Submissions

Author Guidelines

The manuscripts

A manuscripts submitted to KIAN Journal should be an original research article related to the field of the all scopes of Nursing. Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by using the KIAN Journal online submission procedure. A paper submitted has never been published in any other scientific publication and not being under the reviewing process of any other scientific publication. The Editors will ignore submissions that do not follow these procedures. 

Structure of the manuscripts

1. Title. The title should be clear, attractive, and informative, and containing no more than 15 words.
2. Author's names and institutions. The author's names should be accompanied by the author's institutions and email addresses, without any academic title. For a joint paper, one of the authors should be notified as to the corresponding author.
3. Abstract, keywords. The abstracts should contain Research Background, Aim, Method, Results, Conclusion, and Implication. The abstract should be less than 250 words. Please provide the abstract in English for international readership followed by 3 to 5 keywords relevant for literature search.
4. Introduction. This section explains the background of the study, a review of the previous research in the area, and the aims of the manuscripts. Importantly it should also showcase the significance and novelty of the research.
5. Methods. This section describes the appropriate tools of analysis along with the data collection and their analyses.
6. Results and Discussion. This section explains the results of the analysis. These should be presented clearly and concisely. Author(s) should explore the novelty or the contribution of their findings by comparing them to the existing literature and theories to Islamic education.
7. Conclusion. This section concludes and provides practical, theoretical, and policy implications, if any, of the study. The conclusion(s) should be drawn from the discussed items in the previous section of the manuscript (discussion).
8. References. This section lists only the papers, books, or other types of publications referred to in the body of the manuscript. The references must be managed by APA Style 7th Edition and used Reference Tools such as Mendeley, Zotero, and EndNote.

General Writing Format

1. The manuscript is prepared in an A4 paper, single-sided, and single-line spacing format. A new paragraph should start with 5 characters from the left margin, using an 11-size, Times-new-Romans font type.
2. The manuscript is written in proper English.
3. The manuscript should be between 6 to 15 pages long (3000-7000 words).
4. The top and bottom margins are 1,5 inches.
5. The title is written using capital letters only at first word or special name (example: location name), 14 font size, center position.
6. Subtitles are written using capital letters only at first word or special name, 11 font size, starting from the left margin.
7. Sub of subtitles, if any, are written using capital letters only at first word or special name. They should be started from the left margin.
8. Sub of subtitles, if any, are written using capital letters only at the beginning of each word except for connecting words, all in italics. They should be started from the left margin.
9. References should be those of the last ten years' publication (>80%), except for key references (80%). Referring to any textbook should be minimized (<20%).

Specific Writing Format

1. Equations and formula should be numbered as (1), (2)...etc appearing to their right.
2. Estimation results from a software package are not allowed to be directly presented in the paper. They should be presented in summary tables.

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures should be presented as follows:

1. The name of tables and figures should follow a numbering system (Arabic numbering system). The title of the tables is placed at the top and figures are placed at the bottom.
2. The tables and figures should provide the source of information, if any, at the bottom. 
3. Any table should contain only heading and contents. The table contains row lines only without column lines. Note(s) and source(s) should be included underneath the table where appropriate. 

Acknowledgment

Acknowledgment, if any, should be addressed to the person who is not included as author or institution which gives:

• Direct technical help (e.g. supply of animal subjects, cells, equipment setup, methods, statistics/data manipulation, samples, chemicals/reagents, analytical/spectroscopy techniques)
• Indirect assistance (topical and intellectual discussions about the research which can lead to the generation of new ideas)
• Affiliated Institutions
• Funding bodies
• Any associated fellowships

References

The manuscript is expected to involve a minimum of 15 primary and up-to-date references to assert high-quality contributions to knowledge development. Citations and references must strictly follow the APA (American Psychological Association) 7th Edition style.  References should include only works that are cited within the text of the manuscript.  Consulting the APA style manual (http://www.apastyle.org/pubmanual.html) is strongly recommended for completing manuscript submissions.