Journal profile
AlFikru
ISSN 1978-1326 · eISSN 2721-4397 · Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Serdang Lubuk Pakam · Indonesia
AlFikru: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 25 weeks (community reports); 1 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AlFikru is published by Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Serdang Lubuk Pakam. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Education and Character Development, Islamic Studies and Radicalism and Pancasila Values in Education, together about 40.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Al-Fikru: Jurnal Ilmiah, aims to promote scientific publication on Islam at its broadest sense covering textual, historical and empirical aspects, both classical/medieval and modern and contemporary periods, as the scholarly object of inquiry. This journal encompasses original research articles based on library and/or empirical research in the field of Islamic studies especially on, but not limited to, five main topics, namely (1) Islamic education; (2) Islamic law, (3) and Islamic philosophy; (4) Islamic economic; (5) Islamic History, (6) Al-Qur'an and Hadith. It encourages articles that employ a multi-disciplinary approach to those topics. Scholars that are concerned with Islam and its manifestation throughout Muslim history and geography can submit their article to Al-Fikru: Jurnal Ilmiah and use this open access journal as a valuable resource in this field.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Sahkholid NasutionPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 4 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education and Character DevelopmentSocial Sciences20.6%
- Islamic Studies and RadicalismSocial Sciences11.5%
- Pancasila Values in EducationSocial Sciences8.6%
- Educational Curriculum and Learning MethodsSocial Sciences6.2%
- Islamic Finance and CommunicationSocial Sciences6.2%
- Education and Islamic StudiesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Educational Methods and ImpactsSocial Sciences3.8%
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
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, DimensionsPublisher 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
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.67OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 94 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 10 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 14 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 175 |
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 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-SA | |
| 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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Content is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Model summary
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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
- Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Serdang Lubuk Pakam
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- Indonesian
- ISSN
- 1978-1326
- Electronic ISSN
- 2721-4397
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AlFikru
How long does peer review take at AlFikru?
Authors report an average review time of about 25 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of AlFikru?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of AlFikru based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index AlFikru?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AlFikru is indexed in DOAJ.
Is AlFikru open access, and what is the APC?
AlFikru is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .