Journal profile
Fokus
ISSN 2548-334X · eISSN 2548-3358 · Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Curup · Indonesia
Fokus: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 22 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Fokus is published by Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Curup. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Education and Islamic Studies, Qur’anic Interpretation Studies and Islamic Thought and Society Studies, together about 41% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
FOKUS: Jurnal Kajian Keislaman dan Kemasyarakatan is a scientific journal that is managed and published by the Research institutions and community service of Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Curup, Bengkulu, Indonesia in peer review. This journal is dedicated to publishing scientific articles on research, Islamic studies, Islamic culture and community service from various aspects and points of view. This journal is published periodically in May and November every year P-ISSN: 2548-334X dan E-ISSN: 2548-3358 Mailing Address: Pusat Penerbitan dan Publikasi Ilmiah Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Curup Jl. Dr. Ak. Gani No. 01 Curup, Rejang Lebong Bengkulu - Indonesia Phone: (0732)-21010 Email : fokus@iaincurup.ac.id Website: http://journal.iaincurup.ac.id/index.php/jf
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Murni YantoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 24 (24 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education and Islamic StudiesSocial Sciences17.8%
- Qur’anic Interpretation StudiesSocial Sciences13.2%
- Islamic Thought and Society StudiesArts and Humanities10%
- Education and Character DevelopmentSocial Sciences9.5%
- Cultural and Religious Practices in IndonesiaSocial Sciences8.6%
- Islamic Studies and RadicalismSocial Sciences8%
- Asian Studies and HistorySocial Sciences2.9%
- Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting2.9%
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
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 168 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 18 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 21 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | 54 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 102 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 94 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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-NC-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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Chicago
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license Model summary
Authors who publish with FOKUS: Jurnal Kajian Keislaman dan Kemasyarakatan agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's aut…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review with blind reviewing Model summary
The Journal operates a peer review process and promotes blind reviewing.
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
- Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Curup
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- Indonesian
- ISSN
- 2548-334X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2548-3358
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11, Issue 1 (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 Fokus
How long does peer review take at Fokus?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Fokus?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Chicago. 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 Fokus 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 (24). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Fokus?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Fokus is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Fokus open access, and what is the APC?
Fokus 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .