesis without repeating statistical values.
6. Author Statements: contributions, funding, conflicts of interest, ethical approval, and generative-AI use.
7. References.

Methodological Reporting

• Quantitative studies: report design, population and sample, sampling technique, sample-size determination where relevant, instruments, procedures, statistical analysis, and software.
• Experimental studies: report design, group allocation, intervention module, number and duration of sessions, facilitator, and control of relevant extraneous variables.
• Qualitative studies: report the approach, participant criteria, interview guide, researcher position, analysis procedure, and trustworthiness strategies.
• Clinical case studies: use pseudonymous identity and report case history, assessment, intervention, evaluation, and client consent.
• Instrument-development studies: report item development, content validity (for example Aiken's V), factor analysis, reliability, and norms where relevant.

Statistical Reporting, Tables, and Figures

• Report statistical tests, degrees of freedom, exact p values, effect sizes, and confidence intervals where applicable.
• Statistical symbols (M, SD, r, t, F, p, N) are italicized according to APA 7, except Greek letters.
• For Indonesian manuscripts, use a comma as the decimal separator; for English manuscripts, use a period.
• Tables are editable Word tables with horizontal rules only and include notes for abbreviations and significance symbols.
• Figures should be at least 300 dpi, without unnecessary borders, and should be generated from original data rather than screenshots of statistical software.
• Participant quotations in qualitative studies are italicized and followed by a participant code. Quotations of 40 words or more are formatted as indented block quotations.

Psychological Research Ethics

Psychological Instruments

• State the scale name, original developer, number of items, response format, and an example item.
• Report reliability on the study sample, such as Cronbach's alpha or McDonald's omega, together with relevant validity evidence.
• Translated or adapted instruments should explain the adaptation process, such as forward-backward translation.
• Licensed instruments require appropriate permission for use.

Integration of Islamic Psychology

• Islamic concepts should be discussed substantively from primary sources such as the Qur'an, authentic hadith, and relevant classical works, rather than added merely as decorative opening material.
• Qur'anic verses and hadith are reproduced accurately, translated, and cited appropriately.
• Arabic terms not standardized in Indonesian are italicized and transliterated consistently using the Indonesian joint-ministerial transliteration system.
• Where relevant, the Discussion includes a subsection on integration of the findings with an Islamic psychology perspective.

الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَطْمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُمْ بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ۗ أَلَا بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ الْقُلُوبُ

(Qur'an 13:28)

Citation and References

MUTMAINNAH uses APA 7th edition in-text citation, managed with Mendeley or Zotero. Secondary citation should be avoided.

• Every cited source must appear in the reference list and vice versa.
• Classic theories should be cited from original works, while empirical evidence should prioritize journal articles from the last 10 years.
• Self-citation should not exceed 10% of total references.
• Avoid blogs, Wikipedia, and non-peer-reviewed popular sources.
• Classical Islamic works should be cited from the edition or translation actually consulted, with original-publication information where appropriate.

Publication Ethics, Data, and Generative AI

MUTMAINNAH follows Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidance and ethical principles for psychological research. The following may lead to rejection or retraction:

• Plagiarism and self-plagiarism.
• Duplicate or inappropriate salami publication.
• Fabrication or falsification of data.
• Selective reporting or p-hacking.
• Disclosure of identifiable participant information without appropriate justification and consent.
• Authorship or citation manipulation.

Articles derived from theses or dissertations are permitted when rewritten as journal articles and the origin of the work is acknowledged transparently.

Data and Generative AI Policy

• Authors are encouraged to retain anonymized raw data and analysis syntax and, where appropriate, deposit them in an open repository such as OSF or Zenodo. When data cannot be shared, explain the reason.
• Generative AI may assist with language or translation under meaningful human supervision.
• AI cannot be listed as an author and must not be used to fabricate data, participant responses, analyses, interview quotations, or references.
• Confidential participant data must not be entered into external AI services.
• Material AI use must be disclosed in the Author Statements, including the tool, version where relevant, and the part assisted.

Submission Checklist

• The latest MUTMAINNAH template has been used without changing the layout.
• The title is no more than 14 words and uses Title Case.
• Indonesian and English abstracts are each no more than 250 words.
• There are 3–5 keywords.
• Heading levels follow APA 7.
• The Introduction includes at least five recent studies.
• Psychological instruments are reported with reliability evidence from the study sample.
• Statistical reporting includes effect sizes where applicable.
• The Discussion includes an Islamic Psychology Integration subsection where relevant.
• Participant consent and ethics approval or justification are reported.
• Similarity is no more than 20%.
• At least 25 references are included and at least 80% are journal articles from the last 10 years.
• Author names, affiliations, email addresses, and ORCID identifiers are correctly included in the manuscript and OJS metadata.
• Ethics letters, consent forms, and instruments are ready to upload separately where relevant.
• Author Statements are complete.

Submission, Review, Fees, and Copyright

Submission

Manuscripts are submitted through OJS at journal.cendekiajurnalhub.com using the MUTMAINNAH template. Author names, affiliations, email addresses, and ORCID identifiers are included in the manuscript according to the template and completed in OJS metadata. Ethics approval letters, consent documents, and instruments are uploaded as supplementary files where relevant.

Review

1. The Editor-in-Chief screens scope, format, ethics, and similarity.
2. Eligible manuscripts are sent to at least two reviewers for peer review.
3. Decisions are: accepted, minor revision, major revision, or rejected. Revised manuscripts are normally returned within two weeks.

Fees

There is no submission or review fee. The Article Processing Charge (APC) of IDR 100,000 is paid after acceptance.

Copyright and License

Authors retain copyright. Articles are published open access under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.

After Acceptance

• A Letter of Acceptance is issued after the final revision is approved and the APC is paid.
• The editorial team may edit language and formatting without changing the scholarly substance.
• Authors review the galley proof within three working days; only typographical and factual corrections are permitted at this stage.
• Accepted articles are scheduled for the nearest available March, August, or November issue.
• Withdrawal before peer review may be requested through OJS; withdrawal after acceptance requires a strong reason and Editor-in-Chief approval.
• Authors may submit a reasoned written appeal within 14 days of the editorial decision.

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