Submissions

Focus and Scope

• Islamic educational leadership.
• Governance and policy of educational institutions.
• Educational management and quality assurance.
• Human resource management for teachers and educational personnel.
• Organizational culture and organizational behavior.
• Public relations, educational finance, and managerial decision-making.
• Management of pesantren and madrasahs.
• Educational supervision and curriculum management.

Studies whose main focus is classroom teaching and learning should be directed to YUZAKKIHIM. Economics and business studies outside the context of educational institutions should be directed to AL-KASB.

Types of Manuscripts Accepted

General Manuscript Requirements

Title, Authors, and Affiliations

The title should be concise and informative, 12–20 words, without uncommon abbreviations. A strong title identifies the focus or variables, the institutional context, and, where useful, the approach.

• Authors are listed by full name without academic degrees or job titles. A single-word name should be repeated (for example, Mardiyah Mardiyah) to ensure correct indexing.
• Affiliations should include the study program, faculty, university or institution, city, and country.
• The corresponding author is marked with an asterisk and must provide an active email address. Authors are encouraged to provide an ORCID iD in OJS.
• Authorship. Only persons who made a substantive contribution to the concept, data collection or analysis, and writing, and who approve the final manuscript, should be listed as authors.

Structured Abstract

QAWIY AMIN uses a structured abstract. Each label should be followed by one to three sentences. The abstract is written as one block without citations, undefined abbreviations, or references to tables. The English abstract must be equivalent to the Indonesian abstract.

Illustrative structured abstract format (fictional example):

Purpose: This study examines the relationship between transformational leadership and teachers' organizational commitment in private Islamic junior high schools.

Design/methodology: A survey was conducted with 180 teachers from 12 madrasahs in Province X. Data were analysed using SEM-PLS.

Findings: Transformational leadership showed a positive relationship with organizational commitment, strengthened by an Islamic organizational culture.

Practical implications: Foundations should incorporate transformational-leadership development into professional development for madrasah principals.

Originality/value: The study examines Islamic organizational culture as a moderating variable, which has received limited attention in private madrasah settings.

Keywords: transformational leadership; organizational commitment; organizational culture; private madrasah

Article Structure

1. INTRODUCTION: managerial problem in the institution, supporting data, research gap, and objective.
2. THEORETICAL REVIEW AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: management theory, relevant Islamic values, and a conceptual-framework figure. Quantitative studies state hypotheses here.
3. RESEARCH METHOD: design, institution or location, population/sample or informants, instruments, and data analysis.
4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: findings by subtopic together with interpretation.
5. MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS: concrete recommendations for madrasah principals, pesantren leaders, foundations, or relevant authorities.
6. CONCLUSION: answer to the research objective, limitations, and recommendations for future research.
7. AUTHOR STATEMENTS: contributions, funding, conflicts of interest, and generative-AI use.
8. REFERENCES.

Guidance for Each Section

• Introduction. Begin with a real managerial problem rather than a definition of management. Provide supporting data, show what previous studies have addressed and what remains unresolved, and end with a clear research objective.
• Theoretical Review and Conceptual Framework. Select theories actually used to analyse the data. Relate general management theory to relevant Islamic management concepts such as amanah, shura, 'adl, and itqan. Quantitative studies formulate numbered hypotheses (H1, H2, ...).
• Research Method. Provide enough detail for replication. Quantitative studies should report population, sampling, instruments and indicators, validity and reliability, and analysis. Qualitative studies should report the researcher's role, setting and duration, informants and selection rationale, data collection, analysis, and trustworthiness. Policy studies identify policy documents and stakeholders. Systematic reviews report databases, keywords, years, inclusion criteria, and a PRISMA diagram.
• Results and Discussion. Present findings by objective or hypothesis and interpret them in relation to theory and prior studies. Discuss every table and figure in the text.
• Managerial Implications. Provide concrete, evidence-based recommendations directed to specific stakeholders; avoid generic advice.
• Conclusion. Answer the objective narratively without repeating statistical results. State limitations and future research directions.

Management-Research Requirements

Citations and References

QAWIY AMIN uses APA 7th edition in-text citation, managed with Mendeley or Zotero. Paraphrasing is preferred to long direct quotations.

