Author Guidelines

MANUSKRIPTA invites scholars and experts working in all disciplines in the Southeast Asian and Indonesian manuscript studies. Articles should be original, research-based, unpublished, and not under review for possible publication in other journals. All submitted papers are subject to the review of the editors, editorial board, and blind reviewers. Submissions that violate our guidelines on formatting or length will be rejected without review.

Articles should be written in Indonesian or English between approximately 6.000-8.000 words including text, all tables and figures, notes, references, and appendices intended for publication. The used style is non-IMRAD, and all submissions must include 150 words abstract and 5 keywords. Quotations, passages, and words in local or foreign languages should be translated into Indonesian or English. MANUSKRIPTA accepts only electronic submissions. Therefore, authors must log in before submitting their articles. Please click here to log in.

All notes must appear in the text as citations. A citation usually requires only the last name of the author(s), year of publication, and (sometimes) page numbers. For example: (Hefner 2009a, 45; Geertz 1966, 114). Explanatory footnotes may be included but should not be used for simple citations. All works cited must appear in the reference list at the end of the article. In the matter of bibliographical style, we recommend authors use reference manager applications such as Mendeley, Zotero, etc. Then, choose the American Political Science Association (APSA) as the bibliographical manual style such as below:

  1. Hefner, Robert, 2009a. “Introduction: The Political Cultures of Islamic Education in Southeast Asia”, in Making Modern Muslims: The Politics of Islamic Education in Southeast Asia, ed. Robert Hefner, Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press.
  2. Booth, Anne. 1988. “Living Standards and the Distribution of Income in Colonial Indonesia: A Review of the Evidence.” Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 19(2): 310-34.
  3. Feener, Michael R., and Mark E. Cammack, eds. 2007. Islamic Law in Contemporary Indonesia: Ideas and Institutions. Cambridge: Islamic Legal Studies Program.
  4. Wahid, Din, 2014. Nurturing Salafi Manhaj: A Study of Salafi Pesantrens in Contemporary Indonesia. Ph.D. dissertation. Utrecht University.
  5. Utriza, Ayang, 2008. “Mencari Model Kerukunan Antaragama.” Kompas. March 19: 59.
  6. Ms. Undhang-Undhang Banten, L.Or.5598, Leiden University.
  7. Interview with K.H. Sahal Mahfudz, Kajen, Pati, June 11th, 2007.

For Arabic romanization, please refer to the transliteration system of the Library of Congress (LoC) Guidelines.