Journal profile
alAfkar
ISSN 2614-4883 · eISSN 2614-4905 · Asosiasi Dosen DPK UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung · Indonesia
alAfkar: fully open access; no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 720 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
alAfkar is published by Asosiasi Dosen DPK UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Education and Islamic Studies, Qur’anic Interpretation Studies and Education and Character Development, together about 45.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
al-Afkar, Journal for Islamic Studies is published by Association of Secondment Lecturers (Asosiasi Dosen DPK) UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung Indonesia. Focus of al-Afkar, Journal for Islamic Studies is on publishing original empirical research articles and theoretical reviews of Islamic Studies, it covers various issues on the Islamic studies within such number of fields as Islamic Education, Islamic thought, Islamic law, political Islam, and Islamic economics from social and cultural perspectives and content analysis from al-Qur’an and Hadist. In other than forementioned field in Islamic Studies, al-Afkar, Journal for Islamic Studies also accepts articles which cover the topic on the cross section between Islam Studies and other scientific field, such as sociology, law, economics, and others. al-Afkar, Journal for Islamic Studies Published 2 (two) times annually, on June and December. Each of the issue has 10 articles both on conceptual article and research article. al-Afkar, Journal for Islamic Studies published in Bahasa Indonesia, but English-written articles are also welcomed.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Ibnu RusydiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 20, Malaysia 4, Türkiye 1 (25 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education and Islamic StudiesSocial Sciences19.4%
- Qur’anic Interpretation StudiesSocial Sciences13.3%
- Education and Character DevelopmentSocial Sciences12.9%
- Islamic Thought and Society StudiesArts and Humanities11.1%
- Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Islamic Studies and RadicalismSocial Sciences4.3%
- School Leadership and Teacher PerformanceSocial Sciences3.3%
- Cultural and Religious Practices in IndonesiaSocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SINTAPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,627 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,029 | 1,029 | 7 |
| 2025 | 720 | 720 | 47 |
| 2024 | 422 | 422 | 135 |
| 2023 | 245 | 245 | 245 |
| 2022 | 105 | 105 | 107 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 56 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Peer reviewLetPub
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- research articleResearch ArticleLength not stated
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Asosiasi Dosen DPK UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English, Arabic, Indonesian
- ISSN
- 2614-4883
- Electronic ISSN
- 2614-4905
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (2027)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about alAfkar
How long does peer review take at alAfkar?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of alAfkar based?
Of the 25 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (20), Malaysia (4) and Türkiye (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Is alAfkar open access, and what is the APC?
alAfkar is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .