Journal profile
AlHayat
ISSN 2654-3702 · eISSN 2622-0725 · Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang · Indonesia
AlHayat: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 16 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AlHayat is published by Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques, Medicinal Plant Research and Forest Ecology and Conservation, together about 35.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Al-Hayat: Journal of Biology and Applied Biology, first published in August 2018, is a journal that focuses on various subjects on biological sciences. It is intended to communicate original research in current issues on the subject. The subjects cover biology field studies and literature with various perspectives, both interdisciplinary and multidiscipline, as follows: Zoology, Botany, Ecology, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ethnobiology, and other Biological Sciences.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Dian AyuningtyasPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 22, Japan 1, Malaysia 1 (24 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Growth and Agriculture TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.5%
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.1%
- Forest Ecology and ConservationAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.5%
- Natural Products and ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.7%
- Food and Agricultural SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6%
- Agricultural and Biological ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Aquatic life and conservationAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
- Primate Behavior and EcologyPsychology3.6%
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
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
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 125 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 2 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 24 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 31 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License Model summary
The copyright of the received article shall be assigned to the journal as the publisher of the journal. The intended copyright includes the right to publish the article in various forms (including reprints). The journal maintains the publishing rights to the published articles. Authors are allowed to use their articles for any legal purposes deemed necessary without written permission from the jou…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
All articles receive a unique DOI number (CrossRef member). Model summary
As a member of CrossRef, Al-Hayat: Journal of Biology and Applied Biology guarantees that all of its featured articles bear a unique DOI number.
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
- Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English, Indonesian
- ISSN
- 2654-3702
- Electronic ISSN
- 2622-0725
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 8, Issue 2 (2025)
- 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 AlHayat
How long does peer review take at AlHayat?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 AlHayat based?
Of the 24 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (22), Japan (1) and Malaysia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index AlHayat?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AlHayat is indexed in DOAJ.
Is AlHayat open access, and what is the APC?
AlHayat 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .