Academic Workshop on

How to Publish Papers

in Reputable Journals

Rifki Ismal

15 November 2017

University Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI)

Bandung

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Essentials of Research

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Research Methodology/Methods

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ESSENTIALS OF RESEARCH

➢ Research is to solve the problems:

o Classic problems

o Case basis problems

o Common problems

➢ Research is to contribute to the knowledge and science.

➢ Research is following standard academic rules.

➢ Research starts with problems to be solved.

➢ Research focuses on outputs/results besides what method/methodology are being used.

➢ Research is not:

o Newspaper/magazine article

o Opinions without theoretical/empirical research

o Speech (keynote, welcoming speech, etc).

Research Methodology and Method

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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND METHOD

Research Methodology:

➢Our views on the topic/research object.

➢There are 2 research methodology: quantitative and qualitative ones.

➢Qualitative research: qualitative views on an object of the research.

➢For examples:o Factors affecting lower share of Islamic banks

o Comparing Islamic bank and conventional bank performance

o Models of Islamic banks.

➢Quantitative research: quantitative views on an object of the research

➢For examples: o The ideal profit and loss sharing formula

o Measuring Islamic bank credit risk (credit risk index)

o Revenue sharing for Islamic banks in Indonesia

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Research Method:

➢Tools used to measure, assess exercise the topic/object of the research.

➢There are 3 methods: quantitative, qualitative and triangulation method.

➢Qualitative Method: Qualitative tools to assess, exercise, elaborates the topics of the research.

➢For examples:o Comparing operational banking performance

o Assessing increasing/decreasing trend of banking indicators

o Analyzing company business performance.

o Opinions of experts, public views on the topic

➢Quantitative Method: Quantitative tools to measure, assess, excersice the topics.

➢For examples

o Econometrics model of banking stability

o Math model for the ideal PLS in Islamic banks

o Finance model for Islamic hedging

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND METHOD

Academic Research

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COMPARISON: JOURNAL, NEWSPAPER, BOOK

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Issues JournalNewspaper

ArticleBook

ContentAcademic

Research

News or

explaining news Explanation

Review

process

Expert, scholars

in peer group

News paper

editorBook Editor

ContributionFor knowledge

and science

Public

information

Public attention

and information

Writing style

Standard

academic writing

and formal

Non formal style Formal or non

formal style

QuotationHighly

recommended

Non

recommendedRecommended

Academic

appreciation

Very high No value high

RESEARCH GRADES

1. Editor of the International Journal (Peer Group Member)

2. Author of papers published in international journal, international book

3. Author of paper presented in international events (seminar, conference, etc)

4. Author of articles in newspaper, magazine, bulletin, etc (local).

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Writing a Robust Academic Paper

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WRITING AN ACADEMIC PAPER

1. Starting from a problem (classic, common, unique, etc).

2. Using standard methodology and method to analyse and solve the problem.

3. Notes to write an academic paper for journal publication

a) Use the last 5 year referrence.

b) Use standard academic writing and language: (i) length of paragraph, quotation, italic, link among paragraph, colour.

c) Proportion of each part.

d) Academic language style (not an article, speech or non formal language).

e) Use standard english writing, not an “indonesian english”

f) No plagiarism.

4. Interconnection among parts in the paper and final outputs should anwer the problem (purpose of the paper).

Start from the problem in the field.

• The selected problem should be economically reasonable, not just proposing a model, quantitative tools or an up date method without economic meaning or reason, for examples:

✓ The impact of the global financial crisis to consumption of corn in tasikmalaya.

Logically, it is too far to investigate the impact of the global financial crisis to consumption rate in tasikmalayaa.

✓ The impact of Islamic bank performance on the monetary policy.

Monetary policy and islamic bank have a weak correlation. Even the monetary policy does not target islamic banks (unless islamic monetary policy).

WRITING AN ACADEMIC PAPER

✓ The impact of the Islamic monetary policy to SME performance.

Monetary policy does not ever think of SME.

✓ VAR Model to assess factors affecting constructing financing in islamic bank.

this is useless since Islamic banks do not target construction financing.

✓ Competition of the foreign banks and local banks among ASEAN countries.

this topic is too large, difficult to produce specific output useful for knowledge and science.

WRITING AN ACADEMIC PAPER

For academic paper to be published in international journal

• Solving the problem is not specifically written but embodied in the background of the paper.

• Research questions (related to the questions) should not specifically written, rather included in one of the paragraph.

• Then, (i) research hypothesis, (ii) limitation of the research, (iii) logic of thinking, etc should not be written in the paper.

• Not a descriptive paper but an analysis, empirical assessment.

• Methodology and method should not be specifically written (a special part) in the paper, rather, just write in the paragraph.

WRITING AN ACADEMIC PAPER

For academic paper to be published in international journal

• Limitation of the paper should not be specifically written (sub title, etc) in the paper.

• Title of the academic paper should be concise, specific, short but clear and attractive.

• Do not include technique of analysis, period of analysis, expected output etc, for examples:

• Credit risk in Indonesian Islamic banking industry

• Islamic macroprudential policy

• Synergy between islamic monetary and fiscal to improve government policy.

• Don’t write “thanks” to others in the paper.

WRITING AN ACADEMIC PAPER

RECOMMENDED REFERRENCING

➢ The main literature (based on rank):

1. International Text book: McGraw hill, Prentice Hall, John wiley & sons, Palgrave McMallen, Blackwell, etc.

2. International Journal: Emerald, IMF, Thunderbird, Springer, John Wiley and sons, etc.

3. Research report: world bank report, BIS working paper, ADB report, bank of england, etc.

4. Local text book : gramedia, Rajawali, Bank Indonesia, ministry of finance, prominent universities.

5. Local Journal: Buletin Ekonomi Moneter Perbankan (BI), Journal Ekonomi Pembangunan Indonesia (FEUI), Gama International Journal of Business (UGM), Iqtishad (UII), dll

➢ The main literature (based on rank):

6. News paper article: Kompas, Media Indonesia, Business Indonesia, Jakarta post.

7. Magazine Artikel: infobank, SWA, Tempo, dll

8. Presentation Slides in not allowed.

9. Wikipedia (not preferred).

10.Blog of someone (prohibited).

RECOMMENDED REFERRENCING

CHOOSING LITERATURE

▪ From the last 5 years.

▪ written by leading scholars:

✓ Nobel laureatel,

✓ Prominent economist,

✓ Living legend,

✓ Founding father islamic economics,

✓ IDB price winner.

▪ Commonly referred by scholars, researchers

▪ Supporting model or research being done

▪ Clear sources: publisher, year of publication, authors, etc

ANALYZING DATA

➢ Use the latest data and information, don’t use old information or news.

➢ For econometrics or math model, use as long as series for modelling;

o The latest 5 years monthly data

o The latest 15 years of quarterly data

o The latest 2-3 year daily data.

➢ Using tenor of data depending on purpose of analysis for examples, seasonal data, trend, public behavior, policy, etc.

STYLE OF WRITING

4. Italic is used for uncommon or foreign words.

5. Don’t write only sub sentence without the main sentence, for examples:

o Direction of interest is unknown.

o Which is multiple interest in banks.

o Is the obligatory of islamic scholars to educate their people.

o Is a good intention to pay tax.

6. Quotation:

o For a unique thing (uncommonly known)

o Result of research

o Unknown by the public.

STYLE OF WRITING

1. Use Table, Graph, Scheme, Matrix, figure to support the content of the paper.

2. The long paper would be boring. Content of the paper would be interesting if it uses scheme, matrix, etc.

2. Explain each formula: name of symbol, number of formula, purposes of the formula, etc.

3. Not need to explain from the beginning of the story. For example no need to explain the origin of words:

➢ Credit comes from the word credere;

➢ Contract is….

➢ bank is….

➢ Riba is…

STYLE OF WRITING

1. Unless adopting fiqh (sharia) topic, quoting Quran, Hadist on islamic theory is not really relevant since it has been commonly known.

2. Definition of islamic banks, etc is not a new one in the public..

3. Explaining on one thing is needed if:

➢ Unknown by the public

➢ Output of the research

4. In the introduction and background paper, no need to put grapth, table, etc, put them in the analysis part.

5. Quotations are accommodated in the literature review.

6. Just quote the last name of the reference author, no need to write academic title, etc.

STYLE OF WRITING

1. If the author constructs his/her own graph, figures, etc, no need to write “sources: author’s own, modified by author, etc.

