Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies
Contemporary Issues on Interfaith Law and Society
ISSN 2829-8373 · eISSN 2829-8624 · Universitas Negeri Semarang · Indonesia
Contemporary Issues on Interfaith Law and Society: fully open access; no APC; review about 23 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 65% (journal website); 8 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2024 (Volume 3, Issue 2): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Contemporary Issues on Interfaith Law and Society is published by Universitas Negeri Semarang. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Religious Freedom and Discrimination, Indonesian Legal and Regulatory Studies and Family and Matrimonial Law, together about 45.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Contemporary Issues on Interfaith Law and Society (ISSN Print: 2829-8373 ISSN Online: 2829-8624) is an open access double blind peer reveiwed journal published by Faculty of Law Universitas Negeri Semarang and managed by Moslem and Christian Community at Faculty of Law Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia. The Contemporary Issues on Interfaith Law and Society (CIILS) is committed to providing a forum for academics, researchers, scholars, students, and religious communities around the world. The CIILS is also dedicated to publish an innovative research on and study of the interactions that take place within and between religious communities in the law and policy context by multidisciplinary perspectives including politics, economics, theology, psychology, and other related topics. By fostering conversation, the CIILS hopes to increase religious literacy, contribute to the field of interreligious hermeneutics, and address the issues surrounding interreligious relations, dialogue, theology, and communication both National (Indonesia) and Global context.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 14, Australia 2, Malaysia 2, Netherlands 1, Saudi Arabia 1 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Religious Freedom and DiscriminationSocial Sciences20.1%
- Indonesian Legal and Regulatory StudiesSocial Sciences14.2%
- Family and Matrimonial LawSocial Sciences11.2%
- Marriage and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences11.2%
- Legal and Policy Analysis in IndonesiaSocial Sciences8.9%
- Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderSocial Sciences3.6%
- Legal and Social Justice StudiesSocial Sciences3%
- Legal Studies and PoliciesSocial Sciences2.4%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Religious Studies | Q1 | 92/760 | 87th |
| Law | Q2 | 484/1162 | 58th |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q2 | 743/1530 | 51st |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.62OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 66 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 11 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 3 |
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 23 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 65%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 60 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universitas Negeri Semarang
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English, Indonesian
- ISSN
- 2829-8373
- Electronic ISSN
- 2829-8624
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 3, Issue 2 (2024)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Contemporary Issues on Interfaith Law and Society
How long does peer review take at Contemporary Issues on Interfaith Law and Society?
Authors report an average review time of about 23 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 65%. 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 Contemporary Issues on Interfaith Law and Society based?
Of the 21 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (14), Australia (2) and Malaysia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Contemporary Issues on Interfaith Law and Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Contemporary Issues on Interfaith Law and Society is indexed in Scopus.
Is Contemporary Issues on Interfaith Law and Society open access, and what is the APC?
Contemporary Issues on Interfaith Law and Society is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .