Review Guidelines

ZIJIS is committed to maintaining a rigorous and constructive peer-review process. Reviewers are expected to uphold professional, ethical, and objective standards.

1. Peer Review Model

  • ZIJIS uses a double-blind review process.
  • Reviewers must ensure confidentiality of the manuscript and must not share, distribute, or cite any part of it.

2. Responsibilities of Reviewers

  1. Evaluate the academic quality of the manuscript.
  2. Provide constructive, unbiased, and clear feedback to assist authors in improving the work.
  3. Identify issues related to plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, unethical research practices, or duplicate submission.
  4. Notify the editors immediately if the manuscript is outside the reviewer’s expertise.
  5. Declare any conflict of interest (personal, academic, financial).

3. Evaluation Criteria

Reviewers should assess the manuscript based on:

  1. Originality & Contribution
  • Novelty of the topic or perspective
  • Contribution to educational theory, practice, or policy
  1. Theoretical & Literature Foundation
  • Adequacy of literature review
  • Strength of theoretical grounding
  1. Methodological Rigor
  • Appropriateness of research design
  • Validity and reliability of instruments
  • Clarity of procedures and data analysis
  1. Results & Discussion
  • Clarity in presenting findings
  • Logical interpretation and comparison with previous studies
  • Implications for research and practice
  1. Organization & Clarity
  • Logical flow of the manuscript
  • Clarity of writing
  • Correct use of APA citations and references
  1. Ethical Standards
  • Compliance with research ethics
  • Disclosure of conflicts of interest

4. Possible Review Decisions

Reviewers will recommend one of the following outcomes:

  1. Accept as is
  2. Minor revision
  3. Major revision
  4. Reject

Reviewers must justify their recommendations with specific, actionable comments.

5. Review Report Format

Reviewers should submit:

  1. Confidential Comments to Editors
  • Summary of evaluation
  • Ethical concerns (if any)
  • Recommendation
  1. Comments to Authors
  • Strengths of the paper
  • Detailed suggestions for improvement
  • Specific reference to page/section where needed
  • Professional, constructive tone
Journal title: Zabags International Journal of Islamic Studies
EISSN: 3063-8933
DOI: https://doi.org/10.61233/
Freq: May & November
Publisher: Zabags Qu Publish
Index: GS, Scilit, Garuda, Dimensions