Journal profile
Kalam
ISSN 0853-9510 · eISSN 2540-7759 · IAIN Raden Intan Lampung · Indonesia
Kalam: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 11 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Kalam is published by IAIN Raden Intan Lampung. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Islamic Thought and Society Studies, Qur’anic Interpretation Studies and Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia, together about 43.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Kalam is primarily intended for the publication of scholarly works in the fields of Islamic theology, Islamic philosophy, and Islamic mysticism. Kalam seeks to place the study of Islam within interdisciplinary approaches and across various traditions of learning.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Fauzan FauzanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 10, Malaysia 1, Thailand 1 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Islamic Thought and Society StudiesArts and Humanities21.5%
- Qur’anic Interpretation StudiesSocial Sciences11%
- Cultural and Religious Practices in IndonesiaSocial Sciences10.8%
- Islamic Studies and RadicalismSocial Sciences10.5%
- Islamic Studies and HistorySocial Sciences8.1%
- Education and Islamic StudiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Study and Philosophy of ReligionArts and Humanities4.3%
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
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 236 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 22 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 56 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 143 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 296 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 268 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 260 |
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
- 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License Model summary
KALAM is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review process Model summary
maintains a double-blind peer review process
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
- IAIN Raden Intan Lampung
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English, Arabic, Indonesian
- ISSN
- 0853-9510
- Electronic ISSN
- 2540-7759
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, 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 Kalam
How long does peer review take at Kalam?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of Kalam based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (10), Malaysia (1) and Thailand (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Kalam?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Kalam is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Kalam open access, and what is the APC?
Kalam 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: .