Journal profile
Jurnal Kawistara
ISSN 2088-5415 · eISSN 2355-5777 · Universitas Gadjah Mada · Indonesia
Jurnal Kawistara: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 27 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Jurnal Kawistara is published by Universitas Gadjah Mada. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia, Community-based Tourism Development and Sustainability and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, together about 31.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Jurnal Kawistara aims to explore elements of Indonesian culture and society by publication of research findings and scientific innovations that are practically relevance for the preservation of local culture, environmental sustainability, social cohesion and community welfare. Jurnal Kawistara seeks to publish a balanced mix of high-quality theoretical or empirical research articles, case studies, review papers, comparative studies, and exploratory papers. In particular, Jurnal Kawistara looks for academic works that show the implication of social studies on practical issues concerning culture, environment, social cohesion and community welfare. Jurnal Kawistara also accepts papers from the discipline of natural science and technical studies that emphasize on social dimension of humanity issues. We invite critical and applied inquiries into wide range of sub-topics including but not limited to the following: Culture (a unique study of performing arts and classical culture, traditional from various regions in Indonesia, and modern cultural arts such as dance, fine arts, and music art also includes the study of Indonesian literature on classical and contemporary literary issues)Religion (Study of comparative religion, study of pluralism and religious diversity in Indonesia)Media (Cultural studies and media, New Media and Contemporary Societies)Gender (Urban Culture, Gender bias, and gender inequality)Public policy (extractive public policies, distributive public policies, and regulative public policies)Development (economic and social development, urban and regional development)Environment (customs, social and environmental, land and natural resource utilization)Disaster (local wisdom and social culture, disaster management, community empowerment, survival and humanity, disaster and social emergency response organizations)Tourism (ecotourism, tourism management, religious tourism, urban tourism, and cultural tourism)Other disciplines (engineering, natural science, arts) that emphasize on their implication on social and humanity issues. All accepted manuscripts will be published both online and in printed forms. The journal publishes three thematic issues per year, namely April, August, and December.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Mohammad Iqbal AhnafPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 12, United States 1, United Kingdom 1 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cultural and Religious Practices in IndonesiaSocial Sciences13.6%
- Community-based Tourism Development and SustainabilitySocial Sciences9.2%
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences8.8%
- Asian Studies and HistorySocial Sciences6.5%
- Cultural and Artistic StudiesSocial Sciences5.8%
- Agricultural Development and ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Public Administration in Developing NationsSocial Sciences4.9%
- Disaster Management and ResilienceSocial Sciences3.9%
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
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.31OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 426 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 43 |
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | 107 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 250 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 372 |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 | 356 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 290 |
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 1 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 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | IDR 750,000 | No | CC BY-SA | |
| OpenAlex | IDR 750,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | IDR 750,000 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 200–300 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Conflicts of interest Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used by any of the editorial board members and reviewers in their own research.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement This statement clarifies ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in Jurnal Kawistara: The Journal of Social Science and Humanities, including the authors, the editors, the peer-reviewers and the publisher (The Graduate School of Universitas Gadjah Mada). This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Gui…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License Model summary
Jurnal Kawistara provides immediate open access to published articles. We mean open access in both the gratis and libre sense: free of charge and free of any permission barrier. Articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA) license. This means that anyone is free to read, download, print, copy, search, crawl for indexing, link …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Jurnal Kawistara: The Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities provides immediate open access to its content. It carries the principle that making research free (downloadable) and available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.Articles are freely available to the public without any subscription with permitted reuse. For open access articles, permitted third party (re)use …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
APA referencing style Model summary
PEER REVIEW PROCESS AND EDITORIAL DECISION ________________________________________ All articles submitted to Jurnal Kawistara: Journal of Social Science and Humanities must comply with the journal requirements (see author guidelines) for reviews. They are independently reviewed by two or more external reviewers in the form of double blind review. The reviewers may recommend for publication withou…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Screening for Plagiarism
Originality and Plagiarism In publishing,Jurnal Kawistara strongly against any case of plagiarism on its own merits. Jurnal Kawistara commits to deterring plagiarism, including self-plagiarism. The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Papers found with suc…
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 Gadjah Mada
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English, Indonesian
- ISSN
- 2088-5415
- Electronic ISSN
- 2355-5777
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Jurnal Kawistara
How long does peer review take at Jurnal Kawistara?
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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Jurnal Kawistara?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 200–300 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. 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 Jurnal Kawistara based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (12), United States (1) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Jurnal Kawistara?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Jurnal Kawistara is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Jurnal Kawistara open access, and what is the APC?
Jurnal Kawistara is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .