Journal profile
Komunika
ISSN 1978-1261 · eISSN 2548-9496 · IAIN Purwokerto · Indonesia
Komunika: fully open access; APC about USD 50; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 27 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Komunika is published by IAIN Purwokerto. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Islamic Thought and Society Studies, Islamic Studies and Radicalism and Education and Islamic Studies, together about 33% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
KOMUNIKA publishes articles with the aim and scope: Da'wa Media; Da'wa Strategy and Method; Da'wa Organisation and Management; Da'wa and Politics; Da'wa History and Thought; Islamic Communication; Islamic Broadcasting; Journalism; Communication Theory; Mass Communication; New Media Studies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Islamic Thought and Society StudiesArts and Humanities11.5%
- Islamic Studies and RadicalismSocial Sciences11.4%
- Education and Islamic StudiesSocial Sciences10%
- Islamic Finance and CommunicationSocial Sciences8.3%
- Cultural and Religious Practices in IndonesiaSocial Sciences8.1%
- Media, Religion, Digital CommunicationArts and Humanities5.7%
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences4.3%
- Media Discourse and Social AnalysisSocial 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
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 487 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 36 |
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | 98 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 227 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 382 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 332 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 272 |
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 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 | USD 50 / IDR 750,000 | No | CC BY-SA | |
| OpenAlex | USD 50 / IDR 750,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 50 / IDR 750,000 | 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)
Article types accepted2
- critical reviewThe submission is a critical review and empirical research focusing on Da'wa and CommunicationLength not stated
- empirical researchThe submission is a critical review and empirical research focusing on Da'wa and CommunicationLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePlagiarism
- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening with iThenticate, maximum similarity tolerance 20%. Model summary
The incoming manuscript will check the similarity using iThenticate with a maximum tolerance of 20%. If the results show more than 20%, the manuscript will be returned to be improved by the author.
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 Purwokerto
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English, Indonesian
- ISSN
- 1978-1261
- Electronic ISSN
- 2548-9496
- 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 Komunika
How long does peer review take at Komunika?
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.
Which databases index Komunika?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Komunika is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Komunika open access, and what is the APC?
Komunika is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 50.
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: .