Submission Guidelines

Manuscript Submission Guidelines
Al-Mahdi Research Journal provides a wonderful platform for researchers and academicians to publish novel research articles. Al-Mahdi Research Journal is a quarterly, double-blind, peer-reviewed journal. Unsolicited manuscripts will be welcomed here.

Publication Fee and Submission Process

All articles published in the Al-Mahdi Research Journal (MRJ) are freely accessible upon publication, allowing readers to read, download, and distribute them without any cost. These articles are released under a Creative Commons license, permitting their use and reproduction as long as proper citation is provided. Neither university libraries nor individual readers are required to pay any fees to access the journal's content.

Funding for the Al-Mahdi Research Journal (MRJ) does not come from any university or government grants. To cover the expenses associated with publishing research manuscripts, maintaining the website, archiving content for long-term access, conducting reviews, and performing copyediting, an administration fee of PKR 15,000 is charged. For further information on payment procedures, please contact 03006863944.

Manuscript Submission
A soft copy of the article should be submitted through email to MRJ, and OJS of Al-Mahdi Research Journal. Ensure the anonymity of the authors while uploading the articles by excluding the names, titles, and institutions of the authors in the soft copy. Alternately, add all the details in the metadata of the submission. Furthermore, the Turnitin Similarity Report should be uploaded to OJS.
Manuscripts will be considered for publication only if they have not been published previously and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Manuscripts that are submitted to the Al-Mahdi Research Journal are subject to evaluation by independent national and international referees who are experts in the applicable field.
The decision to accept or reject a manuscript rests solely with the Al-Mahdi Research Journal Editor. The editor, however, bases his decision primarily on the recommendations of the referees who have evaluated the paper.

Format Requirements
General Requirements:
Unsolicited manuscripts must be written in English, Urdu, or Arabic. Type the manuscript in MS Word, A4 size. Use the following fonts while writing the article:
English Articles: Book Antiqua, Font Size: 11 for Normal and 11 Bold for Headings.
Urdu Articles: Alvi Nastaleeq,
Arabic Articles: Traditional Arabic
For both Arabic & Urdu Articles Font Size must be 13 for Normal and 13 Bold for Headings.

Article must include the following sections and, in the order, given below:
Abstract, (no more than 200 words including Keywords), Introduction, Literature Review, Research Question/s, Research Methodology, Results/Conclusions and Recommendation/s (if any)
Type the page numbers consecutively, beginning with the title page, in the lower-centered corner of each page in English, Urdu, and Arabic.
Write down References in endnotes.
Abstracts:
Provide on a separate page an abstract of 150 to 200 words followed by the keywords for respective article. The abstract should consist of labeled background, literature review, research questions, Research methodology, results/conclusion, and recommendations (if any).

Key Words:
Include the key words relating to the article subject at the end of the abstract.

Introduction:
State the purpose of the article and summarize the rationale for the study.

Literature Review:
Include an appropriate literature review relating to the article subject.

Basic Research Question:
Include research questions relating to the article subject.

Research Methodology:
Include the research methodology chosen by the author(s) clearly.

Discussion:
Emphasize the new and important aspects of the study and the conclusions that follow from them. Link the conclusions with the goals of the study, but avoid unqualified statements and conclusions not completely supported by your discussion and references.

Results:
Present your results in logical sequence in the text.

References:
Text and references must follow the format outlined in the Chicago Manual of Style, like:
Al-Ālūsī, Sayyid Maḥmūd al-Baghdādī, Rūḥ al-Ma’ānī, (Cairo: Munīriyah Press, 1353 AH), PP.
All footnotes citing books must contain the complete title, name of the author(s), place of publication, publishing company, and date. All foreign words must be underlined and transliterated.
Al-Mahdi Research Journal reserves the right to change the transliteration of all historical names, titles, and non-English terminology to bring conformity with its own style.