1. Scope and General Requirements

Articles submitted to JDR must:

• be original and unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere;
• be grounded in research — whether library-based, fieldwork, digital ethnography, computational, or other empirical or theoretical inquiry;
• engage current scholarly debates in digital religion and make a clear, identifiable contribution.

All articles are published in English. Authors may submit in either English or Indonesian; manuscripts accepted in Indonesian will be prepared for publication in English.

2. Manuscript Preparation

• Length: approximately 6,000–12,000 words, including references.
• Formatting: Lora font, 11 pt, 1.15 line spacing, on A4 paper with 3 cm margins on all sides — as set in the JDR template.
• File format: OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect. LaTeX and PDF files are not accepted.
• Figures: supply as JPG or PNG in the electronic manuscript, numbered consecutively, with the title placed above each figure and the source noted below it.
• Tables: numbered consecutively, centered, single-spaced, with bold headings and the title placed above the table.
• Foreign and technical terms: italicize non-English words and phrases. For Arabic–Latin transliteration, follow the JDR transliteration guideline (downloadable as a PDF) consistently throughout the manuscript.

3. Article Structure

Organize the manuscript in the following order, matching the JDR template:

1. Title — concise and informative; a subtitle may be added to narrow the issue.
2. Author information — full name(s) without academic titles, affiliation (institution, city, country), a valid institutional email, and an ORCID iD for each author.
3. Abstract — a single coherent paragraph of 150–250 words, provided in both English and Indonesian (Abstrak).
4. Keywords — 3–5 specific, genuinely conceptual terms in English, separated by semicolons.
5. Introduction — background, literature, research gap, and the article's argument and contribution.
6. Method — research type and approach, data sources and collection, ethical considerations, and analytical framework.
7. Results and Discussion — findings organized thematically, interpreted critically against prior scholarship.
8. Conclusion — synthesis of findings, contribution, implications, and (optionally) limitations and future directions.
9. Generative AI Usage Statement — see §7.
10. References — in APA Style (7th edition); see §4.

4. Referencing Style: APA 7th Edition

JDR uses the American Psychological Association (APA) Style, 7th edition — an author–date system. Footnotes are not used for citations. Use footnotes only, and sparingly, for substantive explanatory notes.

5. Authorship and Contributorship

Authorship is limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study, and who approve the final version and agree to be accountable for it. Contributors who do not meet these criteria should be acknowledged rather than listed as authors. JDR follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidance and does not permit ghost, guest, or gift authorship. Any change to the author list after submission requires the written agreement of all authors.

6. ORCID

Each author is required to provide a valid ORCID iD, which is displayed with the published article. Register free of charge at https://orcid.org and link your iD during submission.

7. Generative AI Usage Statement

In line with the COPE position on authorship and AI tools, generative AI and AI-assisted technologies cannot be listed as authors, because they cannot take responsibility for the work. Authors must disclose any use of such tools in a dedicated Generative AI Usage Statement, naming the tool and its purpose (e.g., language editing, grammar checking, or translation) and confirming that all outputs were reviewed under human supervision. AI use is limited to supportive functions and must not generate scholarly arguments, literature reviews, data, analysis, or conclusions. Authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, argumentation, citations, and integrity of the manuscript.

8. Publication Ethics

JDR adheres to COPE principles and to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Authors are expected to ensure the integrity of their research and reporting. All submissions are screened for plagiarism and originality; manuscripts found to contain plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, or undisclosed redundant publication will be rejected or retracted.

9. Conflict of Interest and Funding

At submission, authors must declare any conflicts of interest (financial, institutional, or personal) that could be perceived to influence the work, and acknowledge funding sources with grant numbers where applicable. If none apply, state this explicitly.

10. Data Availability

Where appropriate, authors are encouraged to include a brief data availability statement indicating whether, and how, the data underlying the study can be accessed, with due attention to privacy, consent, and platform terms of service — particularly for data drawn from online communities and social media.

11. Peer Review

All submissions undergo editorial screening followed by double-blind peer review. Authors are encouraged to consult the Reviewer Guidelines before submission to ensure their manuscript meets the journal's academic, structural, and analytical standards.

12. Copyright and Licensing

Authors retain copyright and grant JDR the right of first publication. Articles are published open access under a Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0), which permits sharing and adaptation for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution.

13. Downloads

• JDR article template (DOCX) — [insert link]
• Arabic transliteration guideline (PDF) — [insert link]
• Reviewer Guidelines — [insert link]