Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies
Journal of Indonesian Islam
ISSN 1978-6301 · eISSN 2355-6994 · State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya · Indonesia
Journal of Indonesian Islam: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 23 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Indonesian Islam is published by State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Islamic Studies and Radicalism, Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia and Asian Studies and History, together about 48.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Indonesian Islam (JIIS) publishes articles on Indonesian Islam from various perspectives, covering both literary and fieldwork studies. The journal puts emphasis on aspects related to Islamic studies in an Indonesian context, with special reference to culture, politics, law, society, economics, history, and doctrines. Journal of Indonesian Islam always places Indonesian Islam in the central focus of academic inquiry, and invites any comprehensive observation of Islamic expressions with various dimensions in the country. The journal, serving as a forum for the study of Indonesian Islam, supports focused studies of particular themes and interdisciplinary studies in relation to the subject. It has become a medium of exchange of ideas and research findings from various traditions of learning that have interacted in the scholarly manner. Indexed by: View My StatsJournal of Indonesian Islam (ISSN 1978-6301 and E-ISSN 2355-6994) is published by the Postgraduate Program (PPs) and the Institute for the Study of Religion and Society (LSAS), State Islamic University (UIN) of Sunan Ampel Surabaya.Journal of Indonesian Islam by http://jiis.uinsby.ac.id/index.php/JIIs/index is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.Copyright ©2020 State Islamic University (UIN) of Sunan Ampel Surabaya. Powered by Public Knowledge Project OJS.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies
Editor-in-chief Khoirun NiamPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 19, Australia 3, Canada 2, Netherlands 2, Singapore 2 (30 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Islamic Studies and RadicalismSocial Sciences18.3%
- Cultural and Religious Practices in IndonesiaSocial Sciences16.4%
- Asian Studies and HistorySocial Sciences14.2%
- Islamic Thought and Society StudiesArts and Humanities8.8%
- Islamic Studies and HistorySocial Sciences6.5%
- Education and Islamic StudiesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Qur’anic Interpretation StudiesSocial Sciences4.8%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences3.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q1 | 124/1936 | 93rd |
| Religious Studies | Q1 | 68/760 | 91st |
| Cultural Studies | Q1 | 218/1434 | 84th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CrossrefPublisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 111OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.85OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 370 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 156 |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | 247 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 462 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 680 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 600 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | 451 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 2 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | IDR 7,500,000 | 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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- reviewy of the review include: 4. The average review should be about 1500 words long. The name, affiliation and email address of the reviewmain text ≤ 1,500 words
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
- State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English, Arabic
- ISSN
- 1978-6301
- Electronic ISSN
- 2355-6994
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Indonesian Islam
How long does peer review take at Journal of Indonesian Islam?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Journal of Indonesian Islam?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; 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 Journal of Indonesian Islam based?
Of the 30 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (19), Australia (3) and Canada (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Indonesian Islam?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Indonesian Islam is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Indonesian Islam open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Indonesian Islam is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .