Online Submissions
All manuscripts submitted to International Literature of Muslim Understanding (ILMU) must be submitted electronically through the journal's Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.
Authors are expected to prepare their manuscripts according to the Author Guidelines and complete all required submission information before finalizing the submission.
Authors should provide complete and accurate information when registering.
Metadata entered in OJS should correspond exactly with the manuscript. Accurate metadata is important for indexing, discoverability, citation tracking, and digital preservation.
Institutional affiliation should be written clearly and consistently, preferably including department or program, faculty or institution, city, and country.
Authors are encouraged to provide a valid ORCID ID to support accurate author identification and scholarly metadata.
Authors may be requested to provide supplementary documents when relevant, including:
- research instruments;
- ethics approval documents;
- copyright or reproduction permissions;
- manuscript or archival documentation;
- datasets or supporting materials;
- other files requested by the editorial team.
The corresponding author is responsible for communication between the editorial team and all co-authors.
The corresponding author should monitor the submission, respond to editorial correspondence, coordinate revisions, and ensure that all authors approve substantive changes.
If revisions are requested, authors should upload the revised manuscript through the same submission record in OJS.
A revised version incorporating appropriate changes.
A clear response explaining how reviewer comments were addressed.
Any addition, removal, or rearrangement of authors after submission must be justified and approved by all authors and the editorial team. Authorship changes must not be made solely for administrative, reputational, or non-academic reasons.
Authors wishing to withdraw a manuscript must submit a formal request to the editorial team explaining the reason for withdrawal. The request should be approved by all authors.
A manuscript submitted to ILMU must not be simultaneously submitted to another journal while it remains under editorial consideration. Simultaneous submission is considered a violation of publication ethics.
By submitting a manuscript to International Literature of Muslim Understanding (ILMU), the authors confirm that the work is original, has not been previously published, is not under consideration elsewhere, has been approved by all authors, and complies with the journal's editorial and ethical policies.