• Citation examples: (Terry, 2010), (Rahman & Fitri, 2023, p. 45), or Rahman et al. (2025).
• Qur'anic verses and hadith are cited in text; only authentic (sahih) and good (hasan) hadith should be used as authoritative evidence.
• Policy documents are cited under the issuing institution, for example Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (2023).
• Every cited source must appear in the reference list and vice versa.
• Avoid secondary citation where possible. Self-citation should not exceed 10% of total references.
• References from undergraduate theses, master's theses, unpublished papers, blogs, and Wikipedia should be limited or avoided.
• Include DOI links in https://doi.org/xxxxx format when available.

إِنَّ خَيْرَ مَنِ اسْتَأْجَرْتَ الْقَوِيُّ الْأَمِينُ

(Qur'an 28:26)

Tables, Figures, and Quotations

• Tables are numbered consecutively, titled above the table, centred, editable in Word, and use horizontal rules only. State the source below the table.
• Figures include charts, diagrams, organization charts, conceptual frameworks, and photographs. Number consecutively and place the caption below the figure. Minimum resolution: 300 dpi.
• Images from other sources require source acknowledgement and permission where applicable. Images showing students or identifiable persons require permission; student faces should be anonymised where necessary.
• Direct quotations under 40 words remain in the paragraph with quotation marks and a page number. Quotations of 40 words or more are formatted as indented block quotations without quotation marks.
• Interview quotations identify the informant's position and interview date. Long interview quotations are set as separate italicised paragraphs.
• Foreign terms not established in Indonesian are italicised. Arabic transliteration follows the Joint Decree of the Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs and Minister of Education and Culture No. 158/1987 and 0543b/U/1987.

Publication Ethics and Generative AI Policy

QAWIY AMIN follows the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The following may lead to rejection or retraction:

• Plagiarism and self-plagiarism.
• Duplicate or redundant publication.
• Fabrication or falsification of data.
• Authorship manipulation.
• Citation manipulation.

Manuscripts derived from theses or dissertations are permitted when rewritten as journal articles and the original work is acknowledged appropriately.

Generative AI Policy

• Generative AI may assist with language, structure, or translation under meaningful human supervision.
• AI cannot be listed as an author.
• AI must not be used to fabricate data, analytical results, interview quotations, or references.
• Every reference suggested by AI must be checked against the original source.
• Material AI use must be disclosed in the Author Statements, including the tool, version where relevant, and the part assisted.
• Authors remain fully responsible for the entire manuscript.

Submission Checklist

• The latest QAWIY AMIN template has been used without changing the layout.
• The title is 12–20 words and identifies the focus and institutional context.
• Structured Indonesian and English abstracts are each 150–250 words.
• There are 3–5 keywords.
• The manuscript includes a Theoretical Review and Conceptual Framework with a framework figure.
• The manuscript includes Managerial Implications.
• The manuscript is 5,000–8,000 words.
• Similarity is no more than 20%.
• At least 25 references are included; at least 80% are journal articles and at least half of those were published within the last five years.
• All citations appear in the reference list and vice versa.
• Tables are editable and figures are at least 300 dpi.
• Author names, affiliations, email addresses, and ORCID identifiers are correctly included in the manuscript and OJS metadata.
• Institutional permission and research instruments are ready to upload as supplementary files where relevant.
• Author Statements are complete.

Submission, Review, Fees, and Copyright

Submission

Manuscripts are submitted through OJS at journal.cendekiajurnalhub.com using the QAWIY AMIN template. Author names, affiliations, email addresses, and ORCID identifiers are included in the manuscript according to the template and completed in OJS metadata. Institutional permission letters and research instruments are uploaded as supplementary files where relevant.

Review

1. The Editor-in-Chief screens scope, format, 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

• Letter of Acceptance (LoA): issued after the final revision is approved and the APC is paid.
• Editing: the editorial team may edit language and formatting without altering the scholarly substance.
• Galley proof: authors review the PDF proof within three working days. Only typographical and factual corrections are permitted at this stage.
• Publication: accepted articles are scheduled for the nearest available January, April, July, or October issue.
• Withdrawal: authors may withdraw a manuscript before peer review by submitting a written request through OJS. Withdrawal after acceptance requires a strong reason and Editor-in-Chief approval.
• Appeal: authors may submit a reasoned written appeal within 14 days of the editorial decision.

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