Author Guidelines

An-Nahdah Al-'Arabiyah welcomes original manuscripts in Arabic or English within its stated Focus and Scope. Authors should read the journal's publication ethics, authorship, peer review, plagiarism, licensing, and fee policies before submission. Manuscripts are submitted electronically through the journal's Open Journal Systems platform.

Originality and Submission

The submitted work must be original, substantially unpublished, and not simultaneously under consideration by another journal. Authors must disclose closely related manuscripts, preprints, prior conference versions, thesis origins, and earlier translations. All authors must approve submission, authorship order, and the final manuscript. Anonymized review files must not reveal identity in the manuscript body or file properties where this can reasonably be avoided.

Language and Titles

Full manuscripts may be in Arabic or English. Every submitted research manuscript must include an accurate, comprehensible English-language title and abstract, regardless of the manuscript language. Arabic titles and abstracts may also be included; a Bahasa Indonesia abstract may be provided in line with the announced template. All article titles presented in the issue, PDF, OJS metadata, and exported records must have English equivalents. The English title should communicate the actual research topic without exaggeration or untranslated local shorthand.

Abstract and Keywords

The English abstract should ordinarily contain 150-200 words and state the research aim, research materials or data, method or analytical approach, principal findings, and contribution. Avoid unsupported claims and excessive abbreviations. Supply three to five specific English keywords, including terms likely to be used by international researchers. Translation of keywords into Arabic is encouraged and must not displace the English version.

Author Names and Affiliations

Give each author's full scholarly name and current institutional affiliation in Roman script, including department, university or organization, city, and country. Provide a corresponding author email address and ORCID identifier when available. All authors must be named consistently across the manuscript, OJS metadata, and article PDF. An affiliation should identify the organization with which the author was associated when the research was carried out, subject to clear disclosure of changes.

Manuscript Structure

Original research articles should generally contain an introduction, relevant literature and research gap, research questions or objectives, method and source or data selection, results or textual analysis, discussion, and conclusion. Humanities research may combine analysis and discussion when its logic is clear. A purely textual or philological study must describe the witnesses, edition principles, textual variants, corpus boundaries, or interpretive method relevant to its claim. Tables, figures, quotations, transcripts, and manuscript images require captions and reliable attribution.

Length and Format

The journal's existing general manuscript range of 3,000-7,000 words may be retained for standard research submissions, with exceptions subject to editorial approval for justified scholarly needs. Authors must use the current journal template and submit an editable Word file. Font, spacing, and Arabic typesetting requirements are specified by the official downloadable template rather than by conflicting statements in multiple policies.

References and Roman Script

All references, author names, and affiliations must be presented in Roman script. Arabic-language bibliographic sources must be transliterated consistently; provide an English translation of the title in square brackets where helpful. The journal follows APA seventh-edition reference and in-text citation conventions, with one journal-approved Arabic transliteration scheme applied consistently. Preserve a source's verifiable DOI or stable URL where available. Do not invent references or cite material that has not been consulted. Every in-text citation must match a reference-list entry, and every reference-list entry must be cited in the text unless a documented genre requires otherwise.

Research Ethics and Permissions

For interviews, observations, surveys, recordings, or other research involving people, report the procedures for informed consent and ethics review where required. Researchers working with private manuscripts, living informants, identifiable quotations, archival collections, or cultural heritage materials must document lawful access and relevant permissions. Protect confidential data and anonymize participants where necessary. If data cannot be shared for legal or ethical reasons, explain the restriction.

Declarations

Submit an author contribution statement, funding disclosure, competing interests statement, and data availability statement. Ethical approval and consent statements are required where applicable. Acknowledgments must be approved by the individuals named. Disclose relevant use of generative AI tools in accordance with the journal's AI policy, without attributing authorship to an AI system.

Review and Revision

Eligible manuscripts undergo editorial screening and normally double-anonymous review by at least two independent reviewers. Authors should respond carefully to reviewer comments and provide a clear revision summary. The Editor-in-Chief or an authorized independent editor makes the final decision. A request for revision does not guarantee acceptance.

Copyright and Publication

Accepted work is published under the journal's declared Creative Commons license, with authors retaining copyright and granting the journal the right of first publication. Article charges, if applicable, are governed exclusively by the approved public fee schedule. Authors must review proofs promptly, verify English metadata and Roman-script references, and report material errors after publication.

Essential Journal Policies for Authors

Before submitting a manuscript to An-Nahdah Al-'Arabiyah, authors must review and comply with the journal's editorial and publication policies.

These requirements apply to manuscripts written in Arabic and English.

General Submission Policies

Research Integrity and Ethical Requirements

Publication and Author Rights

International Metadata Requirements

All submitted research manuscripts must include an accurate English title, abstract, and keywords, regardless of whether the full manuscript is written in Arabic or English.

Author names, institutional affiliations, and bibliographic references must be presented in Roman script. Arabic bibliographic information must be transliterated consistently according to the journal's approved system.

The information supplied in the manuscript, OJS metadata, and published PDF must remain consistent.

Authors are responsible for providing accurate declarations concerning authorship contributions, competing interests, funding, ethics approval where applicable, and research data availability.

Compliance with these policies is a condition of editorial consideration but does not guarantee manuscript acceptance.