2. In abstract no need to write formula, quotation, graph, etc. Abstract has only:

✓ Purpose of the paper,

✓ Analyses being done,

✓ Output of the paper

✓ Contribution to the knowledge and science.

3. Do not use words: I, you, we, etc. please use passive sentence:

✓ The formula used in the paper is…don’t write: we use formula of….

or use the words: this paper occupies, etc”.

STYLE OF WRITING

4. In the analysis, please don’t include quotation again, this is the author part and free to create, find, analyse, comments anything in this part.

5. The starting sentence does not need to be to far, for examples:

✓ Title of the paper: the ideal model of islamic bank in Indonesia.

✓ The starting sentence: bank comes from the word…..in old greece, etc…meaning.

1. Introduction should be short and has:

o Sentences to guide into the main problem of the paper to be analysed.

o The important problem elaborated in the paper.

o Aims/purpose of the paper.

2. Literature review is longer than introduction but less than analysis part.

3. Analyses should have:

o Assessment of the problems

o Findings and ouputs.

o Comprehensive analysis.

and is the longest part of the paper as this is the core content of the paper.

WAY OF WRITING

4. Output of the research should be:

✓ Continuation of the analyses part but more concise

✓ The important part of the part to explain the quality, significance of the paper, to be accepted by the journal.

✓ Contributive the knowledge and science and solve the classic and important problems.

4. Conclusion should not be long but should have:

✓ Summary of the research

✓ Brief content of the paper

✓ Meaning of the paper/research

✓ Policy recommendation

WAY OF WRITING

PROPORTION OF PAPER

introduction (+/-5% of

the total pages)

Literature review (+/-15% of the total

pages)

conclusion (+/-10% of the total pages)

Analysis and finding (+/-70% of the total pages)

Thank you

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Appendix

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ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

• Review of Islamic Economics (MIHE) - England.

• Journal of Islam and Middle Eastern Finance (Emerald)

• Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research (Emerald).

• Journal of Islamic Marketing (Emerald).

• Humanomics, International Journal of System and Ethics (Emerald).

• Studies in Economics and Finance (Emerald).

• British Accounting Review.

• Thunderbird International Business Review (Elsevier).

• Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences (Emerald)

• International Journal of Commerce and Management (Emerald)

• Australian Journal of Islamic Banking and Finance (Emerald)

• Journal of Qualitative Research in Financial Markets (Emerald)

• Journal of Islamic Finance (IIUM – Malaysia)

• Journal of Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance (IBTRA)

• ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance (Malaysia)

• Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies, Kyoto University (Japan)

• IRTI Journal of Islamic Economic Studies (IDB)

• IMF Macroeconomic Review

INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS

• John Wiley and Sons

• Edward Elgar

• Edinburgh Press,

• Oxford Press

• Lambert

• Edinburgh Press

• Emerald

• Pelanduk (malaysia)

• CERT (malaysia)

INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC BODIES

• International Financial Services Board

• Accounting Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institution

• International Islamic Financial Market

• International Islamic Liquidity Management

• International Islamic Rating Agency

• Islamic Research & Training Institutite

• International Sharia Research Academy

• Organization for Islamic Conferences

PROMINENT ISLAMIC SCHOLARS

• Dr. Umer Chapra (IRTI-IDB),

• Dr. Anas Zarqa (MIHE-England),

• Prof. Nejatullah Shiddiqui (India),

• Prof. Khursyid Ahmad (MIHE-England).

• Prof. Azmi Omar (IRTI-IDB).

• Prof. Habib Ahmed (Durham University - IRTI).

• Prof. Rodney Wilson (Durham University).

• Prof. John Presley (MIHE-England).

• Prof. Shahid Ibrahim (Bangor University).

• Prof. Humayon Dar (City University).

• Prof. Simon Archer (Reading University).

• Dr. Syeif Tag El din (MIHE).

• Dr. Mehmet Asutay (Durham)

• Prof. Kabir Hassan (New Orleans University).

• Prof Volker Nienhaus (Jerman)

• Prof. Abbas Mirakhor (INCEIF)

• Prof. Murat Cizakca (INCEIF)

• Prof. Hasyim Kamali

• Dr. Sami Suwailem

• Dr. Zamir Iqbal